Back to the Rendez-vous Carnot 2025 in Lyon

A major event for research and innovation

For almost twenty years, the Rendez-vous Carnot has brought together the network's 39 institutes and all the players involved in technology transfer.
The 2025 edition confirmed this dynamic, with :

• over 1,500 participants

• nearly 6,000 pre-programmed business meetings

• A packed program of conferences, technology demonstrations and networking opportunities.

These two days enabled companies of all sizes to meet, in a single location, R&D expertise tailored to their needs.

An active presence of the Institut Carnot TSN

The Carnot TSN institute was on hand to showcase its expertise in networks, digital systems, cybersecurity, software and hardware architectures.
Its aim: to promote its work, identify new synergies and propose cooperative ventures in sovereign and responsible technological solutions.

On its stand, the team welcomed numerous exchanges around digital transformation, applied research and telecoms technology development. Several companies and partners were able to meet with Director François Pineau, accompanied by experts from the Carnot TSN institute and one of its component schools, Femto Engineering, illustrating Carnot TSN's ability to support innovation in the fields of digital, connectivity and security.

Fruitful exchanges and prospects for collaboration

Over the course of the meetings and discussions, the Carnot TSN institute was able to identify new avenues for partnerships with SMEs, start-ups, major groups and public players. These exchanges confirmed the importance of partnership research in meeting the challenges of digital sovereignty and technological evolution. The contacts established during the event will be translated into collaborative projects over the coming months, designed to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of economic players.

Carnot network highlights

Carnot 2025 Awards winners
The Carnot Network took advantage of the Rendez-vous Carnot 2025 to unveil the winners of the Prix Carnot de la recherche partenariale 2025, rewarding four outstanding partnerships between Carnot institutes and companies.
The winners include :

• Verti-Lab project (SME category),

• the plasmonic inks project (long-term partnership),

• LuLisa technology (start-up),

• and oculomotor biomarkers (young researcher category).
  The Grand Prix 2025 was awarded after a public vote to Timothée Poitou (Institut du Cerveau) for his work in neurological diagnostics.
  

The Carnot Innovation Challenge
Organized as part of Rendez-vous Carnot 2025, the first Challenge Innovation Carnot highlighted three promising projects:

• Every1Counts, dedicated to biodiversity,

• Bluemapping, focused on urban water management,

• and Research PIECES, aimed at reducing animal experimentation.
  These awards illustrate the Carnot network's ability to link public research, innovation and major industrial groups to meet the challenges of sustainability and transformation.

A reaffirmed commitment

Through its participation, the Carnot TSN institute has reaffirmed its role as an interface between research and industry, true to the mission of the Carnot network: to put science at the service of innovation.

This commitment is in line with its approach to supporting the digital transition and business performance, while promoting ethical and sustainable innovation.

Present at the Rendez-vous Carnot 2025, the Carnot TSN institute actively contributed to the vitality of French partnership research.
The two-day event in Lyon strengthened links between laboratories and companies, while highlighting the dynamics of the Carnot network and its initiatives for open and responsible innovation.