Created in 2017 at Aix-Marseille, EMERGING Valley is an international summit that brings together in the same place, at the same time, startups, big companies, SMEs, innovation ecosystems, support structures, policy-makers, competitiveness clusters and investors from Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa.

By promoting exchanges in different forms (plenary sessions, technical sessions, pitching of innovative startups, business meetings and networking sessions), the summit aims to build bridges between the different actors and innovation ecosystems, in particular to enable them to co-construct impact projects, propose solutions to current issues, and develop new partnerships.

In total, more than 150 virtual meetings are planned, in an innovative format, 100% free and inclusive.