Sustainability and Competitiveness France and Denmark as drivers conference at CBS

Le 12 novembre 2025 de 09h00 à 15h00 (UTC+1)

CBS Ovnhallen, Porcelænshaven 20, 2000, Frederiksberg

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We are delighted to invite you to the first Danish-French Conference Day, taking place on Wednesday November 12, 2025 at CBS.

For the first time, the Danish-French Chamber is organizing a Danish-French Day to mark the great relationship between Denmark and France - and to highlight areas where we can work together for a better and more secure future.

This flagship event will be dedicated to the themes of sustainability and competitiveness, areas where France and Denmark play a leading role in Europe.

The conference day will consist of a series of sessions that will be held at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), bringing together experts, companies, and public representatives to discuss Franco-Danish cooperation and concrete initiatives within energy, sustainable development, and competitiveness under the Danish EU Presidency. The two ambassadors, the French Ambassador to Denmark, Christophe Parisot, and the Danish Ambassador to France, Hanne Fugl Eskjær, will be present and open the conference.

You can buy tickets via the link below but you can also contact us via this email and we will send you an invoice afterwards.

Sustainability and Competitiveness
France and Denmark as drivers
The Declaration of intention of 2018, the REFIT Program
and the Omnibus packages

9.00 - 9.20 Welcome and opening speeches

9.00 – 9.05. Welcome by Anders Torbøl - DFCC Chairman
9.05 – 9.10 Welcome by Inger Askehave-CBS Deputy President
9.10 – 9.20 Opening by Hanne Fugl Eskjær - Danish Ambassador to France

SESSION 1: 9.20 - 10.45 Sustainability in Energy -
cooperation, integration and experiences

Moderator: Eske Bo Rosenberg, Team Leader – Cleantech, Invest in Denmark

9.20 – 9.55 - Part 1:
1- Maria Hagelberg, Marketing Director & Sustainability Lead - Air France and KLM North Europe
2-Sune Tobias Grollov, VELUX

9.55 – 10.20 - Part 2 :
3- Christina Petersen, Managing Director & Head of Country Services, TotalEnergies
3-Kresten Ørnbjerg, Vice President, Head of Global Public Affairs, Vestas,

10.20 – 10.45 - Part 3 :
4- Jeremy Leglise, CEO, Air Liquide Nordic countries
4- Søren Holm Christensen, CEO, Aalborg Portland

10.45 - 11.15 Networking break

SESSION 2: 11.15 - 12.15 Partnerships to protect natural resources
Moderator: Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp, Head of Investor Relations, Impact Fund Denmark

Woods and water - The implementation of the tripart agreement – a mandatory partnership
1- Niels Peter Nørring, Climate Director, Danish Agriculture & Food Council
2- Thomas Norman Canguilhem, Co-Founder & CEO, EcoTree

If water could speak, what would it tell us? A partnership between Grundfos and Dassault Systèmes
3- Björn Axling, Head of PLM, Grundfos
3- Mads Storgaard, Euronorth Client Director, Dassault Systèmes

12.15-13.30 Networking Lunch

SESSION 3: 13.30 -14.40 Sustainability and competitiveness
The REFIT Program and Omnibus packages. Round table

Moderator: Rikke Wetendorff Nørgaard, Dansk Industri

Anna Weste, CEO, L'Oréal Nordics
Andreas Rasche, Professor of Business in Society & Associate Dean, CBS
Pierre Laffont, Director European Institutional Affairs, Groupe SEB
Kim Meurs-Gerken, Partner, 360 Law Firm
Fanny Guay, Global Regulatory Affairs Manager, VELUX

14.45 - 15.00 Closing remarks by Christophe Parisot - French Ambassador to Denmark.

15.00 - End of the conference

Address of the conference room:
CBS Ovnhallen, Porcelænshaven 20, 2000 Frederiksberg.

Please find below the list of the speakers

Hanne Fugl Eskjær Danish Ambassador to France

Christophe Parisot French Ambassador to Denmark

Inger Askehave Deputy President CBS

Björn Axling Head of PLM at Grundfos

Fanny Guay Global Regulatory Affairs Manager - VELUX

Maria Hagelberg Marketing Director & Sustainability Lead - Air France and KLM North Europe

Søren Holm Christensen CEO Aalborg Portland

Pierre Laffont Director, European Institutional Affairs, Groupe SEB

Jérémy Léglise CEO Air Liquide Nordic countries

Kim Meurs-Gerken Partner at 360 Law Firm

Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp Head of Investor Relations at Impact Fund Denmark

Thomas Norman Canguilhem Co-Founder & CEO - EcoTree International

Niels Peter Nørring Climate Director at Danish Agriculture & Food Council

Christina Petersen Managing Director & Head of Country Services at TotalEnergies

Andreas Rasche Professor of Business in Society & Associate Dean - CBS

Eske Bo Rosenberg Team Leader - Cleantech Invest in Denmark

Mads Storgaard Euronorth Client Director - Dassault Systèmes

Anna Weste CEO L'Oréal Nordics

Rikke Wetendorﬀ Nørgaard Director of European Affairs at Dansk Industri

Kresten Ørnbjerg Head of Global Public Aﬀairs Vestas

The price of participation as a guest at the conference is DKK 100 as a member of the Chamber and DKK 200 as a non-member. There will be refreshments and a light lunch included in this price. If you or your company has signed up for the gala, tickets to the conference are free of charge and included.

You can buy tickets via the link below but you can also contact us via this email and we will send you an invoice afterwards.

After this day is our annual Gala Dinner - an evening we will celebrate the great relationship between France and Denmark, to see more about the full day program and sign up for both events of the day click here and the Gala Dinner only here.

Here is the list of the partners of the event