The project has officially been launched in presence of
- Nicolas Lebas, vice-president in charge of Higher education and Research in the region Haut de France,
- Philippe Rollet, president of the Sciences and technology university of Lille,
- Fabienne Blaise, president of the Life sciences university of Lille,
- Xavier Vandendriessch, president of the Law, Sport and Medecine university of Lille,
- Françoise Paillous, local representative of CNRS for the region Hauts de France,
- Jean-François Tassin, assistant director of CNRS for the region Hauts de France,
- Stéphane Leleu, local representative of Reserarch & Technology
- Alexandre Legris, director of the Unit Materials and Transformations (UMET)
- Bernard Fontaine, directeur de l’École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL)