PAUL-FRANÇOIS
FOURNIER

Directeur exécutif en charge de l'innovation / Bpifrance

As the head of Bpifrance Innovation, I manage 250 people commited to investing in tomorrow's most promising industries such as IT, the environment and healthcare.
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Startups and Large Corporations: An Obvious Alliance… Not Always Easy!

Wednesday 1 April 2026 de 11:30 à 12:00 - 30m

Grande Scène

PAUL-FRANÇOIS FOURNIER

Directeur exécutif en charge de l'innovation

Bpifrance

Julien VILLERET

Chief Innovation Officer

EDF

Thibaud Martin

CEO

Altrove

  • #RECHERCHE, INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION : NOS INDUSTRIES À LA POINTE !

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Philippe BOURDIER

chargé de mission / BPIFRANCE

ERIC MARCHIOL

VP Metaverse, Industry & Quality / Renault group

Frédéric BARBARESCO

Segment Leader / QUANTUM ALGORITHMS & COMPUTING - THALES

Head of the "Quantum Algorithms and Computing" segment for Thales, he manages collaborations with startups within the DGA PROQCIMA program. A member of the NATO working group SET-IST-339 "Study of Military Applications of Quantum Algorithms" and the European EQCBC (European Quantum Computing Benchmarking Committee) committee, he coordinates the BACQ benchmark project for the LNE MetriQs program. He contributed to the French Academy of Technologies' report on FTQC computers and is General Chair of the QUEST-IS conference on quantum engineering. Graduated from CentraleSupélec, he received the Aymée Poirson Prize from the French Academy of Sciences for the application of science to industry and the Ampère Medal from the SEE (French Society of Ecology and Energy).

KÉVIN JOLY

Président / 2AMH