Rodolphe Hasselvander

SIDO Lyon - IoT, IA, Robotique & XR Lyon Cyber Show 2024 featured a plenary session "Numérique responsable : de l'importance de garder la "tech" froide." 🌍 With the environmental impact of digital technology under the microscope, it’s clear that companies are on the frontlines of pushing for a greener, more responsible digital future. But should we leave this to the IT department? Not a chance! Key Takeaways: 📈 Strategic Alignment: Digital responsibility isn’t just an IT issue; it’s a governance challenge. Boards, CEOs, and sustainability directors need to lead the charge. 🤝 Cross-Department Collaboration: Making tech eco-friendly requires everyone on board—from marketing to HR. 🛡️ Risk Management: It’s about more than just compliance; it’s about transforming corporate culture towards sustainability. Tips for Greener Digital Governance: 🌟 Digital Steering Committee: Assemble a diverse team to oversee responsible digital initiatives. 📚 Invest in Eco-Literacy: Educate all employees on the environmental impact of their digital actions. 📝 Set Green Policies: Implement and enforce policies for sustainable tech use and innovation. Huge thanks to the panelists Anne-Sophie BELLAICHE (Editor-in-Chief, L'Usine Nouvelle), Emeline Baume de Brosses (Vice President, Métropole de Lyon), Antoine Wattinne (Director of Public Affairs and CSR, Cegid), Marine Brogli (CEO, DPO Consulting and Board Member, numeum) 🌿 Gillo Alain Malpart (President & Co-founder, Mavana.earth) Keeping tech cool and green is a collective effort, and today’s session highlighted the crucial role of governance in driving this change. 🌐 #LyonCyberShow2024 #TechGovernance #DigitalTransformation #GreenTech

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🔥🔥🔥 I’m super excited to share Dark's seed funding extension, bringing it to $11m! 🔥🔥🔥 --> https://lnkd.in/eNVhXHBC <-- 🚀 As we’ve set our sight on space security, our road is paved with groundbreaking technologies. These advancements assemble into various strategic assets, unlocking opportunities that far exceed the state of the art. 🗓 With renewed support from our initial investors and the backing of a remarkable new partner, we are now gearing up for the next phase of our journey - a crucial one to operate the first space protection missions. 💪 Yet, achieving extraordinary results requires more than shortcuts; there’s no cheat code. That’s why we hold every team member to high standards. This milestone is a testament to their collective achievements. Shoutout to every member of the Dark team; this recognition is truly deserved! 💫 The ultimate goal behind every technological advancement is to shape the future. To that end, our developments aim to define a new category for space applications, but also hold the potential to transpose into other fields, where they can serve meaningful and positive impacts. 🛫 As we embark on this new chapter, we are expanding our team, inviting like-minded individuals to join us in this journey. -> https://lnkd.in/eWZQEQZR CNES, Commandement de l'Espace, DGA - Direction générale de l'armement, Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile, Direction Générale des Entreprises, Clyde Laheyne #Space #Hirings #fundraise

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Viva La Technology, Paris 2024 - 2 min read Which major tech event happens this week in Paris ? Read below ⬇ Yesterday marked the beginning of VivaTech 2024. A 4-day leading technology conference in Paris, France. Since its inception, VivaTech has rapidly grown into one of the most influential events in the tech world, attracting : ▶ startups ▶ investors ▶ innovators ▶ industry leaders from across the globe. VivaTech was first launched in 2016 by French Publicis Groupe. Publicis Groupe, founded in 1926 and headquartered in Paris, is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and communications companies. Its annual sales is 15 billion EURO (2023) and it has 100 000 employees. Its market capitalization is the world’s biggest in its sector at 27 billion EURO. Publicis Groupe has long been a pioneer in the advertising industry. It has expanded its influence worldwide, offering a wide range of services including : ✅ marketing ✅ communications ✅ and digital transformation. VivaTech was created with the vision of fostering innovation and connecting startups with major global players. The event features a myriad of activities, from keynote speeches and panel discussions to live demonstrations and startup pitches. With a diverse lineup that highlights the latest advancements in : ❇ artificial intelligence ❇ sustainability ❇ digital health ❇ and more   France's role in the global technology ecosystem is underscored by events like VivaTech. The export activities of French tech firms have seen considerable growth, contributing to France's reputation as a key player in the global tech arena. Technology-related companies are the biggest exporters in France. France has about 200 000 companies. 10 000 of them are exporting about 780 billion EURO (2021) worth of goods and services. 60% of which is made by technical companies. Over the years, VivaTech has hosted an array of high-profile speakers, including : 🤴 CEOs of tech giants 🕵‍♂️ visionary entrepreneurs 👮‍♂️ and influential policymakers. Elon Musk will answer a Q&A sessions at VivaTech. But don’t expect to shake his hand at the event, he will attend remotely. Because he is currently in … Indonesia with a pretty busy agenda. ➡ Launching his Starlink satellite internet service. ➡ Speaking at the 10th World Water Forum in Bali. If you are French and go to VivaTech, there is a chance you will complain that you cannot meet Elon in person. French love to complain and are often the first perpetrators of “France bashing”, or the art of criticism and pessimism. VivaTech is a testament to France's technological strength and its ability to drive innovation on a global scale and … make France great again 🤠. VivaTech showcases what Tech and French Tech have to offer to the world. Viva la Technology, Vive la France. We are CINTASIA 🇲🇫 🇮🇩 , we bring your Technology to Indonesia and Asean. Sources : VivaTech, Insee. Picture: Publicis.

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Looking forward to sharing my perspectives and hearing how others are approaching the global VC landscape at this session at #GRIC2024!

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🎉 Celebrating Robotics Innovation and Collaboration at the 1st euROBIN Coopetition! 🤖   After four days of groundbreaking robotics challenges at the Centre des Congrès Prouvé in Nancy, France, the first-ever euROBIN Coopetition has reached its conclusion! This EU-funded Network of Excellence has brought together leading robotics teams from across Europe to showcase advanced solutions and embrace a unique concept of cooperative competition.   In this new competition model, teams are rewarded not only for their own achievements but also for the reuse and impact of their shared modules via the EuroCore platform. This approach highlights the importance of collaboration and module transferability, paving the way for more scalable and versatile robotic technologies.   From robotic manufacturing for a circular economy to personal robots enhancing quality of life and outdoor robots for sustainable communities, the solutions presented address critical robotics domains and push the boundaries of innovation.   👏 Congratulations to the participants and the euROBIN team for creating such an inspiring and forward-thinking event. The insights and outcomes from this coopetition will play a key role in advancing robotics research and fostering a more unified robotics community.   💡 Keep an eye on euROBIN for updates, lessons learned, and future opportunities to engage with this remarkable initiative!   #AI #Robotics #Innovation #Collaboration #euROBIN #EuroCore #Coopetition 

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 Hugging Face and Sorbonne Université release a base and chat tuned open vision-language model (VLM) called Idefics2 at 8 billion parameters. They incorporate and detail the often overlooked and unjustified design choices in VLM development, which can greatly impact model performance. Through extensive experiments on pre-trained models, architecture choices, data handling, and training methodologies, they have come up with some great foundation to build on.   Key insights from their research highlight the importance of model architecture. The fully autoregressive architecture outperforms the cross-attention architecture when pre-trained backbones are trained, particularly when enhanced with Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for stability. The research also underscores the significant impact of the quality of the language model backbone over the vision backbone on the final VLM's performance. Efficiency gains were achieved through strategies such as reducing the number of visual tokens with learned pooling and preserving the original aspect ratio and resolution of images, which maintained or even enhanced model performance on downstream tasks.   Idefics2 demonstrates state-of-the-art performance across various multimodal benchmarks, challenging models four times its size in efficiency and inference cost, making it a compelling option for real-world applications. The team also the trade-offs between compute efficiency and performance, particularly through techniques like image splitting during training, which allows for performance gains in tasks involving text extraction from images. The comprehensive evaluation of Idefics2 on benchmarks like VQAv2, TextVQA, OKVQA, and COCO allow us to determine the impact of various tradeoffs made in general VLM training. Arxiv: https://lnkd.in/e67RbEtk

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Let’s take a look back at our president and co-founder, Mr. Alexandre Zapolsky’s speech on the first day of #VivaTech during a round table organized by our partner Centre National de la recherche scientifique - CNRS on the valorization and impact of open-source software. w/ Isabelle Blanc - Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin - LIP6 and Mehdi GMAR - CNRS Innovation.   Here are some key takeaways from the discussions as if you were there: ✅ Software production in higher education and research is extremely dynamic within all scientific communities; ✅ Open-source research software has a significant societal impact. It brings together vast communities of developers and users from the French and international academic world, as well as private sector actors and citizens; ✅ The influence of software stems from the synergy between public research and private actors; ✅ We also need digital biodiversity in the field of AI: the challenge is nothing less than the preservation of languages and cultures in Europe; ✅ Truly Open Source AI means having (1) open code, (2) open training models, and (3) open datasets. This is what the OpenLLM 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 community is doing 🇫🇷 🇪🇺; ✅ Yes, a third digital way is possible in France and Europe: we can succeed in creating open, ethical, transparent, and responsible Tech! ✅ Collaboration between the public and private sectors in the field of open-source software strengthens innovation! w/ Frédéric Hermelin 🎬 LINAGORA Minh Nguyen #opensource #innovation #research #AI

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The next pole of #medtech innovation in Europe! Nextmed Strasbourg in Strasbourg, #grandest, is set to expand.... in number of startups, projects in research, and integration of AI in medical devices. MedTech Europe EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology

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🚀 User acquisition in web3: 3 top solutions ! Struggling with your user acquisition in the ecosystem ? Check out these innovative solutions: Zealy, Layer3, and Galxe. Discover how they can transform your strategy in our Chain R3action article ! 🔗 Full article and subscription link in the first comment !

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🚀 Exciting Announcement 🚀 I'm thrilled to share that we've partnered with CarboneIO , the leading document generation platform from www.carbone.io, to bring you an exclusive tutorial series on revolutionizing your document generation process! 📝 Our first tutorial video introduces the basics of Carbone, offering a step-by-step guide on how to generate stunning documents effortlessly. Whether you're a developer, business owner, or someone who deals with document creation, this tutorial is for you! 💼 This partnership marks the beginning of an exciting collaboration between Carbone and Digital Sonar, aimed at empowering professionals like you with the tools and knowledge to streamline workflows and boost productivity. 🔍 Stay tuned for more tutorials, tips, and tricks on leveraging Carbone's powerful features, as well as insights from Digital Sonar on optimizing your document management strategies. 🎥 Watch the tutorial now and take the first step towards transforming the way you create documents: https://lnkd.in/dzMvJbHh Don't forget to like, share, and comment to let us know your thoughts and what topics you'd like us to cover in future tutorials! #Carbone #DocumentGeneration #Partnership #DigitalSonar #Productivity #Tutorial #DocumentManagement

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We invite you to join us at our booth at CYSAT (Cybersecurity for Satellites Conference), April 24-25 at Station F in Paris. We will gladly tell you about "The Airbnb for Satellites" - and its main enabler: SpaceOS. SpaceOS, with its Secure By Design architecture, provides major benefits to all users of satellites (from satellite operators to users of satellite-based data). Software-defined satellites, and multi-user payloads need new (cybersecurity) approaches: approaches based on zero (incremental) overhead and approaches where security is part of the design even before the developers start to work on the payload software. (And that SpaceOS is 20-30x smaller vs. alternative solutions - that is also a nice benefit) Ask us how SpaceOS will enable many new use cases - with security as part of its fabric.

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𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 French space agency #CNES has announced the development of a medical imaging system to support space station operations and future manned missions to the Moon and Mars. The project, called Multimodal Imaging for Space Exploration, is the latest initiative in the Spaceship FR program launched in 2018 to develop key technologies for future manned missions. One of the most advanced Spaceship FR projects is the European Intrinsic Space Suit, being developed in collaboration with Spartan Space, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology and Decathlon. CNES plans to test an early prototype of the spacesuit on the ISS by 2027. The new Multimodal Imaging for Space Exploration project aims to create a modular medical facility for future manned bases on the Moon and Mars. The main component of the Medipod will be a multimodal imaging system designed for diagnostic purposes and possibly interventions. CNES has outlined four major goals for the study, which will run from 2024 through 2026. The first goal is to assess the current state of medical imaging and special needs for long-term research missions. Next, the study will establish requirements for adapting imaging tools to space environments, including radiation, microgravity, and confined space. The third goal focuses on an architectural study of a multimodal imaging system adapted for space applications, followed by a final phase that will outline a roadmap for system development -- More innovation news: https://lnkd.in/dS3Np_JV #archtown #spacescience

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This week was held in Chambéry (France) the 7th edition of the national event Digital in Common[s] (Numérique en Commun[s]), bringing together actors of the "digital for the general interest" from all over France. This is not purely an event around digital commons and open models, it's much more an institutional approach driven by public administrations in an attempt to bring digital technologies into line with their public service mission. In this process, the challenge of digital commons then becomes a groundswell that is spreading all over the place, a way to try to reach this digital in commons. A strongly institutional event but where many of the people involved in these practices and movements come together, mixing a variety of people. A member of parliament, a senator or a mayor, digital workers, researchers, people from public or private organisations, from NGO or weapons sellers, the entrepreneur or freelancer, and so on. A 2-day event that nurtures a culture of openness within public administration and beyond, continuing to shed light on these subjects. It can reflect an evolution in the appropriation of these practices as with the French Ministry of Education which became an official partner for the first year in line with their digital policies, with an underlying logic of open by default. Some key ideas I'm taking could be a rise in criticism against the logic of calls for projects, challenging the way public procurement currently operates pushing for more consideration towards call for commons. A latent need and interest for education and a culture of openness, which, for example, has been well-identified as a brake for digital commons. In search of an education "by and for the commons". A critique of innovation in favor of maintenance has been made in order to take care of things and people. Despite their growing position, these practices are often overshadowed by large closed technological solutions and are not yet the favored approach in the main power bodies (and those who hold the moneybags). Digital commons remain marginal and fragile despite their fundamental nature. A vibrant appeal was made for a more structured movement to transform itself into a real alternative. To oppose to a digital in competition this digital in common, outlining these dynamics as transforming the (neo)liberal state towards a cooperative rather than competitive mindset, with a call for greater sustainability through changes in legislation. Digital has been the Wild West of liberalism, a mercantile world abandoned to the private sector where public spaces belong to billionaires more powerful than states. But we are not facing a single path, others are taking shape in front of our eyes. Politics, ideologies and conceptions of the world shape our digital universe in depth.

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Moving technology from lab to market, how Deeptech Venture ecosystem works. Yesterday, with my colleague Victor Kmita, I took part in the DeepTech Ventures Summit at Luxembourg; the 2-day event to united the #DeepTech industry in the Flemish region. Robotics, cutting-edge health tech, microgravity, quantum computing and photonics - are some tips of the iceberg in this area of future technologies. DeepTech can push collaboration limits for industries where research is too expensive to be done solely, so competitors may join the effort in the pre-commercial state. “Pre-competitive research is too costly to do alone," Laurent Vancaillie, Senior Development Manager at imec. IMEC is an independent not-for-profit R&D in nanoelectronics & digital technologies with 941 million in revenue. 73% of financing comes from the industry. IMEC helps businesses worldwide to save dozens of millions of euros with a great research base in the heart of EU flemish engineering in Leuven, Belgium, with offices in Boston, Berkley, Boston, Florida, San Franciso, San Jose, Tokyo, Bangalore and Cambridge. The secret sauce is people. “We rarely see failure related to technology; most teams fail because of what happens to the team when it comes under pressure. “It’s people's business,” says Sven De Cleyn, Program director at imec. Understanding the team dynamics and helping researchers and scientists to find a cofounder with a business and marketing background helps to launch the business and commercialize the idea. The right team can scale. Minds, management & money are the non-negotiables of any venture ecosystem; Asier Rufino, CEO & co-founder of TECNALIA Ventures, calls them 3Ms. Joab Rosenberg brings an example:” There are 65000 AI companies at the moment and only 500 companies across the globe”. Regardless of the fact, quantum computing is a game changer for the tech industry, just like PC was 40 years ago. Joab's team from Quantum Leap focuses solely on investing in Quantum projects and educates entrepreneurs with business backgrounds on quantum superpowers to ignite new ideas. Deep tech is about real science & real change; thus, to get funded on the initial round, you need to find an investor with an engineering background to understand the idea. Afterwards, you need to find those who know that moving technology from lab to market is anything but linear and takes plenty of time, more than any SaaS needs. “You need to put money after money; it can take 20 years to get in return”, nailed Andreea Monnat, CEO of Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) during the “Funding landscape” panel. A new market occurs, where companies like ENDEVAAR, run by Gabriel Samlali, helps to qualify high-potential deep-tech startups for top VC funds. Deep and low-tech are siblings and mutual enablers.   Great thanks to the Technoport SA and partners for pushing this forward. #innovation

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LSA Commerce & Consommation speaks to Remi FRANCOIS, Chief Operating Officer of UnaBiz about equipping objects with trackers or sensors, enabling them to autonomously perform intelligent tasks without human intervention, all thanks to the low-cost, low-consumption #0GNetwork powered by #Sigfox. 🚀🚀 He highlights our #MassiveIoT solutions spanning diverse sectors, including #homeautomation, #smartcities, and #supplychain and #logistics. Notably Sigfox 0G technology is tracking over a million roller cages in Germany, underlining our global reach and expertise in revolutionising large-scale asset monitoring. 🌍 🌱 Emphasising our commitment to driving sustainable growth, Remi articulates our strategic emphasis on logistics, aiming to substantially reduce asset tracking costs. "If we drop to one dollar per tracker, we will be able to connect parcels and boxes!” 📍[In French] Read the article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gsP8PpiM Henri Bong, Philippe Chiu, Davy Lassagne, Alexis Susset, Loïc Barancourt, Rémi LORRAIN, Jonathan Tan, Arnaud Tayac, Manuel Alvarez, Arnaud Celié, Laurent Soubielle, Shuhui Fu

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