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Bernard CHARLES > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Bernard CHARLÈS
Executive Chairman - Dassault Systèmes
Bernard CHARLES > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Bernard CHARLÈS
Executive Chairman - Dassault Systèmes

The experience economy, accelerated by the pandemic, triggers new categories of expectations from citizens, patients, learners and consumers. Tomorrow's mobility is no longer a matter of vehicles. It’s a matter of desirable, sustainable mobility experiences. Tomorrow's healthcare is much more than therapeutics. It’s about the patient journey and precision medicine. Tomorrow's cities are not only a collection of buildings, streets and facilities. It’s about quality of life and quality of service. To support these transformations, we need to take a more holistic approach. I believe the innovators of today and tomorrow have to think in terms of "universes", that is to say in terms of organic systems of systems that create, produce and play an experience in a circular economy. We can make this a reality through virtual twin experiences based on modeling and simulation, real world evidence and immersive virtual reality. I truly believe the ongoing transformation toward a sustainable economy will mark this century.

Bernard Charlès has been Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dassault Systèmes, since January 2024. He served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2022, and was Chairman & CEO in 2023. 

Charlès started his career in the company in 1983 to develop new design technologies. In 1986, he founded a dedicated New Technologies, Research and Strategy department, and in 1988 was appointed President of Strategy, Research and Development.

He has helped instill a culture of ongoing innovation to further consolidate Dassault Systèmes’ scientific capabilities and make science part of the company’s DNA. The inspiration behind digital mock-up, product lifecycle management and 3DEXPERIENCE®, he firmly believes that virtual technology is about making possible the impossible: 3DEXPERIENCE universes are the most powerful vehicle for testing concepts and creating the future, bringing dream and reality together, and stretching the limits of science and imagination to drive progress in society.

Charlès has positioned Dassault Systèmes as the preferred partner for sustainable innovation in three major sectors of the economy: Manufacturing Industries, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Infrastructure & Cities. The company, established in 1981 and world leader in virtual worlds, was recognized as one of Forbes’ "World’s Most Innovative Companies". 

Bernard Charlès is co-author with philosopher Pierre Musso of The Industry Renaissance, which discusses the power of virtual universes to sustainably transform industry. 

He is a foreign member of the US National Academy of engineering and a member of the French Academy of Technology. He holds the rank of Commander in the “Légion d’honneur” (French Legion of Honor). He is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure engineering school in Cachan and has a PhD in mechanical engineering majoring in automation engineering and information science. He also holds an agrégation — the most senior teaching qualification achievable in France (specializing in mechanical engineering).

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Patrick JOHNSON > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Patrick JOHNSON
Executive Vice President, Corporate Research & Sciences - Dassault Systèmes
Patrick JOHNSON > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Patrick JOHNSON
Executive Vice President, Corporate Research & Sciences - Dassault Systèmes

Patrick JOHNSON is Executive Vice President, Corporate Research & Sciences  at Dassault Systèmes. His mission is to define the scientific bases of the company’s solutions and invent disruptive technologies for the Industry Renaissance.

After joining in 1996, he held various positions in R&D, from Product Lifecycle Management foundations to product design for the CATIA flagship brand. In 2001, leading the Artificial Intelligence department, he contributed to important new practices now adopted in the industry for knowledge & know-how capture and automation.

Head of Research in 2004, he initiated many strategic technologies, resulting in key innovative products and patents and significantly grew the innovation ecosystem promoting multiple public/private partnerships with prestigious research institutes. 

Finally, he launched a new diversification field for the company, with the BioIntelligence European research program, resulting in an innovative modeling, simulation and big data application suite for the life sciences sector, and the creation of the BIOVIA brand.

Mr. Johnson is based at 3DS world headquarters near Paris and is a member of the National Academy of Technology as well as of the scientific board of INRIA.

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Frances ARNOLD > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Frances ARNOLD
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry - California Institute...
Frances ARNOLD > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Frances ARNOLD
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry - California Institute of Technology

Frances Arnold is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Arnold pioneered directed enzyme evolution, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018; she has used directed evolution to solve problems in alternative energy, chemicals, and medicine. Arnold received the Charles Stark Draper Prize of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2011, the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Obama in 2013, and the Millennium Technology Prize in 2016. She has been elected to the US National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering and was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 2019. She co-founded three companies in sustainable chemistry and renewable energy (Gevo, Provivi, Aralez Bio) and serves on several private and public company boards, including Alphabet and Illumina. Arnold earned a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

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David HOGANSON > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David HOGANSON
Assistant in Cardiac Surgery - Boston Children's Hospital
David HOGANSON > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David HOGANSON
Assistant in Cardiac Surgery - Boston Children's Hospital

Dr. Hoganson is an Assistant in Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, and is an Instructor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.  His clinical focus is on neonates and children with congenital heart disease. Dr. Hoganson is active in the cardiac assist device and heart and lung transplant programs. He has co-lead development of patient-specific 3D modeling and computational flow modeling of complex cardiac disease for improved pre-operative planning and intraoperative guidance.  The clinical modeling group has started a clinical consult service providing modeling services for the patient in the heart center.   His lab also focuses on the development of medical devices to improve the safety and effectiveness of cardiac surgery.  He is board-certified in Thoracic Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery.   Dr. Hoganson has a background in engineering and industry experience developing cardiovascular medical devices prior to medical school.  He graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine in 2004 and completed his general surgery residency and CT fellowship at the Washington University in St. Louis, and completed a congenital cardiac surgery fellowship at the Boston Children’s Hospital in 2016. 

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Eytan ABRAHAM > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Eytan ABRAHAM
Head of Personalized Medicine Business Unit - Lonza
Eytan ABRAHAM > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Eytan ABRAHAM
Head of Personalized Medicine Business Unit - Lonza

Dr. Eytan Abraham heads Lonza Personalized Medicine, which focuses on developing and bringing to market solutions that enable research and development, scale-out, and commercialization of patient scale cell therapies, with an emphasis on decentralized and point of care manufacturing.

Prior to this Eytan led Lonza’s Cell and Viral Therapy R&D for five years, focusing on developing manufacturing solutions for the Cell and Gene therapy continuum.

Prior to Lonza, Dr. Abraham was head of therapeutic pipeline development at Pluristem Therapeutics, developing stem cell therapies for cardiovascular indications.

Dr. Abraham holds a Ph.D. in developmental and molecular biology from the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, and a post-doctorate in cell therapy and tissue engineering from the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center and Harvard Medical School.

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Guru MADHAVAN > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Guru MADHAVAN
Senior Director of Program - National Academy of Engineering
Guru MADHAVAN > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Guru MADHAVAN
Senior Director of Program - National Academy of Engineering

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and Senior Director of Programs of the National Academy of Engineering where he leads and oversees activities of broad scope and complexity focused on engineering practice, education, research, communication, and policies. His portfolio of work at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has included leading the analyses for making prescription medicines affordable and developing a national strategy for cancer control in the U.S., directing a global health forum on infectious diseases, and conducting the research, design, and development of a systems analysis platform for prioritizing new vaccines and related interventions.

A systems engineer by background, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York. He has served as a technical adviser to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has worked in the medical device industry as a research scientist developing cardiac surgical catheters for ablation therapy, and has been a strategic consultant for technology startup firms and nonprofit organizations. He has served as a vice-president of IEEE-USA and was a founding member of the Global Young Academy. Among numerous honors, he has received the National Academies’ Innovator Award, National Academy of Medicine’s Cecil Medal, AAMI–Becton Dickinson Award for Professional Achievement, Washington Academy of Sciences’ Krupsaw Award for engineering sciences and education, and has been named a distinguished young scientist by the World Economic Forum.

His publications include the nonfiction "Applied Minds: How Engineers Think" (W.W. Norton) that has been translated into many languages. For his books and lectures, he has received the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

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David CLARK > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David CLARK
Vice President, Sustainability - Amcor
David CLARK > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David CLARK
Vice President, Sustainability - Amcor

David leads Amcor’s global sustainability agenda. He works closely with the global packaging company’s research-and-development and innovation functions to integrate sustainable design and social responsibility into Amcor’s product development and innovation processes. He is active in Amcor’s global sustainability partnerships with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Ocean Conservancy, and others. He leads the company’s program to achieve its Global Commitment to develop all of its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, to increase the use of recycled content, and collaborate to drive up rates of recycling around the world.

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Frédéric VACHER > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes®
Frédéric VACHER
Head of Innovation – 3DEXPERIENCE Lab - Dassault Systèmes
Frédéric VACHER > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes®
Frédéric VACHER
Head of Innovation – 3DEXPERIENCE Lab - Dassault Systèmes

Frédéric graduated as a mechanical engineer and began his career working in Japan for Airbus for 5 years. In 1998 he joined Dassault Systèmes to lead the partnership & alliances programs. Since 2015 Fred has been the Head of Innovation and created the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, an open innovation lab accelerating disruptive innovations that gives a strong positive impact on society. Fred was also a Board Member at the CapDigital French digital cluster and an advisory board member at Ilumens.

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Neil GERSHENFELD > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Neil GERSHENFELD
Director, Center for Bits and Atoms - MIT
Neil GERSHENFELD > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Neil GERSHENFELD
Director, Center for Bits and Atoms - MIT

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, where his unique laboratory is breaking down boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, from pioneering quantum computing to digital fabrication to the Internet of Things. Technology from his lab has been seen and used in settings including New York's Museum of Modern Art and rural Indian villages, the White House and the World Economic Forum, inner-city community centers and automobile safety systems, Las Vegas shows and Sami herds. He is the author of numerous technical publications, patents, and books including Designing Reality, Fab, When Things Start To Think, The Nature of Mathematical Modeling, and The Physics of Information Technology, and has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Economist, NPR, CNN, and PBS. He's been called the intellectual father of the maker movement, founding a growing global network of over one thousand fab labs that provide widespread access to prototype tools for personal fabrication, directing the Fab Academy for distributed research and education in the principles and practices of digital fabrication, and chairing the Fab Foundation.

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Sébastien FLICHY > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Sébastien FLICHY
Innovation and Valorization Vice-President - VEOLIA France
Sébastien FLICHY > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Sébastien FLICHY
Innovation and Valorization Vice-President - VEOLIA France

Sébastien Flichy has over 20 years of experience in managing and developing activities in large industrial groups. In the last 13 years, he has worked for Veolia in different regional and national roles across France. His current focus is on the development of new solutions to help Veolia customers to reduce their environmental impact. Those solutions vary from eco-design services to the development of carbon-free solutions for industry.

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David FAJENBAUM > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David FAJGENBAUM
Physician-Scientist | National Bestselling Author of Chasing My Cure | Disease Hunter | Speaker...
David FAJENBAUM > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
David FAJGENBAUM
Physician-Scientist | National Bestselling Author of Chasing My Cure | Disease Hunter | Speaker | Survivor

David Fajenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Director of the Penn Orphan Disease Center, Founding Director of the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory (CSTL), and Executive Director of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN). He is also the national bestselling author of 'Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action' (http://www.ChasingMyCure.com) and a patient battling idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD). One of the youngest individuals ever appointed to the faculty at Penn Medicine and one of the top 1 percent youngest grant awardees of a leading NIH grant, Dr. Fajenbaum leads multiple basic, translational, and clinical research studies at Penn and is in his longest remission ever thanks to a precision treatment that he identified, which had never been used before for iMCD. Dr. Fajgenbaum has been profiled in a cover story by The New York Times as well as by Good Morning America, CNN, and The Today Show.

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Raymond RUSSELL > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Raymond RUSSELL
Head of Sustainability and Environment - Boom Supersonic
Raymond RUSSELL > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Raymond RUSSELL
Head of Sustainability and Environment - Boom Supersonic

Raymond Russell is Head of Sustainability and Environment at Boom Supersonic.  He manages Boom’s sustainability partnerships and ensures that Boom incorporates environmental considerations into all key decisions, from corporate practices to the design of Overture, Boom’s flagship commercial airliner.  Raymond is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization technical working groups on noise and emissions, helping evaluate potential new aviation environmental standards.  Raymond was previously at Google Policy Fellow and holds degrees in physics and economics from the University of Washington.

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Marijana NOVAK
Data Strategist - Circle Economy
v NOVAK > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Marijana NOVAK
Data Strategist - Circle Economy

Marijana Novak is Circle Economy's Data Strategist. She is responsible for building the information architecture for the organization's digital products and research.  She works alongside technical and knowledge partners to design and develop the data and knowledge platforms, frameworks, and content and additionally is rallying a global community to power those platforms. Marijana has a background in Actuarial Science, Sustainable Finance, and risk modelling using big data for real estate, the built environment and the economy. She has been active in the circular economy research field for over 7 years and develops & supports circular ventures alongside her day-to-day.

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Jean-Paul ROUX > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Jean-Paul ROUX
VP Sales SIMULIA WW - Dassault Systèmes
Jean-Paul ROUX > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Jean-Paul ROUX
VP Sales SIMULIA WW - Dassault Systèmes

Mr. ROUX holds a language degree from Catholic University and a business degree from Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Grenoble, France.

He started his career in 1989 in the CAD-CAM Market as Sales Engineer & Sales Director selling Computer-Aided Machining and Shopfloor solution for CncMachines. He then joined TECNOMATIX in 1996, specialized in Manufacturing Processes Simulation, and occupied the position of Managing Director in UK & Sweden. He joined Exain in 2001 as managing director for Southern and Western Europe. In April 2003 Mr. ROUX assumed the position of President of European Operations and in 2014 became also responsible for the Global Aerospace activity within Exa.

Since April 2018 and after the acquisition of Exaby Dassault Systemesin November 2017, Jean-Paul leads the Sales Operation for EMEAR / INDIA for SIMULIA.
 

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Simon HUFFETEAU > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Simon HUFFETEAU
Vice President Construction, Cities and Territories Industry - Dassault Systèmes
Simon HUFFETEAU > Speaker Image > Dassault Systèmes
Simon HUFFETEAU
Vice President Construction, Cities and Territories Industry - Dassault Systèmes

Simon HUFFETEAU leads the Construction, Cities and Territories Industry organization of Dassault Systèmes, a European multinational software company that develops 3D design, 3D digital mock-up, and product lifecycle management solutions. 

He is responsible for the solutions and worldwide strategy for the architecture, engineering, and construction sector, utilities, as well as cities, and territorial authorities.

Mr. HUFFETEAU joined Dassault Systèmes in 2014 in Boston, where he was in charge of the business consulting for the Energy sector. Prior to that, Mr. HUFFETEAU worked for the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) as the head of a regional office. 

Mr. HUFFETEAU holds a Master of Public Administration and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from the École des Ponts ParisTech and a Master of Science from the École Polytechnique.

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