Science Beyond Borders
✨ Science Beyond Borders: DeepTech Career Hub ✨
📆 Friday, September 19, 2025
📍 Fort Mason – General’s Residence – San Francisco
🇫🇷🇺🇸 Discover and create career opportunities between France and the United States
🔬 Foster French–American research collaborations
🚀 Promote innovation and showcase entrepreneurial ventures
👥 Build your network within a global science and technology ecosystem
Kindly supported by the Pasteur Institute 🧬
🕛 12:00 – Welcome Keynote & Luncheon Buffet
Opening speech by Florian Cardinaux, Consul General of France in San Francisco
Claire Giry, CEO of the French National Research Agency (ANR): Choose France for Science – Supporting International Research Partnerships
🕐 1:00 – Explore the leading French research organizations
With: CNRS, Inserm, CEA, CNES, Ifremer and INRIA
🕑 2:00 – Parallel Panels
Panel 1 – Transatlantic opportunities for young researchers and PIs
Mobility programs and the Choose France for Science initiative
With: ANR, Villa Albertine, France-Berkeley and France-Stanford bilateral funds, and researchers
Testimonial: The UCSF QBI - Pasteur collaboration, with Céline Perier (UCSF)
Panel 2 – Pathway to business: thriving in a multinational ecosystem
Leveraging French and US innovation players for success across borders
With: La Synapse, Business France, La French Tech, FACC California, and entrepreneurs
Testimonial: with NETVA and Start-in-France laureates Zuzanna Stamirowska (Pathway) and Gunnar Newquist
☕ 3:00 – Coffee Break & French Delicacies
🕞 3:30 – Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussion: Unlocking France–US Research and Innovation - Focus on translational research in health
With: Pasteur Institute, UCSF and more
moderated by Sandrine Dudoit, Executive Associate Dean at College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, UC Berkeley
🕓 4:45 – Parallel Panels
Panel 1 – European Scientific Diplomacy in Action
European collaborations and the Choose Europe for Science initiative
With: EU Office in SF and European consulates
Panel 2 – They value their French connection
What drives major US companies to cross the Atlantic
With: US and international corporations
🕠 5:30 – Supporting transatlantic research and innovation
Emily Warne, Executive Director of the Pasteur Foundation
🕕 6:00 – Concluding Keynote – Choose Europe to start and scale
Gerard De Graaf, Senior EU Envoy for Tech & Head of the EU Office in SF
François Brizard, Policy Officer – European Innovation Council (EIC), EU Office in SF
🥂 6:30 – Closing Remarks & French Aperitif
Closing speech by Didier Marty-Dessus, Counselor for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the United States
🤔 If you're unsure about attending, please consider canceling your ticket or letting us know via email so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist 🙏.
For any other questions, feel free to reach out at deputy-sf@ambascience-usa.org 😊
Looking forward to meeting you!