Towards a

Better Society
The Impact of Todays
Technologies on
The Here and Now

October, 6 & 7th

Quais des Savoirs,
Toulouse
EmTech France will be the occasion to
discover and understand the emerging
technologies that are transforming our
future driving the new global economy.

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Skylar Tibbits

Elena Corchero

Timothe Boitouzet

Nicolas Lassabe

Nicolas Cary

Roxanne Varza

Director of MIT
Self-Assembly Lab and
Research Scientist in
MITs Department of
Architecture

CEO and Founder at Lost

Values

CEO and Founder at

Woodoo - Innovator of the
Year 2016 France

Co-Founder at Artilect
Fab Lab Toulouse

Co-Founder and Chief

Innovation Officer at
Blockchain.com

Director of
Station F

Day One
09:30 - 09:45
WELCOME & OPENING

Bertrand Serp (Vice-President of Toulouse Mtropole Digital

and President of Open Data France), Antoinette Matthews
(Executive Director of the MIT Enterprise Forum), Pedro Moneo
(International Partner of MIT Technology Review & CEO at Opinno)

09:45 - 09:55
TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIETY:
THE IMPACT OF TODAYS TECHNOLOGIES ON THE HERE AND NOW
Inspirational Keynote
09:55- 10:00
OVERALL DAY 1
Pedro Moneo (Master of Ceremonies)
10:00 - 11:15
TOWARDS A SMART TRANSFORMATION OF MATERIALS
Opening Session
Marc Pircher (Director of the Toulouse Space Center)
Smart Materials to Revolutionize Global Aviation
Skylar Tibbits (Director of MIT Self-Assembly Lab and Research Scientist
in MITs Department of Architecture), Marianna Braza (Research Director at
CNRS, Aerodynamics, Morphing and Interaction Fluid-Structure)
,Jean-Franois Rouchon (Professor at INP Toulouse, LAPLACE Lab &
Director of ENSEEIHT) ,Matthieu Claybrough (Cofounder of Donecle Innovator Under 35 France 2016)
Smart Building to Create the Next Urban Life
Timothe Boitouzet (CEO and Founder at Woodoo - Innovator of the Year
2016 France), Nicolas Lassabe (Co-Founder Artilect Fab Lab Toulouse)
Wearable Tech to Change Industries
Elena Corchero (CEO and Founder of Lost Values)

12:25 - 12:35
TOWARDS A NEW REALITY OF VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Franc Torrano (CEO at Whiplash)
12:35 - 13:35
LUNCH

13:35 - 14:10
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Opening Session:
Franz Bozsak (CEO and Founder of Instent - Innovator Under
35 France 2016)
Internet of Things to Generate New Opportunities for e-Health
Luc Bretones (Executive Vice President of Technocentre and Orange
Valle)
Ubiqitous Healthcare to Challenge the Medical Field with AI
Sally Golestan (Head of Predictive Health at Babylon)
14:10 - 14:18
SMART LAB: SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS
Christophe Vieu (Physics Professor at INSA Toulouse)
14:18 - 15:00
TOWARDS A COMMON PERSPECTIVE ON BUSINESS
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Fireside Chat:
Roxanne Varza (Director of Station F)
Business Success Stories: From Entrepreuner to Businessman
Sandra Rey (CEO and Founder at Glowee - Innovator Under 35 France
2016), Vincent Bryant (Founder of Deepki - Innovator Under 35 France
2016) , Marjolaine Grondin (CEO and Cofounder at Jam - Innovator Under
35 France 2016)

11:45 - 11:55
SMART ENERGY: STRATEGIES FOR TODAYS CHALLENGES
Bernard Salha (Global Director of R&D at EDF)

15:00 - 17:30
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Health
Tourism
IoT
Energy
Smart Cities

11:55 - 12:25
TOWARDS A NEW BLOCKCHAIN SOCIETY

17:30 - 17:40
CLOSING SESSION
Inspirational Keynote

11:15 - 11:45
REFRESHMENT BREAK

Blockchain to Reinvent the Smart Energy Power Grid

John Lilic (Director for Entreprise Business Technology Development,
Strategy and Operations at ConsenSys)
Blockchain the Holy Grail of Fintech?
Nicolas Cary (Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Blockchain.com)

17:40 - 17:50
CLOSING DAY 1
Pedro Moneo (Master of Ceremonies)
19:00
COCKTAIL VIP

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Lord Jim Knight

Assaf Biderman

Rob Nicol

Clmentine Chambon

Romain Lacombe

Christian Vanizette

Chief Education Adviser

at TES Global

CEO at Superpedestrian
and Associate Director at
MITs Senseable City Lab

Director of Technology
Labs Broad Institute of
MIT and Harvard

CTO and Founder of Oorja

- Social Innovator France
2016

Founder and CEO at

Plume Labs

Co-Founder at
MakeSense

Day Two
09:30 - 09:35
WELCOME & OVERALL
Romain Lacombe (Founder and CEO at Plume Labs)

09:35 - 09:50
OPENING SESSION
Tim Leberecht (Founder and CEO of Leberecht & Partners
and The Business Romantic Society)

09:50 - 10:05
TOWARDS A NEW GENERATION OF HUMANS MERGED
WITH TECHNOLOGIES
Assaf Biderman (CEO at Superpedestrian and Associate Director
at MITs Senseable City Lab)

12:50 - 13:05
SECRETS BEHIND SUCCESSFUL TECH ENTREPRENEURS
Yossi Vardi (Entrepreneur and Angel Investor)
13:05 - 13:15
CLOSING DAY 1
Sylvie Rouillon Valdigui (Vice President of Toulouse Mtropole, Vice
President of So Toulouse & Deputy Mayor of Toulouse), Antoinette
Matthews (Executive Director at MIT Enterprise Forum) Pedro Moneo
(International Partner of MIT Technology Review & CEO at Opinno)
13:15-15:00
VENTURE POINT
Opening Session: Bertrand Serp (Vice-President of Toulouse Mtropole
Digital and President of Open Data France)

10:05- 11:20
TOWARDS A SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
Opening Session: Clmentine Chambon (CTO and Founder
of Oorja - Social Innovator France 2016)
Sustainable Workforce to Shape an Innovative Way of Working
Civic Technologies to Empower and Engage Citizens
Christian Vanizette (Co-Founder of Make Sense)
Impactful Digital Cultures to Redesign the Education Structure
Jim Knight (Chief Education Adviser at TES Global), Rob Nicol ((Director of
Technology Labs Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard), Romain Lacombe
(Founder and CEO at Plume Labs)
11:20- 11:50
REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:50 - 12:05
TOWARDS COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION
Todays Threats to Tomorrows Opportunities
12:05 - 12:50
TOWARDS A CONNECTED AND EQUITABLE CITY

Towards
a Better
Society
The Impact of Todays
Technologies on The
Here and Now

Hydrogen Energy to Produce the Next Green City

Raphael Schoentgen (ENGIE Director of Research and Technology)
Smart Mobility to Enhance Urban Transportation
Robots and Machines to Define the New Hybrid City
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