Jean-Yves Donnart began his career in 1997, during the last year of his PhD thesis, in the French SME MASA to develop the Artificial Intelligence tools of this company and to design its first Modelling & Simulation assets, especially for the military domain. He joined Thales Training & Simulation in 2005, where he applied his knowledge in the fields of M&S, AI and Serious Gaming, managing or participating in several French and European R&T projects for almost 20 years, and in particular advanced studies for the French MoD. He is recognized in Thales Group as an AI expert, and frequently participates to the evaluation of R&T projects for the French collaborative cluster "Cap Digital".