Shaping the Future of Cultural and Creative Industries

Bpifrance, French Touch – A movement led by Bpifrance to mobilize and connect entrepreneurs in France’s Cultural & Creative Industries, promoting creative talent and economic growth across sectors such as film, fashion, music, games, audiovisual and publishing.

Portal:M is a visionary digital fashion solution provider of creativity and technology. We provide end-to-end digital integration services—including fabric and garment digitization, virtual 3D showroom design and production, and StyTrix, a professional AI solution that empowers every role across the fashion value chain to work smarter and more efficiently.

Elly Cheng

Director, she has over 20+ years in fashion and she leads the integration of digital product creation (DPC), 3D apparel solutions, and AI innovation. Her work streamlines development and enhances digital realism, bridging fashion, technology, and culture to transform how garments are designed, visualized, and experienced.

Sparklabs – A Taiwan Focus startup accelerator & VC fund that’s the beachhead for the outside, and a digital transformation catalyst for the inside.

Mallory Chien

Passionate about empowering startups and driving innovation, I specialize in designing and managing programs that help early-stage companies scale and succeed. With first-hand experience in startups, accelerator, and venture capital, I bridge the gap between founders, investors, and industry partners to create impactful growth opportunities.

Culturespaces provides full-scale management and creative services for art venues, producing immersive digital content, museum exhibitions, and large-scale historical shows.

Foulques d’Aboville

After beginning his career as an officer, Foulques d’Aboville obtained an MBA from HEC Paris and turned his attention to the cultural sector. In 2017, he joined Culturespaces, France’s leading museum and monument management company. After several years at the director of a Parisian museum, the Musée Jacquemart-André, he participated in the company’s transition to immersive art centres, notably with the opening of the Atelier des Lumières in Paris. Since 2022, he has been COO of Culturespaces and is involved in the company’s international expansion in Europe, the United States and Asia.

Digital Rise is an independent French production company, founded by producer François Klein and director Thomas Villepoux. The company’s goal is to design and produce immersive narrative experiences involving new forms of image and sound technology. In recent years, the company has experienced rapid growth through a network of strategic international partners from Los Angeles to Taipei. Digital Rise consolidates its position as a significant player in the immersive industry in France and focus its future productions on large-scale experiences, whether in the metaverse or across the global network of physical venues.

Francois Klein

An international prolific immersive content producer specialized in new forms of storytelling and XR technologies. He founded Digital Rise in 2018 to work on innovative narrative concepts with engaging design for the audience. His work has been presented in major festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Kaohsiung, Venice, GIFF, Filmgate. In 2023 he starts working with major artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Hsin-Chien Huang. Today he extends his expertise to the future of location-based immersive entertainment.

ICC Immersion Taiwan – A bilateral initiative organized by Institut Français, Business France and the French Office in Taipei bringing together a French delegation for the Taiwan Creative Content Fest.