THE WORLD INNOVATION FORUM SPEAKERS

AND PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

(list as of 6 november 1998)

THE FOLLOWING LIST OF THE SPEAKERS WILL BE COMPLETED WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DIFFERENT FOLLOWING COUNTRIES AMONG
WHICH : POLITICAL ADVISORS, SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, BUSINESS LEADERS,
FINANCIERS : BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, THE UNITED-SATES,
FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, HUNGARY, ICELAND, ISTAEL, ITALY,
JAPAN, LATVIA, MEXICO, NORWAY, QUEBEC, RUMANIA, RUSSIA, SWEDEN,
THE UNITED KINGDOM, VENEZUELA

et LA COMMISSION EUROPEENNE / and THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

This list under indicates the speakers already known, taking the printing time into consideration.
It will be completed within the next weeks and the fuller informations will be given in the Web Site.

DETAILS CONCERNING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF
THE WORLD INNOVATION FORUM

Click here to see the details concerning opening ceremony


SPEAKERS OF THE WORLD INNOVATION FORUM

Click here to see the programme giving details of specific themes
and half -days as well as precise time of talks (word document)

Among the WORLD INNOVATION FORUM programme committee, some members will also be speakers :

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (M. CATINAT, Advisor of the Director Executive III)
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY (France) (Didier LOMBARD, Industrial Strategies Executive Manager, GrŽgoire POSTEL-VINAY, Chief of the Industrial Strategies Observatory)
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (France) (Pascal COLOMBANI, Technology Director)
BELGIUM EMBASSY (M. LOOS, Trade Adviser - Brussels - Capital region, R.ÊDEWUFFEL-DESSART, Trade Adviser for the Walloon region, E. ROEDLANDT, Trade Adviser for the Flemish region)
CHINA EMBASSY (L. HUO, Scientific Advisor, J. QIU, First Secretary)
ESTHONIA (H. ANNUKA, Economic and Trade Attaché)
HUNGARY EMBASSY (Z. KRASZNAI, Science and Technology Advisor)
ISRAEL EMBASSY (B. RAZ, Science Advisor)
JAPAN EMBASSY (S. ITAKURA, First Secretary Responsible for Scientific Affairs)
RUSSIA (Prof. G. V. KOZLOV, First Deputy Minister, Dr Valeri P. AVTONOMOV, Head Division of S&T Innovation Infrastructure, MINISTRY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, E. PETROVITCHEF, Scientific Attaché)
SWEDEN EMBASSY (B. CARSTAM, Science and Technology Advisor)
UNITED KINGDOM EMBASSY (A. HOLT, First Secretary)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EMBASSY (A. ROCK, Science Advisor)
OECD (C. STEVENS, Head of Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry)
André LEBEAU (Professor, CNAM)
Alain POMPIDOU (Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Professor of Medicine, COCHIN INSTITUTE, Chairman of the STOA PANEL (Scientific and Technological Options Assessment for the European Parliament)
ADIT (P. CADUC, Managing Director)
AEROSPATIALE (J. BALAZARD, Advisor to the President) AFIC (M.A. PENINON, General Delegate) (venture capital) ANVAR (P. JURGENSEN, CEO)
BERTIN (H. MARTRE, President of the Invilgilation Board, P. DEMIGNE, President of the Board, Jean BRETON, Secretary, Collge Scientifique et Technique)
J.M. DESCARPENTRIES, Director, BULL
CADAS (M. LAVALOU, President)
CAP GEMINI (F. BEHR, Executive Manager)
CDC PARTICIPATIONS (P. NGUYEN, Managing Director)
ASSEMBLY OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (J.P.ÊNOURY, President)
CHAUSSON FINANCE (J.D. CORNILLOT, Executive Manager)
CNES (G. RIVIERE, Associate Manager - Toulouse Center)
CONFERENCE DES GRANDES ECOLES and the ECOLE DES MINES (J. LEVY, President)
CNISF - FRENCH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS - (G.ÊRUTMAN, President) CONFERENCE DES PRESIDENTS D'UNIVERSITE
DATAR (J.L. GUIGOU, Executive Manager)
Donny STROSBERG (Professor, CNRS, COCHIN INSTITUTE)
DELEGATION GENERALE POUR L'ARMEMENT (MINISTRY OF DEFENCE) (H.DUCHAUSSOY, Chief of the Promotion Innovation Technologies Department)
DELEGATION GENERALE DU QUEBEC (Rita POULIN, Responsible for Scientific, Technological and Social Relations, E.ÊDUFLOS, Economic Issues AttachŽ, B.ÊKOCH, Adviser in Scientific, Technical and Social Relations)
AX - ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE ALUMINI ASSOCIATION - GROUPE X ACTION (J.BOUTTES, President, President ESTACA)
EDF (J-P CHAUSSADE, Advisor to the General Direction)
FEDERATION SYNTEC (E. HAYAT, President)
FRANCE TELECOM (M. TREHEUX, Chief of Development Department)
FRENCH ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE (J.F. SAGLIO, President)
IdVectoR (P. MARUANI, CEO)
INPI (D. HANGARD, Managing Director)
INVEST IN FRANCE NETWORK (M. VIGER, Advisor to the President)
OLLIVIER PARTNERS (P. OLLIVIER, Partner)
PARIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
PARIS DEVELOPPEMENT (P. BOUVIER, Scientific Director)
PARIS ILE DE FRANCE ECONOMIC CAPITAL (J. TAILLARDAT, General Delegate)
PLATEAU DE SACLAY DISTRICT (D. GUYOT-SIONNEST, Managing Director)
REGIONAL COUNCIL OF THE ILE DE FRANCE
STIBBE SIMONT MONAHAN DUHOT & GIROUX (O. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law)
SUEZ LYONNAISE (T. CHAMBOLLE, Director General Delegate - J. DOYEN, Director of Technology)
THOMSON CSF (E. SPITZ, Advisor of the President, Chairman of THOMSON LCD, Member of the French Engineering Academy (CADAS), Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Member of the Optical Society of America
UATI - INTERNATIONAL UNION OF TECHNICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS (C. VAN BEGIN, General Secretary and N. MURATI, Associate General Secretary)
UNESCO - INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ASSOCIATIONS AND TECHNICAL ORGANISATIONS (G. BABINET, Technical Advisor)
UNISYS FRANCE (J. LASSIGNARDIE, Managing Director)
VILLE DE PARIS
VIVENDI (J-P. TARDIEU, Associate Director for development)
WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERS ORGANISATIONS (WFEO) (P.E. de BOIGNE, Executive Director,
J.W. POIROT, President, ComTech (Committee on Transfer, Sharing and Assessment of Technology, Chairman Emeritus, CHEMHILL)