CIEDS 2026 Operation: the IP Paris ecosystem mobilises for defence innovation

Coffee and registration

Opening remarks

• Estelle Iacona, President of ENSTA
• Thierry Coulhon, Chairman of the Executive Board of Institut Polytechnique de Paris and of EuroTech
• Ingénieur général de l’armement Nicolas Cordier-Lallouet, Deputy Director of the Defence Innovation Agency

Keynote 1

“The deep seabed, a new arena for sovereignty: challenges and innovations for the French Navy”

Captain Hugues VALLETTE, Central Coordinator for Seabed Operations at the French Navy Operations Staff of the French Navy

Keynote 2

“The scientific and technological challenges facing the maritime sector at Naval Group”

Fabrice MONTILLET, VP – Director of Innovation Development and Offerings at Naval Group

Round table

“New technologies and proliferation: towards a resurgence of the CBRN threat?”

Moderator : Chief Armament Engineer Mathieu Xémard, CIEDS

Panellists:

• Armament Engineer Louis, DGA CBRN Defence
• Sophie BOURCIER, Molecular Chemistry Laboratory (LCM) at École polytechnique
• Laurent GROSCLAUDE, Université Toulouse-Capitole
• Guillaume DUPONT, EXAPTO

Networking forum

• Research posters
   
• Stands:
  • Start-ups: SynerView, GraphMyTech, Stronghold AI, asterion robotics, Galeio, Amphitrite, cosma, Plasana Medical, MediVieTech, allivia, Simbad, KAMSI, Crystal Quantum Computing, Phyling, Rito
  • Industry partners: COMHET Joint Laboratory (Safran, École polytechnique, CNRS), Dassault Aviation, Naval Group, KNDS, Dassault Systèmes
  • Institutional partners: Defence Innovation Agency, GAI⁴A, NATO, SATT Paris-Saclay, Starburst, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, CIMO, MA4S, ASC Chair, IP Paris Defence, École polytechnique Space Centre (CSEP)
     

• New projects from CIEDS and CIMO:
  
  CIEDS Wave 6 projects:

  • Flexible semi-active polymer-based anechoic device – AnéchoFLEX (LSI, IRDL)
  • Characterisation of aerial and underwater shock waves produced by laser-induced breakdown – CLASH (IRDL)
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of 3D-printed copper alloys using a blue laser – BLEU (LMS)
  • Multifunctional molecules for the development of micrometric 3D architectures obtained through two-photon 3D printing – Orga-3D (LCM, LMS)
  • Adaptive Collaborative Combat – COCOA (U2IS, John Cockerill)
  • Modular and scalable architectures for agile systems engineering in support of defence applications – AMEIDA (Lab-STICC, U2IS)
  • Distributed Computing and Cryptographic Protocols in a Quantum Network – DiPReQ (CPHT, Inria)
  • Quantum optimisation by permutations for military applications – Qu-Pi-Def (UMA)
  • Autonomous Return Aerial Drones using Topological Mapping – DRACAR (Lab-STICC, U2IS)
  • Robust Control of Collaborative Aerial Manipulators – ROCAM (U2IS, ONERA)
  • Stealth Waveforms Against Electronic Cyberattacks – FORCYBEL (U2IS)
  • Attacks on IXPs: Opportunities, Impacts and Countermeasures – HIJ-IX (LIX)
  • In situ mass spectrometry: automated identification and characterisation of volatile organic compounds using machine learning – MS-AI 4.0 (SAMOVAR, LCM, Nepita)
  • Quantum Magnetometry based on Diamond NV Centres – MAGNETOQUANT II (LOA)
  • Engineers and Technological Sovereignty in Strategic Industries – InSTIg (FOAP, UTC)

  CIMO Wave 2 projects:

  • Development of a new anti-biofouling strategy through inhibition of marine bacteria quorum sensing – BIOQSI (LSO, PMC, LOB, IRDL)
  • Multiscale characterisation of volumetric and interfacial degradation in multi-material bonded assemblies – MULTIBOND (IRDL)
  • Optimisation and Robustness Integration for Operational Nonlinear Systems – ORION (Lab-STICC)
  • Discrete underwater navigation for naval defence – FAUV (Lab-STICC)
  • Determination of the hydrodynamic model of underwater drones using machine learning – SUBPERF-AI (IRDL, Lab-STICC)
  • Numerical Evaluation of Roughness Effect on In-service Durability of Structures – NEREIDS (IRDL)

Keynote 3

“Defence innovation”

Ingénieur général de l’armement Laurent Vieste, Head of the Defence Strategy and Technology Division at the Defence Innovation Agency

Parallel thematic seminars

Aerial and ground robotics

Moderator: Alexandre CHAPOUTOT, U2IS at ENSTA

Speakers:

• Lieutenant Colonel Guillaume SILVE, Future Combat Command of the French Army
• Christophe CAZES, John Cockerill – Arquus
• Antoine MANZANERA, U2IS at ENSTA
• Loïc BOUILLET, Solène MÉRIAU and Sylvain LAJARGE, DGA Land Systems
• Alexis Oliveira Da Silva, KNDS Robotics
• Alexandre CHAPOUTOT, U2IS at ENSTA

Cyber defence

Moderator: Olivier BLAZY, LIX at École polytechnique and CIEDS

Speakers:

• François MASSARDIER, DGA
• Marc KAPLAN, VeriQloud
• Laura BROUILHET, SeaOwl
• Kevin VERMEULEN, LIX at École polytechnique
• Olivier BLAZY, LIX at École polytechnique and CIEDS

Metal additive repair

Moderator: Chief Armament Engineer Mathieu XÉMARD, CIEDS

Speakers:

• Fabien SZMYTKA, IMSIA at ENSTA
• Manas UPADHYAY, LMS at École polytechnique
• Anthony MARTIN, DGA Aeronautical and Space Systems

Quantum technology

Moderator: Yoanna-Reine NOWICKI-BRINGUIER, Defence Quantum Laboratory (AID)

Speakers:

• Yoanna-Reine NOWICKI-BRINGUIER, Defence Quantum Laboratory of the AID
• Daniel DOLFI, Thales Research and Technology
• Franck CORREIA, DGA Information Mastery
• Valerian GIESZ, QUANDELA
• Thomas AYRAL, CPHT at École polytechnique

Awards ceremony and closing remarks

• Public vote poster awards
• Bleuet de France fundraising campaign: cheque presentation
• Networking cocktail