Study Trips

Reaching out to other cultures of excellence in innovation

Map of the Club study trips: carried out, scheduled, planned
Study trips to places of excellence in innovation — already carried out, scheduled, planned

International study trips make it possible to reach out to other cultures of excellence in innovation and to open up cooperation and expansion opportunities by meeting the players of local innovation ecosystems.

They offer high-quality international networking, opening onto cooperation opportunities and lasting relationships with international partners.

Nine missions have already been carried out in North America, Europe and Asia. The one planned in the Persian Gulf for the fourth quarter has been postponed until after the conflict currently under way in the area.

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Brazil – Europe: trends, risks and disruptions by 2050
Club study trip to Brazil
Partners Fundación Araucaria – Gouvernement du ParanáSistema FiepSENAIParque Tecnológico da IndústriaVille de Curitiba
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Study trip to Brazil

1 to 5 February 2027 — programme being finalized Curitiba and the State of Paraná, Brazil

Theme: the development dynamics and medium-term outlook of Mercosur and Brazil, opportunities for innovation and for regaining the initiative for and with Brazil in the face of an omnipresent China. Bio-economy and sustainable development, new urbanism, transport, energy, industry, networks and AI, considerable infrastructure needs, and the Brazilian culture of minimalist innovation.

On the programme: a joint conference of the Paris Club of Innovation Directors, IESCI – Fundación Araucaria – Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Paraná – SENAI, with some fifty leaders of Brazilian companies and organizations as well as of French companies established locally, on the theme “Brazil – Europe: Trends, Risks and Disruptions by 2050, what opportunities?”, together with visits and master classes.

The full programme and the final framing of the official meetings at the end of October, after the presidential election of 4 October.

  • Itaipu, the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world
  • Iguaçu Falls, sustainable tourism
  • Curitiba, the ecological capital of Brazil
  • The Ayrton Senna industrial complex of Renault Brazil
  • Cosmetics made from Brazil’s vast plant resources
  • SENAI, the largest vocational training organization in the world
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