Workshop: ‘AI for New Materials’

Register for this workshop organised by the National Association for Research and Technology (ANRT) on Wednesday 30 September 2026 from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the France Chimie headquarters (14 Rue de la République, 92800 Puteaux)

Against a backdrop characterised by issues of sovereignty, sustainability and security, as well as an evolving regulatory framework, AI has become an indispensable tool for the design of new materials.

This inaugural workshop will present research and innovation practices in the field of materials through case studies drawn from industrial and scientific approaches.

Feedback from stakeholders actively involved in these areas will outline the potential, limitations and challenges posed by these approaches, particularly in terms of transforming research and characterisation methods, structuring and utilising data, and the integration of human expertise with AI models.

Programme

• 14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome – Clarisse Angelier, Executive Director, ANRT, and Hélène Moumrikoff, Director of Economic, International and Innovation Affairs, France Chimie

• 14:15 – 15:00 | AI for sustainable materials – Anthony Bocahut, Principal Scientist in Materials Physics and Machine Learning, and Laurianne Moity, Head of AI Change Management, Syensqo

• 15:00 – 15:20 | A broad spectrum of materials, processes and applications – Fréderic Schuster, Co-Director of the DIADEM PEPR and the CEA’s Cross-cutting Materials & Processes Skills Programme

• 15:20 – 15:50 | Development of corrosion-resistant materials and coatings in extreme environments: application to molten salts – Fanny Balbaud, Head of Department, CEA Institute of Applied Sciences and Simulation for Low-Carbon Energy (ISAS), PEPR DIADEM

• 15:50 – 16:20 | Recycling scrap metal whilst maintaining consistent final product quality – Sébastien Allain, Professor at the University of Lorraine, Head of the ‘Materials Science and Engineering and Metallurgy’ at the Jean Lamour Institute in Nancy, PEPR DIADEM

• 16:20 – 17:00 | Predicting the toxicological properties of substances to better anticipate European and international regulations – Aurélien Stab, AI engineer, and Grégoire Hervé, Technical and Scientific Director, NYCO

• 17:00 – 17:40 | Approach and case studies: design of air-hardened steel with properties similar to those of vacuum-hardened steel – Julien Banchet, Director of Special Materials and Processes, Aubert & Duval

• 5.40 pm – 6.00 pm | Conclusion
• 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm | Drinks reception