Séminaire de l’equipe MINC, département HOPES

Bridging Hardware and Horizons: Franco-British Collaboration for Secure and Innovative Technologies

par

Franck Courbon

Dr (University of Cambridge and ETHICRONICS)
Email: 
franck@ethicronics.com
Site: 
https://ethicronics.com/
Date: 
Vendredi, 28 novembre, 2025 – 10:00

Lieu :

LAAS-CNRS – Salle Europe 7 avenue du Colonel Roche 31077 TOULOUSE Cedex 4
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Lien visioconference : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3180010001pwd=ZXZSaU1Wbkw4YjloTVNNNFdtZVZRdz09
ID de réunion : 318 001 0001
Code secret : 31LAASeuro

Résumé :

Hardware security lies at the core of trust, innovation, and industrial resilience. In this talk, Franck Courbon will share insights from a journey across corporate research, academia, and entrepreneurship, exploring how advances in secure hardware can fuel new forms of collaboration and business innovation. Building on the complementary strengths of Toulouse’s aerospace excellence and Cambridge’s semiconductor and innovation ecosystem, I will discuss how Franco-British partnerships can transform research into practical, scalable solutions. The seminar will highlight lessons learned from bridging technical advances with entrepreneurial ambition and invite dialogue on how secure hardware can underpin a new era of responsible innovation and trust across borders.

Biographie :
Dr Franck Courbon, MPhil (University of Glasgow), MRes (INSA Lyon), MEng (Télécom Saint-Étienne), PhD (Mines Saint-Étienne), is a Franco-British expert in hardware security. He is a By-Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (since 2024), a Franco-British Young Leader (2025), and a Member of the UK Young Academy (2025). Following a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship/Isaac Newton Trust Fellowship, Dr Courbon has incorporated Ethicronics in 2022, a £955k Cambridge-based company advancing trust and transparency in electronics hardware. Under his leadership and thanks to a world leading team and partners, Ethicronics has been named Small Business of the Year (2024) by the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce and Graduate Business of the Year (2024) by Business Weekly, recognizing its innovation, impact, and vision.