Mr. Nicolas Gouze has an engineer’s degree in optronics from the University Paris XI and studied Innovation Management at the University of Valenciennes (France). Since 2004 he is highly involved in the European activities of the VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH in Berlin.

Nicolas is participating in the strategic activities of the Working Group on Healthy Living of EPoSS, the European Technology Platform for Smart Systems Integration and is notably contributing in the writing of several strategic papers and roadmaps as well as in supporting the integration of (end-)users’ requirements into Research and Innovation Priorities.

Furthermore he is involved in several EU-funded Coordination and Support Actions along two major axis: fostering the transfer of innovative technologies into healthcare products and underpinning digitalisation in a wide range of application sectors.

In this regard, he is currently acting as the co-coordinator of the 5E project, which analysed the current European ecosystems in Nanoelectronics, Electronic Smart Systems, and Flexible, Organic and Printed Electronics and developed a joint vision and several recommendations to position electronics as a key enabler for a green digital future.