A look back at the participation of ITM, pilot of the TSN Carnot, at the Paris Air Show.

Once again this year, the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), which leads the Carnot Télécom & Société Numérique institute, participated in the Paris Air Show 2025 at Le Bourget—a must-attend event for the aerospace sector.
Through June 22, IMT was present alongside its industrial partner, ESARIS INDUSTRIES, at their joint booth (Hall 2B – F137), to showcase its educational programs, research activities, technology platforms, and incubators.

With this presence, the ITM has confirmed its historic position as a major player in higher education and research in France, and as a powerful vector of transformation at the service of digital, industrial and environmental transitions.

A renewed and meaningful partnership

The partnership between Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and ESARIS INDUSTRIES fully embodies IMT’s mission: to build bridges between academic research and the strategic needs of the industrial sector.
ESARIS INDUSTRIES is a French industrial group recognized for its expertise in the design and manufacture of electrical and electronic interconnection solutions. Operating in demanding sectors such as aerospace, defense, and energy, its technologies ensure performance, reliability, and safety, directly contributing to the competitiveness and innovation of strategic industries.

This partnership takes shape through a number of concrete actions: the setting up of collaborative research and development projects, the development of new materials and processes supported in particular by IMT Nord Europe's Materials and Processes Center, and the transfer of scientific knowledge to industry. It is also reflected in the fact that ESARIS INDUSTRIES welcomes students and doctoral students for internships or theses, thus strengthening the links between training and industrial practice.

By pooling their expertise, ITM and ESARIS INDUSTRIES are pursuing a common goal: to anticipate major technological and environmental transformations, support industrial innovation and actively contribute to the growth of strategic sectors such as aeronautics and space.

Thus, on June 16, for the second year running, several ITM players, including Laurent Ebner, in charge of major ITM partnerships, were present on a joint stand at the Paris Air Show 2025, to demonstrate the relevance and impact of ITM's work at the heart of a benchmark international show.

 Highlights and milestones

1/ Exceptional student immersion

On June 18, about twenty students from #IMT schools and the National School of Electronics and its Applications (ENSEA), an IMT partner, enjoyed a unique immersive day.
This initiative, led by the IMT Career Observatory (in collaboration with Martine ASSAR LEINENWEBER), gave them the opportunity to meet with leading companies and gain hands-on insight into the many careers in the aerospace sector.

The ITM warmly thanked GIFAS - Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales - and the 9 partner companies for their welcome and their commitment to the training and future of young talent.

On the same day, eight students were invited to take part in an exceptional immersive experience with the Airbus group, to gain a better understanding of the activities, organization and challenges of one of the flagships of the European aerospace industry.

2/ A space for scientific exchange and mediation

At the joint booth with ESARIS INDUSTRIES, teams from the Carnot Télécom & Société Numérique institute and IMT’s training department hosted information sessions and discussions.
They presented:

• Engineering, management and doctoral programs offered by ITM schools
• Research and scientific innovation activities
• Cutting-edge technology platforms available to companies
• Support for #entrepreneurship and #innovation

These exchanges enabled the ITM to highlight its integrated approach: linking education, research and innovation to meet major industrial and societal challenges.

3/ Strategic collaboration with Airbus

During the show, IMT representatives (Martine ASSAR LEINENWEBER and Frédérique Vincent) also highlighted the institute’s participation in the Airbus Academic Partnership program.
This program brings together 25 of Airbus’s academic partners and aims to develop the strategic skills required by the #aerospace industry, with a particular focus on:

• Innovation
• Sustainability
• Emerging technologies

This is essential to anticipate the sector's future needs and train the talents of tomorrow.

A positive balance sheet with a promising future

Throughout the show, the ITM demonstrated :

• Its ability to link training, research and industry
• The diversity and complementarity of its schools and institutes
• Its historic and renewed commitment to supporting industrial, digital and environmental transitions

The event was also an opportunity to highlight the strength of the Institut Mines-Télécom network, which includes ten schools and three associate schools, several of which have been awarded the Carnot Télécom & Société numérique institute label.

Towards new challenges

With this high-profile presence alongside ESARIS INDUSTRIES, IMT has confirmed the relevance of its model, which integrates education, research, and innovation.
Building on the commitment of its schools and partners, it intends to continue and intensify its efforts to prepare talent, support innovation, and facilitate the sustainable transformation of the aerospace industry, in collaboration with the Carnot TSN Institute.

New collaborations, projects and initiatives to anticipate tomorrow's major technological and industrial changes.