I‘m a 🇨🇦🇫🇷 engineer entrepreneur passionate about creating value through collaboration. I've been involved in FOSS communities for 20 years. At Savoir-faire Linux, I develop strategic partnerships and contribute to the growth of our activities. I lead the collaboration with the Linux Foundation and LF Energy as well as our relations with our technology partners. I’m very committed to the development and success of the LF Energy SEAPATH project in which Savoir-faire Linux is very involved.

Laurent Boinot is America's Power & Utilities Industry Leader at Microsoft. In this role, Laurent is responsible for identifying trends, opportunities and use cases leveraging Microsoft and its partners to do more with less. Prior to his current role, Laurent worked in strategy consulting across four continents and built Europe’s first Massive Open Online Course company. He co-authored a paper in the International Journal of Sustainable Development on AI methods applied to assessment of environmental risk for World Bank projects. Laurent is a Chartered Accountant and earned a Master's in Public Administration at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.