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IMREDD

Mediterranean Institute of Risk,
Environment and
Sustainable Development

Innovation and Partnerships Institute

“Smart territory, risk management and prevention”

About us

Innovation Explorers: crafting inclusive and efficient solutions for the territories of the future

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New IMREDD Building >>

Inauguration in February 2020
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IMREDD is an Institute of Innovation and Partnerships (2IP) created in January 2020 which is interested in a societal challenge: the intelligent and resilient territory facing all environmental issues.

Its activities are based on four Strategic Activity Areas (SAAs): energy through the issues of intelligent buildings/neighbourhoods, mobility, risks, the environment and, in a transversal manner, human beings. The philosophical, ethical, safety, well-being, behavioural and usage aspects are at the heart of smart city projects.

IMREDD’s mission, in connection with industry, is to promote partnership research/transfer actions, to create educational and training programmes and to encourage expertise and innovation in companies in the field of economic development and job creation. It expresses its potential in its ability to encourage the emergence and development of projects aimed at understanding existing solutions, new needs and future prospects. In each strategic area of activity, its action consists of the identification of areas of innovation and the integration of expertise from the academic and business worlds.

Founded in 2015 by the former President of the University, Frédérique Vidal, today Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, IMREDD has achieved the objectives of its development plan in just a few years: the implementation of an engineering capacity, either simple or combined, depending on the nature of the projects, with the expertise of the research laboratories in response to a request from companies. Multiple and varied partnership research actions involving private and public partners. Training courses that meet international standards, allowing for targeted and customised continuing education of the highest quality. Finally, an open collaborative technological platform called the “Smart City Innovation Centre” which encourages experimentation, accompanies and supports innovative sectors by opening up the possibility of conducting trials, tests and prototypes.

Located in the Plaine du Var eco-valley, in the heart of the Nice Meridia eco-neighbourhood, IMREDD has integrated its Totem building, a precursor of future designs and technologies, at the start of the 2020 academic year.

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Urban management has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. Cities produce 80% of CO2 emissions and concentrate 3/4 of the energy needs of the planet. The goal of smart cities is to better manage the city and make it more pleasant for its inhabitants, its economic actors and its visitors.
Thus, IMREDD has the ambition of building the mediterranean city of tomorrow.

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Our district >>

The future ecocampus of the Plaine du Var, at the heart of the urban technopole Nice Meridia
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Strategic Areas

4 axes of development

Environment

pollution | climate change | air quality | particles | pollen | impact on health | noise | waste | water treatment

Risk

territory | resilience | climate change | natural risks and disasters | floods | landslides | earthquakes | tsunamis

Energy

energy transition | smart district | smart grid | climate change | renewable energies | positive energy building

Mobility

multimodality | dynamic ride-sharing | car sharing | connected vehicles | autonomous vehicles | electromobility

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IMREDD in numbers

Staff

Direction

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Pr Emmanuel TRIC

IMREDD Director

Paulo MOURA_site

Paulo MOURA

Deputy Director – Innovation

Laurence 2021

Laurence NELIS-BLANC

IMREDD and Reference Centers
Administrative Director

Innovation and transfer projects engineer

DP

Damienne PROVITOLO

Deputy Director – Science

Expertise & Innovation

SAsalde

Sandra ASALDE DEL RIO

Energy Systems Engineer

AAli

Aya ALY

Engineer – Spatial Analysis and A.I. applied to urbanism

Modele Equipe

Benoit COURAUD

Smart Home – Energy engineer

PD1

Paul DAELMAN

Embedded Systems Engineer

Fd

Franck DECHAVANNE

Software engineer

Ay
Azeddine EL YOUSSFI

Data Scientist – Business intelligence 

MNafkha

Mehdi NAFKHA

Data Scientist – Business intelligence 

RPennucci

Roberta PENNUCCI, PhD

Partnership and scientific animation officer

PR

Patrick RANARIMAHEFA

Geomatician

Yann Rozier

Yann ROZIER

Climate Change and Ecological Transition Project Manager

ESahyoun

Eliesh SAHYOUN

Urbanism and Future Habitat Engineer

Engineering & Maker

Dr Arnaud ZENERINO

Dr Arnaud ZENERINO

Development engineer,
Smart City Innovation Center

L DASILVA

Liliane DA SILVA

Administrative and Financial
management Assistant

Ludovic Desvarennes

Ludovic DESVARENNES

Technical Sales Engineer

Additive Manufacturing and Materials

Modele Equipe

Robert KULCZYCKI

Operations technician,
Smart City Innovation Center

Education

Ac

Arianna CALZA

Continuing education Officer

SSeb 2

Sarah SEBIR

International Admissions
and Student Affairs Manager

MSc Engineers for Smart Cities

Modele Equipe

Solen COZIC

Documentalist, Coordinator of Research Services

Cj

Camille JEANNE

In charge of communication and administration

of  GEDD Master programme

Communication and Diffusion

Dme

Dimitri MЕTОDIЕV

Multimedia developer

AB3

Antonio BARROS

Internal Communications and Environment Officer

Assistance

Cc2

Claire COURTOISIER

Adjointe administrative

APerri

Alexandre PERRI

Technical Resources Referent

VFiorentino

Vincent FIORENTINO

Logistics and Reception

IMREDD

Mediterranean Institute of Risk,
Environment and
Sustainable Development

Innovation and Partnerships Institute

« Smart Territory »

About us

Innovation Explorers: crafting inclusive and efficient solutions for the territories of the future

IMREDD is an Institute of Innovation and Partnerships (2IP) created in January 2020 which is interested in a societal challenge: the intelligent and resilient territory facing all environmental issues.

Its activities are based on four Strategic Activity Areas (SAAs): energy through the issues of intelligent buildings/neighbourhoods, mobility, risks, the environment and, in a transversal manner, human beings. The philosophical, ethical, safety, well-being, behavioural and usage aspects are at the heart of smart city projects.

IMREDD’s mission, in connection with industry, is to promote partnership research/transfer actions, to create educational and training programmes and to encourage expertise and innovation in companies in the field of economic development and job creation. It expresses its potential in its ability to encourage the emergence and development of projects aimed at understanding existing solutions, new needs and future prospects. In each strategic area of activity, its action consists of the identification of areas of innovation and the integration of expertise from the academic and business worlds.

Founded in 2015 by the former President of the University, Frédérique Vidal, today Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, IMREDD has achieved the objectives of its development plan in just a few years: the implementation of an engineering capacity, either simple or combined, depending on the nature of the projects, with the expertise of the research laboratories in response to a request from companies. Multiple and varied partnership research actions involving private and public partners. Training courses that meet international standards, allowing for targeted and customised continuing education of the highest quality. Finally, an open collaborative technological platform called the “Smart City Innovation Centre” which encourages experimentation, accompanies and supports innovative sectors by opening up the possibility of conducting trials, tests and prototypes.

Located in the Plaine du Var eco-valley, in the heart of the Nice Meridia eco-neighbourhood, IMREDD has integrated its Totem building, a precursor of future designs and technologies, at the start of the 2020 academic year.

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Urban management has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. Cities produce 80% of CO2 emissions and concentrate 3/4 of the energy needs of the planet. The goal of smart cities is to better manage the city and make it more pleasant for its inhabitants, its economic actors and its visitors.
Thus, IMREDD has the ambition of building the mediterranean city of tomorrow.

4 axes of development

Risques

Risks

Energie

Energy

Mobilité

Mobility

IMREDD in numbers

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Future building

Future building

Opening in september 2020
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Dr Eric DUMETZ

IMREDD Director

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