This week at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, I had the pleasure of representing the German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future (GFA) as a member of its Steering Committee.
Hosted in the German Space under the leadership of Paul-Guilhem Meunier (Institut Mines-Télécom) and Axel Honsdorf (Bayerisch-Französisches Hochschulzentrum), we showcased how Franco-German collaboration can drive research, innovation, lifelong learning, and entrepreneurship.
Together with Mohammed Hamad and Michael Kühr, I presented research initiatives from IMT Atlantique and our partners, including:
🔹 TRUE-VIEW – making invisible digital interactions visible through Extended Reality to improve trust, explainability, and cyber resilience.
🔹 DTACK – creating Digital Twins of Cyberattacks for autonomous vehicles, connected mobility, and intelligent transportation systems.
🔹 CyberSecDome – a major European initiative bringing together Airbus, IMT Atlantique, and leading partners across Europe to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructures.
On the education side, I also presented:
🎓 Future-IoT, the flagship Franco-German doctoral school co-organized with Sebastian Steinhorst (Technical University of Munich), and
🎓 Cybersecurity Essentials: From Risk to Resilience, a MOOC developed within the GFA framework to strengthen cyber skills for SMEs and non-specialists.
The week enabled many inspiring exchanges with colleagues and friends from Institut Mines-Télécom, Technical University of Munich, DFH-UFA, Airbus, Fraunhofer, DFKI, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the German Cyber Agency, startups, and innovation actors from both countries.
We were also honoured by visits from François Delattre, Markus Blume, Jürgen Barke, Philippe Gréciano, Andrea von Hülsen-Esch, Virginie Jouhaud-Neutard, Laurence Le Coq, and Juliane Winkelmann.
A strong reminder that cybersecurity, digital sovereignty, innovation, education, and European cooperation are becoming inseparable pillars of our digital future.
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