Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, visited Inria Chile
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Changed on 31/08/2023
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, arrived in Chile on July 25 and met with Sebastián Piñera, President of the Republic of Chile; the Foreign Affairs Minister Teodoro Ribera; and Minister of the Environment and President of COP 25, Carolina Schmidt. This visit reinforces the commitments agreed by both nations on October 8, 2018, when the leaders of Chile and France decided to adopt a bilateral roadmap that defines the scope of the relationship between the two countries for the next years. One of the relevant points of this bilateral roadmap is the intensification of economic exchanges between France and Chile, with special emphasis on innovation, artificial intelligence, information and communication technologies and sustainable development. In particular, they agreed on the importance of existing Franco-Chilean research centers, such as Inria Chile, which are engines of technological innovation.
Jean-Yves Le Drian began the second day of his visit by meeting with French companies operating in Chile. He then visited Inria Chile, the only Inria Center located outside France, whose mission is to conduct and articulate high-impact research and development in digital technologies at the service of society. In particular, consolidating its scientific excellence, strengthening the economic impact and supporting public policies in the Franco-Chilean ecosystem.
Jean-Yves Le Drian was welcomed by the CEO of Inria Chile, Dr. Nayat Sanchez Pi, who presented the institute and stressed that Inria in Chile wants to strengthen relations with the French and local industrial ecosystem in Chile to be the catalyst for economic impact.
The Minister was accompanied on his visit to Inria Chile by Frédéric Doré, Director of the Americas and Simond de Galbert, Advisor to the Minister, both from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, as well as the Ambassador of France to Chile, Roland Dubertrand, among other diplomatic representatives.
During the meeting, the Minister had the opportunity to learn about the impact of Inria's work in Chile and also some of the innovation activities in important and unique areas such as astronomy, mining and renewable energies.
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There is a strong culture and history of collaboration between Inria and industry in France. We are exploring the creation of Joint Laboratories with French companies present in Chile and also with Chilean companies to accelerate their digital transformation processes. We are working to strengthen these connections and an example of this public-private collaboration is the one we are initiating with Naval Group and Inria Chile.
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CEO of Inria Chile
Inria Chile: a gateway for French companies and startups in Latin America
Inria Chile collaborates effectively with companies, institutions and startups to face the challenges of the digital revolution. The goal is to inspire and educate future generations of scientists and engineers to take a leading role in this transformation. The Inria Chile center is also a catalyst for the R&D activities of French companies and startups in Chile and Latin America.
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Inria's ambition is to reinforce the win-win impact of Inria-Chile: contributing to Chile's digital transformation and strengthening the international reach and attractiveness of French research and innovation. There is a unique political momentum with the Franco-Chilean partnership promoted by President Macron and President Piñera.
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General Director and President of Inria
Inria Chile has various mechanisms for transferring knowledge, skills and technologies. Among them is the "Tech Training Center" training program aimed at companies seeking to innovate and integrate digital technologies such as deeptech. Through this program, companies can directly benefit from the knowledge of Inria's experts, as well as its open source technologies.
The other mechanism is the "Startup Tech Studio" which promotes the creation of new technology-based companies through different partnership and support mechanisms. This is a unique offer in the region, where there is a strong startup support ecosystem. Within the Startup Tech Studio, the Softlanding@InriaChile program stands out, which aims to attract and support French and European technology-based startups and SMEs seeking to enter the Chilean and Latin American market.
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Our Tech Training Center was created to make high-level technology accessible to everyone. We conduct training courses based on Inria's open-source technologies. What we want is to accelerate the process and impact the economy by training people in deep tech, which will then directly impact job creation. Also the creation of startups is a recognized mechanism to transfer and impact society. With our "Startup Tech Studio" we want to support digital startups, not only from Chile but also from France, through our softlanding program for these companies that want to explore the Chilean and Latin American market.
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CEO of Inria Chile
Chile: Host of COP 25, the world's most important climate change summit
The next meeting of the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) will take place in Santiago de Chile between December 2 and 13. This summit will bring together high-level representatives from 197 countries and aims to promote active policies to care for and protect the planet. The Santiago meeting will also seek to establish criteria for compliance with the Paris Agreement and improve countries' reduction targets. Inria Chile will participate in COP 25 along with other organizations of the Franco-Chilean ecosystem. Inria Chile also participates in some projects dedicated to natural resources and environmental impact.