Speakers
Frédéric Jung
Consul General of France in San Francisco
Sébastien Dauvé
CEO, CEA-Leti
Sébastien Dauvé
CEO, CEA-Leti
Bio:
Sébastien Dauvé was named CEO of CEA-Leti effective on July 1, 2021, after more than twenty years of experience in microelectronics technologies and their applications, including clean mobility, medicine of the future, cybersecurity, and power electronics.
Sébastien Dauvé started his career at the French Armament Electronics Center, where he worked on developing synthetic-aperture radar. In 2003, he joined CEA-Leti as an industrial transfer manager and supervised several joint research laboratories, in particular with the multinational Michelin.
In 2007, Sébastien Dauvé became a laboratory manager, then head of an R&D department in the area of sensors applied to the Internet of things and electric mobility. During this time, he supported the dissemination of new technologies in industry, including the automotive industry (Renault), aeronautics, national defense (SAFRAN), and microchips with the industry leader Intel. He played an active role in the creation of start-ups in application fields ranging from health to infrastructure security, leading to dozens of new jobs. In 2016, he became Director of the CEA-Leti Systems Division.
From sensors to wireless communication, Sébastien Dauvé has played an active role in the digital transformation, focused on coupling energy frugality and performance. He has made cross-disciplinary approaches central to innovation by harnessing the expertise of talented teams with diverse backgrounds. Their goal is to provide technological tools for meeting the major societal challenges of the future.
Sébastien Dauvé is a graduate of the French Ecole Polytechnique and the National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space (ISAE-SUPAERO).
Bertrand Szelag
Integrated Photonics Program Manager, CEA-Leti
Vincent Destefanis
Optical Sensors Industrial Partnerships Manager, CEA-Leti
Vincent Destefanis
Optical Sensors Industrial Partnerships Manager, CEA-Leti
Bio:
Vincent Destefanis joined CEA-Leti in 2023 as a partnership manager in optical sensors. He holds Master's and Engineering degrees in Electronics, Physics and Materials Science. Vincent has been working in the optics and photonics industry since 2010 and previously worked in the CMOS industry for IBM (US) and STMicroelectronics (France).
During his career, Vincent has been successful in creating long-term value in the CMOS and infrared sensing industries thanks to various contributions to French, European and international projects and partnerships.
Vincent is dedicated to developing new partnership opportunities in optical and photonic sensing technologies, especially in the mid-IR domain for emerging applications.
Pierre Castelein
Image Sensors Partnerships Manager, CEA-Leti
Michael Pelissier
Multifunctional Display Project Leader, CEA-Leti
Michael Pelissier
Multifunctional Display Project Leader, CEA-Leti
Michaël Pelissier received both engineering degree and M.S and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from the INPG (Grenoble, French Higher Institute of Engineering) in 2003 resp 2026. After some experience in Philips Nijmegen in Netherlands, he joined University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI in 2003 as permanent researcher Engineer. In 2016 he hold a visiting researcher position at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. His fields of research are radiofrequency and optoelectronics architecture & systems solution. In 2019 he led the RF Architecture and IC Design Laboratory. Since 2023, he is leading the multifunctional display activity with a specific expertise in the optoelectronics system design. He is the author of 8 patents, 3 book-chapters and a JEDEC standardization chapter document and more than 40 peer review scientific publication.
Michael Tchagaspanian
EVP Strategic Partnerships, CEA-Leti
Michael Tchagaspanian
EVP Strategic Partnerships, CEA-Leti























































































