Julien Pénin, moderator of the inaugural round table at the 2024 INPI Trophies ceremony

The 2024 edition of the INPI Trophies ceremony, which rewarded six companies emblematic of French innovation, took place on 27 November 2024 in Paris.

Professor Julien Pénin had the honour of chairing the inaugural round table on the theme of ‘Quantum: from research to market, the essential role of patents’, which featured contributions from four experts in the field: Lyse Brillouet, Chief Intellectual Property Officer & Senior Vice-President Licensing – Orange Group, Neil Abroug, Director of the Quantum Programme – Inria, Jean-Marc Deltorn, Professor, Researcher – CEIPI, and François Perruchot, Chief Strategy Officer – Quobly. The round table was introduced by Pascal Faure, Director General of INPI and Loïc Le Loarer, Coordinator of the National Quantum Strategy at SGPI, and concluded by Bruno Bonnell, Secretary General for Investment (SGPI).