Aurélie Simard

Aurélie Simard currently serves as the Executive Director of the Paris experts center of GPAI at Inria, where the organization focuses on advancing research and commercialization in information and communication sciences, contributing to France's national artificial intelligence strategy. Prior to this role, Aurélie worked as a project leader on AI adoption at La Javaness while pursuing a doctoral thesis in management sciences at Université Paris-Saclay, examining the challenges of AI adoption in the French public sector. Previous experience includes positions as Director at Eurogroup Consulting, Bureau Chief at the French Ministry of the Interior, and Head of the Management Information Systems Pole at the French Ministry of Justice, along with consulting roles at Unilog Management, Metris, and Accenture France. Aurélie's educational background includes doctoral studies at Université Paris-Saclay, ongoing education at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, and Université Laval.