Breakfast Seminar 2026: How Norwegian and French businesses can work together to drive Trust, Tech & Transformation.

A new year, renewed energy, and a wonderful event that perfectly reflects the strength of French-Norwegian collaboration. 🇫🇷🇳🇴

We began 2026 on a positive note, opening up promising perspectives for the year ahead, surrounded by committed partners to exchange on key issues shaping our bilateral cooperation.

This breakfast seminar, organized in collaboration with Geelmuyden Kiese Norge, provided an opportunity to reflect on the French-Norwegian relationship, particularly on political and geopolitical challenges.

After being welcomed by Simen Johannessen and Claudine Smith, H.E. Florence Robine, Ambassador of France to Norway, opened the seminar and highlighted the importance of our relationship. 🤝

Then, Paal Frisvold, Board Member of Tankesmia Europa, shared reflections from the Norwegian perspective on strengthening bilateral industrial cooperation.

The second part of the seminar presented Norwegian investments in France, with an intervention on 10 years of growing Norwegian investments in France by Gilles Debuire, Deputy Regional Director of Business France Nordics, before concluding with a highly enriching discussion: Building Trust for the Next Decade, during a panel bringing together Sigrun Daireaux (Country Manager, Innovation Norway in France), Philippe Toth (Vice President, DNV Accelerator), and Christian Bendiksen (Partner, Advokatfirmaet Bull AS).

We would like to thank all stakeholders for their presence and engagement.
Together, we are building a strong and sustainable French-Norwegian cooperation to strengthen tomorrow’s partnerships.