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Speakers 2024

SIDO collaborates with the key players who are shaping IoT, AI, Robotics and XR today and tomorrow in order to find the most beautiful innovation success stories: a big THANK YOU to them!

Patrick ABIVEN

Manager and co-founder

Apitech

Adam ADWAN

Chief Program Officer

Navya (groupe Gama)

Adam Adwan holds a PhD in electronics from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and has over 25 years’ experience in the automotive sector, in senior innovation and development positions. After starting his career with equipment manufacturer Faurecia, he went on to develop in-depth and recognized expertise in advanced driver assistance systems at PSA Peugeot Citroën, Jaguar Land Rover and Aptiv, and then in autonomous vehicles when he joined Gama (Gaussin Macnica Mobility) in 2021. Formerly Navya, the Gama group is a leader in autonomous mobility solutions for the transport of people and goods in France and abroad, addressing four fast-growing markets: public and private passenger transport, logistics, ports and airports. Now Product Design and Program Management Director of the Gama Group, Adam Adwan is responsible for the System Engineering, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Homologation, Customer Acceptance Validation and Project and Program Management departments.

Ahoefa AGBESSI-AWUSSI

Information Security Compliance Manager

Cegid

Since April 2023, Ahoefa Agbessi-Awussi has been in charge of Cegid’s information security management system, overseeing ISO 27001 certification in France. Previously, she worked for five years at Inetum as Quality Assurance, Security and Compliance Manager, managing internal audits and compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and HDS standards. Fun fact: after a career change, she switched from teaching and research in food biotechnology to cybersecurity. She is a certified ISO 9001 Auditor (quality management system), ISO 27001 Lead Implementor, PRINCE2 Practitioner (project management) and Risk Manager.

Philippe AGHION

Economist - Professor

Collège de France

Professor at the Collège de France and INSEAD, visiting professor at the London School of Economics, Philippe Aghion is probably the most influential French economist of the last thirty years. A follower of Joseph Schumpeter and his theory of creative destruction, which he has explored in great depth, and a great advocate of innovation, Philippe Aghion has inspired (and sometimes advised) no less than three French presidents (N.Sarkozy, F.Hollande, E.Macron) on economic issues. A former professor at MIT, Harvard and Oxford, in 2023 he co-chaired the Commission on Artificial Intelligence, at the invitation of then Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Surrounded by some 15 experts – including Anne Bouverot, Gilles Babinet, Luc Julia, Yann Le Cun and Arthur Mensch – he drew up a detailed report with 25 strategic recommendations, submitted in March 2024 to French President Emmanuel Macron.

Stéphane ALAJARIN

Clauger 3E Director and Product Manager

Clauger

Pierre ALEX

Co-founder & CEO

Distorsion

Rémi ALLAIN

CTO

Dream On Technology

Thierry ALVERGNAT

Founder

Cohevo

Intra/entrepreneur and manager in Digital for 23 years, in professional innovation communities for 13 years, today I support SMEs & Start-ups who want to develop new value propositions and/or Digitize their offers, to develop their turnover. To enable management teams to remain focused on core business and customer needs, I take charge of creating the business model design, business model canvas, strategic elements, action plan and change management. The objective is to create meaning and align all the links in the value chain in order to encourage the commitment of teams, the best talents, and strategic partners in the region. Member of the innovation committees for SATT Pulsalys and R&D for the Minalogic Cluster, I remain connected to the evolution of the state of the art Digital & Deep Tech.

Christophe AUBERGER

Founder

Dianoia Conseil

Christophe Auberger holds a Master’s degree in IT and Telecom. After several years in countermeasures and secrecy protection in the French Navy (DPSD), he took over responsibility for support at Altis Informatique. He then managed pre-sales and consulting for the Information Systems Governance BU at Arche Communications. In the 2000s, he co-founded the first French MSSP (monDSI.com), which later became part of the RISC group. He then joined Fortinet as head of pre-sales, before moving on to technical management in France, where he worked as an expert with major customers and managed relations with institutions and influential groups. In 2023, he founded Dianoia Conseil, a consultancy specializing in the definition of cyber strategies and the implementation of cyber crisis management units.

Jean-Luc AUDIGIER

Business Developer Operational Experience & IoT

Orange Business

Business Developer Industrie 4.0, Jean-Luc Audigier’s experience brings the best of IoT technologies for the convergence of IT and OT to Orange Business’ industrial customers. Together, they seek to improve the safety, quality and productivity of their industrial activities by placing digital technology at the service of people.

Tony AUDOIN

Head of Channel France

Kaspersky

With over twenty years’ experience in IT, Tony Audoin started out at Avanquest France as a sales engineer, managing partners. He then joined Sellbytel as an account manager, helping medium-sized companies find the right technology solutions for Microsoft. In 2010, he joined Kaspersky, first as Inside Sales Corporate and then, for over eleven years, as Distribution Partner Account Manager. Today, he is Head of Channel for France, and continues to develop and animate the network of distribution partnerships with passion.

Bruno BAILLY

CEO

Merem

Jean-Philippe BALBERDE

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Lacroix

Jean-Philippe Balberde is senior product marketing manager at Impulse, the LACROIX design centre. He has a wide range of skills in marketing, business development and technology. His career began in the telecommunications industry and has extended to the agri-food sector, demonstrating his ability to adapt. He has in-depth knowledge of B2B go-to-market strategies in fast-changing environments and excels at inter-organizational communication. He has proven leadership skills, having worked at Alcatel, Valorial and Kerlink. He is a graduate of ENIB, INSEAD and IGR-IAE.

Marc BALME

Director Of Engineering

Décathlon

Félix BALMONET

Co-founder

Chat3D

Yosra BARBIER

Regional Information Security Officer / CEFCYS Secretary

Allianz Partners / CEFCYS

Dr. Yosra Barbier is passionate about cybersecurity, its emerging and innovative concepts and solutions. She is determined to build a solid expertise and career, and to pass on her knowledge to the next generation and to those retraining in this exciting field. She began devoting her academic and professional life to this world in 2009. Today, she is Regional Head of Information Security for Western Europe at Allianz Partners. She has also held the position of CISO for an AssurTech software publisher and Security Manager at Orange Cyberdefense. She has achieved several recognized cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP and ISO 27001 Lead Implementer. She was named one of the “40 under 40” in Top Cyber News magazine, and holds the positions of mentor and secretary of the Cercle des Femmes en Cybersécurité (CEFCYS). She was also a finalist for the European Women in Cybersecurity Day 2021.

Sébastien BARON

Manager Sales Engineering

Mimecast

Sébastien Baron is Technical Director for Southern Europe at Mimecast, world leader in the protection of corporate messaging and communications systems. Previously, Sébastien was Technical Director for Crowdstrike in France, Proofpoint and Riverbed in Southern Europe.

Romain BAUDE

President - Co-founder

Aprex Solutions

Émeline BAUME

First Vice-President (responsible for the economy, employment, trade, digital technology and public procurement)

Métropole de Lyon

Following a course of study combining life sciences and communications, Émeline Baume worked in the field of communications for various public institutions and local authorities, before becoming a project manager for the Rhône-Alpes Region in the field of associative life, popular education and participative democracy. A key figure in Lyon’s environmental movement, she was a borough councillor and elected to Greater Lyon in 2008, before joining the Lyon city council as president of the EELV group in 2014. Becoming a metropolitan councilor in 2015, she took charge of the Circular Economy and Waste Prevention delegation, which led her to pursue a master’s degree on the theme of the Social and Solidarity Economy, which she obtained in 2018 thanks to a dissertation on the territorial circular economy and the gift economy. In 2020, she was appointed first vice-president of the Metropole de Lyon.

Darin BEACH

Director of Business Development

OxygenIT

Sébastien BECK

Associate managing director

Hyperfiction

Trained as an engineer and Managing Director of Hyperfiction, Sébastien Beck has over 30 years’ experience in computer-generated images, whether applied to simulators, Serious Games, digital special effects, augmented reality or virtual reality. After initial experience as a flight simulator developer at Dassault Aviation’s flight test center, at the end of 1992 he joined Medialab, a Canal+ subsidiary dedicated to new images, where he developed virtual reality and real-time 3D animation programs. In 1998, he co-founded Realviz, a special effects software company. This gave him his first experience of business creation and management. In 2003, he joined Dæsign, repositioning the company in the 3D Serious Games market, and took over as CEO in 2005. In 2012, he joined KTM Advance as Project Director, developing the simulator and virtual reality business. In 2017, he joined forces with Jérôme Favre-Félix at Hyperfiction, a virtual and augmented reality consulting and development company. In this capacity, he supports numerous industrial customers to meet their needs in connection with immersive technologies, whether for training, production support or communication.

Anne-Sophie BELLAICHE

Editor-in-chief

L'Usine Nouvelle

Anne-Sophie Bellaiche is editor-in-chief of the magazine at L’Usine Nouvelle. She joined L’Usine Nouvelle in 2008, first as head of industrial relations and then as head of the economics and social affairs department. Before joining L’Usine Nouvelle, she worked for a number of newspapers (Challenges, Le Figaro, Management, Liaisons sociales, etc.). A graduate of EDHEC and with a master’s degree in modern literature, she is particularly interested in public policy, international balances and the implications of new technologies.

Hicham BEN HASSINE

CEO & CTO

AlgoSecure

Ludovic BENHAMOU

Security Engineer

Tenable

Nadir BENRAMDANE

Almond outsourced CISO

Afflelou

Samuel BENVENISTE

Co-founder & Vice-President

Enchanted Tools

Julien BERNET

Cybersecurity Director

Witekio

Julien Bernet is the Head of Security for Witekio and has over 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity field.After completing his PhD in computer science, he worked for various software and hardware security labs with a focus on embedded devices and smart cards.Thanks to his work as a security consultant he has firsthand experience of security evaluations across a range of industries and technologies.In his role as the Head of Security for Witekio, Julien is in charge of the development and evaluation of the company’s internal security framework and defining the security architecture for customer developments.

Julien BERTOLINI

IoT expert

Volvo Group

Passionate about Industry 4.0, Julien Bertolini is currently an IoT expert at Volvo Group. With over twenty years’ experience in the information technology sector, he has been involved in the evolution of the IoT market from its inception (from M2M to IoT). Today, his role is both technical, to realize and deploy innovative solutions in factories around the world, and strategic, to guide the Group’s IoT trajectory.

Léa BITARD

Co-founder - LCA Expert

Resilio

Jean BOLOT

Orange Innovation Research Senior Vice President

Orange

Jean Bolot is Director of Research at Orange, a department that aims to nurture responsible innovation at the service of people, inform the Group’s long-term strategic choices and influence the global digital ecosystem. Through its research, Orange aims to improve the daily lives of everyone and respond to major societal challenges through innovative and responsible uses of new digital technologies. To invent this future, Orange’s 720 researchers work in an open research environment with other players around the world. They capture trends, invent and improve technologies for the networks and services of the future, and place technological building blocks and expertise at the service of innovation for the Group and its ecosystem. Jean Bolot has extensive experience in research and technology (networks, audio/video applications, artificial intelligence and deep learning…). He is also deeply involved in the social and environmental challenges of digital technology. Before joining Orange, he headed the artificial intelligence laboratory at InterDigital, a Palo Alto-based R&D company specializing in mobile technologies. He also created and directed Technicolor’s research lab in Silicon Valley, which focused on using artificial intelligence for Hollywood to reinvent recommendation systems and reduce production costs. He also headed Sprint’s research lab, where he pioneered the use of cell phone data on a large scale. Jean Bolot began his career in academic research at INRIA, then at UC Berkeley, and helped develop the start-up Ensim.

Clément BONGIBAULT

President

eRecycle

Franck BONNARD

Connectivity and Cybersecurity Consultant for converged IT-OT environments

NXO - Adira

Frédéric BORREL

Digital Consultant XR

Volvo Group

An expert in immersive technologies, Frédéric Borrel is an internal consultant in charge of digitalization for the Volvo Group. Immersive technologies (augmented, virtual and mixed reality) are new digital tools that support a company’s various processes. Imagination and data are the only limits in these new digital worlds.

Yann BOURJAULT

Director of Digital Transformation

Schneider Electric

Florent BOUVIER

Easytech Programme Manager

Minalogic

Florent Bouvier holds a degree in materials engineering, and has ten years’ experience in supporting collaborative research and innovation projects, within the Minalogic competitiveness cluster, as well as the Pulsalys technology transfer accelerator and incubator. Within Minalogic, Florent supports project leaders wishing to integrate Deeptech technologies, operating the Easytech program of IRT Nanoelec, and acting as Minalogic’s referent for the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Innovation Partnerships program. Florent Bouvier has also been involved in a project to set up a company in the field of tomography, and has also worked in the research sector (CERN) and in international cooperation (French Embassy in Canada).

Baptiste BRASSET

Data & Energy project leader

Valeo Power

Baptiste Brasset is Data and Energy project manager at Valeo Power, in the digital team headed by Éric Manouvrier. He is in charge of deploying energy consumption reduction and predictive maintenance solutions within the division. A graduate of the Université Technologique de Compiègne (UTC), he has been with Valeo for five years. He worked in production and continuous improvement before specializing in digital technology, working alongside Éric Manouvrier for almost a year. The energy-measuring suitcase he will be presenting at the show has earned him the title of Engineer of the Future 2023, awarded by L’Usine Nouvelle magazine in the “digital innovation serving the ecological transition” category.

Didier BRIAND

Managing director

Inouid

An engineer and a graduate of ISAE-ENSMA and INSEAD, Didier Briand was Managing Director of Cummins France (manufacturer of industrial engines and generator sets), then of CMR France (Sensors and Scada systems). In 2017, he set up Inouid to put his skills and taste for innovation at the service of Industry 4.0 and improving its environmental impact. With his team, he implements turnkey solutions for air quality, water control and AI-assisted predictive maintenance.

Marc BRINGUIER

Europe Business Development Manager

Sphere

Passionate about new technologies, Marc Bringuier worked for several years with Microsoft to evangelize HoloLens on the European market. He joined the PTC teams in April 2019 to become the bridgehead and European expert in immersive technologies. Marc Bringuier is also a speaker and the author of numerous articles on the impact of immersive technology solutions in business. As director of augmented reality at Sphere Technology – a Californian start-up specializing in augmented and mixed reality collaboration – he continues to work on a daily basis with numerous companies to help them successfully deploy their immersive reality projects. Alongside his role at Sphere, Marc Bringuier is also President of the French VR/RA association, a member of the TPE/SME board of the France Immersive Learning association, and editor-in-chief of the XR -solution.fr blog.

Marine BROGLI

Administrator / CEO

Numeum / DPO Consulting

Yannis BRUN

Managing Partner

Altyor

In 2000, Yannis Brun and Yanis Cottard founded Technochina, a plastics manufacturing company combining mechanics and electronics. Since the creation of the Altyor group (merger of Technochina and PDCI), Yannis has overseen the financial aspects and relations with banks and investors, as well as the commercial management of some of the group’s long-standing customers. Yannis attaches great importance to the autonomy and personal development of his employees.

Christophe BRUNSCHWEILER

Business Unit manager

Smile

With initial training in electronics and embedded computing at ENSEA, supplemented by a master’s degree in business administration, Christophe Brunschweiler began his career as an engineer, then as a project manager in industry, notably in the automotive sector. Today, he is Director of the ECS (Embedded & Connected Systems) branch of the Smile group, an entity dedicated to the Embedded and IoT offer of the leading open digital group, spread over 5 sites in France (Paris, Toulouse, Grenoble, Nantes and Lille).

Jonathan CAILLE

Technical Manager on Cybersecurity

Sopra Steria

Jonathan Caille is a technical manager specializing in cybersecurity. He currently holds the position of Technical Manager at Sopra Steria, where he plays a key role in the Command & Control product team, securing projects and providing solutions for major projects related to cyber incident detection and response activities. Previously, Jonathan was Delivery Manager at Navblue (Airbus), where he led several software development teams in the aeronautical field. He has also worked for Orange, managing HR software development projects, and at Atos, where he supervised projects for La Poste and Orange in Morocco, as well as participating in pre-sales initiatives. His career began as a software developer for EDF, where he worked on backend development and the implementation of application monitoring tools. Jonathan holds several certifications, including Leading SAFe Certification, Microsoft SC900 Certification and Azure AI Fundamentals Certification. His core competencies include Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, generative AI tools and Azure OpenAI.

Guillaume CALLOU

Practice Mobile Private Network / Professional Mobile Radio Director

Orange Business

Guillaume Callou is head of Private Mobile Radio (PMR) at Orange Business. With an initial background in operators’ consumer activities, he has acquired comprehensive expertise in all aspects of a telecom network. After working for manufacturers, he steered SNCF Réseaux’s PMR activity, in particular its transition in the face of the current challenges of opening up to competition and moving towards 5G. He joined Orange Business to develop, industrialize and diversify the private 5G connectivity offer for the B2B market.

Antoine CAMUS

Cybersecurity Director

Minalogic

Vincent CHARTIER

OT Security Presales Engineer

Orange Cyberdefense

As part of the industrial cybersecurity center of expertise, Vincent Chartier supports Orange Cyberdefense customers in framing and implementing their cyber IoT projects, according to their maturity, with a hands-on approach.

Patrice CHARTON

Market Leader in Electronics & Telecom

Ayming

Market Leader in Electronics & Telecom within AYMING, Patrice has been supporting companies of all sizes in these sectors for more than 15 years on all innovation financing mechanisms.

Stanislas CHESNAIS

CEO

Xpdeep

Caroline CHOPINAUD

Executive Director

Hub France IA

Simon CLAVIER

Open Source Software Strategist

SNCF

Simon Clavier is a French engineer trained in electrical and biomedical engineering, before specializing in IT through a wide variety of missions, from development to governance to SysAdmin. He has worked for SNCF since 2007, and in 2013 completed an MBA focusing on systems and new types of management and organizations, becoming the group’s Open Source Software Strategist. Since then, he has been convinced that these two subjects are key factors in a successful and sustainable digital transformation, acting with people through a reinvented organization and choosing technologies you can control. He is an advocate of inter-company cooperation on Open Source and VP of the French-speaking PostgreSQL inter-company working group.

Maxence COSSALTER

Anima

Accessible, open and always listening, Maxence approaches his missions with a systemic vision which brings relevance and coherence to his projects. An expert in collective intelligence and interpersonal relations, he specializes in the management of participatory projects in both the private and public sectors. A graduate in communication and management at the iaelyon school of management, Maxence has 10 years of experience at Niagara in animation, facilitation and mediation. He has notably worked with La Tribune, Métropole de Lyon, Enedis, Deloitte, Icf Habitat, etc.

Edwin-Joffrey COURTIAL

Research engineer / Scientific director

CNRS / 3Deus Dynamics

Edwin-Joffrey Courtial is a CNRS research engineer with a doctorate in materials from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and in artificial intelligence from MIT. His research focuses on the fundamental principles of printability through the control of complex fluids. The author of more than 30 scientific publications, most of them on silicone 3D printing for health, Edwin invented dynamic moulding, a 3D printing process now used by 3Deus Dynamics, of which he is founder and scientific director.

Laurent COUSSONNET

Sales and Business Development Director

Linxens

Vincent CRIQUEBEC

Chef de projet - Programme IA Booster France 2030

BPIfrance

Vincent Criquebec is in charge of the IA Booster France 2030 program at Bpifrance. The IA Booster France 2030 program aims to support French SMEs and ETIs in their digital transformation process by integrating AI solutions, in order to enrich their offer, improve their competitiveness and modernize their production apparatus. The program is part of the France 2030 plan, and is supported by the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty and the General Secretariat for Investment.

Brice CRUCHON

President and founder

Dracula Technologies

With a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Nantes, Brice Cruchon founded Dracula Technologies in 2012. He has led a dual career as a chemist and innovation management specialist. With twenty-eight years of management experience and expertise in innovation and financing, he is now leading Dracula Technologies to the status of world leader in OPV technologies for indoor applications.

Carole DAUGUET

French market manager

Tele2 IoT

Carole Dauguet has been Sales Manager for the French market at Tele2 IoT since 2022. With a rich and varied career in the fields of BMS, M2M and telematics, Carole has a perfect understanding of her customers’ needs. She is helping to position Tele2 IoT as one of the ten European leaders in global IoT connectivity, with over 10,000 customers and 10 million connections in 190 countries. Carole holds a degree in electrical engineering from the École des hautes études d’ingénieur (Junia HEI) in Lille.

Antoine DE DECKER

Associate manager

Inceptive

Charles DE LA GARDETTE

Director, Account Executives,

Qualys

Charles de La Gardette is cybersecurity manager at Qualys, where he leads teams specializing in vulnerability management, protection of on-premise and cloud IT infrastructures, and Cyber risk mitigation. He plays a crucial role in the implementation of innovative 100% cloud solutions to improve corporate security and compliance.

Gaëtan DE SAINTE MARIE

President of the Digital Commission

CPME

A graduate of ESDES, Gaëtan de Sainte Marie began his career in 1997 with the Pechiney Group in Australia. In 1999, at the age of 24, he set up his first business in Sydney, Australia – a company specializing in the sharing of IT resources between SMEs. Founder and CEO of Qantis since 2001, he is also co-director of Domaine de Sainte Marie, a winegrowing estate in the Jura region, and a committed investor in several start-ups. Vice-president of the Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants (CJD) International from 2016 to 2018, author of the book Ensemble on va plus loin (Editions Alisio, 2016) on the BtoB collaborative economy, Gaëtan de Sainte Marie is today vice-president of the CPME du Rhône, member of the executive committee and president of the digital commission of the national CPME. His understanding and experience of technological, organizational and economic transformations enable Gaëtan de Sainte Marie to support entrepreneurs who, like him, must constantly evolve.

Jean-François DE SALLIER

Sales manager Europe

Haption

Head of Business Development at Haption since the beginning of 2022, Jean-François de Sallier works closely with management and R&D, and steers sales initiatives in Europe. A graduate of ESEO in Angers, he has 20 years’ experience in the energy and automotive industries. Haption, leader in haptic systems for robotics and virtual reality, is expanding in the Industry 4.0, medical and nuclear markets. Jean-François will share his expertise on haptic HMIs, no-code and their impact on industry.

Fabrice DEBLOCK

Journalist

Jean-Luc DECOLLE

Group Vice President – Digital Transformation & Information Technology Delivery & Operations

STMicroelectronics

Jean-Luc Decolle is an electromechanical engineer from Arts & Métiers. After twenty years spent exclusively in industry (including Motorola, Legrand, Air Liquide) automating test equipment, deploying production control software solutions, and ensuring the operational outfits of international infrastructures, Jean-Luc pursued his career by joining STMicroelectronics in 2011. He was IT Director for ST’s Manufacturing solutions, before taking over as Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2016. In 2022, he was appointed Director of Services and Security, where he is responsible for managing IT solutions and operations, including the Group’s Security Operations Center (SOC), within the Digital Transformation and Information Technology and Corporate Development department. In 2023, Jean-Luc is also certified by Stanford University in “Sustainability Strategies”.

Aurélie DEFOUR

Private Equity Project Manager

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Didier DEJOUX

Consulting Engineer

Cap'Tronic

A specialist in electronic systems engineering, Didier Dejoux is in charge of deploying Cap’Tronic in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. His services are aimed at companies looking to innovate through the implementation of embedded electronic systems, as well as SMEs looking to industrialize new products and optimize-relocate manufacturing processes. It has supported companies and provided expert appraisals as part of various programs (industrial start-up diagnostics, industrialization-relocalization, Industrie 4.0 Sud pathway, etc.) to architect products and define manufacturing processes that have helped, in particular, to meet the challenges of “green industry”.

Mathieu DELAPLACE

Digital Security Delegate for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

ANSSI

François-Xavier DELASSUS

IT Security Consultant

Advens

Christophe DEPONT

Industry Sales Manager

Sysnav

Sébastien DESCHAUX

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer

DigitalKin

Sébastien Deschaux leads the creation of autonomous AI employees for companies as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and co-founder of DigitalKin. A software engineer, serial entrepreneur and expert in innovation, artificial intelligence and business design, he was formerly R&D director of an innovation consultancy and created the Impact Model de l’Innovation©.

Thomas DESRIAC

Engineering Sales manager

Arrow

Laurence DEVILLERS

Professor of AI and Ethics

Université Paris-Sorbonne

Renaud DIDIER

EU Sales Director

Witekio

Trained as a telecom and network engineer, Renaud began his career in the robotics sector as a technical project manager, before moving into sales. After five years with Witekio as a sales engineer, Renaud became the company’s European sales manager. His team’s mission is to help Witekio’s customers meet new technological challenges that are transforming their organizational paradigms, customer relations and the user experience of their products.

Éric DJAKAM

EMEA Metering Business Development APMS Group

STMicroelectronics

Eric Djakam is a graduate engineer from Supélec and the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2007, he joined the Texas Instruments group as part of the European Graduate Program. In 2017, he was elected member of the Texas Instruments European Technical Committee, where he helped define the electronic components needed to support the digitization of energy networks. In 2018, he graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique Executive Master program. In 2021, he joined the STMicroelectronics group to take over business development for the “metering” branch in EMEA. He sits on the steering committee of the G3 alliance on behalf of ST. In 2022, he received the ST STAR SILVER Company Stractegic Award. Eric is also involved in nurturing future talent in the electronics sector, through his participation in the founding committee of CentraleSupélec’s new specialized Master’s degree in electronics.

Guillaume DJOURABTCHI

CMO Cybersecurity as a Service

Advens

Steven DOLBEAU

Associate Director

Anima Conseil

Curious and dynamic, Steven is blessed with great creativity. His strengths: knowing how to grasp strategic issues, clearly expressing complex ideas and asking pertinent questions… His experience as an economic journalist, then as content and events manager at La Tribune, has allowed him to study the transformations of society in the field. A graduate of the Higher Institute of Press and Audiovisual Communication, Steven worked for more than 14 years in the media and communication sector. He has notably worked with La Tribune, Metronews, L’Express, TBWA, emlyon business school, Esdes…

Paul DOMINJON

Director of Cybersecurity Solutions

Microsoft

An expert in IT security, Paul Dominjon’s mission is to draw up a strategic plan to promote Microsoft’s cybersecurity solutions (threat prevention, data protection, security supervision, along with risk management and operational security) to professionals. A graduate in computer science from Grenoble University and ESSEC Business School, with a specialization in strategic marketing, Paul Dominjon benefits from twenty-five years’ experience in technology services companies. Before joining Microsoft France in 2018, Paul Dominjon spent 13 years at Symantec and previously held sales positions at Veritas Technologies and GE Capital. As Director of Cybersecurity Solutions, Paul Dominjon coordinates the marketing, sales and after-sales teams for Microsoft’s cybersecurity solutions, as well as promoting Microsoft’s Zero Trust vision for integrated and effective protection of organizations.

Frédéric DUPONT

Director Electronic and Innovation Offer

Viveris

An electrical engineer, Frédéric Dupont began his career developing embedded software and electronics for the energy sector. He then went on to work in the automotive sector, developing software for automotive ECUs. In 2007, the adventure of entrepreneurship enabled him to develop his commercial skills and marked a turning point in his future experiences. Since 2010, he has dedicated himself to developing the embedded systems branch at Viveris. Since 2023, he has been Director of the Group’s Electronics and Innovation offering.

Corentin DUROSELLE

Head of Cloud & IoT Division

Smile

Trained as an IT engineer, Corentin Duroselle quickly focused his career on sales and project management in the web, e-commerce, mobile applications, embedded software and, more recently, IoT and Cloud applications. Corentin currently supervises and leads a team of engineers and experts in this field, within the ECS (Embedded & Connected Systems) entity of the Smile group, with complex themes and particularly technical services.

Emmanuel DUTEIL

Editorial Director

L'Usine Nouvelle / L'Usine Digitale

Coordinateur EXPERT CYBER

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

DGSI

Jean-Philippe FASSINO

Cyber-Security, Distinguished Architect

Schneider Electric

Matthieu FAVREAU

Senior Sales Engineer

Varonis

With over 15 years’ experience with network equipment manufacturers and then with the operator Bouygues Telecom, he is currently Senior Pre-Sales Engineer at Varonis. His expertise focuses on data protection, where he provides innovative, secure solutions to meet the new challenges of the move to the Cloud.

Pierre FICHEUX

CTO Embedded & Connected Systems

Smile

Pierre Ficheux is CTO of Smile Group’s ECS (Embedded & Connected Systems) business unit, and a fervent advocate of Open Source technologies. He has made major contributions to the field of embedded systems, and is the author of the reference book “Embedded Linux”. This book (updated several times) provides comprehensive information on building and using embedded Linux systems. In addition to contributing his expertise to the projects of numerous industrial companies, Pierre is very involved in training his colleagues and customers, as well as future engineers.

Valentin FLEURY

Consultant in organisational transformation

Talisker Consulting

Valentin Fleury is an expert in management and organisational transformation. Convinced that transformations are achieved through a subtle blend of collective dynamics and individual responsibilities, Valentin supports his clients in their development through consulting, coaching and training. He created the ‘Positive Impact’ CSR label dedicated to CIOs in the belief that CSR should play a more important role in digital ecosystems.

Aude FOLCHER

CISOaaS - CEFCYS South Region Representative

CEFCYS

Juliette FROPIER

Artificial Intelligence Project Manager

Ministère de la Transition Écologique et de la Cohésion des Territoires / Commissariat Général au Développement Durable

Juliette Fropier is AI and ecological transition project manager at Ecolab, the innovation laboratory of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition. Ecolab promotes the use of public data and innovative responses to the dual urgency of ecological transition and digital transformation. As such, Ecolab is responsible for the French government’s AI & ecological transition roadmap, in conjunction with all the ministries involved in the national AI strategy. This roadmap explains how AI can help local authorities, businesses and ministries reduce their consumption of resources and act in the interests of protecting biodiversity, reducing pollution and adapting to global warming. It also addresses the environmental impact of AI development itself.

Pierre GAL

Head of Product

The Embedded Kit

Pierre Gal has been supporting equipment manufacturers at Witekio for 19 years. He started out as an embedded software developer, before becoming Solution Director, defining the best technical solution for their innovative products. He now heads up The Embedded Kit (Witekio) product brand, which aims to provide OEMs with all the tools and knowledge they need to build, connect, test and secure their embedded systems without vendor dependency.

David GAL-REGNIEZ

Director, Content Industry & New Space

Minalogic

Jean-laurent GAZELLE

Business Development Manager Southern Europe

AAEON

Jean-Laurent Gazelle has been Business Development Manager at AAEON Technology (part of the ASUS Group, Titanium member of the Intel IoT Alliance and NVIDIA Elite Partner) for the past two years. He previously held the position of Technical Project Manager, in charge of ODM and customization projects for electronic design. Before joining AAEON Technology, he held various R&D and product positions in the telecoms, aeronautics and defense sectors. His areas of expertise are industrial embedded electronics and software development. Jean-Laurent Gazelle holds an Executive MBA (Kedge Business School) and a Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering (ISEN).

Mohammed GHEZAL

Head of Modeling & Digital Acceleration

Solystic

Mohammed Ghezal is head of the Modeling and Digital Acceleration (MAN) department at Solystic. There, he developed the TwinStudio 3D® platform, used to emulate systems sold prior to installation, integrating manual workstations and generating a complete total cost of ownership (TCO) of any simulated scenario. A reliable solution which, combined with faster, easier operation, translates into significant savings in terms of time and associated engineering costs. Solystic, which now markets the solution, is working on a SaaS offering.

Emanuela GIRARDI

President

ADRA

Emanuela Girardi is President of the European Association ADRA (AI, Data & Robotics), which leads the private component of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe public-private partnership. She is also founder and president of Pop AI, a non-profit association set up in 2018 to make artificial intelligence accessible to all. In addition, Emanuela is part of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development’s Artificial Intelligence Expert Group, which drew up the first transalpine AI strategy. In 2021, she was recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in technology in Italy.

Jérémy GOMA

Information Security Officer for IoT

Décathlon

Alexandre GONTIER

Sales Area Manager

PcVue

A graduate of Polytech’ Grenoble, Alexandre Gontier joined ARC Informatique in 2006 as a technical support engineer, where he learned to exploit a range of industrial technologies and developed an ability to solve cutting-edge technical challenges in complex contexts. His move to sales consulting in 2012 enabled him to deepen his understanding of the specific needs of industrial companies, consolidating his reputation as a strategic partner for PcVue France. Since 2021, as co-head of business development and strategy, Alexandre has played a central role in strengthening PcVue France’s market position and significantly expanding its customer portfolio. He stands out for his passion for integrating innovative technologies such as IoT, AI and edge analytics, essential levers for generating strategic insights at enterprise scale.

Thomas GOURITIN

Founder & AI expert

TOMG Conseils

Expert in AI and chatbots, Thomas Gouritin works with companies and institutions on data and artificial intelligence issues in the healthcare, marketing and communication sectors, in France and abroad. Through concrete use cases, he raises awareness of the challenges of generative artificial intelligence and its technical and ethical limits. It helps organizations integrate AI into their strategies and teams boost their operations.

Michael GRAND

President

TrustnGo

Lisa GRASSER

Head of Project Management

Mecaware

Rémi GRIVEL

President

CLUSIR Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Frédéric GRZESIAK

Technical director

Prosyst

Frédéric Grzesiak holds a doctorate in engineering from the University of Valenciennes, Industrial and Human Automation Laboratory (now LAMIH), after studying automation engineering. He joined Prosyst almost as soon as it was founded, to develop the software and AI business, and is currently its Technical Director. Prosyst’s mission is to design and deploy innovative solutions (products and services) for the optimisation of automated production tools, by forging close partnerships with major industrial groups, particularly in the automotive sector.

Nacira GUERROUDJI-SALVAN

President / Head of mission ISSP

CEFCYS / Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-Mer

Sophie GUICHERD

Lawyer

Guicherd Avocat

Sophie Guicherd is a lawyer with a doctorate in law. Passionate about new technologies, she completed her doctorate at the University of Grenoble, in collaboration with INRIA. Following on from this work, she now provides specialized legal advice to companies on the development, integration, marketing and use of artificial intelligence models. She is co-director of the “AI, ethics and legal issues” program of the Ethics & AI Chair at the Grenoble MIAI multidisciplinary artificial intelligence institute, and a member of the Hub France IA. She carries out a wide range of work linking the academic world with that of private enterprise, to contribute to the evolution of issues relating to the law applicable to artificial intelligence.

Samuel GUIGO

Coordinator of the W.Print 3D printing platform

CHU de Brest

After seven years as a radio manipulator, Samuel Guigo discovered 3D printing in 2019 thanks to a research project involving the pre-operative simulation of an intracranial aneurysm treatment procedure on a “patient-specific 3D printed model”. Building on this initial experience, he is extending the approach and skills acquired in CAD and additive manufacturing to other surgeries and other areas of the hospital. In 2023, W.Print, Brest University Hospital’s 3D printing platform, was officially launched. Located at the hospital’s innovation center and comprising 9 3D printers (SLA, FDM, Polyjet), this unit is a veritable laboratory, offering services to patients, staff and users of the CHU. The platform has already been called upon for some sixty use cases, ranging from anatomical models and spare parts to the design of customized tools for teaching or scientific research purposes.

Vincent GUNTHER

CEO

Bookinou

With a passion for entrepreneurship, Vincent Gunther created the Roots’N Culture festival as a sideline to his studies. Through this music charity association, he organized over 40 concerts, which raised 12 tons of food for the Isère food bank. After ten years’ experience in show production, Vincent Gunther turned to the world of start-ups and met Guillaume Chanteloube, a computer engineer, with whom he created Bookinou, to give all children a taste for and access to reading.

Charly HAMY

CTO

Rtone

X-Telecom, specialising in IoT architecture for nearly 15 years, Charly began his career as a developer and cloud tech lead at Orange, architecting end-to-end solutions for industry, healthcare and transport, including the Live Objects group IoT platform. At Rtone since 2019, he has put his skills to work on projects combining software and product. Now CTO, he is responsible for leading and coordinating Rtone’s many businesses in the continuous improvement of processes, tools and skills.

Philippe HERBERT

Chairman of the Industrial 5G Mission

Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Relance

Matthieu HESLOUIN

Executive Director in charge of support

Bpifrance

Sophie HOUZET

Director, Mission Fabric'O, Smart Cities and Territories

CEREMA

Eddy HUYNH

Technical manager of Cybersecurity Testing

LCIE Bureau Véritas

With six years’ experience in cybersecurity, Eddy Huynh is an expert in the offensive side of the cyber field, thanks in particular to his skills in intrusion testing (IT, IoT, OT) and several participations in Red Team exercises. At the same time, he has a keen interest in the design of secure architectures, whether system or network-oriented.

Frédéric HÉLIN

Directeur

Coboteam Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Arnault IOUALALEN

CEO and R&D director

Numalis

Arnault Ioualalen obtained a PhD in computer science following two masters degrees, one in computer research and the other in mathematical research. After a period of teaching and research at UPVD, in 2015 he co-founded Numalis, a company specialized in publishing software based on formal methods for AI explicability and robustness validation. He plays an important role in the normative landscape of trusted AI as editor of the ISO/IEC 24029 standards suite and contributor to the CEN/CENELEC standards on AI reliability, the foundations of the AI Act.

Arthur JACQUEMET

Co-founder & CEO

Fabera

Christophe JANNETEAU

Head of Interactions and Networks Department

CEA LIST

Christophe Janneteau is head of the Interactions and Networks Department at CEA List, where he coordinates the Institute’s research and technology transfer activities on the theme of future telecoms networks and their industrial applications, particularly in relation to future developments in 5G. Christophe is a graduate of Telecom Paris and has been working for over twenty years in telecom R&D with equipment manufacturers and research centers.

Patrick JORDIKIAN

Associate Director

Speedernet

Florent KIRCHNER

Director Digital Policy

Secrétariat Général pour l'Investissement / France 2030

Florent Kirchner is the Head of the French Cybersecurity Strategy: within the Prime Minister’s services, he is tasked with planning and coordinating investments nation-wide and in connexion with European initiatives. In practice, this means – among other things – funding research, innovation, operations, incubators, commons, ecosystems, and training with the aim to building a better, more trustworthy digital future. This is part of the France2030 plan, a 54B€ investment effort overall. He holds a Masters degree from Ecole Normale Supérieure and a Ph.D from Ecole Polytechnique, both in computer science and formal methods. He worked with terrific people at NASA, SRI International, Inria, and CEA; managed one of the largest teams of applied research in software and systems engineering, and was Strategic Director for the SPARTA EU pilot program. He had the privilege of becoming an auditor at IHEDN, in the session “souveraineté numérique et cybersécurité”. Florent Kirchner is passionate about supporting cyber-diversity in all its forms, setting up unexpected collaborations, and exploring emerging trends as well as timeless patterns.

Zoltán KISS

Export and R&D manager

Endrich

Zoltán Kiss is an accomplished international sales and marketing manager, electronics R&D manager and IT team leader, with extensive experience in electrical and electronic component distribution, circuit design and IT. He is a passionate expert in information and communication technologies with strong international leadership skills. Zoltán holds a Master of Science degree and pursued postgraduate studies in electrical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (doctoral studies), as well as at Harvard Business School. He is the author of over 100 international publications and several books on electronics and IoT technology.

Philippe KOCH

Innovation delegate Lyon

Bpi France

Laurent LADREYT

France Sales Engineering

Mimecast

Laurent Ladreyt recently took up the position of Sales Engineer France at Mimecast. Previously, he worked for end customers, mainly in industry, in positions such as systems and network administrator, IT manager, Local CISO, as well as in Cybersecurity/SOC teams.

Bastien LAFORET

Vice President Digital Quality & Operations

Volvo

Bastien Laforet is currently Vice-President of Digital Quality and Operations within the Volvo Group (which brings together several brands, including Volvo Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta… to name but a few). After seven years with Sogeti/Capgemini, Bastien Laforet joined the Volvo Group in 2006 and held a number of manufacturing-related positions, supporting local delivery teams and the Volvo Group in their IT quality journey. This experience led him to work in the Group’s various factories to implement lean manufacturing within local IT teams, from Curitiba in Brazil to Ageo in Japan. Based in Lyon, with teams spread across eight countries, Bastien has made a move to connect IT security and quality in 2019, focusing mainly on the ‘non-standard’: all the connected tools that cannot be managed in a fleet and are specific to the Volvo Group’s core business. In 2021, this new area gave rise to the Quality & Security entity, which Bastien headed up and which, in addition to these two areas, brought together all the cross-functional processes (asset management, request management, vulnerability management, etc.). The last change came in July 2024, when the Quality & Security entity became Digital Quality & Ops. This new entity covers the fields of OT, IT and IOT as a whole, and aims to support the Group in securing and managing the lifecycle of everything with an IP address in the Volvo domain.

Didier LAGE

RECyM Zonal Coordinator

Police Nationale

Louis LAMBERTOD

Technical Sales Engineer

Nozomi Networks

After seven years’ experience in IT, as a Network Performance Engineer, Louis Lambertod now supports Nozomi Networks customers in managing their cybersecurity issues in the IoT world.

Jean-Baptiste LATIL D’ALBERTAS

Public Transport Prescription Manager

Lacroix City

Jean-Baptiste Latil d’Albertas is responsible for relations between Lacroix and the public transport ecosystem. Jean-Baptiste previously worked at Navya, setting up automated mobility projects for public transport in France, the Benelux region and the UK. He also worked on business development for Green On, a company specializing in shared bike services for local authorities and businesses.

Jacques LE CONTE

CEO

Kuzzle

Kelly LE GOFF

Co-founder

Mavana.earth

After 12 years’ experience managing telecoms and IoT projects for major international accounts, Kelly Le Goff is now co-founder of Mavana. On a daily basis, she supports organizations in the development and implementation of low-carbon strategies, raising awareness and quantifying environmental impacts. Kelly is trained in Responsible Digital, Bilan Carbone, Lifecycle Analysis, Empreinte Projet and environmental workshops (Fresque du Climat and 2tonnes).

Willy LE MERCIER

Director of Strategic Alliances

ELA Innovation

With over 25 years’ experience in IoT, IT and M2M, Willy Le Mercier, Director of Strategic Alliances, is putting his expertise and market knowledge to work in ELA Innovation’s international development. After more than ten years in sales management, his role today is to initiate and forge the technological partnerships of tomorrow.

Pierre-Yves LE MORVAN

Senior Account Manager - Industrial and Manufacturing

Nvidia

Nolwenn LE STER

Director of operations / Chair of the Cybersecurity Commission

Almond / Numeum

Nolwenn Le Ster is a graduate engineer from IMT Atlantique. For the past 20 years, she has been involved in transformations within organizations such as Capgemini, where she headed up cybersecurity activities in France until 2024. Currently President of Numeum’s Cybersecurity Commission, independent expert for France 2030 and member of the ITM Board of Directors, Nolwenn Le Ster is convinced that a commitment to cybersecurity is meaningful. She is mobilizing the industry around the Cyber4Tomorrow initiative, promoted by Numeum and Campus Cyber.

Florian LECLÈRE

IoT Sales Engineer

Netmore Group

Florian Leclère is business developer for the Netmore group, which is deploying a global LoRaWAN network. With eight years spent in video broadcasting and nine years in IoT with leading LPWAN communications networks, Florian’s career is firmly focused on telecommunications. Drawing on his technical expertise and market experience, this graduate of ESEO in Angers now devotes his time to supporting Netmore’s strategic customers in the deployment of their IoT projects with customized offers.

David LEICHER AUCHAPT

Chief Data Officer

Métropole de Lyon

For over ten years, David Leicher Auchapt has been supporting local authorities in their ecological and digital transitions. In particular, he has led networks bringing together local authorities and their partners, piloted public services and developed digital services for the energy transition. As General Data Administrator for the Metropole de Lyon, he supports the local authority’s departments and territorial partners to facilitate the sharing and valorization of data in the public interest.

Peggy LEPLAT-BONNEVIALLE

Innovation deputy manager

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Peggy Leplat is Deputy Director of Innovation at Hospices Civils de Lyon. Since 2021, she has been structuring intrapreneurship and coordinating third places and innovation platforms within the CHU. She is also responsible for CO’Lab 3D, the first ISO13485-certified hospital 3D printing platform in France, which she co-created with other HCL professionals. Trained as an INSA engineer and certified in contract management and intrapreneurship, she has carried out a number of assignments in R&D, construction and the management of strategic partnerships over the course of her career.

Yoann LOPES

Staff Solution Engineer

Qt

Yoann Lopes is a Staff Solution Engineer at Qt Group and has more than fifteen years of experience working with Qt to help engineers create HMIs for various platforms including embedded, desktop, mobile, and connected devices. For the last four years, Yoann has also been driving the vision and roadmap of Qt for MCUs, a lighter version of Qt for the most constrained embedded systems. In his early career stages as a graphics software engineer, he contributed to the development of Qt modules such as Qt Quick and Qt Multimedia. Yoann holds a Master’s Degree in Embedded Systems Engineering and is based in Paris, France.

Sébastien LOTY

Head of Cyber-Physical Systems Department

Catie

Sébastien Loty is head of the Cyber-Physical Systems department at CATIE. With a degree in electronics – specializing in embedded systems – he has over twenty years’ experience in developing these systems and managing projects for industry. He leads a team of experts in embedded systems development, with a particular focus on hardware, firmware, embedded operating systems and robotics. Current developments are focused on cybersecurity and embedded artificial intelligence.

Romain MAHASENGA

Eco-design and LCA project manager

Pôle Éco-conception

With a master’s degree in product eco-design, Romain Mahasenga worked for five years as an eco-design trainer in a plastics industry CFA. He then worked for a year in the digital sector, mainly carrying out LCAs for application and data hosting solutions. Romain then joined the mechanical engineering sector for almost two years as an eco-design and LCA engineer, where he was able to train industrialists and meet their needs. Today, he is in charge of the eco-design and LCA project within the Eco-design Division and his missions, as since the beginning of his career, are to inform, train and meet the specific needs of companies in LCA and eco-design.

Philippe MALAVAL

President

ENE

Jean-Philippe MALICET

National Director

Cap'Tronic

After several experiences in the industry, Jean-Philippe, a computer engineer graduated from INSA Lyon, has worked in supporting French companies for more than 20 years. He is currently the National Director of JESSICA France which carries CAP’TRONIC.

Laurent MALNOÉ

Head of Research and Innovation (DESRI)

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Laurent Malnoé is in charge of Research and Innovation for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region’s Higher Education, Research and Innovation Department (DESRI). His mission is to support public-private partnership projects for innovation by regional companies, particularly SMEs. He is mainly involved in the digital and electronics sectors, and coordinates the State/Region roadmap on artificial intelligence.

Gillo MALPART

President & co-founder

Mavana.earth

After an 18-year international career in the Internet-of-Things (IoT), Gillo Malpart co-founded Mavana to help organizations assess the environmental and social impacts of digital technologies. Gillo has a broad vision of the digital sector and combines this expertise with the practice of Carbon Footprinting and Life Cycle Assessment. An active member of the Haut Comité pour un Numérique éco-responsable and advisor to several public and private institutions, he raises awareness of the ecological transition on a daily basis and brings his unique expertise to bear on the IoT. (Photo credit: Thibaut Deligey).

Ouassim MANOUT

Researcher in transport economics

ENTPE - LAET

Éric MANOUVRIER

PG Industrial Digitalization Manager

Valeo

Eric MANOUVRIER is responsible at VALEO for the digital manufacturing of global sites producing electric motors. He manages in acting a team of industrial data scientists on subjects of performance (TRP, TLR), quality (vision or acoustics), reduction of energy consumption and predictive maintenance. He is also, at Group level, Master process expert and, outside of VALEO, is certified Master Black belt in lean 6 sigma. Author of 2 professional books (lean 6 sigma and IA) and 2 popular novels (lean, digital), he is frequently invited to international round tables: WeTech fair, Telecom Paris, IA institute, showcases of the Future, etc. .. After a 30-year career in lean manufacturing with several international equipment manufacturers (MAGNETI MARELLI, BOSAL, VALEO), he gives absolute priority to transmission to young engineers and PhD students. As such, he will testify with his team on the challenges of industrial data, a subject integrated into the OTPAAS consortium: Abdelhakim DARRAZ (PhD acoustics and deep learning), Ahmed AIT-HADJ-IAICH (Arts and Trades, machine learning) and Romain VALLA (PhD Telecom Paris, anomaly detection).

Alexandre MARGUERITE

Co-founder & managing director

Devensys Cybersecurity

A cybersecurity expert with over 15 years’ experience, Alexandre Marguerite is co-founder of Devensys Cybersecurity. Trained as an engineer with a Master of Science in computer science, he holds CISSP, CEH and CHFI certifications. Specialized in risk analysis, security auditing and pentesting, he is also an EC-Council and ISC2 certified trainer.

Rémi MARIAMBOURG

Co-founder & Sales director

Sycon

A graduate of the École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) and with a Master’s degree in space mechanics from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Rémi Mariambourg is a former network engineer at CNES, and is passionate about developing new systems. His experience in project management and operational maintenance at Arbus gave him solid expertise in customer satisfaction and field operations follow-up. This is how he came to take charge of the sales, marketing & sales division when Sycon was created with his partners.

Julien MARICHY

Managing partner, in charge of industrial strategy

Altyor

A qualified engineer specializing in plastic injection and mechanical processes, Julien Marichy started out at Altyor as Engineering Manager, then Manager of the Shanghai manufacturing plant. A specialist in the preliminary design, costing and industrial strategy phases, with over twenty years’ experience in the industrial world, he invented the ANSWER process at Altyor, an infallible tool for the industrialization of a hardware product.

Jean-Luc MARINI

Directeur du Laboratoire IA et de l’agence de Lyon

Open Studio

5G is revolutionizing the way we use communications technologies, offering ultra-fast speeds, low latency and massive connection capacity. Industrial companies are increasingly interested in the emergence of 5G networks and their partial or total privatization. Use cases are multiplying rapidly, and initial results show productivity improvements of 10-15%. Orange Business and its ecosystem of partners offer you an extensive catalog of 5G private network solutions to support your digital transformation.

Dylan MARIVAIN

Digital Sobriety Project Manager

ADEME

Dylan Marivain’s interest in the challenges of digital sobriety dates back to his studies in environmental law, and he has never ceased to pursue his quest for knowledge in this field through his professional and volunteer experiences. Now working for ADEME’s Alt Impact program, he has seized the opportunity to promote the deployment of digital sobriety in local areas and within companies.

Jean-Christophe MARPEAU

Consulting engineer

Cap'Tronic

Jean-Christophe MARPEAU, specialist in cybersecurity and complex systems engineering, is in charge of the deployment of CAP’TRONIC in the Grand Est region. Its interventions are aimed at companies wishing to improve their production lines and take the path of industry 4.0 (data architecture and mapping, instrumentation of the production tool, industrial cybersecurity, etc.) and SMEs wishing to innovate at through the implementation of on-board electronic systems. In particular, he participated in the drafting of a guide on Industrial Cybersecurity “Guide to the implementation of the IEC 62443 standard For the use of industrial operators and equipment suppliers for industry” (CETIM No.: 9Q441 )

Romain MARTY

Product Developer Ecosystem Manager

Kinéis

Romain Marty has been in charge of the ecosystem of product developers at Kinéis for several months now. His role is to promote the adoption of embedded technologies within the company. Prior to this, he held positions as IoT product development manager, where he worked with various technologies such as LoRa and GSM. These experiences enabled him to understand their complementarities and differences. As a business engineer, Romain has accompanied various products from conception to deployment, covering a multitude of use cases.

Mickael MASSON

CEO

Dream On Technology

A cybersecurity player for 25 years, Mikael Masson has developed his expertise through various engineering and innovation positions with French distributors and ESNs. A former Senior SE at Fortinet (2004-2008), he co-founded and managed Cyberprotect until its sale to Adista in 2022. Today, Mikael is CEO of Dream On Technology, co-created with Cédric Matharan, where he leads the development of PanicSafe, an innovative crisis management solution. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science/Organization and Protection of Enterprise Information Systems.

Virginie MATHIVET

Founder & Director

Hemelopse

Virginie Mathivet is an expert in artificial intelligence with over 20 years’ experience. After a PhD in AI, she taught programming and AI before joining an ESN where she ran a Modern Data department (data science / data engineering). In 2023, she founded Hemelopse, an AI strategic consulting firm. She is also a speaker and trainer, renowned for her interventions on diversity in the digital world. Virginie is an AWS ML Hero, France 2030 Digital Expert, and regularly publishes on AI.

Ulysse MICHON

Vice president / Managing Director

Aquitaine Robotics / Cognitive Engines

Passionate about innovation, Ulysse Michon has been working with start-ups for over twenty years. After graduating in physics engineering in 2000, he obtained an MBA in financial management in 2017. Moving from an idea to a saleable product is not just a matter of technical expertise, it also means adapting earlier to customer needs, responding to industrial performance and collective efficiency. In 2019, he co-founded Cognitive Engines SAS. The company promotes intelligent, flexible and adaptive collaborative robotics. This technology aims to reduce employee exposure to musculoskeletal disorders in the manufacturing industry. He is also vice-president of the Aquitaine Robotics cluster, in charge of collaborative projects.

Emmanuel MICOL

Development director

Bouygues Telecom

After serving as Director of Regulatory Affairs and then Director of Marketing and Customer Experience for Bouygues Telecom’s enterprise market, Emmanuel is now in charge of Bouygues Telecom’s development strategy for the enterprise market. This responsibility includes identifying and developing the value that Bouygues Telecom’s investments in 5G can bring to our customers.

Etienne MINEUR

CEO & Creative director

Les Éditions Volumique

Stéphane MOCANU

Researcher - Senior lecturer

INRIA / Grenoble INP

Stéphane MOCANU has been a researcher at the Grenoble Computer Science Laboratory in the joint Inria CTRL-A team (https://team.inria.fr/ctrl-a/) since 2016 and a lecturer at Grenoble-INP. A mechanical engineer with a doctorate in automatic control, he obtained his habilitation to direct research in computer science in 2018. Since 2016, he has been conducting research into the cybersecurity of industrial systems, focusing primarily on intrusion detection, but also on risk assessment and resilience in the face of attacks. References: articles ( https://scholar.google.fr/citations?hl=fr&user=ODxp0gEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate ), Inria Academy trainer ( https://www.inria-academy.fr/session-de-formation-la-cybersecurite-des-systemes-de-controle-industriel/ ), IEC 62443 standard expert, member of the France 2030 PEPR Cybersecurity SuperviZ project ( https://www.pepr-cybersecurite.fr/projet/superviz/ ).

Sébastien NASLAIN

Business Manager

Groupe Dupliprint

Sébastien, a former top-level sportsman, I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an engineering qualification from the Ecole Centrale. I fell into the printing business by chance, spending 15 years working in the packaging sector for SMEs and major groups in France and abroad. I then moved into consulting in industry, before returning to the printing industry 5 years ago to work in the publishing and communications sector. I held operational field positions for the first 10 years, before moving on to site and company management positions over the last 10 years. I have led numerous projects to transform the organisation and improve financial profitability. I am currently Business Director in charge of Dupliprint Mayenne and cross-functional projects for the Dupliprint Group.

Olivier NEROT

Chief Technology Officer

DigitalKin

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of DigitalKin, Olivier Nerot is a pioneer in deep learning. With a PhD in cognitive science, specializing in neural networks (INPG) and author of a thesis on the subject in 1996, he has been CTO and R&D director at several tech companies, shaping applied AI. He is the speaker at three TEDx events on neuroscience, blockchain & DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), AI & Humans.

James NEWTON

VP Business Development

Altyor

James Newton has solid technical experience, acquired over more than 25 years in sales and marketing management positions with players specializing in SaaS and embedded technologies, such as Geoconcept, CLS, Masternaut and Sigfox. In 2018, James joined Altyor, where his mastery of technical subjects, combined with his entrepreneurial sensibility, facilitate discussions with hardware innovation project leaders and industrial partners.

Anthony OLAZABAL

Solution Engineer

HiveMQ

Anthony is part of the Solution Engineering team at HiveMQ. He is a technology enthusiast with many years’ experience in infrastructure and Azure cloud architecture development. His expertise extends to cloud development and technologies, with a keen interest in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services, writing over MQTT, IoT and AI.

Stéphane OLIVIER

Enterprise Key Account Manager

Nokia

Rémy OUAIDA

President

French POC

Rémy Ouaida is the founder of French POC, where he is responsible for innovation. An electrical engineer with a doctorate, he spent ten years working in the field of electric vehicles. He then spent three years as Innovation Director with a consulting firm (Zebra Group), before setting up the French POC association to link innovation and industrialization skills. For the past five years, French POC has been helping project leaders to de-risk their innovation through prototyping, a major step in value creation.

Philippe PAGE

Senior Solution Engineer

STMicroelectronics

With extensive experience working on embedded multimedia applications (video and audio) in different environments (Android, Linux, and Bare Metal), Philippe has also developed iOS and Android mobile graphics applications to communicate with ST products. Today he is in charge of developing Qt graphics including human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for STM32 microprocessors (MPUs). Working closely with the Qt teams, Philippe works to ensure an optimal use of MPU hardware resources related to graphics and to provide users with a user-friendly development environment for creating intuitive HMIs.

Emmanuelle PAQUIER

Consulting Engineer

Cap'Tronic

Christian PATERSON

Founder & President

Open Up

Christian Paterson is an expert in open source strategy and the Open Source Program Office (OSPO), with many years’ experience. Internationally recognized, he has participated in the writing and scientific peer review of three books on open source. Christian served on the OW2 Board of Directors for many years, becoming Chairman in 2023. In 2020, Christian founded the strategy consultancy Open Up (prior to this, he was responsible for open source governance at Orange). Christian holds degrees in neurobiology and cognitive science.

Stéphane PEROT

ALTESOFT Division Manager and R&D Manager

SERA

Head of the ALTESOFT division and in charge of R&D at SERA (Gérard Perrier Industrie group), Stéphane Perot is passionate about IT. He began his career in 1990 and has over twenty years’ experience in the agro-industrial sector. He is responsible for ALTESOFT software, a leading and pioneering program for cereal and flour millers.

Franck PERRONNET

Regional Sales Manager France

Lattice Semiconductor

Clotilde PEYTAVIN

Training Digitalization Project Manager

NTN-SNR

After 20 years of supporting the digitalization of companies in Europe, Clotilde Peytavin joined NTN Europe as Training Digitalization Project Manager, with three main missions: to administer the HR training tool, to manage the creation of digital content for training courses, and to support digitalization in training activities across Europe. Training is becoming increasingly diversified, and today combines a number of different methods (e-learning, mobile learning, augmented reality, virtual classrooms, etc.). His role is to support and advise customers in the digitalization of their training and the transformation of our employees’ skills.

Clémence PHILIPPE

Co-founder and Director of Operations

Examin

Clarisse POIDEVIN

Innovation and Platforms Director

CEA-List

Director of Innovation and Platforms at CEA-List, Clarisse Poidevin leads a team in charge of developing technology platforms for innovation and industrial transfer of digital technologies in industry. As coordinator of the French node within the European TEF IA for manufacturing network (AI-MATTERS project), she contributes to the development of a service offering for SMEs in the field of robotics and AI for industrial production.

Guillaume POLLIN

Head of industrialization

Rtone

Entrepreneur and founder of StartAndFab, Guillaume Pollin is currently Head of Industrialisation at Rtone. With his extensive expertise and wide network of industrial partners, Guillaume plays a crucial role in the development and production of innovative products. Aware of time-to-market issues, his approach anticipates the challenges of industrialisation from the earliest stages, ensuring efficient production, on time and with guaranteed quality.

Arno PONS

General Delegate

Digital New Deal

Delphine PRIEUR

Operational Director of PRIM3D, AP-HP's 3D printing platform

AP-HP

Delphine Prieur is operational director of PRIM3D, AP-HP’s 3D printing platform. Trained in scientific research (PhD in neuroscience) and project and business management (MBA), she joined AP-HP in March 2020 to help develop the COVIDOM and then COVISAN units. She then went on to manage COVISAN’s patient relations department, before becoming fascinated by 3D printing and leading the development of this technology within AP-HP, with the creation, in January 2023, of a dedicated, shared service for the 38 hospitals in Paris.

Steve PÉGUET

Scientific Director

Alten

Julien REBUFFIE

Sales Engineer Manager

Varonis

Julien Rebuffie is a professional with a passion for technology and cybersecurity. As Sales Engineer Manager at Varonis, he plays a key role in data protection. Varonis is a leading company whose mission is to secure data. Julien works closely with customers to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions. His expertise in data security and his ability to solve complex problems make him a valuable asset to the company.

Alix REGIS

Senior Principal Solutions Architect

Quest

With over two decades of expertise in IT environment management and cybersecurity, Regis Alix has been actively involved in numerous projects focusing on identity management and governance (IAM/IAG), Active Directory protection and resilience, privileged account management (PAM), directory administration and more. His involvement extends to organizations of various sizes, highlighting a comprehensive understanding of diverse cybersecurity initiatives.

Etienne REY-COQUAIS

Circular economy project manager

Wobz Technologies

Gilles RIBEAUCOURT

Managing director

Muvraline

A telecom engineer by training, Gilles Ribeaucourt has built up his experience in the digital sector and innovative services. After a period as a marketing and strategy consultant for telecoms players and the European Commission, he held positions at SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Altitude Infra as CMO, Chief Sales Officer, Business Unit VP and subsidiary CEO. Since 2023, Gilles has joined Muvraline, a provider of hybrid and frugal AI solutions, and is now its Managing Director, participating in Muvraline’s development. During the first half of 2024, Gilles co-piloted the working group on best practices in frugal AI for the first General Repository for frugal AI, a working group bringing together over 70 companies and organizations and helping to identify operational best practices in this field.

David RICHARD

CEO

Vibra Nova

Hubert ROCHE

Sales director

dDruid

Hubert Roche is currently Sales Director at dDruid, a company specialising in the development of a NoCode IoT platform. With an Executive MBA under his belt, he brings with him 10 years’ experience in the telecoms sector in France and New Caledonia. Before joining dDruid, Hubert was Managing Director of a 4.0 industry in Lyon. Building on his expertise, he is now dedicated to helping dDruid customers maximise the benefits of their NoCode IoT platform, accelerating the digitalisation of industries.

Pierre ROL-MILAGUET

Responsable Marketing Communication & Business Development

Prosyst

Fabrice ROMANO

CEO & founder

Eye Tech Care / Keranova

Fabrice Romano has been a serial entrepreneur in the field of innovative medical technologies for 35 years. He has founded several companies, including Eye Tech Care in 2008 and Keranova in 2015. The latter two have raised around €60 million, created around a hundred jobs, and brought to market sophisticated and highly innovative medical devices for the treatment of certain eye pathologies, such as the FemtoMatrix ultra-fast robotic laser for cataract surgery.

Thierry ROUQUET

Vice-President

Digital League

Hervé ROUSTAN

Process Control Expert and R&D Team Leader

Rio Tinto

Guillaume ROY

Head of Smart Industry

Sopra Steria

Antoine SACHET

VP Data - Software

Hestiia

Antoine Sachet has a solid background in data science and software engineering, characterized by significant contributions and leadership roles in various companies. He currently holds the position of VP Data – Software at Hestiia. Antoine holds a master’s degree in computational statistics and machine learning from UCL, an engineering diploma from CentraleSupélec and a CPGE in mathematics and physics from the Lycée Louis Pasteur.

Alexandre SAHUT

Cybersecurity Service Delivery Manager

Visiativ

Philippe SAJHAU

Director of Smart Cityn Innovation, and Data

Ville de Noisy-le-Grand

Richard SALVETAT

Technical Director

Cap'Tronic

Richard SALVETAT led a design office in digital signal processing for embedded applications for 15 years. In 2013 he joined Cap’Tronic to advise companies in the integration of embedded systems both in product development and in process improvement. He teaches digital technologies in embedded as well as Industry 4.0 in engineering schools in the Toulouse basin

Benoît SAMANOS

Chief Operating Officer

Mecaware

Benoît Samanos is currently Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Mecaware, a start-up specializing in the recycling and recovery of strategic metals from gigafactory production scraps and end-of-life batteries. In this role, he is responsible for developing the company and forging important partnerships. Before joining Mecaware, he gained extensive experience at Suez, where he held a number of senior positions in water and waste management. He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris. His training and career path have enabled him to acquire skills in engineering and infrastructure management.

Grégory SANIEL

Sales Engineer

LCIE Bureau Véritas

Grégory Saniel joined LCIE Bureau Véritas (Lyon site) in 2023 after various experiences in the field of power electronics and EMC. His engineering training and 15 years’ experience in project management and business development enable him to meet customers’ expectations as effectively as possible and to help them with type testing of their products. Grégory has worked in a variety of fields, including consumer electronics, telecoms, medical, automotive and engineering-related services.

Guillaume SANTIAGO

CEO

Onlynnov

Catherine SIMON

Industrial Digital Advisor

Secrétariat Général pour l'Investissement / France 2030

A graduate of EM Lyon and INSEAD with a master’s degree in organizational psychology, Catherine Simon has more than 30 years’ experience in international management positions in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Committed to a forward-looking approach in which technologies make a positive contribution to society, she was elected French Tech Ambassador by Challenges magazine in 2014 and winner of the “Femmes de l’économie” Trophy for innovation in Rhône-Alpes. Columnist for the Innovation section of Les Echos newspaper from 2017 to 2020, she is the author of the parliamentary report on French robotics (https://ikigai-robotics.tech). An industrial digital advisor at the French General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI) for almost two years, she advocates systemic change, open to the human and technological sciences, to build a project for sustainable humanity.

Jérémy SINTES

Head of Sustainability & Ethics Advisory

Sopra Steria

Jérémy Sintès has been a Senior Manager Consultant specializing in Responsible Digital Innovation for the past ten years. In particular, he has worked on personal data protection and disintermediation to rebalance relationships between individuals and organizations. Between 2019 and 2023 he is in charge of the Sustainable Digital topic for Sopra Steria with three objectives: to minimize the environmental impact of Sopra Steria’s IS, to include sustainability as a quality criterion within Sopra Steria’s services (e.g. eco-design), to support Sopra Steria’s customers in minimizing the environmental impact of their own IS. Since 2023, he has headed the consulting activities for Sopra Steria Next France in the field of Responsible Digital (reducing the impact of IT and IT as a lever for ESG transition). Today, he supports Sopra Steria’s key accounts in transforming their IS towards greater sustainability, particularly in the industrial, retail and public sectors. Highly committed to the ecosystem, he is a fervent advocate of and contributor to open source, mutualization and ecosystem convergence.

Eric SIVERTSON

Vice President, Security Business

Lattice Semiconductor

Eric Sivertson is an entrepreneur and engineer with over 30 years’ experience in developing technologies to enhance trust and security in embedded systems, wireless connectivity and reconfigurable, high-performance computing. He is currently Vice President of Lattice Semiconductor’s security business. He focuses on developing Lattice’s activities in this fast-growing market, as well as supporting the development of cutting-edge solutions within the organization. Prior to joining Lattice, he founded his own security and consulting company, supporting numerous Silicon Valley start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. An electrical engineer with a degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, he has also worked for Kontron, Xilinx and Thales.

Bastien SPINELLA

Head of Sustainable Development

Altyor

Bastien Spinella is an engineer specializing in plastics processing. He began his career with Altyor in Shanghai, before returning to France to work in the design office in Orléans. Bastien is a person with a strong capacity for analysis, prompting him to question established elements in order to bring an innovative and winning vision to bear. His ambition therefore naturally shifted to eco-design, seeking to combine his passion for product development with today’s ecological challenges.

Cédric SROUSSI

Directeur des Services AS / R&D

TD Synnex

Cédric Sroussi’s mission is to help TD Synnex Advanced Solutions customers respond technically to the challenges they may encounter in their business. To do this, he provides a comprehensive and competitive service offering based on TD Synnex’s technological pillars (Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data, Networking). Cédric also supervises the group’s pre-sales engineers, who hold over 250 certifications and are the driving force behind their customers’ technological transformation, a pillar of the Advanced Solutions value proposition.

Eden SUIRE

Sales director EMEA

Wirepas

Eden has over ten years’ experience in selling high value-added solutions. With a keen interest in the digital world and new technologies, he started out selling digital marketing solutions, before specializing in business development for ERP solutions. Currently, he is in charge of business development for the EMEA region at Wirepas, where he focuses on the deployment of Wirepas Mesh connectivity for IoT in several sectors such as building, industry, energy, city and asset tracking.

Defrance SÉBASTIEN

Lead Tech

EVIDEN

Sébastien Defrance has been working in IT security for over twenty years, including fourteen years with Idnomic – Eviden.
Technical manager of various electronic certification products, he is now technical manager of the Zero-Touch-Onboarding solution at Eviden.

Dimitri TAÏNOFF

CEO

Moïz

Dimitri Taïnoff is CEO of start-up Moïz. After a PhD in physics at the University of Lyon, he worked on thermal energy recovery technologies in Grenoble (CEA, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes). Following the filing of several patents relating to the integration of these technologies within autonomous measurement devices, he co-founded the start-up Moïz in 2020, with the idea of using waste heat in industry to power the sensors needed to digitalize processes.

François TERRIER

Director of Programs, Institut List

CEA

Director of Research at CEA, and CEA Senior Fellow for Artificial Intelligence, François Terrier is Program Director at List (CEA Institute for Intelligent Digital Systems). After a PhD in artificial intelligence and research in the field of expert systems, he pursued research in software engineering and trust systems. As head of the software and systems engineering department, he developed these activities in partnership with industry. In 2020, he took over as head of CEA’s strategic program on artificial intelligence, with a focus on AI research activities for the responsible development of AI for industry, in particular to meet the critical new challenges of frugality, trust and embedded AI. In this context, he contributes to set up the national artificial intelligence research program, PEPR IA, and leads it for CEA in collaboration with CNRS and Inria.

Vincent THAVONEKHAM

CEO

FactoVia

CEO of FactoVia, Vincent Thavonekham is a leading expert in UNS (Unified Namespace) and Industry 4.0. With 24 years’ experience in technological innovation, he transforms companies into smart, connected factories. Certified in Agile, Scrum, PRINCE2 and ITIL v3, with several degrees in mechanical engineering, production, IT and AI, Vincent has trained over 11,000 people. Recognized worldwide, he has received numerous awards in the cloud and IoT fields.

Simon THENOZ

CEO

Taiwa

Hervé THIBAULT

Chief Strategy Officer

Metsys

Joining Metsys in 2020, Hervé Thibault supports the company in its technical strategy and is involved in major customer transformation projects, particularly in the area of cybersecurity. A keen technology enthusiast, Hervé is a speaker at Microsoft events (TechDays, ITCamp, TechNet, Ignite Tour, Microsoft Experiences, IdentityDays), MVP (Most Valuable Professional) on SCCM/Enterprise Mobility (from 2008 to 2014) and a member of the Microsoft Regional Director program since 2015.

Marine THOMASSON

Mobility digitisation project manager

Cluster CARA

As the federator for the CARA ecosystem on the digitisation of mobility and leader of a group of experts in the integration of new technologies in the automotive sector, we bring together our members to discuss innovative solutions such as intelligent recharging and vehicle cybersecurity.

Guillaume TOURNE

Security Partner Security Specialist

Microsoft France

Guillaume Tourne is in charge of technology strategy for Microsoft’s Cybersecurity solutions for partners. His role is to align partner technology roadmaps with Microsoft’s cloud strategy, and to build new, market-ready solutions with partners. In addition to his partner-focused expertise, Guillaume has over ten years’ experience in consulting.

David TOUZEAU

PreSales Manager France

Kaspersky

A network security engineer for over 25 years and founder of the Artica open source project at the same time, David Touzeau joined Kaspersky in 2004 as a pre-sales engineer, Linux expert and brand development specialist. As founder of Artica Tech, he strengthened his skills in software development, particularly in network security, Python and DevOps. Previously, he contributed to business development at Trend Micro and StationSoft, demonstrating his expertise in strategic consulting and sales management.

Coralie TRIADOU

Managing director

CITiO

Coralie Triadou has over twenty years’ combined data and transport experience: she launched and managed innovative transport companies at RATP Dev, and has also worked in the rail industry (Réseau Ferré de France) and consulting (Steer). She has a global vision of mobility issues, from conception to implementation and follow-up. As Managing Director of CITiO, she closely monitors the company’s customer services to ensure quality.

Camille TSCHAINE

State / Bpi France partnership project manager

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Christophe VAUTEY

Collaborative Hub Manager

CEA

Gautier VIROL

Journalist - Head of Web

L'Usine Nouvelle

After graduating from computer programming school, Gautier Virol trained as a journalist at CELSA before joining L’Usine Digitale, then the Innovation department of L’Usine Nouvelle, where he wrote about scientific research and technological innovation in industry. Specializing in quantum computing, he became head of the Innovation department, then of the Web division of L’Usine Nouvelle in 2023.

Catherine WABLE

President

Portfolio&Co

Jérémy WACHBAR

Director of Product Management

Décathlon

Seasoned product leader and sports lover with a proven track record in IoT industries for over a decade. I lead a dynamic team of product managers and designers in digital and IoT at Decathlon. I thrive on guiding products from ideation to market success, leveraging data-driven insights and cross-functional collaboration every step of the way.

Mélanie WALLET

Head of Content

3Dnatives

A graduate of Paris Dauphine University, Mélanie Wallet joined the additive manufacturing sector eight years ago as editor-in-chief of 3Dnatives magazine. Every day, she conducts a technology watch and keeps in touch with market players to understand the evolution of the technology, its stakes and its challenges.

Antoine WATTINNE

Director of Public Affairs and CSR

Cegid

Mathieu WELLHOFF

Director of the Digital Sobriety Department

ADEME

Mathieu Wellhoff is head of the Digital Sobriety department at ADEME, the French agency for ecological transition. Specializing in the development of new public policies, he leads a team of around ten people who develop expertise in reducing the environmental impact of digital technology (green IT), as well as the effectiveness of digital solutions for the ecological transition (IT for green). In this area, ADEME supports the general public, local authorities and businesses through information and awareness-raising campaigns, the deployment of pilot projects in local areas, and the funding of business innovation, notably through the €25 million France 2030 ECONUM call for projects.

Philippe WIECZOREK

Innovation director

Minalogic

Philippe Wieczorek has been Director of Innovation at Minalogic for twelve years. Before joining Minalogic, he was General Secretary of the Management Committee of HP’s international sites in France, and held various R&D, Marketing and Business Development positions at HP, as well as at Capgemini, starting his career in SMEs and start-ups. His areas of expertise are software publishing, particularly in the fields of networks and telecommunications, and artificial intelligence. Philippe holds around twenty industrial patents.

Pierre-Alexandre ZERBIB

Managing director

Retronix Europe

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