tech&fest 2025

Explore Grenoble's iconic companies

LEARNING EXPEDITIONS EXPERIENCE

What are Learning Expeditions?

Take advantage of your visit to Grenoble at tech&fest to go behind the scenes of some of the most innovative companies and research centers shaping industry in the Alpine region. This unique experience, reserved for journalists, business leaders and managers from other regions, is much more than a simple company visit: it's an opportunity to discuss business issues and projects in an intimate and exclusive way. Each expedition will take you on a tour of emblematic entities in the Grenoble region. The program will be online shortly! Apply to take part (free of charge) by filling in the form below. Places are limited.

3 learning expeditions

Learning expedition : 

Health and biotechnology

Dates: Tuesday, February 4 
Times: - 10:45 - 12:15: ESRF  - 14:00 - 15:30: Biomérieux - 16:00 - 17:30: Vulkam 

Scheduled visits: 
- ESRF: The world's most intense synchrotron light source, used for fundamental and applied research. 
- Biomérieux: A major player in medical and industrial diagnostics, Biomérieux is at the heart of innovative solutions in molecular biology. -
 Vulkam: A deeptech startup specializing in amorphous metal alloys, it offers revolutionary applications for healthcare and advanced industry.

Learning expedition 

Sustainable energy and technologies

Discover the innovations that are shaping the energy transition and the technologies of tomorrow. 

Dates: Wednesday, February 5 

Schedule: 
• 13h15 : rdv at Grenoble train station  - departure at 1.30 PM by bus 
• 14h - 15h30 : TACV Lab 
• 16h - 17h30 : Air Liquide

Scheduled visits: 
- Air Liquide: World leader in industrial gases, discover its campus dedicated to solutions for deeptech and the energy transition. 
• TACV Lab  

Learning expedition 

Supercomputers in the service of AI

Dates: Tuesday February 4, Wednesday February 5 and Thursday February 6 with HPE and NVIDIA 

Times: (departure from Alpexpo for February 5 and 6) 
- February 4: 3pm  
- February 5: departure at 4:30pm 
- February 6: departure at 11am 

 Visit the AI Champollion Supercomputer at HPE Grenoble with Pierre Hoffer (Senior Director Technical Sales HPC & AI), Philippe Rase (Business Planning Director) and Nathalie Viollet (SuperComputing COE Manager) 

Based at our Grenoble site, the Champollion Supercomputer is helping to advance and accelerate the development of artificial intelligence techniques. You'll dive into the heart of our lab, incorporating the latest technologies, and discover how high-performance computing and Artificial Intelligence are helping our customers to exceed their objectives and improve their productivity.