Innovation After-Work Event: Spotlight on the Innovative Students of Tomorrow

On July 8, 2025,the Orangerie at the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier hosted the 6th edition ofthe Innovation Afterwork, a flagship event of the University Innovation Hub (PUI). The event raised awareness among students about innovation support programs, while also recognizing seven outstanding projects, including the brand-new “Coup de cœur Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole”award.

Michaël Delafosse, mayor of Montpellier and president of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, who was present at the event, praised a “thriving” academic and entrepreneurial ecosystem, emphasizing the collective commitment to “lower the barriers to creativity and innovation” through enhanced collaboration between the Métropole, the University of Montpellier, and the SATT AxLR.

The winners showcased the diversity and vitality of innovation in Montpellier: Scanorhize, a revolutionary underground sensor for sustainable agriculture (William Arditi); CAVisca, an innovative genetic approach to childhood epilepsy (Éric Kremer); the ANR Sicle.e industrial chair focused on a silicic acid-based leather tanning process (Gilles Subra); DocSimulator, a generative AI platform for medical training (Kévin Yauy); the YouTube channel “Droit dans l’objectif,” which explains the law in an accessible, scripted format (Sandrine Grenier); an innovative dual-therapy treatment for cystic fibrosis (Magali Taulan-Cadars); and finally, the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole “Coup de cœur” Award, presented to Aurélie Perrin for a biological alternative to pesticides.

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