The Innovation Morning on May 27 (8:30-12:30), jointly organized by Bouygues and Zenon Research, will focus on data centers, addressing a central challenge: reconciling the growth of digital usage with sustainability constraints. It will bring together industrial, academic, and institutional players to cover the entire value chain, from construction to operation, and up to technological breakthroughs such as edge and quantum technology. The objective is to share insights and concrete feedback to clarify the trade-offs between performance, resources, and sovereignty.
On the morning's agenda:
- An opening keynote by Catherine Mayenobe (Deputy Director General - Caisse des Dépôts Group), on the issues of sovereignty, energy transition, and land use planning.
- An International keynote by Fabrice Coquio (President France - Digital Realty), on the global dynamics of data centers, energy tensions, and geopolitical trade-offs.
- How to build sustainable data centers : a round table with Zouheir Mikou (General Manager - ELAN, Ghislain Mercier (Development Director - Linkcity), Stephane Frisch (Director of the Data Center Business Unit - Equans), Timothée Boitouzet (CEO - Woodoo).
- A keynote by Jean-Philippe Bonnet (Deputy Director, Strategy, Foresight, and Evaluation - RTE), on the critical challenge of electrical connection.
- How to operate sustainable data centers : a round table with Frank Balligand (Head of data center solution - Siemens), Caroline Gatti-Bono (Hyperscale data center - EDF), Saemeh HADAVI (Data Center Design Manager - Equans), Benoit Chevalier (Senior design manager - Equinix).
- And tomorrow? Technological breakthroughs : interventions by Valerian Giesz (Co-founder - Quandela), Angelo MORAIS (Head of roll-out infrastructure - Bouygues Telecom), Fabrice Tinlot (CBO - DENV-R), Emeric Lhomme (CEO - ALATYR), Olivier de Rugy (CEO - CORDON GROUP /HEXADC).
Free but mandatory registration.
