Building tomorrow’s sovereignty: when the capacity to act becomes a strategic issue again
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, the Institut des Solutions Sud brought together fourteen networks around strategic and human sovereignty. An evening hosted by Marielle Walicki for Pierre Gattaz, designed as a laboratory for territorial cooperation and intergenerational transmission. Cagnes-sur-Mer, October 13, 2026 How can we build tomorrow's sovereignty without breaking down the silos between economic, professional, and community...
Digital twins: when AI begins to understand the physical world
In Monaco, SNCF Gares & Connexions and Akila are experimenting with a station capable of cross-referencing its data, monitoring its equipment, anticipating passenger flows and simulating its evolution. Behind the technological demonstration emerges a much more strategic question for businesses: how to make their physical operations intelligible to artificial intelligence? The physical world, AI's next...
DIRIGEO: Jean-Bernard Thonus wants to make AI the strategic right hand of SME leaders
SME leaders often face the same legal, financial, social, or strategic issues as large organizations, without having the same internal resources to address them. With DIRIGEO, Jean-Bernard Thonus wants to use artificial intelligence to reduce this asymmetry. His ambition: to create a "strategic right hand" capable of helping leaders understand a situation, identify risks, and...
Artificial intelligence: what the debate on risks reveals about the ongoing revolution
ENTREPRENEURIA | Analysis This morning, at breakfast, the radio had decided to answer my questions This morning, at breakfast, I had a rather rare experience: the radio was answering almost exactly the questions I had been asking myself for several weeks. It's unusual enough to be worth noting. Should we really start worrying about artificial...
AI sovereignty: Europe knows its weaknesses, but will it act fast enough?
At La REF, the panel discussion titled "Europe hasn't said its last prompt," moderated by Charline Perrault, journalist at Les Échos, brought together Béatrice Cossa-Dumurgier, Catherine Fieschi, Octave Klaba, Frédéric Mazzella, Laurent Solly and Valérie Urbain. The exchanges focused on a question that has become central: what does European sovereignty still mean at a time...
Does Europe still need new accelerators?
Why does Europe produce so many startups, incubators, and innovation programs, yet so few tech champions capable of scaling? The question goes far beyond funding young companies. It concerns how territories choose their priorities, organize their capabilities, and transform technological experiments into sustainable industrial capacities. For François Hoehlinger, the question is no longer about creating...