Organisation
Governance of the IRT Jules Verne, Foundation for Scientific Cooperation, is carried out by various bodies: the Board of Directors, the Scientific Council and the Bureau.
Board of Directors
The IRT Jules Verne Board of Directors is made up of representatives from large industrial groups, SMEs, academic institutions and local authorities. Under the chairmanship of Damien GUILLON, in charge of the management of Airbus Nantes plant, the Board of Directors defines the strategy and broad directions of IRT Jules Verne.
DIRECTORS
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Damien GUILLON AIRBUS Director | President |
Adolfo SUAREZ-ROOS IRT JULES VERNE IRT Research Representative |
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Carine BERNAULT NANTES UNIVERSITE Director | Vice-President |
Samia SOULTANI-VIGNERON CONSEIL RÉGIONAL DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE Permanent Guest |
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Marc MORET GIE ALBATROS Director |
Amine BENZIDIR DREETS Permanent Guest |
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Olivier ROUGNON-GLASSON CETIM Director |
Pierre-Yves MANACH DRARI Permanent Guest |
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Laurent ROUXEL-DUVAL CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE Research and Development Manager |
Franckie TRICHET NANTES MÉTROPOLE Permanent Guest |
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Emmanuelle MALESYS CNRS Director |
Paul BROSSIER SNEF Permanent Elected Guest |
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Sébastien LEROY DAHER Director |
M. Patrick CHEPPE EUROPE TECHNOLOGIES Permanent Guest |
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Jean-Baptiste AVRILLIER ÉCOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES Director |
Katia BEGUIN RECTORAT DE L’ACADÉMIE DE NANTES Government Commissioner |
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Stéphane KLEIN NAVAL GROUP Director |
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Marion FAMY Pole EMC2 Director
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FAURECIA Director | Automotive Industry Representative |
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Sylvain GRANGER EDF Director | Energy Sector Representative
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Bureau
The Bureau, led by Claude GIRARD, Managing Director, is composed of 6 directors (3 industrial directors and 3 academic directors). It meets to assist the Board of Directors with defining strategy and assessing the activities of IRT Jules Verne.
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Damien GUILLON AIRBUS |
Jean-Baptiste AVRILLIER ÉCOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES |
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Laurent CASTAING CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE |
Gabrielle INGUSCIO CNRS |
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Stéphane KLEIN POLE EMC2 |
Carine BERNAULT UNIVERSITY OF NANTES |
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Scientific Council
The IRT Jules Verne Scientific Council brings together 12 high-level national and international scientific and technical figures. Under the chairmanship of Didier GUEDRA-DEGEORGES, Chief Executive Officer of DGD Partner SAS, this forum for proposal, consultation and evaluation assists the IRT Jules Verne Board of Directors in its research, innovation and training strategies.
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Didier GUEDRA-DEGEORGES DGD PARTNER SAS Chairman of the Scientific Council | Chief Executive Order | Head of Corporate Relations ENS Paris-Saclay |
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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 |
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Olivier APPERT TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY President of the CFE | General Delegate of the Academy of Technologies |
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Clément FORTIN SKOLTECH Dean of Education, Former President of CRIAQ |
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Nadège BOUQUIN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (ANRT) Deputy Director of FutuRIS (Research Innovation Company) |
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Marie-Claude DUPUIS Higher Council for the Prevention of Technological Risks Academy of Technologies |
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Cesare STEFANINI BIOROBOTICS INSTITUTE OF THE HIGHER OF SANT’ANNA DI PISA / UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – ABU DHABI Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering |
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Nahid KHARSHENAS Emotors |
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Bruno MORTAIGNE DGA / DS / “Scientific PLANS team Research and Innovation Mission / Capability Coherence Department / OCO (Operational Coherence Officer) College / OCO Studies” |
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Jean-Pierre CHEVALIER Professor Emeritus at the CNAM Member of the Academy of Technologies |
Executive Committee
The operational activities of IRT Jules Verne are overseen by a team led by Claude GIRARD, Managing Director.
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Claude GIRARD Managing Director |
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Laurent MANACH Deputy Managing Director |
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Nathalie BACLET Director of Development and Projects
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André LUCIANI Director of Expertise and Research |
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Olivier PETH Director of Equipment and Resources |
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Jean Philippe LACROIX Chief Financial Officer |
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Landry CHIRON Director of Marking & Communication |
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Catherine LELAIDIER Human Resources Director |








