16 November 2023

11:30 – 12:15

Amphithéâtre Painlevé

Gilles Babinet

Self-taught, passionate about new technologies and general political and social issues, Gilles Babinet has been an entrepreneur since the age of 22. He has founded numerous companies in fields as diverse as consulting (Absolut, Laitao), construction (Escalade Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave), co-creation (eYeka), decision-making tools (Captain Dash) and more. Since then, Gilles Babinet has taken on a host of responsibilities in the French digital landscape (co-president of the Conseil National du Numérique), as well as in Europe (Digital Champion for the European Commission). Author of several books, including “Big data, penser l’homme et le monde autrement” and “Refondre les politiques publiques avec le numérique”, he is also a member of the board of the EDF Foundation, and an associate professor at INSP and HEC. In May 2023, he will publish a new book entitled “Comment les hippies, Dieu et la science ont inventé internet?”.

Conference: How can we rethink the energy paradigm in the light of AI and environmental challenges?

Self-taught, passionate about new technologies and general political and social issues, Gilles Babinet has been an entrepreneur since the age of 22. He has founded numerous companies in fields as diverse as consulting (Absolut, Laitao), construction (Escalade Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave), co-creation (eYeka), decision-making tools (Captain Dash) and more. Since then, Gilles Babinet has taken on a host of responsibilities in the French digital landscape (co-president of the Conseil National du Numérique), as well as in Europe (Digital Champion for the European Commission). Author of several books, including “Big data, penser l’homme et le monde autrement” and “Refondre les politiques publiques avec le numérique”, he is also a member of the board of the EDF Foundation, and an associate professor at INSP and HEC. In May 2023, he publishes a new book entitled “How did hippies, God and science invent the internet? “.