To support research in its area, the Île-de-France Region focuses its funding on promising fields around which an entire network (of universities, higher education institutions, research laboratories, and businesses) has been established. These are known as Major Research and Innovation Areas (DIMs).

To mark the 20th anniversary of this public policy, the Île-de-France Region wishes to bring together all the communities it has supported since the creation of the DIMs, as well as researchers with DIM projects.

The event will take place on Monday, June 29, from 1:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Île-de-France Region headquarters located at 8 Boulevard Victor Hugo, 93400 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.

REGISTRATION

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You will receive a registration confirmation. You must present it at the entrance, along with a form of identification.

PROGRAM

1:30 PM | Welcome coffee

2:00 PM | Opening

2:10 PM – 3:00 PM | Roundtable – 20 Years of DIM: Lessons Learned and Diverse Perspectives

• Michèle Leduc – Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS’s Kastler Brossel Laboratory, coordinator of IFRAF (2005–2011), and member of the governing bodies of DIM SIRTEQ (2017–2021) and QuanTiP (2022–2026)
• Ariel Levenson – CNRS Research Director Emeritus, Coordinator of DIM C’Nano (2005–2011)
• Philippe Vernier – CNRS Research Director Emeritus, Co-CEO of EBRAINS, Coordinator of DIM Brain and Mind (2012–2016)
• Ariel Lindner – INSERM Researcher, CSO of Biofonderie de Paris, coordinator of DIM BioConvS (2022–2026)

3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Roundtable – From Major Areas of Interest to Major Areas of Research and Innovation: From Research to Socioeconomic Impact

• Jean-Baptiste Masson – Researcher at the Pasteur Institute and INRIA; Co-founder of Avatar Médical, DIM ELICIT, AI4IDF, and C-BRAINS
• Riadh Issaoui – Co-founder and CTO of HiQuteDiamond; DIM SIRTEQ and QuanTiP ​
• Loïc Bertrand – Director of Research at ENS Paris Saclay, Coordinator of the PAMIR DIM ​
• Laurence Rozes – Professor at Sorbonne University, Principal Investigator of the REPLAY3 project, MaTerRE DIM

3:50 PM – 4:20 PM | Coffee break and tour of the DIM village, poster session

4:20 PM – 5:00 PM | Presentation by Alain Aspect, 2022 Nobel Laureate in Physics and professor at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School – Université Paris Saclay

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Talk and perspectives with Valérie Pécresse, President of the Île-de-France Region, and Philippe Gillet, President of the Regional Scientific Council

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM | DIM Village and cocktail reception