Agrion was created in 2006 to bring together entrepreneurs,
investors and corporations involved in energy, cleantech,
sustainable development, mobility and urban management.
Originally present in Frankfurt and Paris, Agrion has since opened
offices in San Francisco, New York, Beijing (since February 2010) and
Abu Dhabi (June 2010).
Agrion offers:
- Face to face meetings in the local
language (weekly)
- International meetings on strategic
issues (monthly)
- An internet-based networking system
(like Facebook or LinkedIn )
- The possibility of taking part in all
meetings from your laptop, anywhere in the world.
Agrion aims to help entrepreneurs and managers to identify growth
opportunities, make deals, build ventures and transform the current
crisis into a new business momentum.
Create your profile on agrion.org
Agrion’s activities
1- Local
and international meetings open to all members
In each country, Agrion organizes regular meetings about renewable
energy, cleantech, sustainable development, green building, urban
management and mobility. Subscribers can attend these meetings on site
or through a live video application. If they choose to attend online,
they can post comments on a forum (also displayed in the conference
room) and network with other attendees.
Agrion also organizes meetings held simultaneously in several countries
(e.g. Desertec: power plants in the desert; The electric car and
charging-station networks; Second and third generation bio-fuels…) with
top-level speakers.
www.agrion.org/programme
2- The
Boards: specialized communities reserved for professionals
While the meetings generally address topical issues and are accessible
to all members, the boards are dedicated to specific subjects, and are
only open to professionals directly concerned with the issue in
question. Board members must be managers (sustainability or purchasing
managers, CIO, CFO, researchers…) or program leaders.
The current list includes the following boards:
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Smart grid & demand control
- Sustainable development
- Green Building and energy usage
- Cleantech (entrepreneurship &
investment)
- Electric cars
- Energy storage
- Eco-cities and urban management
- Public transport
www.agrion.org/boards
3- Agrion.org:
a place to network and communicate
Agrion’s website is a central platform that brings together the local
communities. On Agrion.org, subscribers can:
Keep abreast of the news
Updated by a multinational team of twenty-five specialists, the site
offers daily articles about energy, cleantech and sustainable
development.
Publish and network
On Agrion.org, professionals can create their profile (like an online
business card), identify and manage their contacts, publish articles on
their own page, publish on their contacts’ pages and even publish
articles on the home page of the website.
Participate in the
meetings either live or on demand
Agrion.org allows its subscribers to take part in all the meetings,
regardless of the country in which they take place or the subscriber’s
place of residence. The meeting minutes are also posted online in the
language of origin and in English, a maximum of seven days after the
event.
Create you profile on:
www.agrion.org/inscription
Agrion
is a highly selective network
Agrion membership enables several collaborators within a company to
participate in all its meetings. However, some programs are reserved to
certain categories of managers, who are selected according to very
strict criteria:
The Business class is
granted to directors (sustainability and purchase managers, CIO, CFO,
researchers…) and program managers. Only Business class members can
join the boards. The Business class is also an option on the website
that enables its members to restrict their networking to other Business
class members.
Agrion’s executive
committee joins together renowned entrepreneurs and
executives. Agrion’s executive committee:
- Meets locally three times a year
- Takes advantage of the network to profit from privileged contacts
when its members travel abroad
Current statistics (December 2009):
Agrion global: 80,000
Business class members: 2,500
Executive committee members: ND
Membership
and fees
Agrion seeks to create a long and fruitful relationship with its
members; thus it does not require immediate payment of the membership
fee. Future members who present a valuable profile are welcome to try
the network free-of-charge until they consider that Agrion’s value is
worth the fees. Online users can also enjoy a six-month welcome offer.