Jean PARIÈS graduated from the French National School of Civil Aviation, then joined the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), dealing with air safety regulations. In 1990, he joined the French Air Accidents Investigation Bureau (BEA) as Deputy Head where he led the investigation into the Mont Saint-Odile Accident, 1992. In 1994, he left the BEA to be a founding member – and then the President - of Dédale SAS, a company set in Paris and Melbourne (Australia), addressing the HF of safety in high risk activities (aviation, nuclear, energy networks, railways, hospitals…). From 2000 to 2004, he was also an Associate Research Director with the CNRS. On the 1st of January 2020, he joined the Institut pour une Culture de la Sécurité Industrielle (ICSI) and the Fondation pour une Culture de la Sécurité Industrielle (FONCSI) as the Scientific Director.