An international line-up of experts from private-sector groups and public organisations.

Nicolas Rizk co-founded Campus Fund. He supports young founders in their first funding rounds, including startups created by students, researchers and recent graduates.

Pierre-Thomas Blanc advises organisations in space, defence and security on growth strategy, organisational planning and market access.

A former deputy French Space Commander, Thierry Blanc works on sovereign space strategy, governance and organisational transformation in the sector.

Jean-Marc Astorg previously led strategy at CNES. His experience covers launch systems, space infrastructure and international cooperation.

A former deputy at the French Space Command, Christophe Mérieult works on satellite communications, satellite navigation, space security and international cooperation.

Jean-Daniel Testé formerly led France’s Joint Space Command. He brings experience in space strategy, observation and cooperation between institutions.

A former Euroconsult Chief Operating Officer, Steve Bochinger advises organisations in the space sector on markets, public policy and corporate strategy.

A former French Space Commander, fighter pilot and test pilot, Philippe Adam works on strategic issues in space and aviation and on international cooperation.

Clément Desbenoit is Chief of Staff and Associate Partner at BLCONSULTING, a strategic advisory firm specialising in space and defence.

Célia Jobert is part of the BLCONSULTING team. Her academic research focuses on the role of middle powers in outer space.

Joëlle Vanderauwera is part of the BLCONSULTING team, an advisory firm specialising in space, defence and security.

François Pernot is International Relations Advisor at France Universités. He is a professor of early modern and modern history at CY Cergy Paris Université, where he directs the Doctoral and Postdoctoral College and is a member of the Héritages research unit (UMR 9022). His research focuses on the history of warfare, armaments, defence, security and European geopolitics. He was a research project officer at the historical service of the French Air Force, taught at the École de l’air and Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, and held the Jean Monnet Chair on war and Europe, covering defence, security, heritage, memory and culture. His books include Histoire de la guerre. De l’Antiquité à demain and Guerres et Batailles de l’époque moderne. De Marignan à Yorktown.

Patricia Hec is Head of Compliance Europe at BIOCON BIOLOGICS, where she leads compliance and data privacy across European markets within a global, India-headquartered biopharmaceutical company. Her role places her at the intersection of healthcare regulation, business strategy and risk management, supporting an organization operating across diverse regulatory, economic and healthcare environments. With more than two decades of experience across pharmaceuticals, healthcare and other highly regulated environments, Patricia has held senior legal, governance and compliance leadership positions with international responsibilities. Before joining Biocon Biologics, she was General Counsel and Compliance Officer at CFAO HEALTHCARE, part of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, where she was also a member of the Executive Committee and served as a Board member of several subsidiaries. Earlier in her career, she held senior Legal roles at NOVARTIS, working on issues ranging from clinical development and product launches to pricing, reimbursement, market access and pharmaceutical regulation. She has also worked on International Technology Transfers and Research Partnerships involving CNRS and INSERM. Her experience has given her a particular interest in systemic and cross-border risk: how regulatory, political and economic decisions taken in one market can change investment decisions, supply chains, access to medicines and risk exposure in others. In the pharmaceutical sector, she focuses on how organizations can reconcile affordability and patient access with innovation, resilient supply chains, regulatory expectations and sustainable investment. Patricia advocates a forward-looking approach to Governance, Risk and Compliance, in which compliance goes beyond avoiding regulatory breaches to become part of strategic decision-making. She has previously spoken at the Compliance Summit Europe on how compliance can move beyond risk mitigation to become a business enabler and contribute to sustainable value creation. For the “Collateral Crises” discussion, she brings the perspective of a European Risk and Compliance Leader, working within an India-headquartered Global Pharmaceutical Company, examining how national responses to healthcare affordability, economic security and industrial sovereignty can generate second- and third-order consequences across interconnected markets.

Nicolas Miailhe is a recognised pioneer in global AI governance and safety. He co-leads AI Safety Connect (AISC), a neutral Track 1.5 diplomacy platform bringing together governments, industry, investors and civil society around frontier AI safety and governance. He previously co-founded and led PRISM Eval, a Paris-based start-up specialising in frontier AI safety and security evaluations. During the preceding decade, he founded and led The Future Society (TFS), one of the first independent think tanks dedicated to AI governance, launched in 2014 at Harvard Kennedy School. He is an expert with the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), UNESCO and other international organisations. He has taught at Sciences Po and IE University.

Carle Bonafous-Murat is Senior Liaison Officer at France Universités’ Brussels bureau and President of the French Euraxess network. He represents France Universités within the European higher education and research ecosystem. He has confirmed his participation in METRICS Summit 2027, with an interest in marine sciences and the links between research, civilian issues and defence.

Vincent Filhol has been a member of the Paris Bar since 2023, specialising in business ethics, compliance, internal investigations, and economic and financial criminal law. He has extensive experience in fighting corruption, fraud, including complex tax fraud, and money laundering. He gained this experience as a magistrate at the Orléans Court of Appeal’s Public Prosecutor General’s Office (2009–2012), at the French Ministry of Justice’s Directorate of Criminal Affairs and Pardons, Economic and Financial Law Office (2012–2015), at the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (2015–2019), and at the Legal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (2020–2023). His current legal practice focuses on the same issues. As head of the French delegation to the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) for four years, he followed member-state evaluations and OECD and UNODC work on domestic and international corruption, common ethical standards, and international civil and criminal cooperation. He continues to serve occasionally as a GRECO expert evaluator. After two years as Of Counsel at an international law firm and then as a partner at a French firm specialising in white-collar crime and internal investigations, he now practises independently. He advises public and private organisations of various sizes on anti-corruption and France’s Sapin II law, anti-money laundering, competition, regulation, cybercrime, data protection, corporate social responsibility and the duty of vigilance. He conducts outsourced internal investigations and whistleblowing assessments, and regularly trains employees and executive committee members. He teaches business ethics and internal investigations at the French National School for the Judiciary and on the Compliance master’s programme at Paris X Nanterre University, and delivers professional training for Lefebvre Dalloz and Lamy. He publishes in legal journals and the business press and coordinates Lamy’s Book Compliance.

A graduate mining engineer, Bruno Jacquemin is Executive Director of A3M, the Alliance des Minerais, Minéraux et Métaux, which represents French mining, mineral and metallurgical businesses, from extraction to recycling. He is also the permanent delegate of the Mining and Metallurgy Strategic Industry Committee to France’s National Industry Council and chairs MEDEF International’s Critical Materials Task Force. Before joining A3M in 2020, he held management positions within the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and advised businesses and local areas on economic development and transformation strategies. His career has involved relationships between businesses, territories and public authorities, and the conditions needed for industrial development. His current work focuses on European industrial sovereignty, securing critical raw material supplies, value-chain resilience and policies that translate strategic ambitions into effective industrial capabilities.

Salah Belbellaa is Security Director for The Adecco Group in France, with a remit also covering Akkodis South EMEA. A police commissioner currently on leave from the force, he has worked in public security and criminal investigation. He has also served as a district sub-prefect and deputy chief executive of an intermunicipal authority. This background gives him experience of both public responsibilities and business protection. His areas of work include threat anticipation, the protection of people and assets, and crisis preparedness and management. His approach places security at the service of strategic decision-making and organisational resilience. A graduate of France’s National Police College and the universities of Angers and Panthéon-Assas, he has a background in law, internal security and management.

Chief Executive Officer of the Space Court Foundation, Jonathan Kaley-Isley is an IT and cybersecurity professional with decades of experience, including at major financial institutions. He works on satellite-derived data processing and evidentiary chains for the International Criminal Court. He also leads SCF’s contribution to EO-TRUST with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, a project exploring European data sovereignty.

A Senior Researcher at the Space Court Foundation, Marieta Valdivia Lefort works on dark and quiet skies protection, the space economy and social perspectives on space activities.

Charlie JP Bennett is a Senior Researcher at the Space Court Foundation and a PhD candidate in European space law. His research examines legal competences and the relationships between the EU, ESA and national institutions within the European space ecosystem, particularly in relation to security. He has published on these subjects and coordinates SCF’s national space law research.

A Junior Researcher at the Space Court Foundation, Lucy Richmond focuses on radio spectrum management, European Union law, sustainability and intergenerational perspectives on space activities.

Adina Sakura Darbyshire, LL.M., is an Australian-qualified lawyer and former Research Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). With a background in international humanitarian law, her research addresses doctrinal limitations and practical challenges in assessing reverberating civilian harm associated with non-kinetic counter-space capabilities.

Colonel Dr Christophe Albert is assigned to Eurocorps Headquarters in Strasbourg, France, as Deputy Medical Adviser responsible for medical operations. Previously, he spent three years in the Medical Branch of NATO Allied Command Transformation Headquarters in Norfolk, USA, promoting interoperability through digital transformation and the modernisation of medical support capabilities. A military physician specialising in emergency medicine within the French military medical service, he served as a flight surgeon in the French Air Force and has more than fifteen years of operational experience in contested environments. He subsequently held headquarters responsibilities in capability development, doctrine, multinational partnerships and reserve personnel management. He graduated from the NATO Defense College Senior Course in 2022 and the NATO School Oberammergau Senior Medical Staff Officer Course in 2023, which he redesigned as course director in 2024 and 2025. In the United States, he developed skills in artificial intelligence at Harvard Medical School and an interest in translating space medicine into practice, working with a network spanning NASA, ESA, academia and industry. A certified PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner, he focuses on innovation, digital transformation, robotics and AI to support medical care in remote and contested areas on Earth and beyond.

Ganna Gorbenko is Chair of the Ukrainian Compliance Association (UCA), a member of the European Network for Compliance Officers (ENFCO), and Director of the Compliance and Financial Monitoring Department at OTP Bank in Ukraine. She has twenty-six years of professional experience, including seventeen in leadership positions across government, investigations and banking. She previously headed financial investigations units at Ukraine’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), then the detectives unit for undue benefit and illicit enrichment at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). A national expert for UNODC, OECD and MONEYVAL, she has also trained banking specialists for the IMF and MONEYVAL. Her expertise covers ISO 37301 compliance and governance, anti-money laundering and financial crime, sanctions, economic security and business integrity in a wartime economy. At UCA, she leads a community of more than 300 professionals and 17 thematic committees. She lectures at the Ukrainian Catholic University and ACREC.

Yana Yakushina is an environmental policy specialist and legal researcher focusing on space law, environmental protection, and dark and quiet skies (D&QS). Her work explores the environmental impacts of ground-based and orbital light pollution, including negative effects on biodiversity, the natural environment and sustainable use of outer space, and contributes to needed regulatory changes. Yana serves as Scientific Coordinator of the Horizon Europe PLAN-B project, focusing on light and noise pollution mitigation. Yana is also engaged in international initiatives with stakeholders, such as the IAU CPS Policy Hub (co-lead), IISL, and international events, such as CMS, CBD and UNEP COPs, contributing to advancing legal frameworks for D&QS protection worldwide. Her work bridges space law and environmental governance to advance integrated legal and policy solutions to protect Earth’s natural environment and beyond.

Founder of Frugal Company, Abhinav Agarwal helps businesses, institutions, start-ups and associations navigate change and frugal innovation. An entrepreneur, trainer and coach, he designs collective experiences that turn constraints into opportunities.

Amin Hasbini, an AI and cybersecurity executive, advises leadership teams and CISOs on AI agent security and the post-quantum transition, and leads the post-quantum roadmap for the European Champions Alliance cybersecurity sector. He holds a doctorate in information security and has nearly twenty years of cybersecurity experience across more than seventy countries. He previously led Kaspersky’s research centre for the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa. He has given evidence on AI before OPECST alongside OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta and Microsoft, and has worked with three Interpol secretaries-general.

A senior advisor at Bignon De Keyser, Anton Carniaux helps law firms, legal departments and businesses transform, particularly through artificial intelligence. He previously held legal, compliance and public affairs responsibilities at Microsoft, Samsung and SFR, serving on their executive committees.

Caroline Duparc works on strategy, partnerships, marketing and influence at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN).

With a doctorate in political theory and an affiliation with CEVIPOF, Charles Corval studies the ethical and political implications of new technologies and innovation governance. His work focuses particularly on connected devices and emerging relationships between people and technical systems.

An engineer by training, Emmanuelle Hervé has helped organisations and their leaders navigate complex situations for more than twenty years. Founder of EH&A in 2015, she works on crisis team preparedness, exercises, governance and crisis communication. Her career includes international industrial assignments. Having completed IHEDN’s programme in maritime issues and strategy, she has served in the French Navy’s citizens’ reserve since 2018.

Vice Admiral Hervé Hamelin entered the École navale in 1988 and spent the first half of his career as a carrier-based fighter pilot. Having flown the Fouga Magister, Alphajet, T2 Buckeye, A4 Skyhawk, Falcon 10 and Super-Étendard, he has accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours and 430 carrier landings. He saw combat in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Libya, operating from the aircraft carriers Clemenceau, Foch and Charles de Gaulle. He commanded Squadron 17F in 2003, the stealth frigate Courbet in 2009, the carrier air group in 2010 and the Landivisiau naval air station in 2012. He also served in staff roles, first at the Centre de planification et de conduite des opérations (CPCO), then as head of the strategy and policy office within the French Chief of Naval Staff’s office and at the Direction générale des relations internationales et de la stratégie (DGRIS), as deputy head of the international security affairs department and ministerial coordinator for maritime security. From 2021 to 2024, he was Defence Attaché at the French Embassy in the United Kingdom. Until summer 2026, he served as the flag officer responsible for military international relations (OGRIM), reporting to the French Chief of Defence Staff (CEMA). After 38 years of service, he was transferred to the second section of French general officers. He is now President of STERIA, a strategy and international affairs consultancy. A member of the Royal College of Defence Studies and holder of an Executive MBA from HEC, Vice Admiral Hamelin is an Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour and a Commander of the French National Order of Merit.

Dr Hugo Peter holds a PhD in Space Law. He is an Associate Professor in Law and International Relations at the French Air and Space Force Academy and an Associate Researcher at the Institut d’études de stratégie et de défense (IESD). His work covers space law, space security, public international law and international relations. In 2024, he defended his PhD at Jean Moulin Lyon III University, on the legal framework governing the weaponization of outer space. He won the Thesis Prize of the Defense & Aerospace Chair of Sciences Po Bordeaux and was a finalist for the Thesis Prize of the Diplomatic and Consular Academy (French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs). He had already been named Young Researcher of the Year 2020 by the French Association for Security and Defense Law (AFDSD). He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Université Paris-Saclay on the European Commission REACTS project. There, he co-led a 200-page report on policy, regulation and governance, delivered to the European Commission. He now trains the future officers of the French Air and Space Force and writes strategic analyses for senior decision-makers. He has more than thirty publications and interventions.

A legal and compliance director, Isabelle Garcin works on ethics, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation.

President of CLAVESIS, Isabelle Zablit-Schmitz supports the digital transformation of healthcare organisations. Her expertise covers digital strategy, information systems and health data.

Air Force Brigadier General Fabien Kuzniak has been Safran’s military advisor since September 2024. A former fighter pilot, he participated in numerous overseas operations and commanded the joint air group in Chad, the Normandie-Niemen fighter regiment and Avord Air Base 702. He also served as deputy commander of Operation Barkhane from 2021 to 2022. His career includes operational planning and military international relations responsibilities, as well as assignments supporting the Chief of the Defence Staff.

A senior officer in the French Army’s Troupes de marine, Raphaël Chauvancy teaches strategic intelligence at the École de guerre économique. An associate researcher at CR 451 and the Networks & Innovation Chair at Université de Versailles – Saint-Quentin, he studies power strategies and new forms of conflict. Author of several books, including Les nouveaux visages de la guerre, which received the La Plume et l’Épée prize, he contributes to Theatrum Belli and geopolitical journals.

Founder of Leaid, Mamadou Waggeh advises business leaders, AI start-ups, legaltech companies and professional organisations at the intersection of business development, artificial intelligence and regulated markets. A graduate of Sciences Po Law School with a master’s degree in public affairs from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, he held strategic roles at the French National Bar Council and then the Ministry of Economy and Finance. His work focuses on the transformation of regulated professions, partnerships and the economic effects of generative AI.

An officer in the French Air and Space Force, Jérôme Ranc works on human factors, cognitive preparedness and performance in air operations. He has led the Human Factors Air Operations Laboratory at the Centre d’expertise aérienne militaire, a forum for cooperation between industry, researchers and operational personnel. His work addresses simulation, human-AI interactions and decision support tools, with applications in crisis management and critical systems.

A researcher in the Security and Defence group at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Dorthea Gradek studies space governance, European Union space policy and international cooperation between Europe and Norway. Her work explores the balance between space applications for climate and sustainability, on the one hand, and security and defence, on the other. A graduate in European studies from NTNU, she has also worked with the Norwegian Space Agency and the European Space Policy Institute.

A graduate of École Centrale Paris (CentraleSupélec) and ESCEM, Jérôme Billé has been Executive Director of the Association des Sociétés de Recherche sous Contrat (ASRC) since 2008 and of France Innovation since 2017. National Contact Point for SMEs under Horizon 2020 from 2014 to 2020, he is now the National Contact Point for the EIC Accelerator under Horizon Europe. After starting his career in strategy consulting and operations management for start-ups and innovative SMEs, he led European projects and innovation activities at the Essonne Chamber of Commerce and Industry. His experience covers innovation financing, technology transfer and the creation of innovative businesses. He also teaches, particularly at CentraleSupélec.

Margarita Chrysaki is a communication, policy and project officer at NEREUS, the Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies. She works on the connections between space applications, European policies and regional needs.

Systems architect Michael Soppa is developing an approach to ephemeral computing infrastructure. His interests include the secure execution of autonomous AI agents and the limitations of cloud architectures based on persistent memory and static boundaries.

Mickaël Robart brings more than twenty-five years of experience in insurance, financial risk management and cyber risk. Having worked at DIOT-SIACI, Marsh, Chubb and Willis, he developed new business activities and built teams focused on innovation and continuous improvement. A lecturer at the Institut d’Assurance de Paris Dauphine, he shares this experience with insurance and risk management professionals. He founded Resilience360 in 2024, connecting risk management, compliance, audit and insurance to provide mid-sized companies with integrated responses to current and future threats. In 2025, he joined Corporate Special Risks (CSR), a pan-European group specialising in complex insurance risks, where he develops hybrid, bespoke and digital insurance solutions with the support of leading insurers.

Co-Chair of 30% Club Poland, Milena Olszewska-Miszuris advises executives and boards on value creation, governance and risk oversight. Holding CFA, FCCA and FSA qualifications, and formerly an equity analyst and audit committee chair, she focuses particularly on the visible and hidden costs of crises, capital allocation and business resilience.

Director of the Resilience & Disaster Management Centre at Bournemouth University, Richard Gordon MBE specialises in crisis management, disaster preparedness, early warning and multi-agency coordination. He works with governments, industry and international organisations, combining teaching and research.

An international relations and compliance professional, Yuliya Matvyeyeva has more than fifteen years of experience in public institutions, multinational companies and multilateral environments. A doctoral researcher at Université Gustave Eiffel’s DICEN-IdF laboratory, she studies digital public diplomacy, strategic communication and institutional narratives in contexts of war and geopolitical confrontation. She teaches international communication at Université Paris Nanterre and international negotiation and professional communication at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. She is also pursuing the Executive Master in Compliance at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL. Her expertise covers international sanctions, anti-corruption, due diligence and the coordination of international partnerships, drawing particularly on her experience at Europcar Mobility Group.

A compliance expert and strategic border management specialist, Olena Makarova is Vice-Chair of the Ukrainian Compliance Association’s International Cooperation Committee. Holding a doctorate in public management and administration, with further training in international economics and law, she has thirteen years of operational experience in Ukraine’s customs service. Her work addresses supply chain resilience, trade logistics, Eurasian transport corridors and institutional integrity amid geopolitical change. She develops international cooperation projects and helps promote compliance standards and cross-border exchanges. Author of more than twenty publications, she regularly speaks at international conferences.

Kseniia Bazhenova is Head of Legal at TSUM Kyiv, a leading Ukrainian department store for fashion and luxury brands, part of the SCM group. With more than 17 years of legal practice, she leads the in-house legal function across operational, corporate, labour, compliance and cross-border matters, working at the intersection of retail, international brand partnerships and EU regulation. She holds a degree with honours in International Law from the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is Deputy Head of the International Committee of the Ukrainian Compliance Association, where she leads dialogue with the fashion, luxury and retail community.

Matija Renčelj leads strategy and operations at ESPI. A lawyer by training, he works on European space policy and governance. He previously worked at the European Space Agency and the European Commission.

Susanna Gigante works in the Executive Director’s office at the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), where she handles corporate affairs.

Frédérick Bénaben studies how organisations make and act on decisions as situations change quickly. His work combines artificial intelligence, decision science and organisational digital twins for risk and crisis management.

Milena Žižić works in compliance, corporate governance, finance and risk management. Her experience spans banking, insurance, higher education and public administration.

Dijana Medenica Mitrović works on management, ethics and regulatory compliance, with a particular interest in integrity in higher education.

Milena Šutović leads the Fuel Control Laboratory. Her work covers laboratory analysis, quality, international standards and regulatory compliance.

Ana Luísa Amaral is a lawyer at Santander Totta and serves as secretary of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Observatory for Compliance and Regulation.

Miguel Trindade Rocha is a partner at stinma and chairs the executive board of the Portuguese Observatory for Compliance and Regulation. His work covers financial crime, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, internal investigations and integrity programmes.

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An engineer who graduated from Sup’Aéro, Jean-Pierre Diris has led telecommunications and navigation projects at CNES since 2017. Appointed French interministerial coordinator for IRIS² and GOVSATCOM in October 2023, he notably led the SYRACUSE 4, ATHENA FIDUS and AGORA programmes. His career covers civilian and military space systems, satellite navigation and scientific programmes.

An international corporate lawyer and governance expert, Anna Guillaume has more than twenty years of experience in new technologies, health data and the energy transition. She held legal responsibilities at Cegedim, IQVIA and CEA, and served on CEA Investissement’s board, before supporting offshore wind projects at TotalEnergies Renewables. A member of Chapter Zero France’s steering committee and board, she contributes to its climate governance work. She is a graduate of Adam Mickiewicz University, Panthéon-Assas, Warwick and ESCP Europe.

Bruno Lemaire devoted his career to finance in aerospace, space and defence. Formerly Chief Financial Officer for Defence at Airbus Defence and Space and Vice President Finance at ArianeGroup for nearly ten years, he continues his commitment to defence as an honorary colonel and President of ANORAAE’s Île-de-France defence zone.

An inspector general of administration, philosopher and geopolitical analyst, Cyrille Bret is co-founder of EurAsia Prospective. He teaches at Sciences Po and analyses power relations, European issues and changes in international relations.

Secretary General and Group General Counsel at Sonepar, Olivier Catherine has more than twenty-five years of experience leading legal, governance, compliance and risk management functions within international groups. He oversees a global legal team and contributes to the group’s executive decisions.

A major general, Pascal Legai has held responsibilities in imagery, geography, geospatial intelligence and international relations. Former Director of the European Union Satellite Centre, he joined the European Space Agency in 2019 and advises its Director General on security. Holding a doctorate in international relations and an engineering degree, he brings international experience in space and sovereignty issues.

A board member of the European Innovation Council, Victoria Hernández-Valcárcel works at the intersection of governance, innovation, investment and technology strategy. Her international career includes leadership and advisory roles with public and private organisations, with a particular interest in technological sovereignty and European industrial resilience.

Head of Risk, Compliance and Data Protection at ALTEN, Yohan Favreau holds a doctorate in psychology. His career combines operational experience, the study of behaviour and the management of corporate risk and compliance.

An international lawyer, Arnaud Douville has held responsibilities in aerospace and defence, environmental services, energy and industry. Formerly Group Deputy General Counsel and acting Head of Compliance at Bureau Veritas, he led a global compliance programme before joining a European mining group specialising in minerals for the energy transition. A member of AFJE’s ESG-RSE scientific working group, he teaches at Panthéon-Sorbonne and Panthéon-Assas.

A specialist in public research and innovation policy for more than twenty years, Audrène Eloit leads academic and scientific partnerships for North America, Europe and Asia at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. She has worked at ANR, the World Bank, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres and Inserm. A graduate of ENS Paris-Saclay, with qualifications in law from Panthéon-Assas and public administration from Harvard Kennedy School, she focuses on dual-use technologies, interference and the protection of European scientific assets.

An expert in collaborative and disruptive innovation, Florin Paun helps innovation ecosystems, businesses and laboratories with technology transfer and the development of new business models. A jury member of the European Innovation Council, he has held innovation responsibilities at ONERA and AKKA Technologies.

Head of ESA’s European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC) in Belgium, Jean-Luc Trullemans has more than thirty years of experience in governance, security and international cooperation. After holding responsibilities in the Belgian Federal Police and the Belgian government, he joined ESA in 2020. He will take up his duties as ESA’s Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs on 1 January 2027.

A gendarmerie officer with a doctorate in artificial intelligence, General Patrick Perrot combines operational command with applied crime-fighting research. He has developed tools for speaker recognition, facial recognition and decision analysis. After coordinating AI for the French National Gendarmerie and advising the Ministry of the Interior’s command in cyberspace, he now serves at IGGN. He also chairs the Strategic Group on AI, which brings together European security forces that are members of Europol.

A senior lecturer in management sciences at Université Paris Cité and a researcher at CEDAG, Amel Ben Rhouma directs the Master 2 in Risk and Crisis Engineering (IRC) within the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management (DEG). She is also co-director of the Bachelor’s programme in Management Control and Performance Management at IUT de Paris – Rives de Seine and of the Sustainability & Transitions Graduate School. Specialising in social and environmental accounting, she has spent nearly twenty years studying sustainability reporting, CSR governance and the circulation of standards between countries in the Global North and South. Her current research addresses climate reporting and transition plans under CSRD, particularly in banking through a project selected by the French Accounting Standards Authority, as well as the role of organisations in crises. She organised the eighth CSEAR France congress and the international SEOSA conference in Tunis. With the M2 IRC project team, she supports the scientific preparation of METRICS 2027 around the cascading effects of extreme heat on critical infrastructure in Europe.

From the Chapter Zero network, Barbara Stepnowska is involved in systems approaches, human resilience and sustainable transformation, according to the information provided for the scientific preparation of METRICS.

Publishing Director of Marine & Océans, Bertrand de Lesquen contributes to understanding the geopolitical, economic and environmental challenges facing the seas and oceans.

Co-founder of EQΦS Forecast, Olivier Delhomme is responsible for strategy and deployment. The company combines auditing, mathematical modelling and predictive analysis to turn complex data into decision support scenarios.

Founder of Theatrum Belli in 2006, Stéphane Gaudin runs this portal dedicated to defence and military history. His career combines editorial production, institutional and media partnerships, communications, business development and export control within the defence ecosystem. An officer in the citizens’ reserve since 2012, he is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.

Founder and architect of EQΦS Forecast, Sébastien Beldent designs modelling and predictive analysis tools to inform decisions by businesses and institutions.

At the helm of QUIDDITY, Valérie Debruyne-Abramovicz works on strategy and systems engineering. Her activities address the simulation of possible futures, the modelling of interdependencies and support for decision-making under uncertainty.

Chief Technology Officer at QUIDDITY, Pierre Debruyne-Abramovicz works on SaaS architecture and the development of technological tools for modelling and decision support.

With a double bachelor’s degree in English language, literature and civilisation (LLCER) with a law and international relations pathway, and an MBA 1 in competitive intelligence from the École de guerre économique, Julie Remay is pursuing the Master 2 IRC at Université Paris Cité. She applies her risk analysis skills during her work-study placement at Naval Group in Cherbourg.

Kamil Kloc has led emergency operations within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in health crises, disasters and armed conflicts. A volunteer firefighter for nearly fifteen years, he has returned to university to deepen his understanding of governance, resilience, security and public-private coordination.

After a bachelor’s degree in humanities and social sciences at Université de La Réunion and a master’s in European studies at Paris 8, Manuréva Lorraine is specialising in risk and crisis engineering. Her fieldwork and research experience, particularly at GIP EPAU and within the Dialogues européens, inform her work on business continuity and adaptation to the climate crisis.

A graduate in history and European and international studies from Nantes Université, Paul Pressard has studied in Prague and Montréal. After an internship in Lactalis’s Crisis Management department, he is on a work-study placement in Technip Energies’ Security department, working on business continuity. He is interested in European digital and strategic sovereignty.