{"id":7232,"date":"2012-01-17T15:40:16","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i3.cnrs.fr\/en\/?page_id=7232"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:21:06","slug":"presentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i3-cnrs.fr\/en\/presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Interdisciplinary Institute on Innovation<\/h1>\n<p>The Interdisciplinary Institute on Innovation (i3) was founded in 2012 at the initiative of the directors of Mines Paris PSL and Telecom Paris. In 2014, Ecole Polytechnique joined in. Since January 1st, 2015, i3 is a joint research CNRS unit (UMR9217).<\/p>\n<p>It gathers:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; background: #fff; vertical-align: top;\">\n<thead><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 30%; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 220px; background: #f7f7f7; vertical-align: top;\">\n<thead><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-top: 3px solid #bacc00; background: #f7f7f7; vertical-align: top; padding: 15px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Avenir LT Std 65 Medium' !important; font-size: 16px !important; color: #333333 !important; margin-top: -2px; margin-bottom: 1px;\">\u00c9cole Polytechnique<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; padding: 5px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 33px;\">CRG<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 30%; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 220px; background: #f7f7f7; vertical-align: top;\">\n<thead><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-top: 3px solid #bacc00; background: #f7f7f7; vertical-align: top; padding: 15px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Avenir LT Std 65 Medium' !important; font-size: 16px !important; color: #333333 !important; margin-top: -2px; margin-bottom: 1px;\">Mines Paris &#8211; PSL<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin: 5px 10px !important;\">CEDP<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin: 5px 10px !important;\">CGS<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin: 5px 10px !important;\">CSI<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 30%; padding-left: 15px;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; background: #f7f7f7; vertical-align: top; height: 220px;\">\n<thead><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-top: 3px solid #bacc00; vertical-align: top; padding: 15px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"font-family: 'Avenir LT Std 65 Medium' !important; font-size: 16px !important; color: #333333 !important; margin-top: -2px; margin-bottom: 1px;\">T\u00e9l\u00e9com Paris<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; padding: 5px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 33px;\">SES-INTERACT<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; padding: 5px 20px !important;\">\n<h4 style=\"background: #bacc00; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 33px;\">SES-NOS<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>More than 200 people, including 70 lecturers-researchers and more than a hundred PhD students are part of i3. The research teams of i3 are involved to two IDEX, Paris-Saclay and PSL.<\/p>\n<h2>Research striving for excellence and relevance<\/h2>\n<p>The institute develops high-level research combining academic excellence and relevance for the benefit of the research users. <a href=\"http:\/\/i3.cnrs.fr\/research-theme\/?lang=en\">Research<\/a> is often carried out under contracts with companies, associations or public administrations. The institute also hosts 8<a href=\"http:\/\/i3.cnrs.fr\/i3s-six-corporate-chairs\/?lang=en\">\u00a0corporate chairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through its research and training activities, i3 takes an active part in addressing the major challenges of today: the circulation of information -, health -, innovation -, energy &#8211; and sustainable development technologies. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The institute is also engaged in a dialogue with companies, associations and public authorities via innovative platforms for dialogue, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/observatoirepc.org\/\">Observatory on Competitiveness Clusters<\/a>, \u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debatinginnovation.org\/\">Observatory for Responsible Innovation<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energypolicyblog.com\/\">EU Energy Policy Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Organization<\/h2>\n<p>The Institute has set up an Executive Committee comprising a Director, two Assistant Directors, a Communication Manager, the Directors of i3 research teams and the Scientific Coordinators of each of i3\u2019s thematic research axis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i3-cnrs.fr\/en\/composition-du-comex-et-conseil-de-labo-en-2023\/\">Membership of the Executive Committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its Laboratory Council consists of the Directors and the Scientific Coordinators of i3, two representatives elected by PhD students, three representatives elected by the engineering, technical and administrative staff, and six representatives elected by the teaching\/research staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i3-cnrs.fr\/en\/composition-of-the-laboratory-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Membership of the Laboratory Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the outset, i3 set up a Scientific Advisory Council to examine its scientific policy and to suggest possible orientations for development. It is composed of six internationally renowned scientists, and four leading personalities from the socio-economic world (enterprises, administration, non-profit organizations).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i3.cnrs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ConseilOrientation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Membership of the Scientific Advisory Council<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interdisciplinary Institute on Innovation The Interdisciplinary Institute on Innovation (i3) was founded in 2012 at the initiative of the directors of Mines Paris PSL and Telecom Paris. 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