Graduate of the ENS for armament technologies, with a long experience in project management and business development within DGA, DATAR and EDF Group, in France and abroad, Laurent MANACH, is, since 2009, the CEO of EMC2, the French industrial cluster dedicated to advanced manufacturing technologies.

Parallel to EMC2 cluster management, he led, between 2010 and 2011, the project for creating and developing the French Technological Research Institute focused on advanced manufacturing technologies: IRT Jules Verne. The latter came into being in 2012, and now, Laurent Manach is one of the members of the board.

Laurent Manach will be a panelist at the International Collaboration Panel, at 4 p.m.