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March 2023

Fabrice Bousteau

The Art
World

Fabrice Bousteau is a French journalist, writer and curator. Editor in chief of Beaux Arts Magazine since 1996, he is also editorial director of numerous editions of the Beaux Arts & Cie group, including Le Quotidien de l’Art

February 2023

Laurence Lascary

Production, cinema
and diversity

Founder of the company « De l'autre cote du Périph’ » in 2008, Laurence Lascary has produced more than forty short films, five documentaries and two feature films, including « L’Ascension » (over a million admissions ) adapted by Netflix for worldwide broadcast.

January 2023

Ariel Kyrou

Imaginaries
of the future

Journalist, writer and essayist, Ariel Kyrou uses science fiction to think about our period. Editorial Director of the Cognacq-Jay Foundation's Solidarity Laboratory, he is the author of « Dans les imaginaires du futur » (paperback reissue by Hélios in March 2023).

December 2022

matali crasset

Design and
life scenarios

Since her training at the Ateliers-ENSCI in the 1990s, matali crasset has defended a design at the crossroads of an artistic, anthropological and social practice. In 30 years, she has carried out hundreds of projects in architecture, scenography, design of objects, furniture, public spaces and development.

November 2022

Rodolphe Gelin

Artificial intelligence
and learning

Rodolphe Gelin is a Ponts et Chaussées engineer and holds a DEA in Artificial Intelligence. Since 2019, he has been working in Renault's Research Department as a leading expert in AI. He is the author of numerous popular works including: Latest News from Artificial Intelligence (Flammarion, 2022).

October 2022

Helena Ichbiah

Graphics and
brand identity

Graphic designer, graduate of the School of Visual Communication (ECV), Helena ICHBIAH founded Ich&Kar in 1991, a studio dedicated to creative direction and brand strategy with many activities: branding, packaging, publishing, illustration, design, architecture. interior, scenography, etc.

September 2022

Etienne Klein

Science
and physics

Physicist and philosopher of science, Etienne Klein is director of research at the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) where he directs the Research Laboratory on the Sciences of Matter. Etienne Klein is interested in the question of time or the origin of the universe. He hosts « science in question » every Saturday on France Culture radio.

June 2022

Jean-Paul Fourmentraux

Anthropologie of
arts and technologies

Jean-Paul Fourmentraux is Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of Arts ans Media at Aix-Marseille University. He conducts research at he School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS). His work focuses on the political and anthropological issues of contemporary arts and technologies.

May 2022

Valérie Peugeot

Social and
prospective innovation

A researcher at Orange Labs and president of the Vecam association, Valérie Peugeot joined the college of commissioners of the CNIL in April 2016 where she is in charge of the health sector. She is co-author of Terra Data - What are we going to do with digital data? (Editions Le Pommier, 2017).

April 2022

Michel Poivert

Photography,
history and trends

Professor of art history at the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Michel Poivert is a critic, curator and president of the International College of Photography. He is the author of numerous books including 50 years of French photography (Textuel, 2019).

March 2022

Dominique Moulon

Art in the
digital age

Dominique Moulon is an exhibition curator, art critic and teaches creative technologies at the EPSAA Ville de Paris school. Holder of a doctorate in Arts and Art Sciences, he is a member of the French Association of Exhibition Commissioners (CEA) and the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).

February 2022

Jérôme Colombain

Digital
and uses

Journalist, specializing in technology, Jérôme Colombain wrote the New World column at Franceinfo and is, with François Sorel, co-founder of the 01TV channel. He hosts the Digital World podcast, which gives a voice to those involved in innovation. He is the author of the book : “Should we leave social networks?”

January 2022

Odile Burluraux

Art, video
and collection

Odile Burluraux is curator at the museum of modern art in Paris where she is responsible for the video collection. Mainly specialized in contemporary extra-western art, she has organized numerous exhibitions at MAM and outside the walls. She is a member of several procurement committees and expert committees.

December 2021

Dimitri from Paris

Production,
remixing and DJing

DJ, producer, remix of the greatest standards… Dimitri from Paris is a pioneer of electronic music in France. It emerges at the end of the 1980s with free radios, contributing to the dissemination of the House music in France. He has sold over 1 million records in 30 years.

November 2021

John Karp

Crypto art
and NFT

John Karp is an entrepreneur and has been working in the technology field for 15 years. Specializing in mobile applications, he co-founded Food Reporter and BeMyApp. Hackathon organizer (programming marathons), he is the co-author of NFT Revolution with his partner Rémy Peretz, a work published in digital and paper version.

October 2021

Alexia Fabre

Museum
and collection

Alexia Fabre is chief curator of MAC/VAL, a contemporary art museum located in Vitry-sur-Seine. A graduate of the Ecole du Louvre, she is a knight of the order of arts and letters. In 2009 and 2011, she co-directed the artistic direction of Nuit Blanche with Frank Lamy.

September 2021

Ramy Fischler

The design
of ecosystems

Graduate of the ENSCI-Les Ateliers (National School of Industrial Creation) Ramy Fischler is a Belgian designer based in Paris. In 2011, he created his own agency, RF Studio. Eclectic, his achievements include interior architecture, furniture, artistic direction and scenography.

June 2021

Laurence Vignon

Communication
and content

Laurence Vignon is vice president of ici Barbès, an independent agency since 2018. A graduate of the Institut Pratique du Journalisme / Paris Dauphine, she is a member of the board of directors of the association of Communication Consulting Agencies and a member of the IPJ board / Paris Dauphine.

May 2021

Nils Aziosmanoff

Digital
and creation

Nils Aziosmanoff is president of Cube, a digital creation center that he co-founded in 2001. Expert in innovation, speaker, trainer and host of a forward-looking program on digital society, he has been working for 20 years on the concept of “smart city”: creative and resilient.

April 2021

Rémi Mathis

The Wikipedia
encyclopedia

Former student of the National School of Charters and historian specializing in the 17th century, Rémi Mathis is also an exhibition curator, teacher and curator in the Prints Department of the BnF. Wikipédien since 2005, he was president of Wikimedia France from 2011 to 2014.

March 2021

Grégory Chatonsky

Artificial
imagination

After studying visual arts, philosophy at the Sorbonne and multimedia at the ENSBA, Grégory CHATONSKY has developed a work around the internet, considering the web as a medium on its own. Since the mid-90s, his projects focused on notions such as identity, the aesthetics of ruins or even disappearance.

February 2021

Stéphane Maguet

The social
web

Stéphane MAGUET founded the gallery and the Numeriscausa agency in 2003. At the same time, he was responsible for public contracts related to multimedia at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine. In 2010, he joined Digitas / Publicis, then in 2013 the We Are Social Paris agency where he steered R&D and innovation around immersive media and social networks.

January 2021

Catherine Millet

Contemporary
art

Co-founder of the Art Press magazine in 1972, Catherine Millet is an art critic, curator and writer. She is the author of numerous essays, including Dalí et moi (2005) and Le corps exposed (2011), as well as autobiographical accounts including The Sexual Life of Catherine M (2001).

December 2020

Diane Dufour

The document-
image

Graduated from the Institute of Political Studies, Diane Dufour was director of the cooperative of photographers Magnum Photos from 2000 to 2007. She founded the BAL with Raymond Depardon, a contemporary space dedicated to the document image (photography, video, cinema, new media) which she has been managing since 2010.

November 2020

Daniel Kaplan

Digital and
imaginary

Digital and Internet pioneer, entrepreneur and prospectivist, Daniel Kaplan explores the future through the lens of innovation on the one hand, and imaginary on the other. In 2000, he created the New Generation Internet Foundation (Fing), which he directed until 2016. He then co-founded the Université de la Pluralité Network.

October 2020

Vincent Cespedes

Philosophy and
cyber modernity

French philosopher and writer Vincent Cespedes created the Philosopher collection at  Editions Larousse in 2008. Author of various books including Maraboutés and Magique, a study of happiness, he gives numerous lectures on subjects as diverse as education and management.

September 2020

Jean-Baptiste Levée

Typeface
creation

Creator of typographic characters, Jean-Baptiste LEVEE studies visual communication at the Estienne school before integrating the DSAA typographical creation from which he graduated in 2004. Founder of the digital type design agency "Production Type", he is vice-president of the international typographical association (ATYPI).

June 2020

Guillaume Herbaut

Photo and
journalism

From photo journalism to more personal projects, the work of GH is protean: publications in the press, exhibitions, books, blogs… His photographs have been the subject of several books and been exhibited many times.

May 2020

Caroline Goulard

Data
visualization

Co-founder of Dataveyes in 2010, a company specialized in human-data interactions, CG studied data journalism. She believes that the age of rich data will transform the way we work, learn and communicate.

April 2020

Thomas Houy

Creativity
and innovation

Author of "The digital half-turn, when digital forces companies to innovate upside down", Thomas Houy supports companies in the development of their digital stategy. He is a senior lecturer in the economic and social science department of Telecom Paris.

March 2020

Alain Thibault

Digital Art
in Montreal

Composer of electronic music, Alain Thibault is the initiator of the Elektra International Digital Art Festival in 1999 from which emerged the Montreal International Biennial of Digital Art (BIAN), two events of which he is the art director.

February 2020

Luc Julia

Augmented Intelligence
and Connected Objects

SIRI co-founder and author of the book : “Artificial Intelligence does not exist”, Luc JULIA is technical manager and vice-president innovation at Samsung company. He has defined and led the group’s strategy for the Internet of Things and is dedicated to making this objects intelligent.

January 2020

Claire Le Restif

Art centre
and exhibitions

Art historian, Claire LE RESTIF has been the head curator of the Centre d'Art Contemporain of Ivry CREDAC since 2003. She is a member of the general assembly of FRAC Ile de France, and also a member of the CNAP Publishing and Exhibition Support Committee since 2018.

December 2019

José-Manuel Gonçalvès

Place, audience
and culture

José-Manuel GONCALVES has been the director of the “104” art centre since 2010. He was also the head curator of Paris “Nuits Blanches” in 2014 and 2015, and artistic director of numerous exhibitions including Panorama 20 at Fresnoy (2018) and Paysages Bordeaux (2019).

November 2019

Jean-Marc Manach

Internet, Journalism
and Investigation

Investigative reporter, « special envoy » on the Internet, Jean-Marc MANACH investigates especially on issues of surveillance and privacy. He is the recipient of a Data Journalism Awards and  European Press Prize.

October 2019

Gilles Alvarez

Creation and digital
technologies

Gilles Alvarez is the art director of NEMO, the Ile-de-France digital arts biennal produced by CentQuatre Paris. He created this art festival in 1997 and has been running it since then.

September 2019

Julien Prévieux

Esthetics
process

Artist, curator and lecturer, Julien Previeux is born in 1974 in Grenoble where he studied Fine Arts and biology. He has been laureat of Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2014.
 

June 2019

Fany Corral

Music and
Queer culture

Well known in the world of the underground music, Fanny Corral is a DJ, programmer and the founder of "Kill the DJ". She’s currently in charge of the programmation of the queer festival "Loud and Proud". She launched this feminist and intersectional festival in 2013.

May 2019

Marie-Ange Brayer

Mutations
créations

Doctor in Art History and Architecture, Marie Ange Brayer (EHESS) is curator, head of design and industrial prospective department at the national museum of modern art (Centre Pompidou) since 2014.

April 2019

Jean-Louis Missika

Urban
mutations

Media sociologist, Jean-Louis Missika is  a political councilor of  the mayor of Paris, in charge of urban planning, architecture, economic development and attractiveness. He is also in charge of the "Grand Paris"project.

March 2019

Marie Ekeland

Firms, Economics
and Digital

Marie Ekeland has co-founded France Digital in 2012 and the Daphni investment fund in 2015. After studying mathematics and computer science in Paris Dauphine university, she obtained a master's degree in analysis and economic policy in Paris School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS).

February 2019

André Gunthert

André Gunthert

Pictures,
digital & sharing

André Gunthert is a teacher-researcher, lecturer at the EHESS(School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences)  and historian of visual cultures. He is among the first to have studied the digital transition describing the sharing of images and their conventional uses.

January 2019

Valérie Belin

Valérie Belin

The pictorial
in photography

French visual artist Valérie Belin considers the photographic medium at once both the subject of her work and the means of creation. Her images have been exhibited internationally and acquired by numerous collections.

December 2018

Adrien Basdevant

Adrien Basdevant

Data
and Regulations

Adrien Basdevant is a faculty teacher in the masters’ program in Data Sciences at the ESSEC/Centrale Supélec, a lawyer, and the co-author of L’Empire des données, an essay on society, algorithms, and law.

November 2018

Jean-Louis Fréchin

Jean-Louis Fréchin

Design in the
digital era

Jean-Louis Fréchin is a DPLG architect, designer, teacher-researcher, curator, and in 2001 co-founded the strategic and digital design agency NoDesign.

October 2018

Florence Tressols

Florence Tressols

The culture
of innovation

Holding a doctorate in geophysics from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis in 1996, Florence Tressols runs the software R&D laboratory at IBM France, and is a specialist in decision engineering.

September 2018

Marta Gili

Marta Gili

Art, Images,
and Institutions

A graduate in philosophy and education sciences from the Central University of Barcelona, art critic and curator Marta Gili was the director of the Jeu de Paume from 2006 to 2018.

June 2018

Kurt McClung

Narrative
design

An expert in narrative design – the art of bringing interactive stories to life in video games – Kurt McClung is also a World Designer and screenwriter. He is known as the creator and writer of the DragonSeed comic.

May 2018

Nicolas Sadirac

Code
Apprenticeship

A passionate educator with intimate knowledge of the international hacking community, and founder of companies specializing in information security, Nicolas Sadirac was the general director at the 42 school.

April 2018

Elisa Yavchitz

Innovative Solidarity
Economies

The director of Canaux (center for innovative solidarity economies) Elisa Yavchitz previously worked for the WHO on the evolution of social welfare systems in developing nations.

March 2018

Andrea Pinotti

The Image: Emergence
and Immersion

Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Milan, Andrea Pinotti is a member of such institutions as the Warburg Institute in London, the Zfl in Berlin, and the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris.

February 2018

Benoît Drouillat

UX/UI
Design

Founder and director of Designers Interactifs, the first professional organization dedicated to the digital design professions, Benoît Drouillat is also the author of several publications in this field.

January 2018

Serge Tisseron

From screens
to robots

Psychiatrist, doctor of Psychology, member of the Academy of Technologies, and research associate at the Université Paris VII Denis Diderot (CRPMS), Serge Tisseron is also the imagination behind the “3-6-9-12” tags for the moderation of screen usage.

December 2017

Gérard Assayag

Musical Research
and Digital Intelligence

Gérard Assayag directs the Musical Representations team, which he founded at the IRCAM in 1992. He was also head of the research laboratory Science and Technology of Music and Sound (STMS).

November 2017

Catherine Ramus

Data Materialization,
and other fantasies

Design Engineer at Orange Labs, Catherine Ramus is at the crossroads between engineer and artist. She currently works at Orange Labs in the ‘Sense’ team.

October 2017

Jean-Gabriel Ganascia

Artificial
Intelligence

Author of L’intelligence artificielle: vers une domination programmée? (Artificial Intelligence: Heading for a programmed domination?), Jean-Gabriel Ganascia is a professor of computer science at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, and the deputy director of the laboratory (Labex) OBVIL.

September 2017

François Taddei

Interdisciplinary
Research

François Taddei is a graduate of the École Polytechnique, chief engineer of Bridges, Waters, and Forests, a doctor of molecular and cellular genetics, and heads the evolving systems and dynamics engineering team at Inserm.

June 2017

David Chavalarias

Complex Systems
and Digital Society

A graduate of the École Normal, with a doctorate from the École Polytechnique, David Chavalarias is the director of CNRS research at the EHESS Center for Social Analysis and Mathematics.

May 2017

Manuela De Barros

Magic and
Technology

Manuela De Barros is a philosopher, art theorist, and a lecturer in philosophy, aesthetics, and art theory at the Université Paris 8, Department of Visual Arts.

April 2017

Laurence Devillers

Robots
and Men

Laurence Devillers is a professor of computer science at the Université Paris-Sorbonne 4, and oversaw the theme “Emotional and Social Dimensions in Spoken Interaction” at LIMSI-CNRS in Orsay.

March 2017

Cédric Villani

Mathematics

Cédric Villani is the director of the Institut Henri Poincaré, and a professor at the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon. He is a specialist in the application of mathematical analysis to problems of statistical physics, geometry, and probability.

February 2017

Stéphane Vial

Design
and Digital

A doctor in philosophy, Stéphane Vial is a lecturer in design and digital cultures at the University of Nîmes, where he is the director of PROJEKT (EA 7447), a research team in social innovation through design.

January 2017

Antonio Casilli

From crowd-sourcing
to digital labor

Antonio Casilli is a lecturer at Telecom ParisTech, and research associate at the EHESS. He is a member of the Institut Interdisciplinaire de l’Innovation (I3 CNRS).

December 2016

Sylvie Catellin

Serendipity

Sylvie Catellin is a researcher at the Center of Cultural History of Contemporary Societies at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Université Paris-Saclay, where she also teaches.

November 2016

Primavera De Filippi

Blockchain
and Bitcoin

Primavera De Filippi is a researcher at CERSA (a joint unit of the CNRS and the Université Paris II), and a research associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University).

October 2016

Danièle Bourcier

Copyright and
Creative Commons

Danièle Bourcier is the director of research at CERSA (CNRS/Paris II), a jurist, essayist, and member of the commission for the consideration of digital ethics (CERNA-ALLISTENE).

September 2016

David Cage

Adventure
Video Games

David Cage is a French video game creator (Nomad Soul, Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain…) focused on interactive storytelling, emotion, and innovation. In 1997, he founded the studio Quantic Dream.

June 2016

Michaël Boumendil

Sound
Identity

Michaël Boumendil is a graduate of the EDHEC, with a concentration in Marketing/Communication. He is the founder of the agency Sixième Son, where he has invented the concept of musical design, and sound identity for brands.

May 2016

Gilles Babinet

From digital
to data

Gilles Babinet has founded numerous companies, in fields as diverse as consulting, construction, mobile music, and decision-making tools. He has also served as president of the National Digital Counsel.

April 2016

Jean François Porchez

Typographic
Design

Jean François Porchez is the founder of Typofonderie, and the typographic director of ZeCraft. His expertise covers both the design of custom characters and designing for brands.

March 2016

François Brument

Digital
Design

François Brument teaches at ESADSE (the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Saint-Etienne), as well as at the ENSCI/Les Ateliers from where he also graduated. He is a designer who substitutes computer programming for drawing.

February 2016

MATHIEU NEBRA

Online
Learning

Mathieu is an engineer and the co-founder of the startup Simple IT. At the age of thirteen, he created siteduzero, now better known by the name: OpenClassrooms.

January 2016

Michaël Stora

Psychoanalysis
and Video Games

Michaël Stora is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. In 2000, he co-founded the OMNSH (Observatory of Digital Worlds in the Humanities). He uses video games as a tool for therapeutic mediation.

December 2015

Eric Sadin

The Life
Algorithmic

Éric Sadin is a writer and philosopher. He speaks regularly at Sciences Po Paris. He has published several books, including La Société de l’anticipation (Society of Anticipation), L’Humanité augmentée (Augmented Humanity), and L’Administration numérique du monde (Digital World Order).

November 2015

Etienne Mineur

Augmented
Reality

Etienne Mineur is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (ENSAD). Co-founder and creative director at Volumique, he teaches at numerous schools.

October 2015

Samuel Bianchini

Arts
and Methods

Samuel Bianchini is an artist and teacher-researcher at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), where he directs the research team Reflective Interaction on interactive and performative methods.

September 2015

Damien Henry

Virtual Reality

Damien Henry is an acoustic engineer and works in the Lab at the Google Cultural Institute. Co-inventor of cardboard, he is also the co-founder of AudioGaming, a startup specialized in sound synthesis.

June 2015

JAKOB + MACFARLANE

Architecture
in the digital era

Dominique Jakob is a graduate of the École d’Architecture at Paris-Villemin. With Brendan MacFarlane, she founded the Jacob+Macfarlane Agency. Their work is characterized by the utilization of digital tools.

May 2015

Geneviève Gauckler

Character
Design

Geneviève Gauckler is a graduate of ENSAD. Artist, illustrator, and creative director, she is known for her characters (often enigmatic black silhouettes) and her colorful universe.

April 2015

EVE RAMBOZ

Visual
Effects

Eve Ramboz ha studied at the Beaux-Arts in Norway, then in Belgium. Author and director of animated films, she is one of the founding members of A La Maison, a company specialized in visual effects.

March 2015

Benoît Labourdette

Image
and Movement

Benoît Labourdette directs the Quidam production company, and practices in four audiovisual fields: creation, diffusion, pedagogy, and technology. He is the creator of several fictional works and documentaries.

February 2015

Dominique Cardon

Internet
Networks

Dominique Cardon is a sociologist in the Sense department at Orange Labs. He is also an associate member of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

January 2015

ORLAN

Body, Media,
and Technology

ORLAN is a multidisciplinary artist. She has forged a path of hybridization, at first carnal with her surgical performances, then digital with her self-hybridizations, and now technological.