We have a great story to tell, that of #CollaborativeSustainability for Coastal Cities

#Collaborative Sustainability - We are on a mission to make coastal cities future proof and provide the best possible platform for ecosystemic shared value creation* among the stakeholders of the environmental transition.

Save the Date of the Forum’s Seventh Edition:

June 1-3 2026 in Biarritz, FR

A maximum of 200 participants representing startups, investors, corporations, NGOs, universities and public sector involved in the environmental transition gather for 3 days of collective intelligence and co-development workshops, shared takeaways, business dating and productive free time including surf networking, sites and facilities visits, remote working, etc.

About the 2025 edition covered in French by Sud-Ouest:

Hear Waves of Change participants:

• Mathilda D’Silva, Founder at Ocean Purpose Project.

• Oliver Dauert, CEO and Founder at Wildya.

• Lisa Devignol, Project Officer at the Ocean & Climate Platform.

• Adrian Bührer, Co-Founder at Übermorgen Ventures.

• Louise-Océane Delion, Marine Biologist Student & Co-Founder at Phoenix Expedition.

• Philippe Souidi, Vice President SAP.iO at SAP.

In French:

• Sophie Panonacle, Elected Representative (Députée) at the French Parliament.

• Mathieu Kayser, Deputy Mayor in Charge of the Environment @ Ville de Biarritz.

• Caroline Deforeit, CEO @ Steadysun.

• Luc Metivier, Executive Chairman @ Agua de Sol.

• Céline Crouzat, Sustainable Supply Chain Leader @ Decathlon.

• Patrick Groff, COO @ Olenergies.

• Marie Dollé, EuroQuity Manager @ Bpifrance.

• Moubarack Lo, General Manager at Senegal’s Office of Economic Prospective & Mayor of Niomre, Senegal.

• Pascal Goumault, Head of Partnerships & Sustainable Mobility Programs at Movin’ On / Michelin.

• Anne-Sophie Roux, Founder at Tenaka.

• Erwan Simon, Co-Founder at France Hydrodiversité.

• Pierre Rousseau, Co-Founder at Nomad Plastic & Strategic Advisor for Sustainable Business at BNP Paribas.

• Camille Couron, Project Manager at Women For Sea.

• Martin Laurent, Bluebox Creator and Founder at Neographic Digital.

• Marie Le Texier, Founder at Consultant’Seas.

• Laurent Hequily, Founder at Okahina Wave.

• Arnaud le Maout, Innovation Consultant at Credit Agricole Finistère.

Read what the Port of Bilbao wrote about the 2021 Edition

• In Spanish.

• In English.
  

The coalition: A different approach

Our approach and answer to the changing context is a not-for-profit coalition: we aim to emulate nature and form symbiotic solutions that optimize interactions and collaborations between the most diverse and complemental stakeholders.

International and diverse by design

Each of our international, online work groups starts with an NGO, a startup, an investor, a researcher and a business from different regions of the globe connecting to address a common challenge. More relevant participants can be added along the way, in order to iterate together with three goals:
1- Come up with a new solution none of them would have been able to develop that quickly on their own;
2- Learn from the process of collaboration as well as by sharing best practices;
3- Get to know other stakeholders’ businesses better and clarify positioning and value proposition accordingly.

Topics include ocean and environment preservation, renewable energies, the fashion industry transition, biomimicry applications, coastal adaptation, green IT, circular economy, new sustainability KPIs, and more.

Past News:

Sharing our Ocean Call to Investors in French Paper Les Echos - June 11 2024

Press Releases & Archives

*Creating Shared Value, Porter & Kramer - Harvard Business Review