About

The best in expertise

A team that unites the 2 best experts of the event's Industry.

GI Connections are the new generation of premium business events. They are the result of a significant industrial partnership between GL events, the leader in industrial trade shows, and PROXIMUM365, the leader in industrial business events.

The best in expertise
Exhibitor providing industrial solutions

PREMIUM events

PREMIUM one to one events boosted by digital technology.

Reserved for decision-makers, the GI Connections allow you to deal in depth with your thematic and geographical target markets throughout the year.

We have invented a new concept for you, based above all on the quality of human connections thanks to the upstream preparation of your high-end meetings, the use of: AI and matchmaking, table placement algorithms, and analysis of your interactions, in order to always offer you the best qualified leads.

Exhibitor providing industrial solutions

Lyon, our first stop

Find out why GI Connections has chosen to begin its tour of France in Lyon?

International principals, start-ups, universities, laboratories and R&D centers, clusters, incubators: a multitude of players of all sizes are working together and enriching each other to position Lyon as a major innovation hub with cutting-edge industries.

With more than 140,400 companies and nearly 16,000 new jobs created each year, Lyon and its region are both the second largest economic area in France and a major decision-making center.

The future of industry is already being played out in Lyon.

France's 2nd most attractive city after Paris for international investors Lyon remains France's most attractive and dynamic metropolis.

76,915 jobs in 7,040 industrial establishments:

  • 13,180 jobs in metallurgy, machinery and equipment
  • 9,310 jobs in the chemical industry
  • 8,090 jobs in the pharmaceutical industry
  • 7,920 jobs in the energy sector

In partnership with Lyon: a dynamic and attractive European metropolis.

ADERLYGrand Lyon Métropole
Aeronautics and Defense

Contacts

Contact us now to become a partner and join our new concept of industrial events.

Maxine BENACOM

Maxine BENACOM

Development director

+33 (0)1 70 61 46 85

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Olivier KRAWIECKI

Olivier KRAWIECKI

International commercial manager

+33 (0)7 80 91 40 18

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Debora PARTOUCHE

Debora PARTOUCHE

International commercial manager

+33 (0)7 80 91 40 17

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Alexandre PROTAIS

Alexandre PROTAIS

Sales representative

+33 (0)1 46 90 19 00

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How to become partner?

You would like to become a partner and have many questions.
Please fill in the form below to receive your "Partnership File".

We are committed to protecting and respecting the personal data of all our users in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will only use your data to administer your account and provide you with requested products and services. In accordance with the amended Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978 and the Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016-679, you can exercise your right of access to data concerning you and have them rectified or erased. You also have a right to the portability of your personal data and, if you have consented to your data being used for prospecting and communication purposes, a right of opposition or withdrawal that you can exercise by writing to us at contact@proximum365.com