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Speakers 2026

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yves-pigneur
Yves Pigneur
Professor & Author

University of Lausanne

Our speakers in Montreal

AGOSTINELLI-Massimo
Massimo Agostinelli
Master-Buffoon

Cirque du Soleil

ALARIE-Vanessa_photo
Vanessa Alarie
Tech Transfer and Innovation Advisor

IVADO

BEAUCHAMP-Yves
Yves Beauchamp
CEO

Aéroports de Montréal (ADM)

BEAUCHESNE-Pascal
Pascal Beauchesne
Senior Director-Health

Numana

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Marco Beaulieu
Director Strategic Partnerships & Internship Experience

Bombardier

BEFORT-Nicolas
Nicolas Béfort
Professor

NEOMA Business School

BEGUE-Florent
Florent Bègue
PhD Candidate & Researcher

University of Montréal & Mosaic HEC Montréal

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Emna Ben Jelili
Special Advisor

Commissariat à la santé et au bien-être (CSBE)

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Niels Billou
Co-Founder & Executive Director

The Humanos Institute

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Maxime Blackburn-Boulianne
Advisor in Innovation

Hydro-Québec

BOCHUD-Emmanuel
Emmanuel Bochud
Director, Development and Innovation

Research Centre for Human Potential (HUPR)

BOLLINGER-Sophie
Sophie Bollinger
Associate professor & Invited researcher

University of Strasbourg & Mosaic HEC Montréal

BONDIL-Nathalie
Nathalie Bondil
Director of the Museum and Exhibitions

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

BOUDREAU-BOUCHER-Caroline
Caroline Boudreau-Boucher
Innovation Operational Strategy Manager

Cirque du Soleil

BOVE-Frederic
Frédéric Bove
Strategy and Innovation Zone Director

Aéroports de Montréal (ADM)

CASTONGUAY-Joanne
Joanne Castonguay
Commissaire

Commissariat santé et bien-être du Québec (CSBE)

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Olivier Chéret
Executive VP Stretegy and Growth

Watch Out Corp

Cobetto-Nikita
Nikita Cobetto
Research Professional

Polytechnique Montréal & CHU Sainte-Justine

COHENDET-Patrick
Patrick Cohendet
Professor & Co-director, Mosaic

HEC Montréal

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Virginie Combet
OROT Senior Advisor (Team Manager)

CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

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Manuel Contreras Lara
Project Manager - Integrated Robotics and Drones Expertise

Hydro-Québec

COURNOYER-QUINTAL-Jean-Francois
Jean-François Cournoyer-Quintal
Video Director –Videographer

JFCQ.ca

CRETOT-RICHERT-Gabrielle
Gabrielle Cretot-Richert
Senior Advisor, Training Research and Innovation

Institut TransMedTech-Montréal

DEROULEDE-Anne
Anne Déroulède
Strategic Foresight Coach
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Lidia Divry
Director

Laval Économique

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Jean-Marc Djian
VP Footwear

SATISFY

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Neal Fahey
OROT - Executive Advisor – Partnerships

CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

FAURE-Marie-Pierre-
Marie-Pierre Faure
Medtech Innovation Advisor

Institut TransMedTech-Montréal

FRAYRET-Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc Frayret
Professor

Polytechnique Montréal

GARIBAY-Carolina
Carolina Garibay
Tech Transfer and Innovation Advisor

IVADO

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Jean-Marc Gauthier
Director of Development and Special Projects

First Nations Executive Education - HEC Montréal

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Valérie Gauthier
Executive Director – Strategy-Innovation-Business Development

InnoVitam

GENCE-Antoine
Antoine Gence
Business Development Manager

E’Nergys

GONZALEZ-PINERO-Manel-1
Manel Gonzalez-Piñero
Head of Innovation / Lecturer in Economics and Innovation

IRIS-UPC / University of Barcelona

HUNTER-Zebastian
Zebastian Hunter
Creation Director - Events

Cirque du Soleil

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Karim Jerbi
Professor

University of Montréal

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Mantautas Krukauskas
Composer & Associate Professor

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater

Kuhlmann-Naila
Naila Kuhlmann
"Researcher - Neuroscience and performing arts "

Research Centre for Human Potential (HUPR)

LAHRICHI-nadia
Nadia Lahrichi
Professor

Polytechnique Montréal

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Maxim Larrivée
Director

Insectarium de Montréal

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Stephen Legari
Art Therapist

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

LEMAY-Helene
Hélène Lemay
Artistic Coach - Choreographer

Cirque du Soleil

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Richard LePage
Senior Director, Innovation and Performance Design

Cirque du Soleil

LONDONO-Juan-Carlos-photo
Juan Carlos Londono
Co-founder

Lupuna

MAGGS-Caitlan
Caitlan Maggs
Creative Director, Speaker & Author
MALAS-Kathy
Kathy Malas
Chief Quality, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Value Officer; Director of OROT

CIUSSS West-Central Montreal

MALKI-Zouheir
Zouheir Malki
Tech Transfer and Innovation Advisor

IVADO

MARCIL-Pierre-Luc
Pierre-Luc Marcil
Director – Performance, Support, and Cross-Functional Innovation

Hydro-Québec

NEPTON-Stephane
Stéphane Nepton
Digital Artist and Cultural Mediator
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Valérie Néron
Coach – Regenerative Leadership
PAREJA-EASTAWAY.-Montserrat
Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
Professor

University of Barcelona

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Louis-Olivier Pelletier
Improviser & Comedian

Cirque du Soleil

PERINEAU-Fabien_photo
Fabien Perineau
Tech Transfer and Innovation Advisor

IVADO

PITRE-Bernard
Bernard Pitre
Commissioner – Innovation

Laval Économique

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Mélanie Prince
Director, Design & Innovation

Bombardier

RAMPA-Romain
Romain Rampa
Assistant Professor

École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

RAO-Madan
Madan Rao
Research Director

Your Story Media

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Alex Ratelle
Manager – Innovative Solutions and Specialized Services (Pôle d'innovation appliquée)

Hydro-Québec

RHEAUME-Melissa
Mélissa Rhéaume
Expert Advisor on Technology, Creativity & Knowledge

Hydro-Québec

SIMON-Laurent
Laurent Simon
Professor & Co-director, Mosaic

HEC Montréal

SIROIS-Luc
Luc Sirois
Chief Innovator

Conseil de l'innovation du Québec

STOJAK-Lucy
Lucy Stojak
Executive DIrector, Mosaic

HEC Montréal

SUIRE-Raphael-
Raphaël Suire
Professor in management of Innovation

IAE - Nantes University

VIAU-Jean-Francois
Jean-François Viau
Manager, Advanced Design-Engineering

Bombardier

Our speakers in Nantes

BENDJEBBAR-Etienne
Etienne Bendjebbar
Head of Innovation & Development Department

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nantes

BOUYE-Anne
Anne Bouyé
Site Manager

Cyneo

Portrait-Etienne-Capron
Etienne Capron
CNRS Researcher

DRM – Dauphine – PSL University

DAVID-Albert
Albert David
Professor in management of innovation

DRM – PSL - Université Paris Dauphine

ELIE-Mathilde
Mathilde Elie
Facilitator in Collective Intelligence, Shared Governance, and Resilient Economic Models

Latitude Créative

FERRANDI-Jean-Marc
Jean Marc Ferrandi
Professor

Oniris

Ferriere-Joanna
Joanna Ferrière
Founder and Director

Cyneo

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Nicolas Fordos
Project Manager for “Reuse Industry Development”

Airbus

GESTIN-Jean-Francois
Jean-François Gestin
Research Director / Co-founder

INSERM / Chelatech & Isotop4Life

GRAB-Erik
Erik Grab
Founder & President

IES!

GUERINEAU-Mathias
Mathias Guérineau
Associate Professor in Management of Innovation

IAE Nantes University

HADDAD-Ferid
Ferid Haddad
Associate Professor, Director GIP-Public Interest Group

Nantes University; GIP Arronax

Hernandez-Marine
Marine Hernandez
Production Manager and Head of the Motion Lab

Motion Lab Studio

MANACH-Laurent-2
Laurent Manach
Managing Director

IRT Jules Verne & EMC2

MERCUSOT-Guillaume
Guillaume Mercusot
Head of development and innovation, Managing Director

Institut de cancérologie de l’Ouest/ ARC Center in France; ICO INNOV

MERINDOL-Valerie
Valérie Mérindol
Professor

Paris School of Business (PSB)

OLIVIER-Elise
Elise Olivier
Manager of the Digital Health Innovation Hub

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Nantes

ORSONI-FLorent
Florent Orsoni
Director of Research, Foresight and Professional Development

L’Ecole de Design de Nantes Atlantique

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Olivier Peth
Director of Equipment and Resources

IRT Jules Verne

POINET-Lucie
Lucie Poinet
Post-Doc Researcher

IAE Nantes University

RANNOU-Cecile
Cécile Rannou
Research Engineer

Oniris

RENOU-Lucie
Lucie Renou
Project Manager for Partnerships, Networks, and International Development | International Project Manager

SAMOA

SUIRE-Raphael-1
Raphaël Suire
Professor in management of Innovation

Nantes University – IAE

TRICHET-Francky
Francky Trichet
Vice-President Innovation

Nantes Métropole

Our speakers in Barcelona

ABRAHAM-BASSE-Daniel
Daniel Abraham
Singer, songwriter & Independent artist
AGUILERA-Lidia
Lidia Aguilera
Director of Innovation

CaixaResearch Institute

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Lluis Bonet
Director of the Cultural Management Program and Professor

University of Barcelona

CHAILLOU-David_photo
David Chaillou
Composer / Senior Lecturer

Universal Edition AG / University of Lille

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Alfons Cornella
Founder

Infonomia.com and Institute of Next

ESTELA-Oriol
Oriol Estela
General Coordinator

Barcelona Metropolitan Strategic Plan (PEMB))

FOLGUERA-Antonia
Antònia Folguera
Curator

Sónar+D and Eufònic

FONT-Josep-Maria
Josep Maria Font
Professor / Director of IRIS

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) / IRIS-UPC

GARCIA-I-MASSAGUE-Monica
Mònica García Massagué
General Manager

Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia

GONZALEZ-PINERO-Manel
Manel Gonzalez-Piñero
Head of Innovation / Lecturer in Economics and Innovation

IRIS-UPC / University of Barcelona

GUALLART-Leon
León Guallart
Artist, Director, and Educator
JUANOLA-FELIU-Esteve
Esteve Juanola-Feliu
Inspector of Education / Assistant Professor

Generalitat de Catalunya / Technical University of Catalonia (ICE-UPC)

KRUKAUSKAS-Mantautas-by-Tomas-Terekas
Mantautas Krukauskas
Composer & Associate Professor

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

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Verònica Kuchinow
CEO

SÍMBIOSY

MANZANO-Toni_photo-scaled
Toni Manzano
Co-founder & CSO

Aizon

MARTI-Miquel
Miquel Martí
CEO

Tech Barcelona

MARTINEZ-Natalia-scaled
Natalia Martínez
Director of Partnerships and Communication

Hàbitat3 Foundation

PAREJA-EASTAWAY.-Montserrat-1
Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway
Professor

University of Barcelona

PERELLO-Josep
Josep Perelló
Professor

University of Barcelona

yves-pigneur
Yves Pigneur
Professor and Author

University of Lausanne

PIQUE-Josep-Miquel
Josep Miquel Piqué
Executive President

Technova Barcelona - La Salle Innovation Park - Ramon Llull University

RAMIS-Marc
Marc Ramis
Managing Partner, Venture Partner

Montana Impact Fund, Ship2B Ventures

RAPETTI-Carina
Carina Rapetti
Head of the LAIA Hub (La Salle Artificial Intelligence Hub)

La Salle Campus Barcelona – Ramon Llull University

RIOS-Carmen-1
Carmen Rios
CEO & Co-Founder

Doctomatić

SCIONTI-Giuseppe
Giuseppe Scionti
Founder & CEO

NOVAMEAT

THAM-Cecilia-2-scaled
Cecilia Mosze Tham
Co-Founder & CEO

Futurity Systems

TORRES-Pep
Pep Torres
Innovator, Creative Strategist & Founder of the Museum of Ideas and Inventions (MIBA)
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Aistė Vaišnorė
Assistant Professor

Kaunas University of Technology