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A view of a ballistic missile launching from a mobile launcher in the open desert

π Space π Planet

Carbon footprint and space activities: an ambiguous common ground

with Jürgen Knödlseder, CNRS Research Director in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Loïs Miraux, Engineer and Researcher at Institut d’économie de l’énergie (CEA)

π Economics π Society

Why some companies break through with radical innovation (and others don’t)

with Simcha Jong, Professor at University College London and Associate Researcher at IP Paris

π Society π Geopolitics

Cognitive warfare: what seven years of military-civilian research reveals

with Didier Bazalgette, Doctor of Neuroscience, former AI and Cognitive Sciences Advisor to the Defense Innovation Agency , Paul Janin, PhD student in cognitive science at CEA Paris-Saclay

Osmotic energy: an asset for the planet?

with Lydéric Bocquet, CNRS Research Director and Associate Professor at École Normale Supérieure (ENS)

Group of young multi-ethnic startup business team collaborating on project in modern office

Mobile incubator: a social innovation making entrepreneurship accessible

with Julien Billion, Professor at ICN business school and associate researcher at Université de Lorraine

π Space π Geopolitics

Private property and militarisation: the new frontiers of space law

with Lucien Rapp, Professor at Université Toulouse-Capitole and HEC Paris

π Health and biotech π Science and technology

3D printing in hospitals: open innovation during the COVID-19 crisis

with Benoit Tezenas du Montcel, Assistant Professor at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, Charlotte Krychowski, Assistant Professor at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School

Sunset in Cairo city

Egypt: more than a decade in power and increasingly authoritarian rule

with Sarah Ben Néfissa, Emeritus Research Director at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)

Gardener wearing industrial gloves holds charcoal, demonstrating sustainable agriculture.

π Science and technology π Planet

Biochar: an emerging method of CO2 storage

with David Houben, Director of Agrosciences College at UniLaSalle

Usa and china flags on cargo containers during rain symbolizing trade war

π Industry π Geopolitics

What can the international market do to address Chinese technological innovation?

with Maximilian von Zedtwitz, Professor of Strategy at the University of St. Gallen and Visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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