Europe+ Foundation : Making Europe + Attractive + Competitive
La Baule WIC

Think Tank

The Europe+ Foundation is active in the following areas:

1. Europe+ Think Tank

The five following panels will provide strategic deliverables:

  • 1- “Towards a sustainable Healthcare model in Europe”
  • 2- “Green Cities, Green Growth”
  • 3- “For a new territorial attractiveness and competitiveness policy”
  • 4- “Govern European attractiveness policies and promote Europe as a whole”, In Partnership with WAIPA
  • 5- “Maritime energies – New challenges”


Each year, the Europe+ Think Tank presents practical recommendations in a report to EU leaders and heads of Member States.


2 – La Baule Conferences and Technology Showcases

The annual La Baule World Investment Conference, now in its seventh year, has won international recognition as a benchmark for high-level exchanges on issues related to European attractiveness. The conference gathers around 1,000 participants from business, policy, research, innovation and finance. More than 200 top-level speakers, including EU Commissioners, Ministers, US Governors and international CEOs, share their views on topical issues. The discussions are pragmatic and take place in a business-oriented atmosphere, with presentations that offer a real added value and scope for networking during the two-day conference. The conference is attended by almost 100 journalists and enjoys huge attention on both sides of the Atlantic.

La Baule conferences

The California Tech Showcase bringing together the most innovative Californian technology start-ups and Europe’s premier technology leaders, venture capitalists and other investment partners.

The Transatlantic Green Platform focused on enhancing transatlantic exchanges, linking businesses, academics, research centers, investors and political leaders to promote innovation and industrial applications in environmental technology and renewable energy.

The 1st Brainpower Forum, focusing on human capital as a primal leverage for value creation, innovation and competitiveness. The event aims to bring together key players to analyze and promote best practices in building stronger links between Higher Education, Research and Private sector, the 3 pillars of the brainpower ecosystem, in order to provide a lasting competitive edge.

Green Tech Atlantic for Sustainable Development
(GASD 2)

Following a successful implementation of phase 1 of GASD, a European project involving 5 countries, the Foundation Europe+ expects to launch GASD 2 during autumn 2008.