Eric Mercier is Telecom Line Director at CEA-Leti as well as Deputy Head of the Wireless Unit. He is active in industrial partnership developments towards technology transfer and also in managing internal CEA-Leti program, amongst which the FAMES WP10 dedicated to demonstrators. Graduated from ENSEEIHToulouse, France, in 1991, and with a 1st experience in the Optical Test Equipment at Wavetek (1992 – 1998, now VIAVI), his main focuses of interest have covered activities from Low-Power IoT transceiver solutions as Marketing & Application Manager for Atmel (1999 – 2006, now Microchip), and later as Project Manager & Laboratory Head Manager at CEA-Leti from 2006. As a promoter of CEA-Leti RF/mmW research activities, he is committed to market & societal needs for next Telecom generation towards new technologies development, understanding how forthcoming scientific developments can be valued to that end.