Adrien Serres is Country Manager Germany for Recommerce Group
Digital entrepreneur and mobile app pioneer based in Düsseldorf, Germany. He started his career working about 10 years in advertising agencies as a creative Art Director. He studied at Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II), earning a Master’s in Marketing & Communication.
In 2010, he founded Wazapp, a digital communication and mobile development agency based in  Lille, France. Sold to Tymate in 2019.
In Düsseldorf since 2020, partnering with Improveeze as a Phygital Expert to launch their retail innovation solutions on the German market, supported by Business France. CEO of Mobivent, a company specializing in event mobile apps.
He is currently Country Manager Germany at Recommerce Group, leading the German market for the European circular economy enabler. Alongside this, he is Co-Founder and President of La French Tech Düsseldorf, bridging French and German tech ecosystems and organizing community events in the region.

With over five years of work experience in business consulting, customer relationship management, and multicultural team leadership, Katharina is the CEO of SheGrows Academy, where she support Female founder, startups and SMEs in developing and scaling their digital solutions.

Cyril empower brands to converse authentically through the iAdvize platform. With over 15 years of expertise, he’s specialized in integrating digital channels such as Webchat, WhatsApp and Apple Messages seamlessly into your customer journey.

His current mission? Leveraging generative AI to deliver exceptional customer service at scale, while reducing costs.

Currently leading generative AI projects, his expertise can transform your brand’s conversational journey.

Senior IT Projects Consultant & Marketing Expert with over 15 years of experience at Business France, dedicated to fostering the growth of French tech companies in Germany and enhancing the Franco-German tech ecosystem! 🇫🇷🇩🇪
Throughout his tenure, David has provided strategic consulting services to tech and IT companies, primarily from France, encompassing sales, marketing, and project management. His role involves technology scouting for partners and key accounts, fostering strategic partnerships, and cultivating a growth mindset to drive innovation. 💼💡

Valentine Dreyfuss leads as General Manager the startup Mercio, France’s leading SaaS software for retail pricing.
Mercio’s goal is to become the European leader in its sector, and the German market is its main development market.
Valentine travels throughout Germany, and in particular the NRW region, to meet with the major players in German distribution.

Thierry has over 16 years experience in the international Online Marketing sector, bringing brands and online audiences closer together thanks to quality content. After working with Teads, a successful startup from the online advertising industry, he designed, grew and optimized Uniper’s Social Media strategy for 8 years.

Sebastian Sehr has more than 20 years of experience in financial and insurance sector – 2 years of consultancy experience developing B2B2C products and solutions in APAC region and Europe – now scouting companies, technology, and opportunities that can transform ERGO and its clients.

Since June 2022, Pélagie Mepin-Koebel has been leading the expansion of the French startup Everysens in the German-speaking countries of the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in her role as Country Director. Everysens is a software editor with solutions for industrial companies dedicated to the decarbonization of the value chain through the optimal use of rail transport.

Ella is Head of Partnerships & Strategic Projects at Parkefficient
Ella is a Düsseldorf-based professional specializing in digital transformation, innovation, and startup ecosystems. She studied Political Science and Economics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the University of Wrocław (Poland), where she first developed her interest in the startup world.
She became Managing Director of TechHub.K67, a B2B tech community space in Düsseldorf, which she joined at its launch in August 2022. Under her leadership, TechHub.K67 grew to host 70 startups and established companies across 1,000 square meters, building a thriving innovation community.
After she joined NRW.BANK, the development bank of North Rhine-Westphalia, where she focuses on early-stage financing and support for startups and scale-ups. She’s also active as a speaker on topics like innovation ecosystems, deep-tech spin-offs, and DefenseTech.

Tobias Schlotter leads Akeneo in more than 10 countries as General Manager Central & Eastern Europe from Düsseldorf, before taking responsibility for Akeneo’s partners in the Europe and PMO region as VP Channel & Alliances EMEA in October 2022. Tobias studied international business and management and gained more than 10 years of experience in the technology environment before joining Akeneo and its Product Experience Management (PXM) vision in 2015.

As Trade Advisor Tech & Service at Business France, Benjamin’s role is to advise, connect and help French companies in Germany.
With two Master’s degrees, one in International Project Negotiation from the University of Montpellier, France, and the other in Intercultural Communication from the University of Giessen, Germany, Benjamin began his career as Sales Manager France at a German food tech company based in Cologne. For more than two years, he has held the position of International Development Manager at Business France Germany, where he supports technology companies in their development on the German market, both in terms of commercial development and soft landing.
Benjamin is a regular speaker at Fintech, Insurtech, and Greentech events, three sectors in which he specializes and for which he has developed a strong Franco-German network.