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Les entretiens du CIEDS, a video-podcast on defence innovation

17 Mar. 2025
Meet six experts in defence innovation by watching the brand new video-podcast designed and produced by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CIEDS) and (re)discover the underlying issues! The video-podcast is part of one of CIEDS's five missions: to raise awareness of defence issues.
Les entretiens du CIEDS, a video-podcast on defence innovation

→ What is critical in defence innovation?

Who is it for?

  • All students at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris
  • Anyone interested in learning more about the challenges of defence technology and innovation

Topical issues

At the heart of the discussions in this video-podcast are a number of fascinating questions, such as :

  • the cohabitation of the worlds of innovation and the military
  • the role of robots in the field, such as during the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris
  • the flow of knowledge in a pre-war context, such as that between Ukraine and Russia
  • the viability or otherwise of reopening mines in France and their exploration
  • the use of cold plasma in medicine, particularly in the healing process

A wide range of experts

Another feature of this video-podcast is the diversity of its contributors. It showcases different communities facing military or dual-use challenges, from academia to the socio-economic world and the Ministry of the Armed Forces: army operational staff, ETIs, young researchers, the DGA, geopolitical researchers and start-up founders.

Episode 1

Scheduled for 1st April

Episode 2

Manon Vermenouze 
Director of External Relations 
Shark Robotics 

Scheduled for 29 Avril

Episode 3

Gabriel Vernhes 
Post-doctoral researcher
UEA, ENSTA 

Scheduled for 15 May

Episode 4

Engineer General of Armaments Delphine
Head of the Systems Division 
French Armaments Procurement Agency (DGA)

Scheduled for 3 June

Episode 5

Raphaël Danino-Perraud 
Associate researcher 
IRSEM 

Scheduled for 24 June

Episode 6

Scheduled for 15 July

→ What is critical in defence innovation?

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This video-podcast was produced in partnership with Mus'X.

Projects & Missions of the CIEDS

CIEDS projects combine fundamental and applied research in close collaboration with industry, to develop breakthrough technologies with high added value for defence, with the support of the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Innovation Agency. This interdisciplinary centre operates across the 5 schools of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. 

The main missions of CIEDS