Sovereignties & AI

Health, economic, military, technological—successive crises highlight the threats looming over our sovereignties. To shield ourselves from these global disruptions, rich and disruptive innovation is imperative, with AI at the forefront. In this context, let us not dream: AI carries as many threats as it does solutions. For the Scientific Council of the Paris Air Forum, the only certainty is that those who fail to master this technology will inevitably face relegation.

The effects of AI are manifold: it can help us reindustrialize our economies, bring value chains back home, consolidate the supply chain, and reaffirm sovereign control over strategic goods. To survive in this emerging world, we must radically challenge our organizations, technologies, and performance to overcome dependencies and design “Sovereignty Chains” capable of weathering the storms on the horizon. These are among the critical issues shaping the current discourse in the sector and will be at the heart of discussions during the twelfth edition of the Paris Air Forum, where we look forward to welcoming you.

Max ARMANET – President of the Scientific Council, President of Forum-Media

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Program and Speakers

General manager, Space, Airbus Defence & Space

DGA Defense Industry Director

Aeroline Chief Technology Officer at Sopra Steria

Partner Bain & Company

Chief Sustainability Officer, Boeing

Executive Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense lead, Capgemini Invent

Chairman and CEO of Airbus Helicopters

Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Surveillance de Saab

President & CEO de Boeing Global Services

CEO of CMA CGM AIR CARGO

Technical Director, ATR

Executive Chairman of Arianespace

Senior Partner - Global Head of Transport, Logistics, Travel and Tourism at Roland Berger

Director of the Defense Innovation Agency at the Ministry of the Army

EASA Executive Director

General officer in charge of very high altitude at the Air Force and Space Staff

Future Combat Commander, Member of the French Army Strategic Committee

Air and Space Force Major General

Assistant to the Delegate General for Armaments at the French Ministry of Defense

Air and Space Force Chief of Staff

Air Defence and Air Operations Command (CDAOA) at the Air and Space Force Headquarters

Commander of Space

Commanding General, Strategic Air Forces, French Air & Space Force

Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, ESA

Chairman and CEO of Airbus and Chairman of Gifas

Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space

Senior Associate Director at MCKINSEY

CEO of Air Austral

Managing partner of SUB ROSA

Managing Director of Lazard Frères and Co-Head of European Investment Banking

Interministerial Coordinator for IRIS2 and GOVSATCOM

Former Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs

Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications, Airbus

Director of Sustainability, easyJet

Chairman and CEO of CNES

President of Viginum

President of Helsing France

Director of the DMAÉ (Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate)

Member of Parliament and co-author of a report on information warfare

Executive Chairman ArianeGroup

Partner, Messier Associés

Vice President, Applied Research & Technology at Collins Aerospace

Managing Director Space Division chez Leonardo

Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

CSO of RTX

President & CEO, iBase-T

CEO of KNDS France

CEO and Co-Founder of Space Cargo Unlimited

Managing director of Safran

President of Prométhée Earth Intelligence

CSO, AIRBUS

President of FNAM and Corsair

Managing Director, International Development at Thales

Vice President, International Development and Institutional Relations, Safran Group

Deputy CEO, Strategy, Research and Technology at Thales

Vice President Commerce France, Thales secure information & communication systems

Founder and CEO of X721 Project

Co-founder and CBDO of PLD Space

Deputy Commander for Cyber Defense, French Ministry of the Armed Forces

President of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace

Director of Technology, Operational & Enterprise Solutions, Pegasus

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, Euronext

President & Chief Executive Officer (interim) at Boeing Defense, Space & Security

President of the UAF

Director of Space Transportation of ESA

Deputy Director of AMIAD (Ministerial Agency for Defense AI)

Deputy Director of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department of the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale pour l'Armement)

CEO of Maiaspace

Guillaume FAURYChairman and CEO of Airbus and Chairman of Gifas

Hugues LAVANDIER – Senior Associate Director at MCKINSEY

Rob WATSON – President of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace

Benoit SPOLIDOR – Aeroline Chief Technology Officer at Sopra Steria

Olivier ANDRIÈS – Managing director of Safran

Bernard BICHLER – Partner Bain & Company

Emmanuel CHIVA – Director of the Defense Innovation Agency at the Ministry of the Army

Pierre BENARD – Vice President Commerce France, Thales secure information & communication systems

Jean-Louis DROPSY – Managing partner of SUB ROSA

Marc HOWYAN – Director of the DMAÉ (Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate)

Steve PARKER – President & Chief Executive Officer (interim) at Boeing Defense, Space & Security

General Dominique TARDIF – Air and Space Force Major General

Michael SCHOELLHORN – Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

General Stéphane VIREM – Commanding General, Strategic Air Forces, French Air & Space Force

General Philippe ADAM – Commander of Space

General Eva PORTIER – Assistant to the Delegate General for Armaments at the French Ministry of Defense

General Laurent RATAUD – Air Defence and Air Operations Command (CDAOA) at the Air and Space Force Headquarters

General Alexis ROUGIER – General officer in charge of very high altitude at the Air Force and Space Staff

Martin SION – Executive Chairman ArianeGroup

Pascal ANDREI – CSO, AIRBUS

Florian GUILLERMET – EASA Executive Director

Mary LOMBARDO – Vice President, Applied Research & Technology at Collins Aerospace

Pascal de IZAGUIRRE – President of FNAM and Corsair

Thomas JUIN – President of the UAF

Hugues MARCHESSAUX – CEO of Air Austral

Daniel CUCHET – Technical Director, ATR

Stéphane VIALA – Director of Engineering and Programs, Ascendance

Michael WINTER – CSO, RTX

Damien MAZAUDIER – CEO of CMA CGM AIR CARGO

Didier BRECHEMIER – Senior Partner – Global Head of Transport, Logistics, Travel and Tourism at Roland Berger

Sergio COLELLA – President Europe, SITA

Yannick ASSOUAD – Executive Vice-President, Avionics & Thales Executive Committee Member

Sertaç ÖZYURT – Director of Technology, Operational & Enterprise Solutions, Pegasus

Marie-Louise PHILIPPE – Embraer Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing

Jean Yves Le DRIAN – Former Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs

Walter ARNAUD – Deputy Director of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department of the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale pour l’Armement)

Eric BERANGER – Chairman and CEO, MBDA 

Nicolas CHAMUSSY – CEO of KNDS France

Bruno EVEN – Chairman and CEO of Airbus Helicopters

General Bruno BARATZ – Future Combat Commander, Member of the French Army Strategic Committee

Marc FONTAINE – President of Helsing France

Philippe KERYER – Deputy CEO, Strategy, Research and Technology at Thales

Vincent SEBASTIEN – Deputy Director of AMIAD (Ministerial Agency for Defense AI)

Stéphane BOUJNAH – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board, Euronext

Jean-Louis GIRODOLLE – Managing Director of Lazard Frères and Co-Head of European Investment Banking

Marwan LAHOUD – Partner, Messier Associés

Benoit LAROCHE DE ROUSSANE – DGA Defense Industry Director

Bruno BOUF – Executive Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense lead, Capgemini Invent

Naveen POONIAN – President & CEO, iBase-T

Stéphane CUEILLE – President, Safran Aircraft Engines

Hervé GRANDJEAN – Executive Chairman, Sabena technics 

Massimo COMPARINI – Managing Director of Leonardo’s Space Division

Alain FAURÉ – General manager, Space, Airbus Defence & Space

Géraldine NAJA – Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, ESA

Lionel SUCHET – Chairman and CEO of CNES

David CAVAILLOLÈS – Executive Chairman of Arianespace

Hervé DERREY – Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space

Jean-Pierre DIRIS – Interministerial Coordinator for IRIS2 and GOVSATCOM

 Pierre-Eric LYS – Founder and CEO of X721 Project

Yohann LEROY – CEO of Maiaspace

Toni TOLKER NIELSEN – Director of Space Transportation of ESA

Raúl VERDÙ – Co-founder and CBDO of PLD Space

Julie KITCHER – Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications, Airbus

Brian MORAN – Chief Sustainability Officer, Boeing

Lahiru RANASINGHE – Director of Sustainability, easyJet

Olivier PIEPSZ – President of Prométhée Earth Intelligence

 

Carl-Johan BERGHOLM – Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Surveillance de Saab

Philippe ERRERA – Vice President, International Development and Institutional Relations, Safran Group

Pascale SOURISSE – Managing Director, International Development at Thales

Nicolas GAUME – CEO and Co-Founder of Space Cargo Unlimited

Marc-Antoine BRILLANT – President of Viginum

Marie RECALDE – Member of Parliament and co-author of a report on information warfare

Rear-Admiral Vincent SEBASTIENDeputy Commander for Cyber Defense, French Ministry of the Armed Forces

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