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Laurent Le Guyader

For the past ten years Laurent has facilitated partnerships between Europe, China and Taiwan at multiple levels. In the biology and medical sectors at first as a French researcher (Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 2008-2011) then as business developer for a Belgian healthcare cluster (BioWin, Shanghai, 2011-2015). This allowed him to build a strong knowledge of the whole value chain in healthcare, from biomanufacturing to connected health. Then, as international innovation Experts for the French ministry of foreign affairs (MOST, Taipei, 2016-2018) he has widened this expertise into key technological sectors driving innovation such as IoT, AI, Greentech... Laurent always has played a role in bridging and in federating innovation stakeholders: a good example is the establishment of La French Tech official community in Taiwan which took a lot of efforts to assemble French and Taiwanese stakeholders toward a common goal, as well as some convincing at the government level. La French Tech Taiwan, with an office in Taiwan Tech Arena, is today a strong platform to supports Taiwanese start-ups in accessing France’s resources and reciprocally. Laurent is board member of La French Tech Taiwan since 2016. Lately he has been working with French IoT company Sigfox (2018-present) and successfully established its second global Hacking House, which opened last March at Digiblock Taipei. Laurent graduated in Biophysics, Toulouse University, France. He is married and lives in Taipei.