The IMA, Innovation Makers Alliance, is the main French-speaking technological consortium, bringing together the technological and innovation departments of the vast majority of large French companies and administrations. Organized as an association under the 1901 law, the IMA brings together all digital leaders to accelerate and federate technological projects between major accounts, ETIs and administrations
The board of directors and all members of the IMA are Digital Decision-Makers. All content as well as the majority of events are reserved for members. It is the assurance of authentic points of view and sharing
The IMA produces deliverables and content all year round: 15 white papers published per year, dozens of working group meetings, collections of inspiring use cases, dozens of questions asked on the mutual aid forum or new startups referenced each month, and multiple additional content (videos, webinars, etc.)
After creating CRiP in 2008, an association bringing together IT infrastructure and production managers, which now includes 350 organizations and 10,000 members, I realized that there was still no group that was truly independent of suppliers allowing all strategic and operational managers of technological transformation Major Groups, ETI and French-speaking Administrations to come together to share their best practices, accelerate their innovative projects and federate collective intelligence in favor of technological innovation.
So I created The Innovations Makers Alliance (IMA) in 2015, technological consortium, to meet the following challenges:
1. Bringing together all strategic and operational managers of technological innovation in business (Directions: DSI, Innovation, Digital, Data, Data, Data, Transformation, R&D, Jobs) in a circle of trust, independent of suppliers
2. Federate initiatives between Member Organizations to accelerate Time-to-Market, reduce engagement risks and optimize technology budgets
3. Open minds and allow inspiration of our members by introducing them to the work of their peers and the global ecosystem of tech partners, evaluated and recommended by their peers
4. enable access to all digital decision-makers member organizations, regardless of their department (DSI, innovation, professions, etc.), to the services of the IMA thanks to a single and modest contribution (for such a large consortium), a “no brainer”
5. Organizing the collective work of members on technological developments and new uses so that they can be a source of proposals for professions
The IMA immediately joined forces with ITIforums, our historical and strategic partner (in charge of managing the consortium, content, events, and partner relationships), our historical and strategic partner., based on a simple concept and a “Win Win” model that still exists today. It is thanks to this partnership that the IMA can organize quality events and always produce more added value for its members.
C’est grâce à ce partenariat que l’IMA peut organiser des événements de qualité et produire toujours d’avantage de valeur ajoutée pour ses membres.
As you know, there are a lot of private and public initiatives around innovation and technologies... Especially to help startups: by incubating them, by helping them to benefit from public funding...But the IMA is unique, because the IMA focuses on the contrary on helping large companies and administrations, and this in a non-thematic way (we deal with all tech topics) and open to all tech departments and professions. I think we are bringing Something different and complementary, both for companies and administrations as well as for tech partners, by accelerating technological projects within our member organizations, and by helping them in their selection of partners.
This tremendous summary of collective intelligence did not exist and still does not exist elsewhere. that can be found at the IMA, produced by more than 8307 decision-makers in charge of the technological transformation of their companies, or initiatives which allows, as we do, to co-experiment and co-produce between large groups, nor platforms allowing the honest sharing of successes but also failures, so that everyone can benefit from the past experiences of others.
These are the ingredients that make the IMA successful and allow it to constantly grow and make its members ever more efficient in their jobs. Today, with more than 8307 members and more than 121 member organizations, including 3/4 of the CAC 40 and most major ministries, the IMA is now a incredible driver of the French digital and technological ecosystem, an extremely efficient consortium providing all its members with sharing high value-added content and allowing its ecosystem of partners direct access to the key decision-makers of the largest groups and administrations.
Thank you for your loyalty and your contribution!
Welcome to the IMA website,The association 'Innovation Makers Alliance', the main French consortium of digital departments, brings together all the players in technological innovation in companies and administrations. Our association is here to bring you inspiration, acceleration of your projects, risk reduction and optimization of budgets of experimentation.At the IMA, we are convinced that the value lies in bringing new technologies together with the ambitions of the company's businesses. It is important to make this connection in both directions:
1. Let's continue to adopt cutting-edge technologies, by involving businesses very quickly to optimize their implementation and performance.
2. Let's work creatively with users to imagine the services of tomorrow and then find the technologies that allow us to turn these ideas into reality
Businesses are facing numerous challenges related to technology: competition with GAFAs, digitalization of processes, partnerships with startups, etc. IT departments often take a defensive approach to these changes. : avoid Shadow IT, manage Legacy, budget and production while supporting business demands.
I am convinced that all those responsible for the technological transformation of their company have a major role as agents of change to help their company adapt. to this new competitive environment and move towards an offensive advantage mode.
However, the IMA is perfectly in line with this perspective: not only we help the success of innovative technological projects, but we also have an impact on the innovative culture of the entire company, from the director to the expert. And it is through this long-term paradigm shift that we will move from incentive innovation approaches to intrinsic innovation at all levels of the organization.
The IMA must help you in this transformation. Our philosophy is based on exchanges between peers around concrete cases:
• The network allows innovation peers to meet, on our social network, or during our events
• Agnostic, high value-added content is produced at each event and working group, and available 24 hours a day on our digital platform
• The mutual support forum allows you to benefit from advice from your peers, to be inspired by their use cases and to learn from their successes and failures
• The consortium also makes it possible to pool monitoring, joint projects, and experiments between member organizations
The IMA was tailor-made to meet the needs of actors ('Makers') in technological innovation, wherever they are in their company.
I want our services — available to all employees of member companies at a single membership cost — to make you more effective in your daily roles and activities.
I wish you a pleasant visit to our site and full of success in the innovative transformation of your businesses.
Representative members undertake to:
Accelerating and Supporting the Technological Development of French Businesses and Administrations
In a rapidly changing world, where technological advances are constantly redefining economic and organizational models, the Innovation Makers Alliance is positioned as the strategic catalyst for innovation and digital transformation of large French-speaking companies and administrations. We believe in technology at the service of collective progress, where innovation is not limited to a quest for technical excellence, but becomes a lever for competitiveness, resilience and sovereignty for companies and institutions.
Le monde entre dans une nouvelle phase de l’histoire technologique.
L’IA générative, l’IA agentique et bientôt l'IA décisionnelle, ne se contentent plus d’assister les individus ou d’automatiser certaines tâches : elles deviennent progressivement une infrastructure de pouvoir, capable d’influencer les décisions, les économies, les organisations et, demain, potentiellement les sociétés elles-mêmes.
Dans le même temps, les équilibres géopolitiques évoluent rapidement. Les grandes puissances technologiques renforcent leur contrôle sur leurs infrastructures numériques, leurs données et leurs écosystèmes d’innovation. Les marchés se structurent de plus en plus autour de blocs technologiques concurrents, et la circulation des technologies devient un enjeu stratégique.
Dans ce contexte, la maîtrise des technologies numériques n’est plus seulement un enjeu économique ou d’innovation. Elle devient un enjeu de souveraineté stratégique et de survie à long terme d'une nation.
Dans ce nouvel environnement, l’Europe doit impérativement renforcer sa capacité à maîtriser ses technologies clés et à structurer son propre écosystème d’innovation.
Les technologies numériques – et en particulier l’intelligence artificielle – constituent probablement les instruments de puissance les plus structurants de la seconde moitié du XXIᵉ siècle, au moins aussi déterminants que certaines capacités industrielles ou militaires traditionnelles. Elles façonneront la compétitivité même des entreprises, l’efficacité des administrations, mais aussi la capacité d’influence et de résilience de nos sociétés.
C’est dans cet esprit que s’inscrit l’action de l’Innovation Makers Alliance (IMA).
L’IMA agit comme un collectif de place, indépendant et opérationnel, au service de la compétitivité des organisations, de la souveraineté technologique et de la création de valeur par les usages. Son ambition est de faire converger technologie, métiers et stratégie, en privilégiant l’action collective plutôt que les approches isolées.
Une alliance d'organisations pour le bien commun, basée sur une infrastructure de coopération technologique
LIMA vise à structurer une véritable alliance technologique entre les grandes organisations françaises (et européennes), afin de mieux connecter leurs besoins technologiques avec l’écosystème d’innovation européen.
Cette ambition repose sur plusieurs leviers structurants.
Mutualiser l’intelligence collective sur les startups technologiques et l'évaluation des innovations
Les grandes organisations testent chaque année des centaines de startups, souvent de manière isolée. Ces expérimentations génèrent une connaissance précieuse, mais encore trop fragmentée.
LIMA a vocation à organiser un système de référencement et d’évaluation partagé, permettant aux organisations membres de mutualiser leurs retours d’expérience sur les technologies testées.
Ce peer-rating technologique permettra d’identifier plus rapidement les startups et solutions les plus pertinentes, de réduire les risques d’expérimentation et d’accélérer l’adoption de technologies européennes prometteuses.
Ouvrir et rendre vraiment visibles les besoins technologiques des organisations
Un second pilier consiste à créer une plateforme permettant de centraliser les besoins technologiques des grandes organisations et des administrations.
L’objectif est de rendre visibles les projets et les besoins d’innovation, notamment dans cette zone souvent sous-exploitée des commandes technologiques – entre quelques centaines de milliers d’euros et quelques millions – qui échappent souvent aux grands appels d’offres structurés.
En ouvrant ces besoins à l’ensemble de l’écosystème européen, l'IMA vise à offrir aux startups françaises et européennes une visibilité équitable sur les opportunités de collaboration avec les grandes organisations, tout en facilitant l’accès des entreprises et des administrations aux innovations les plus pertinentes.
Multiplier les rencontres entre offre technologique et besoins métiers
Au-delà des outils numériques, l’innovation repose aussi sur la rencontre humaine.
L'IMA organisera ainsi de nombreux événements, meet-ups et rencontres sectorielles permettant de connecter directement les offreurs technologiques européens avec les organisations adhérentes.
Ces rencontres visent à accélérer la découverte de solutions souveraines et à favoriser l’émergence de collaborations concrètes entre startups, grands groupes et administrations.
Accompagner activement la transformation des organisations
Enfin, l’IMA souhaite renforcer l’accompagnement de ses adhérents.
Au-delà de la diffusion de contenus, d’études ou de retours d’expérience, LIMA développera des formats plus opérationnels : sessions d’acculturation, ateliers de transformation, conseil et accompagnement stratégique et partage de pratiques entre pairs.
L’objectif est d’aider les organisations à passer plus rapidement de la réflexion à l’action, en identifiant les technologies pertinentes, en structurant leurs projets et en accélérant leur maturité technologique.
Une dynamique collective orientée vers l’impact
L’IMA repose avant tout sur une conviction simple : aucune organisation ne peut relever seule les défis technologiques qui s’annoncent.
La transformation numérique et l’émergence de nouvelles technologies – intelligence artificielle, data spaces, architectures numériques, robotique, nouvelles interfaces ou nouveaux modèles organisationnels – imposent des réponses collectives, structurées et durables.
C’est pourquoi l’IMA agit comme un collectif d’acteurs engagés, réunissant entreprises, administrations et experts autour d’une ambition commune.
À travers ses événements, ses Do Tanks et ses publications, l’IMA favorise la diffusion des bonnes pratiques, des retours d’expérience concrets et des approches opérationnelles.
Elle développe également des alliances avec les grandes instances professionnelles et sectorielles – IA, startups, relation client, fonctions support, industrie, services, secteur public, etc. – afin d’accélérer ensemble la transformation numérique des grands métiers de l’entreprise.
Contribuer au bien commun
Fidèle à ses valeurs fondatrices, et contrairement à d'autres initiatives qui peuvent sembler parfois privilégier l'entre-soi et l'adversité, l’IMA agit avant tout pour le bien commun, et se veut un catalyseur ouvert, comme ses nombreux partenariats et actions concrètes en attestent.
Elle partage largement les travaux issus de ses Do Tanks et de ses livres blancs, collabore avec un maximum d'acteurs et d'institutions, et contribue activement au débat public sur les grands enjeux technologiques, économiques et sociétaux.
L’IMA défend une innovation responsable, éthique et durable, au service des entreprises, des territoires et des citoyens.
Car au-delà des technologies elles-mêmes, l’enjeu est clair : faire en sorte que la révolution numérique et l’intelligence artificielle renforcent la prospérité, l’autonomie et la résilience de la France et de l’Europe.
C’est dans cet esprit que je me permets de vous souhaiter une superbe année dans vos réalisations technologiques et projets innovants. C’est dans cet esprit également que je fais appel à l’ensemble de nos organisations adhérentes pour porter ce message d’unité et de défense des intérêts stratégiques technologiques français et européens.
Nous restons, comme toujours, à votre soutien pour vous accompagner dans l’ensemble de vos innovations et développements technologiques.
Cordialement,
Christophe Grosbost
Chief Strategy Officer
Innovation Makers Alliance
Dans un monde en mutation rapide, où les avancées technologiques redéfinissent sanscesse les modèles économiques et organisationnels, l’Innovation Makers Alliance sepositionne comme le catalyseur stratégique de l’innovation et de la transformationnumérique des grandes entreprises et administrations francophones. Nous croyons en une technologie au service du progrès collectif, où l’innovation nese limite pas à une quête d’excellence technique, mais devient un levier de compétitivité,de résilience et de souveraineté pour les entreprises et les institutions.
• Transformer organizations by facilitating the adoption of new technologies, by aligning innovation with strategic and operational challenges, and by accelerating the development of skills of decision-makers and business teams.
• Connect a unique technological ecosystem where large groups, startups, academic and institutional players meet, to promote fruitful collaborations and structure a common momentum of innovation.
• Anticipate technological disruptions by developing strategic intelligence, identifying value-generating uses and providing an informed reading of emerging trends in order to guide technological decisions and strategies.
The IMA defends an approach to innovation that combines efficiency, ethics and societal impact. We are committed to promoting technologies that respect the principles of transparency, security, respect for individual freedoms and environmental and societal responsibility.
• Become a point of reference for dialogue between companies, startups and public institutions on technological issues.
• Contribute to the establishment of technological standards to guarantee innovation in line with the values and interests of member organizations.
• To be at the origin of structuring collective projects, promoting the pooling of efforts and the co-construction of innovative solutions for industry, services and administrations.
• Structuring the technological community to influence the strategic directions of innovation in France and Europe.
Thanks to its agnostic positioning, its independence from technological partners, its wide diversity of organizations and populations represented, and its transversality of the technological subjects dealt with, the AIM of the IMA is to:
1. Facilitate the sharing of knowledge, experiences and best practiceson technology topics by organizing working groups and think tanks, publishing white papers and use case books, organizing events that focus on sharing and learning, and facilitating technology demonstrations
2. Create a bridge between startups, innovative partners and member organizations to encourage collaboration and boost technological development
3. Promote synergies, joint initiatives, and the creation of common digital assets, through sharing and mutual assistance between member organizations
4. Help member organizations maximize the return on investment of their technological projects, and the reduction of their development risks and costs
5. Support the adoption of new technologies in businesses by analyzing trends, identifying best practices and use cases with a high business impact, and by supporting managers and teams in deploying technology in their organizations
6. Establishing strategic recommendationss in order to guide decisions around new technologies
7. Anticipate new trends and technological waves to prepare organizations for current and future transformations and to give them the means to build their strategic vision
8. Focus on responsible innovation contributing to a sustainable, ethical, reliable future, guided by democratic values, and sensitive to social, societal and environmental needs
9. Represent the technological decision-makers of the IMA with the technological ecosystem and public authorities
10. Promote technological and innovative wealth of its member organizations.
