Review of the conferences " 30 years of the IEMN "

For its 30 years of existence, the IEMN organizes several events during the year 2023, including a half-day of conferences that took place on January 30, 2023. An audience of 470 people, including representatives of our trustees and partners, laboratory staff, retirees, academic and industrial colleagues, and high school students gathered at the Grand Palais in Lille to share a moment that was both convivial and stimulating. The afternoon began with the unveiling of a 7-meter long frieze synthesizing 30 years of events and research work that have marked the life of the laboratory. Participants were also able to learn more about the world of academic research through nine portraits of doctoral students, technicians, engineers and associate professors of the IEMN who spoke about their achievements at "30 years", their work and the place of women in our fields of activity. 

We take the opportunity of this editorial to thank our trustees for their anniversary messages through video clips and speeches during the introduction to this half-day event. But the heart of the event was the interventions of three prestigious speakers during a session animated by Alain Cappy who was Director of IEMN from 2002 to 2009.

• The first speaker, Andreia Cathelin, Research Fellow at STMicroelectronics, emphasized the role of microelectronics in our modern societies and its major current developments. She explained the place of STMicroelectronics in this context, as well as its links with the IEMN, marked by a joint laboratory that will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023. This first speech ended with a presentation of disruptive technologies in terms of energy efficiency for the Internet of Things.
  
  
• The conference of Stéphanie Lacour, Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, focused on the contribution of bioelectronics to translational research, i.e. at the interface between basic research and clinical research. She allowed us to discover the fascinating field of neuro-prosthetics, its recent advances, by underlining the organization of research in this very interdisciplinary field. The speaker insisted on the challenges posed and the solutions envisaged to interface a device to an organ like the brain. 
  
  
• Jean-Marie Tarascon, Professor at the Collège de France, Member of the French Academy of Sciences, concluded the event with a lecture on the state of the art of battery technology developments in the context of a massive electrification of society. He underlined the considerable progress that has been made in the field of electrochemical energy storage but did not hide the difficulties and challenges still to be met, particularly in relation to the objectives of sustainable development. In this context, the speaker unveiled some of his lines of study and development that could contribute to future progress.

The conferences reinforced our conviction to work strongly, within an electronics laboratory and national research infrastructure, on issues of sustainable development in the context of the climate crisis and on technologies for health, like our current commitment through the State-Region Plan Contracts Imitech, Wavetech and TechSanté. They also highlighted the relevance of IEMN's participation in the "Electronics" and "Batteries" Priority Research Programs and Equipment of the Fourth Investment Program for the Future (PIA4), the launch events of which took place on January 14 and March 14, respectively. 

The IEMN management would like to thank the participants of this event, in particular all those who contributed to the organization and success of this event.

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