The French Research and Innovation System in an Age of Reform

Friday 19 June, 4.45pm

FORUM ON INNOVATION

ACADEMIE DES TECHNOLOGIES - MFO - SAÏD BUSINESS SCHOOL

 'The French Research and Innovation System in an Age of Reform'

by Jacques Lesourne,

President of Futuris International,

Member of the National Academy of Technology,

Emeritus Professor, Chair of Industrial Economy at the CNAM

Former CEO of Le Monde, Jacques Lesourne is the author of several books among which: Les crises et le XXIe siècle, with Denis Randet (Odile Jacob, 2009),
La recherche et l'innovation en France (Futuris 2008/Odile Jacob), and  La recherche et l'innovation en France, (Futuris 2007/Odile Jacob).

Comments:

Prof. Steve WOOLGAR, Saïd Business School

Steve Woolgar is Professor of Marketing and Head of the Science and Technology Studies (STS) group at the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. In 2008 he was awarded the Bernal Prize. His numerous books include "Virtual Society? Technology, Cyberbole, Reality" (Oxford University Press, 2002) and "Laboratory Life: the Social Construction of Scientific Facts" (Sage, 1979), with Bruno Latour, which was translated into Chinese in 2006.

Convener : Muriel Le Roux, CNRS-MFO-Linacre College