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“As usual when visiting Colorado with a delegation from Grenoble, we were overwhelmed by how many similarities we saw in our economic environment and energy issues. Both regions have developed a pro-active development policy regarding renewable energy and energy efficiency, and address these issues on a technical level as well as trying to develop the relevant business model. I’m really positive on the fact that companies, academics and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic can benefit from our exchanges!
Our partner CORA was acting as usual as a model of efficiency and care in organizing our visit there, providing with the perfect mix of the right contacts at the right level, a variety of different players, not forgetting the essential aspect of sharing great convivial moments with our hosts, and enjoying absolutely perfect weather!”
- Veronique Pequignat, Manager of AEPI
“This trip will have been extremely instructive, thanks of course to the remarkable organization and relevance of the contacts of CORA but also fundamentally, because Colorado is evidently ‘the place to be’ in the USA with regard to the management of energy and environmental questions. The capacity of our American friends of Colorado to develop environmental and energy conservation is inspiring to us.”
“Ce voyage aura ete extremement instructif, grace bien sur a la remarquable organisation et pertinence des contacts de CORA mais aussi sur le fond, parce que le Colorado est manifestement ‘the place to be’ aux USA en ce qui concerne la gestion de l'energie et les questions environnementales. La capacite de nos amis Americains du Colorado a developper une economie de l'environnement et de l'energie doit nous inspirer.”
Jean-Pierre Chardon, General Manager of Schneider Electric France
“The quality of organization of the mission by CORA was excellent and the choice of speakers was very relevant. The mission was of great interest to us. We used it as a benchmark to know if the accompaniment of Gravit/Grain/Petale with the projects and start-ups is of sufficiently good level (or what can be still improved), it has allowed to us to better position the technological competencies of Grenoble with respect to those of the NREL (and thus of knowing where to carry our future efforts), has permitted us to identify local actors who could help our start-ups to create partnerships on the spot.”
“La qualite de l'organisation de la mission par CORA etait excellente pour l'organisation materielle, tres pertinente quant au choix des interlocuteurs. La mission a ete d'un grand interet pour nous. Cela nous a servi de benchmark pour savoir si l'accompagnement de Gravit/Grain/Petale aux projets et start-ups est de suffisamment bon niveau (ou en quoi il peut etre encore ameliore), nous a permis de mieux positionner les competences technologiques de Grenoble vis-a -vis de celles du NREL (et donc de savoir ou porter nos efforts futurs), nous a permis d'identifier des acteurs locaux qui pourraient aider nos start-ups a creer des partenariats sur place.”
- Jeanne Jordanov, President of GRAIN/PETALE
"Facilitating exchanges between companies and research centers leverages the economic development of a region. AEPI is playing an active role in this partnership policy with specific strategic regions of the world. It was not by chance that we made the decision to engage ourselves within CORA, a talented partner in Colorado, a state which shares a significant number of similarities with the Rhone-Alpes region."
- Alain Cottalorda, president of AEPI
"This visit [October 2009] is fully in line with the international strategy of the TENERRDIS cluster, whose objective is to network with the best laboratories in the world (in the United States of course, but also in Japan and the United Kingdom, as well). TENERRDIS, the cluster of reference for new energy technologies, and NREL, reference laboratory in this domain, are confirming today their willingness to further cooperate at a technological scale. It is an unprecedented event for TENERRDIS, which, having pioneered the cluster's international development, is helping the cluster to reap the benefits of its strategy today."
- Claude Graff, chairman of TENERRDIS and Executive VP, Renewable Energies at Schneider Electric
“The visits to Colorado [March 2009] by representatives of TENERRDIS and the Grenoble-Isere research institutions highlighted the many research, industry and environmental values that our regions share. We are very pleased to bring leaders of Colorado's clean energy community here to France to continue this dialogue. This busy week [October 2009] of formal and informal discussions among research and industrial leaders of both communities will chart a course to a future of cooperative research that will serve both nations and the world at large.”
- David Hiller, Director of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a research consortium of NREL and three universities
“The Colorado International Trade Office was pleased to assist the French delegation [March 17-19, 2009] with introductions to potential Colorado business and research partners and State officials involved in the renewable energy and clean tech sectors. It is partnerships with organizations such as the French American Chamber of Commerce and CORA that help us leverage resources for the benefit of Colorado’s economy and businesses.”
- Pam Reichert, ITO Director
“I want to thank the CORA team very much for the outstanding organization of our visit in Denver. The number of meetings and the quality of people we have met made this trip very useful. I look forward to developing fruitful relationships following the contacts taken.”
“Je tiens a remercier l’equipe CORA pour l’excellente organisation de notre visite a Denver. Nous avons pu rencontrer de nombreux interlocuteurs de grande qualite et nouer des contacts utiles. J’espere pouvoir developper des relations benefiques des contacts pris pendant ce voyage.”
- Jean-Marie Longchamp, Plug Into Europe
“I would like to thank CORA for organizing our visit to Denver on March 19, 2009. The meetings and presentations were very interesting. It will help us as we look toward new investments and networking for our business. Thanks a lot to CORA for helping us in our strategy of development.”
- Henri-Marc Michaud, INPG Enterprise
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