Katherine Maillet retired January 1st, 2025. Her career in higher education spans 45 years, covering teaching, research and orchestration. Among former her former responsibilities, she was Director of International Relations at Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Director of the Foreign Language and Humanities Department at Institut Mines-Télécom Business School, project manager for R&D in TEL, President of EATEL. Katherine is a co-founder of the JTEL Summer School and the ECTEL Doctoral Consortium launched in 2005 and 2006, respectively.