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18–19 March 2027 · Le Mans, France
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Two days to move your organisation's digital agenda forward
AI, cybersecurity, GDPR, digital sobriety: 16 practical sessions, small-group workshops and first-hand stories from local businesses and councils.
Welcome to the Rencontres!
Find the current session, the next one and the venue map. Registration is still open for day two.
Thank you to our 512 attendees!
Replays and slides for all 16 sessions are online. See you in 2028 for the next edition.
Opening in
Doors open on Thursday 18 March 2027 at 8:30 am
Only 137 seats left out of 600
Free registration, limited seats (fictional figures).
Register now10:00 – 10:45Auditorium
Everyday AI: three uses that save an hour a day
10:00 – 11:30Workshop room 1 (ground floor)
Workshop: writing a generative AI usage policy
11:00 – 11:45Bercé room
Ransomware: the first 72 hours, told step by step
Simulated time for the demo: Thursday 18 March, 10:20 am.
Watch the replays
Replays and slides for all 16 sessions are online. See you in 2028 for the next edition.
Watch the replayTram T1, “Rencontres” stop (fictional), a 2-minute walk. Reception and cloakroom in hall A.
All practical informationIllustrative figures for a fictional event.
Programme
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Auditorium
A business leader and a local elected official compare views on AI, cybersecurity, GDPR and sobriety: where to start with little time and few resources?
With: (Atelier Lisière), (Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune)
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Auditorium
Sorting mail, meeting minutes, searching internal documents: live demos, costs and limits.
With: (Brumaire Labs)
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Workshop room 1 (ground floor)
In small groups, leave with a one-page policy for your organisation: approved tools, forbidden data, human review.
With: (Coopérative Grain de Sel), (Vigie Données)
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Bercé room
An hour-by-hour account of an attack on a fictional small business: who to call, what to shut down, what never to do.
With: (Sentinelle 72)
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Auditorium
Sharing tools between municipalities, protecting residents' data, keeping a human help desk: three viewpoints and an open debate.
With: (Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune), (Association Clic & Lien), (Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune)
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Workshop room 2 (ground floor)
You play the crisis team of a local authority under attack. Decisions, communication, recovery: debrief together.
With: (Ardoise Logistique), (Sentinelle 72)
18 seats left out of 30
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Bercé room
A method tested in 23 municipalities: list processing activities, prioritise, and keep the record up to date without spending weeks on it.
With: (Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune)
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Auditorium
Inventory, lifespan, power use: the indicators that matter and free tools to get them in a few days.
With: (Collectif Octet Vert)
Speakers
Twelve speakers from businesses, local authorities and non-profits (all fictional).
Atelier Lisière
Managing director
Ardoise Logistique
Chief information security officer
Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune
Data protection officer
Brumaire Labs
Founder
Collectif Octet Vert
Chair
Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Lune
Vice-chair for digital affairs
Vigie Données
Digital law attorney
Sentinelle 72
Incident response analyst
Coopérative Grain de Sel
Data scientist
Maisons Brunel
Chief information officer
Association Clic & Lien
Digital inclusion officer
Institut Sablon
Head of responsible purchasing
Registration
Three steps, two minutes. Registration is free; workshops have limited seats.
The Rencontres have started: registration is still open for the remaining sessions.
Leave your address: one single email when registration opens, then it is deleted.
Practical information
Oréade Conference Centre (fictional venue), 8 allée des Rencontres, 72000 Le Mans, France (fictional address).
Open the city map in OpenStreetMap
As the venue is fictional, the link shows the map of Le Mans with no marker.
Partners
All organisations below are fictional, and so are their logos.
Frequently asked questions
No, both days are free, lunch included. Registration is required for safety and capacity reasons.
Yes. You choose your days when registering and can change them until the day before.
They are 90-minute sessions for groups of 20 to 30. You book them when registering, two at most. A full workshop can no longer be chosen; seats sometimes become free, so check again.
Talks and panels are filmed: replays and slides are posted on this page within a week. Workshops are not filmed.
The venue is step-free, with a hearing loop, live captions for plenaries and sign language interpreting on request. Tell us your needs when registering: only the welcome team can see them, and they are deleted after the event.
It is only used to manage your registration and send your badge, and deleted three months after the event. This site uses no trackers.