Reinventing the real estate business through data

Foncia is the European leader in residential services, the number one property manager and the number one rental company in France. The company’s ambition is to be recognized for its quality of service and for the development of innovative services. Foncia’s main activity, property management, is divided into two business lines, condominium management (syndic business) […]

AI for Good : secrets of a Serial Hacker

This week, meet Guillaume Vives, serial entrepreneur, Chief Marketing Officer at Mirantis and advisor to Saagie. This will be an opportunity to discuss his extraordinary journey and his vision of the uses of AI. Could you tell us about your background ? I am a French from Brittany, more particularly from Côtes d’Armor and I […]

Insurance: How to make data, AI and ethics a winning trio?

If you were unable to attend our last webinar with Matthieu Olivier, Strategy Director at Saagie and Magali Noé, Chief Digital Officer specializing in the insurance & Actuarial sector, here is what to remember. “Long before the appearance of GAFA, insurers collected and manipulated a great deal of data, in particular data related to claims, […]

Data to the rescue of sustainable development, feedback from Saint-Gobain

We are delighted to chat with Benoît Lepetit, Head of Data at Saint-Gobain since 2019, to talk about the company’s digital transition and how data contributes to sustainable development. When was the Saint Gobain data team created? For what reasons? And how is this pole organized today? First of all, to recontextualize, Saint Gobain is […]

How JCDecaux has made data a major asset for cities in France and elsewhere!

This week, let’s talk about smart cities with François-Xavier Pierrel, Group CDO of JCDecaux! Yes, JCDecaux, leader in display advertising since 1964, located in more than 80 countries, also has a say in the digital transformation of cities. Could you explain your mission at JCDecaux? After a stint at Renault and Facebook, I joined JCDecaux […]

The Uses of Artificial Intelligence: AI bias and technological developments

This week, we dive into the twists and turns of artificial intelligence with Olivier Ezratty, expert in AI and quantum technologies, on the occasion of the publication of his e-book on the uses of AI. We summarize 742 pages in a few lines to find out everything about the latest developments in technology or use […]

How to industrialize a project with the GitHub CI / CD?

This week, Julien Fricou, Data Engineer at Saagie, was able to ask Alain Hélaïli, Principal Solutions Engineer at GitHub, about the use of the platform. The GitHub CI / CD will hold no secrets for you! How to create a workflow (yaml file, graphic editor)? With GitHub Actions, we decided that the philosophy would be […]

Health Data Hub : Decompartmentalize data for better care

If you couldn’t attend our last webinar on Open Data, here is what to remember from the Health Data Hub. It is a young but essential organization, especially for the management of the health crisis. We discussed with Stéphanie Combes, Director of the organization about the mission of the organization and how it can revolutionize […]

Open data: data should be available to everyone!

This week, we are pleased to hear from Open Data expert Jean-Marc Lazard, Co-Founder & CEO of Opendatasoft. If you were not yet familiar with Open Data, this is an opportunity to learn a little more about the subject, and especially to understand how this notion can help us respond to challenges of general interest. […]

The Perspectives of Data Innovation in 2021

Today, Guillaume de Saint Marc, Senior Director Engineering, Emerging Technologies & Incubation at Cisco, shares his insights on the newest revolutions in data. Can you briefly explain your role at Cisco? I’m part of the Strategy, Emerging Technologies & Incubation division. This is an important pillar of our organization: we’re responsible for Cisco’s strategy as […]

People acculturation is the way towards a data-driven society

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Today, it is with great pleasure that we share a few words with Chafika Chettaoui, Group Chief Data Officer at Suez Group. Her creed is simple: guiding individuals towards a Data Driven culture by implementing organizational, technical, and cultural programs including each company department. Could you please explain your role at Suez Group? I have […]

Experts give their visions on the future of data factory

Two weeks ago, we had the chance to organize a webinar about the Future of Data Factory with Arnold Haine, CTO at BVA Group, and Barthélémy Longueville, Data expert in the industrial sector, Founder at Tolmay. If you weren’t able to attend, here is what you need to remember! Some introductive figures First of all, […]