• Jay Lee, professor and founding director of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems at the National Science Foundation (Cincinnati), talked about Industry 4.0 and the contributions of applied algorithmics to big data analytics.

• Hiroaki Kitano, professor, head of the Systems Biology Institute (Tokyo) and President and CEO of Sony Research, discussed his vision for complex interdependent systems, providing illustrations from the “smart city” and artificial intelligence.

• Mathias Fink, professor, founder of the Langevin Institute, member of the French Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Technologies, focused on the potential of acoustic sensors, radars and imaging.

This initiative highlighting openness and dialogue aligns with the “Open Innovation” approach, which is vital for anticipating trends and staying at the forefront of emerging technologies.

In the same vein, Plastic Omnium is bolstering its innovation policy by cultivating partnerships with start-ups, universities and research centers such as CEA in France, the Technion in Israel and MIT in the United States in order to broaden its perspective and find new realms where it can make a difference.