IRT Jules Verne, Foundation for Scientific Cooperation
The IRT Jules Verne is a foundation for Scientific Cooperation that works for sovereign manufacturing. Its governance is ensured by various bodies: the Board of Directors, the Scientific Council and the Bureau. The operational activity of IRT Jules Verne is based on a team led by Claude GIRARD, Managing Director, and supervised by the Management Committee.
A Board of Directors embodying the alliance of the academic and industrial worlds
The Board of Directors of the IRT Jules Verne brings together major industrial groups, SMEs, academics and local authorities. Under the chairmanship of Damien Guillon, in charge of the management of the Airbus plant in Nantes, the Board of Directors defines the strategy and the main orientations of the IRT Jules Verne.
ADMINISTRATORS
- Damien GUILLON, Plant Manager at Airbus Atlantic Nantes, Board Member | Chairman
- Carine BERNAULT, President of the University of Nantes, Board Member | Vice President
- Marc MORET, President of Loiretech and Director of GIE ALBATROS, Board Member
- Olivier ROUGNON-GLASSON, Chief Operating Officer, CETIM, Board Member
- Laurent ROUXEL-DUVAL, Head of R&D, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, Board Member
- Emmanuelle MALESYS, CNRS Regional Representative for Brittany and the Pays de Loire, Board Member
- Dominique BAILLY, Director of Innovation, DAHER, Board Member
- Jean-Baptiste AVRILLIER, Director of Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Board Member
- Stéphane KLEIN, Program Director, Smart Industry / Digital Transformation, Naval Group, Board Member
- Marion FAMY, Pôle EMC2, Board Member
- Faurecia, Board Member | Automotive Industry Representative
- Sylvain GRANGER, Director of Demolition and Waste Management, EDF; Board Member | Energy Sector Representative
- Adolfo SUAREZ-ROOS, Technical Expert, IRT JULES VERNE, board member from the ranks of academic staff, lecturers or researchers
- Paul BROSSIER, Executive Vice President, SNEF, Permanent Guest
- Patrick CHEPPE, Managing Director, Europe Technologies, Permanent Guest
- Samia SOULTANI-VIGNERON, 14th Vice President of the Pays de la Loire Regional Council, Permanent Guest
- Amine BENZIDIR, Economic Advisor to the Prefect of the Pays de la Loire region and Aviation Policy Officer, DREETS (Regional Directorate for the Economy, Employment, Labor, and Solidarity), Permanent Guest
- Nicolas BOYARD, Regional Academic Delegate for Research and Innovation, DRARI (Regional Academic Delegation for Research and Innovation), Permanent Guest
- Franckie TRICHET, Nantes City Councilmember, Commissioner for Innovation, Digital Affairs, and the Francophonie, as well as for Recreational Sports, and 16th Vice President of Nantes Métropole, Permanent Guest
- Raphaël MULLER, Rector of the Nantes Academy, Government Commissioner
The Bureau, strategic support to the Board of Directors
The Executive Committee, led by Claude GIRARD, Executive Director, and Laurent MANACH, Deputy Managing Director, consists of six members: three from industry and three from academia. It meets to assist the Board of Directors in defining strategy and overseeing the activities of IRT Jules Verne.
- Damien GUILLON, Plant Manager at Airbus Atlantic Nantes
- Dominique BAILLY, Director of Innovation, DAHER
- Stéphane KLEIN, Pole EMC2 Chairman
- Jean-Baptiste AVRILLIER, Director of Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Board Member
- Carine BERNAULT, President of the University of Nantes
- Olivier ROUGNON-GLASSON, Chief Operating Officer, CETIM
The Scientific Council, guarantor of IRT Jules Verne's research and innovation strategies
The Scientific Council of the IRT Jules Verne brings together 12 high-level scientific and technical personalities, both national and international.
Under the chairmanship of Didier GUEDRA-DEGEORGES, Chairman and CEO of DGD Partner SAS, this body for proposal, consultation and evaluation supports the Board of Directors of IRT Jules Verne in its research, innovation and training strategies.
Members of the Scientific Council
- Didier GUEDRA-DEGEORGES, GD PARTNER SAS, Chairman of the Scientific Council | Chief Executive Order | Head of Corporate Relations ENS Paris-Saclay
- Olivier APPERT, TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, President of the CFE | General Delegate of the Academy of Technologies
- Nadège BOUQUIN, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (ANRT), Deputy Director of FutuRIS, (Research Innovation Company)
- Cesare STEFANINI, BIOROBOTICS INSTITUTE OF THE HIGHER OF SANT’ANNA DI PISA / UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – ABU DHABI, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Bruno MORTAIGNE, DGA / DS / “Scientific PLANS team Research and Innovation Mission / Capability Coherence Department / OCO (Operational Coherence Officer) College / OCO Studies”
- Gilles SAVARD, ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL, CANADA, Interim Director | Former Director of IVADO
- Nabil ANWER, Professor, University of Paris Saclay, Deputy Director of the University Laboratory Research Laboratory in Automated Production, and Director of PLM Innovation Center, Tsinghua University Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Jean-Pierre CHEVALIER, Professor Emeritus at the CNAM and member of the Academy of Technologies
- Clément FORTIN, SKOLTECH, Dean of Education | Former President of CRIAQ
- Guiseppe MENSITIERI, UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FREDERICK II, Professor, Department of Chemical, Materials, and Industrial Production Engineering | Coordinator of the Ph.D. program in Industrial Product and Process Engineering
- Marie-Claude DUPUIS, Higher Council for the Prevention of Technological Risks, Academy of Technologies
- Nahid KHARSHENAS, Emotors
The executive comitee of IRT Jules Verne
The operational activities of IRT Jules Verne are carried out by a team led by Claude GIRARD, Executive Director. The Executive Committee consists of:
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Claude GIRARD CEO -
Laurent MANACH Deputy CEO -
Nathalie BACLET Director of Development and Projects -
André LUCIANI Director of Expertise and Research -
Olivier PETH Director of Facilities and Resources -
Jean Philippe LACROIX Chief Financial Officer -
Landry CHIRON Director of Marketing and Communications -
Catherine LELAIDIER Director of Human Resources
The IRT Jules Verne, the manufacturing specialist
Our Mission
Accelerate innovation and technology transfer to foster a competitive, self-reliant, and resilient industry.