'The Science|Business Roundtable - a dialogue to bridge the gap'

A high-level meeting of academia, industry and government, organized by Science|Business, hosted by ParisTech

If Europe's economy is to prosper into the 21st Century, it needs to get more ideas out of its famous university labs and into its commercial markets.

Science|Business, a media company formed to report on and facilitate that vital process, on 7 March organized a high-level meeting of leaders in academia, industry and government, hosted by ParisTech, the association of France's Grandes Écoles in science and technology, at the Écoles des Mines de Paris, and sponsored by Microsoft Corp. The aim: to help bridge the gap between public lab and private market in Europe. It was a rare event to air the problems, analyze solutions, and conclude in a statement of recommendations to governments, for publication. Our goal: To promote enterprise in science.

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Attendees

• Pierre Avenas, research delegate, ParisTech
• Katja Finger Avenstam, Director of Strategic Marketing, Chalmers
• Friedrich Bornikoel, managing partner for the IT group, TVM
• Alain Bravo, Supelec director
• Johan Carlsten, vice-rector, Chalmers
• Stanley Crossick, founding chairman, The European Policy Centre
• Andrew Dearing, secretary-general, European Industrial Research Managers Association
• David Delpy, vice-provost, University College London
• Gabriel de Nomazy, Vice-président exécutif de ParisTech, former general director, École Polytechnique
• Marc Goldberg, Managing Partner, Occam Capital
• Elmar Husmann, managing consultant, IBM Business Consulting
• Shirley Jamieson, director external relations, Cambridge Enterprise
• Mats Lundqvist, Director, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship, Center for Intellectual Property Studies
• Konrad Osterwalder, rector, ETH-Zurich
• Denis Payre, co-founder, Business Objects; chairman Kiala.be
• Leo Petrus, Chief Scientist Bio-Science, Shell Global Solutions
• Prof. Riccardo Pietrabissa, Politecnico di Milano, vice Rector and Deputy Rector for
• Technology Transfer
• John Porter, chairman, Telos Group
• Felicitas Riedl, technology transfer, European Investment Fund
• Simon Rendell, senior IP partner, Osborne & Clarke
• Herwig Schlögl, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
• Carl Johan Sundberg, Karolinska Institutet, 2005 winner EU Descartes Prize
• Franck Tetaz, IP partner, Cabinet Regimbeau
• Bernard Vergnes, chairman emeritus, Microsoft Europe
• Pascal Viginier, Executive Director, Research & Development, France Telecom
• Colin Wyatt, development director, Imperial College London
• John Wyles, partner, Gplus Europe
• I.T. Young, chairman, computer and imaging departments, TU Delft

With thanks for the support of this Roundtable to: