Vincent Maret is Innovation director with Bouygues SA, the holding company of the Bouygues Group (*), Vince focuses on innovation and business transformation serving all of the Group’s business units. Among his main topics of interest: AI and the Future of Work, Energy and Smart Infrastructures. His area of expertise includes agile methods; AI for performance; design thinking C/K methods; value quadrant …
Bouygues is a diversified industrial group with a strong corporate culture, organized around 4 distinct sectors. Construction, with Bouygues Construction (building, civil work), Bouygues Immobilier (property development) and Colas (roads); Energies and Services with EQUANS; Telecoms with Bouygues Telecom and Media with TF1. Bouygues operates in 81 countries; it has a workforce of 220,000 employees.
2023 Sales: €56 billion. Listed on CAC40.
Vince has an extensive experience in marketing, strategy, innovation, project management, telecom and Information Technologies; as Marketing Manager; deputy R&D director with Bouygues Telecom and previously as a Project Executive with IBM Global Services. Vince is very familiar with international environments. He was the founder and CEO of Winnovation the US Office of Bouygues Telecom, in the Silicon Valley, now serving the whole Group.
Vincent sits on the board of directors of Bouygues Asia, an outpost of the Group based in Tokyo for the purpose of technology scouting, business support & sales development; He is also a board member of Cap Digital, the French cluster for digital transformation and serves on its Executive Committee as Special Delegate for Digital Twin, Construction, Renovation & Environment. Vince serves on the board of Fondation Mines Telecom which supports IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom) in its training, innovation, research and foresight missions at the heart of digital, industrial, energy and educational transformations. He is the chairman of ESPCI Paris’ s Industrial Council sits on the board of ESPCI alumni, his alma mater.
He used to be a member of the steering committee of the Open Innovation Club (Paris & Co) and to serve on the Board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce of San-Francisco and was Chairman of its High-Tech Committee until June 2005. He also sat –as Secretary General- on the Board of Directors of Wireless Link, the French Association managing WIFI
Vince is a graduate of ESPCI Paris, Paris, France – Master’s degree in Physics, Master’s Degree in Chemistry – and from Sorbonne University, Paris – Master’s Degree in Electronics. –
(*) Bouygues is a diversified industrial group with a strong corporate culture, organized around four business segments: Construction (Bouygues Construction, Bouygues Immobilier, Colas), Energies & Services (Equans), Telecoms (Bouygues Telecom), and Media (TF1). The Group operates in around 80 countries and employs approximately 220,000 people. Revenue 2025 : €56.9 billion. Listed on the CAC 40.
Pierre Jaeger is a Technical Director at IBM, responsible for developing strategic partnerships for IBM Quantum, primarily across Europe.
He has more than 18 years of experience. He began his career at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), working on scientific computing and parallel codes, before joining CSSI, where he worked on the CEA’s scientific computing platforms.
In 2006, he joined IBM Technology Services as an IT Specialist and subsequently became an IT Architect. He later moved to IBM Systems, where he served as Technical Account Manager for Crédit Agricole.
He then became Head of Technical Architects at IBM Systems France before being appointed Technical Director of IBM Systems France.
Since June 2021, Pierre Jaeger has been actively developing IBM Quantum’s strategic partnerships, particularly in the public sector, finance, and chemistry.
He graduated from Polytech Sorbonne in 2005, specializing in Mathematics and Numerical Computing.
Stijn Broecke is a Senior Economist at the OECD, where he leads the organisation’s Future of Work initiative. He is in charge of a large research programme looking at the impact of AI on the labour market. He was co-editor of the 2023 OECD Employment Outlook, which had a thematic focus on AI, and he also co-authored and co-edited the 2019 OECD Employment Outlook on the Future of Work. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of London.
Rosario Sorrentino is a Biomedical Engineer at the Italian Ministry of Health, Directorate-General for Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals (IVD Office), with experience in EU regulatory frameworks and in supporting the governance of medical devices and digital health. He serves as delegate of the Directorate-General in the NIS 2 sectoral working group on cybersecurity of medical devices and in vitro diagnostics, contributing to the implementation of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 in the healthcare sector. He has been designated as national expert in a European Commission Task Force, contributing to Union-level risk assessment activities on connected medical devices, and is a member of the Scientific Committee for Research and Training (CURF) of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services of Healthcare Authorities (SIFO) for the 2024–2028 term. Since 2021, he has been involved in regulatory and evaluation activities under Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR), focusing on designation and surveillance of notified bodies and the assessment of performance study applications, within EU regulatory frameworks. He is a member of the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) subgroups Notified Bodies Oversight (NBO) and Clinical Investigation and Evaluation / Performance Studies. He previously gained experience in healthcare ICT and telemedicine at ASST Bergamo Ovest, and contributed to the digital transformation of public procurement in healthcare at So.Re.Sa. S.p.A., focusing on e-procurement and system integration. He holds an International Second-Level Specialized Master’s Degree in Management in Clinical Engineering from the University of Trieste and is author and co-author of peer-reviewed publications on artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Fabio De Paolis is a senior executive (Dirigente) within the Campania Regional Administration in Italy, serving in the Special Office for Digital Administration, where he leads the Cybersecurity Office and is responsible for the regional Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). He oversees cybersecurity governance, as well as the regional Data Center infrastructure and Security Operations Center (SOC), ensuring the resilience and protection of critical ICT systems supporting essential public services, with a strong focus on healthcare.
Alongside his cybersecurity role, he is a healthcare executive and public policy expert with extensive experience in healthcare management, institutional relations, and regional health system innovation. He contributes to the development of strategic initiatives aimed at improving healthcare governance, sustainability, and patient-centered services, promoting integration between digital technologies and healthcare delivery. He also leads major programs in cloud modernization, cybersecurity, and digital transformation under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), fostering collaboration between public institutions, healthcare providers, and stakeholders to drive innovation and efficiency in the regional healthcare ecosystem.
I am a Business Development Manager at Enginfo Consulting, an IT company focused on applications and cybersecurity for Industrial Plants. Previously, I served as a Project Manager for international companies in the Oil & Gas and Telecom sectors. Expert in Marketing and Economic KPIs, as acquired by Master in Business Administraton (MBA), I focus on translatng technology into economic benefits for Customers. I achieve this by reducing human and industrial process inefficiency and costs, as well as by increasing the productivity of both. I am passionate about psychology, which allows me to understand and connect effectively with people.