Welcome and Networking Breakfast

Kick off the day with coffee and conversation, connecting IT decision-makers, data leaders, and business and support managers for their first encounters.

IDC Opening Keynote

Can AI Deliver Both Performance and Responsibility?
Explore IDC’s insights on the AI revolution, the critical trade-offs between performance, governance, and responsibility, and the pivotal role of IT, data, and business leaders in shaping the future of AI.

Ewa Zborowska

Research Director, IDC

Partner keynote

Nat Ives

Director Enterprise Benelux, France and Nordics, NVIDIA

Rahmani Cherchari

Senior Director – ISG Specialty Sales France, DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Panel #1 – From Adoption to Impact: Structuring AI for Enterprise Succes

Operational and transformational, focused on mobilizing organizations.
How can we move from strategic intent to tangible transformation of teams, practices, and decision-making models?

Mohamed Senhadji, Innovation Acceleration Lead, Engie

• Presentation of the “21 Days AI” Program
• Origins of the project
• Rollout and methodology
• Key learnings and internal impact

Pierre Jarrijon, Head of AI Acceleration, Bpifrance

• DAC Approach (Continuous Acceleration Framework)
• Employee upskilling and AI awareness
• AI in decision-making processes
• Concrete use cases

Cyrille Charnier, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Director, Verallia Group

• Industrial requirement: zero error, no POCs
• AI directly industrialized and reliable
• AI serving operational excellence
• Results-driven transformation

Pierre Jarrijon

Responsable de l'accélération IA, BPIFRANCE

Cyrille Charnier

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Director, VERALLIA GROUP

Mohamed Senhadji

Innovation Acceleration Lead, ENGIE

Tech Pitch- Veeam

David Enaut

Senior Manager, Sales Engineering, Veeam France

Jeremy Agenais

Regional Sales Manager Securiti AI, Veeam France

Tech Pitch- Syndigo

Driving AI Innovation Without Losing Control
Key insights on aligning technology, governance, and organizational choices to achieve innovation, performance, and responsibility.

Dominique Thomas

SVP Sales & Commercial Strategy Southern Europe, Syndigo

IDC Connect Workshop

Workshop Syndigo – Garbage In, Autonomous Chaos Out: Why Agentic AI Fails Without Trusted Data
with the following structure:
– Reality Check: Is Your Data Ready for Autonomous AI? What does “high quality data mean”? Do you know the six main criteria of quality data?
– Scenario: AI Agents Making Product Decisions
– Interactive Exercise: Designing Data for an AI Agent
– Framework: The Data Foundation for Agentic Commerce
– Closing Insight

Dominique Thomas

SVP Sales & Commercial Strategy Southern Europe, Syndigo

IDC Connect Workshop

Workshop Dell Technologies and Nvidia – Governing AI in the Enterprise: Frameworks, Operating Models, and Best Practices
Operational and interactive small-group session designed to help organizations structure their AI journey. Led by Dell Technologies and IDC, the workshop explores governance models, operating frameworks, and practical levers to drive measurable value creation through AI.

Eric Bezille

Senior Presales Manager, Systems Engineering – CTO Ambassador, DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Maliky Camara

France Server Brand Manager, DELL TECHNOLOGIES

Coffee break and networking

Sales & AI: How Can Technology Drive Business Impact?

AI as a Direct Driver of Growth and Sales Efficiency

Nicolas Grandclaude, Digital Transformation Manager, Husqvarna

• AI powering commercial performance

• ROI as a key performance indicator

• Measuring tangible and intangible impacts

Christophe Vaudable, VP Data, Accor

• AI and Generative AI in sales

• Task reorganization and process optimization

• Implications for workforce and investment planning

Christophe Vaudable

VP Data, ACCOR

Nicolas Grandclaude

Digital Transformation Manager, HUSQVARNA

Panel #2 – Scaling AI: Governance, Board Alignment, and Employee Representation

Strategic structuring and institutional governance. How can AI be industrialized across complex organizations?

Philippe Rambach, SVP Chief AI Officer, Schneider Electric

• AI structuring since 2021
• Integration with the board
• Team organization
• Management of social relations

Christophe Vaudable, VP Data, Accor

• AI governance frameworks
• Balancing performance and compliance
• Internal organizational design

Philippe Rambach

SVP, Chief AI Officer, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Christophe Vaudable

VP Data, ACCOR

Tech Talk- Boomi

Case Study – Structuring a Group-Wide AI Program: Adoption, Governance, and Barriers

• Cross-functional deployment across the organization

• Board and team relations

• Accelerators and points of resistance

Julien Maillard

Group AI Program Sponsor, HAGER GROUP

Networking Lunch

AI in Public Service: Driving Performance Without Losing the Human Touch

• Embedding AI into public service processes

• Insights from the Court of Auditors

• Completed projects and roadmap for implementation

• Collaboration between AI systems and human staff

• Long-term perspective on employment and workforce evolution

Aurélien Fenard

Directeur de la Transformation Digitale & Données RH, FRANCE TRAVAIL

Case Study – AI for Legal Professions: Transforming the Practice of Law

• Real-world use cases

• Operational efficiency gains

• Guidelines and responsible AI usage

Stéphane Mariotto

Global CIO & CISO, FIDAL

Industry Insights- AI in Action

Olaf Kouamo, Head of Data Science & AI, SUEZ

• Applying AI to waste and water management operations

Nicolas Fayet, Group Transformation Director, Coface

• AI for global financial data analysis

• Human + AI: driving complementary decision-making

Sébastien Pacchini, Head of Data & AI Operations, Renault

• AI in vehicle design

• Using data to support engineering decisions

• Enabling business teams through data and AI adoption

Olaf Kouamo

Head of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, SUEZ

Sébastien Pacchini

Head of Data & AI Operation, RENAULT

Nicolas Fayet

Group Transformation Director, COFACE

Panel #3 – AI and the Future of Work: Moving Towards the Augmented Enterprise

A visionary debate on:

• Agentic AI and system autonomy
• AI in strategic decision-making
• New balances between humans and machines
• Long-term organizational responsibility

Thierry Taboy

Impact AI board member,

Jean-Noël Chaintreuil

Workforce Preparedness | Author of « RH & IA »,

Networking Cocktail