HomeAuthorsGilles Babinet Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues Follow Gilles Babinet is a digital entrepreneur. He co-chaired multiple working groups for Institut Montaigne, such as French Youth: Online and Exposed (April 2020) and Big Data & Internet of Things: Making France a Champion for the Digital Revolution (Big data et objets connectés : Faire de la France un champion de la révolution numérique) (April 2015). He was also part of the task force for Digital and Higher Education: Connect yourselves! (Enseignement supérieur et numérique : connectez-vous !) (June 2017) and is the author of the study For a Digital New Deal (February 2013).Gilles Babinet has set up numerous companies in diverse domains like consultancy (Absolut), construction (Escalada Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave) and co-creation (Eyeka). He was the first to chair the National Council on digital technology between April 2011 and April 2012. He is now its Co-president. He was named "Digital Champion" for the European Commission in June 2012 and was therefore the French representative to the European Commission on the issues of education and inclusion linked to digital technology.PublicationsReportOctober 2021Innovation: France's Got TalentHow can France become a leader in innovation?ReportApril 2020French Youth: Online and ExposedTen proposals for teaching and supporting young people in their digital habits, and encouraging responsible behavior online.ReportApril 2015Big Data and the Internet of Things01/20/2023Digital Technologies: Inadequacy of the Higher Education and Innovation Eco... Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 01/05/2023Europe's Risky Specialization Away from Digital Technologies Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 12/05/2022Digital Tech: Europe's Growing Gap in Eight Charts Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 01/17/2022Zooming in On French Digital Technologies Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 03/24/2021The Environmental Impact and Potential of Digital Technology Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 02/17/2021Digital Markets Act: Is the European Union Taking the Lead? Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 10/26/2020Environment: What Big Data and Machine Learning Have to Offer Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 09/18/2020Digital Services Act: Moderating Content and Protecting Minors Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 03/31/2020The French Government on Digital - Mid-Term Evaluation Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 01/28/2020Information Technology: The Dystopian Decade Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 10/14/2019Connected Campuses: Connect to Reconnect Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 09/24/2019Is Now the Time for a Europe of Innovation? Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 06/24/2019Seen in China: The Control of Innovation Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 06/21/2019Seen in China: Control and Social Norms Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 06/20/2019Seen in China: the Huawei Case Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 03/04/2019The End of Nation States? Part 4: What Post-Westphalian World in the Age of... Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 02/26/2019The End of Nation States? Part 3: The Taxation and Local Influence of Meta-... Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 01/21/2019The End of Nation States? Part 2, Meta-Platforms for the Common Good Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 11/27/2018The End of Nation States? Part 1: Technology-Induced Sovereignty Transfers Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 04/24/2018Artificial Intelligence: To Be or Not to Be a Leader? Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues 01/15/2018Europe and the Digital Single Market: What Next? Gilles Babinet Former Advisor on Digital Issues