As part of its mission as a Programs Agency for Digital Technology, Algorithms, Software and Uses, Inria is pleased to launch the EDT research program - Engineering Digital Twins.

The program aims to bring together scientific, institutional and industrial partners around emblematic use cases, in order to ground scientific work in real-world conditions and to foster the adoption of the software tools proposed by researchers.

The Engineering Digital Twins (EDT) program, funded by the French National Research Agency under France 2030 (ANR-25-APJN-0001) and operated by the Inria Digital Agency, is holding its official kick-off meeting.

This day will bring together all the institutional, scientific and industrial partners of the program around presentations of its objectives and research areas, and will be a first key opportunity for exchanges between the teams involved in this national initiative.

Practical information

In person and by invitation only, at Inria, Amphithéâtre Jacques-Louis Lions, 48 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris.

Please bring a valid ID.

Contact: ops@edtlab.fr

Program

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM · Welcome buffet Welcome cocktail and lunch

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM · Seminar opening Welcome address and introductory speeches by the session chairs: Pascale Vicat-Blanc and Benoit Combemale (Inria, EDT). Invited speakers: Anuchika Stanislaus or Florent Kirchner (SGPI), Ouiddad Labbani-I. (SSRI/DGRI), Daniela Fiorani (ANR), Sophie Proust (Inria, Agency).

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM · Presentation of the EDT program Vision, program overview, main objectives, expected outcomes, roadmap and key milestones (Benoit Combemale & Pascale Vicat-Blanc).

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM · Focused scientific projects

• PC1 — Catalyst — Julien Déantoni
• PC2 — DT Compose — Jean-Marc Jezequel and Jannik Laval
• PC3 — TwinOps — Jean-Michel Bruel and Antoine Beugnard
• PC4 — Synchronic — Hind Bril el-Haouzi
• PC5 — Genuine — Thierry Duval and Arnaud Blouin

3:20 PM – 3:50 PM · Cross-cutting actions Main objectives, planned activities and expected outcomes (Guy De Spiegeleer, Benoit Combemale, Pascale Vicat-Blanc).

• AT1 — Animation
• AT2 — Use cases and demonstrators
• AT3 — OIntegration
• AT4 — Ethics and sustainability
• AT5 — Dissemination and exploitation

3:50 PM – 4:00 PM · Industrial partners’ address

4:00 PM – 4:25 PM · Administrative information Axelle Croise (ANR).

4:25 PM – 4:30 PM · Closing remarks

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM · Closing cocktail and networking event