Opening Conference - Reinventing the laboratory at the intersection of AI, ecology, reindustrialization, and collaborative models: new models, new practices

Mar 10, 2026 — 09:30 am - 11:00 AM
Bellecour 1

ŒnologieCosmeticsPharma & BiotechnologyChemistry & MaterialsEnvironment & EnergyCleanroom & Contamination ControlLaboratory RoboticsMetrologie
Opening Conference - Reinventing the laboratory at the intersection of AI, ecology, reindustrialization, and collaborative models: new models, new practices

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In the face of environmental challenges, sovereignty issues, and the rise of artificial intelligence, the laboratory sector is undergoing a profound transformation. The opening conference of Forum Labo Lyon 2026 gives the floor to academic and industrial stakeholders from the region who have successfully turned these changes into real drivers of innovation. It offers insights into the dynamics at work around three key pillars: - reindustrialization and the structuring of decarbonized and depolluted sectors; - AI serving research, analysis, and production; - collaborative models as a driver of innovation. Coming from various sectors and organizations, the speakers will share their vision of the laboratory and the choices that allow them to anticipate the sector's challenges and transform them into opportunities. Introduction of the session by Loïc Thomas, President of CIFL and Forum LABO Round table 1: Structuring sectors to depollute, decarbonize, and reindustrialize With the participation of BENTA LYON (pharmaceutical production SME), Damien Parisien, CEO SYENSQO (Solvay specialty division), Vincent Schanen, Director of the Organic Chemistry Department Round table 2: Adopting AI: an asset for analyzing, manufacturing, and 'derisking' NETRI (Deeptech, organ-on-chip manufacturer), Thibault Honegger, CEO & Co-Founder MEDDENOVO DRUG DESIGN (start-up – molecular modeling platform for drug candidate development), Antoine Marion, CEO GENCOVERY (start-up – sovereign data and AI platform for life sciences), Adama Ouattara, Co-Founder & CEO Round table 3: Networking: the collaborative model, an essential lever for innovation CNRS / WINDEYES Project (energy-environment), Véronique Ribière, Head of Industry of the Future BOBINE - CHEMISTRY (materials recycling start-up), Romain Rivière, CTO Opening conference (or session) moderated by Nathaly Mermet, PhD, Science journalist

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