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
Senior Partner - Global Head of Transport, Logistics, Travel and Tourism at Roland Berger
General officer in charge of very high altitude at the Air Force and Space Staff
Assistant to the Delegate General for Armaments at the French Ministry of Defense
Air Defence and Air Operations Command (CDAOA) at the Air and Space Force Headquarters
Deputy Commander for Cyber Defense, French Ministry of the Armed Forces
Deputy Director of the Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence Department of the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale pour l'Armement)
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
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