The virtuous circle of partnership synergies

From the organ­i­sa­tion of exhi­bi­tions by MET as Lato Sen­su pro­posed last May in the show­room of the UTC’s Daniel Thomas Inno­va­tion Cen­tre to the annu­al gala of Étuville which was held May 25 in the Domaine de Mon­tigny, the UTC asso­ci­a­tions devel­op entre­pre­neur­ial projects thanks to the eco­nom­ic part­ner­ships of the area and the sup­port, in par­tic­u­lar of the Fon­da­tion UTC pour l’innovation.

The Fon­da­tion UTC pour l’innovation is a strate­gic mech­a­nism for the pro­mo­tion and devel­op­ment, sup­port and accel­er­a­tion of UTC projects, and an essen­tial tool for coop­er­a­tion with play­ers in the socioe­co­nom­ic world. ‘Patron­age and spon­sor­ship from local com­pa­nies sup­port the devel­op­ment of events, ini­tia­tives and inno­v­a­tive and entre­pre­neur­ial projects run by our stu­dents. This broad­ens the spec­trum of our col­lab­o­ra­tions. It’s very inter­est­ing in terms of high­light­ing projects and accel­er­at­ing their devel­op­ment. With part­ners such as Saint- Gob­ain, Sopra-Ste­ria and the Crédit Agri­cole Brie Picardie foun­da­tion, we can quick­ly mobilise pri­vate funds,’ says Samuel Veillerette, direc­tor of part­ner­ships and entre­pre­neur­ship at UTC, which inter­acts with the socio-eco­nom­ic world. Asso­ci­a­tions are the cement that binds UTC togeth­er. It’s part of its influ­ence and part of the stu­dents’ train­ing. It is very instruc­tive in the field of project man­age­ment’. Asso­ci­a­tions such as MET, Étuville and Junior UTC have grasped the impor­tance of the sup­port that UTC, through its Foun­da­tion, can pro­vide for the pur­suit of their projects.

The example of MET and Étuville

After a first exhi­bi­tion of the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary work of UTC stu­dents and alum­ni from Novem­ber 10 to Decem­ber 2, 2023 in the Inno­va­tion Cen­tre show­room, the MET asso­ci­a­tion, which stands for ‘On Monte une Expo­si­tion Tem­po­raire’, repeat­ed the expe­ri­ence last May with the open­ing of Lato Sen­su. It’s a con­tri­bu­tion to revi­tal­is­ing the Daniel Thomas Inno­va­tion Cen­tre and to bring­ing art and tech­nol­o­gy togeth­er out­side the cen­tre,’ explains Manon Gar­cia, founder and pres­i­dent of MET, which invit­ed artists from the UT group, includ­ing the UTT (Troyes Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy), the UTBM (Belfort-Mont­béliard Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy) and UTC. For this sec­ond exhi­bi­tion, we have improved the effi­cien­cy of the organ­i­sa­tion with a bet­ter dis­tri­b­u­tion of roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties. We test­ed new mate­ri­als and refined our tech­ni­cal knowl­edge. The ini­tia­tive is gain­ing in vis­i­bil­i­ty. We’d like to broad­en the scope of our activ­i­ties and, why not, hold an autumn exhi­bi­tion in Com­piègne town cen­tre to attract out­side vis­i­tors? With the devel­op­ment of Cor­po­rate Social Respon­si­bil­i­ty (CSR), a fund such as the Fon­da­tion UTC can sup­port this type of project, which has a soci­etal impact. Inter­ac­tions with UTC part­ners are mon­i­tored and dis­cussed with­in a Copil Entre­pris­es at UTC, which brings togeth­er all the play­ers in the UTC ecosys­tem, along with the UTC Foun­da­tion, UTeam, the Alum­ni, Iter­ra and the Stu­dent Office, to ensure syn­er­gy,’ explains Samuel Veillerette. The spec­trum of cor­po­rate sup­port for UTC is very broad. This enables them to devel­op their image and reputation.

Whether at the Château de Pier­re­fonds, the Chan­til­ly race­course or the Château de Com­piègne, the UTC gala, organ­ised every year by Étuville for the past twen­ty-five years, is a true pro­fes­sion­al event. The one held on May 25 at the Domaine de Mon­tigny, which attract­ed more than 4 500 par­tic­i­pants, illus­trates the ambi­tion of the projects car­ried out by the stu­dents. The spon­sor­ship pro­vid­ed by com­pa­nies to Étuville helps to encour­age their initiatives,and to ensure the sus­tain­abil­i­ty and pro­fes­sion­al­ism of their work. Via Fon­da­tion UTC, a spon­sor can also direct their dona­tions towards entre­pre­neur­ship and the cre­ation of start-ups,’ adds Samuel Veillerette. UTC is diver­si­fy­ing its resources to pur­sue its ambitions.

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