Grenoble (France) 2007

Plenary sessions

How to communicate with and influence political institutions?
Sheree Anne Kelly, Director, Public affairs council, Washington DC, USA
Louise Simpson, Managing Partner, The knowledge Partnership, UK
Jorma Laakkonen, Communications director, University Communications, University of Helsinki, Finland

How to communicate with and influence the business community?
Thierry Grange, Dean of Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Pierre Page, Founder and Ceo of the TKS Group (a company of TATA consultancy services), France
Nic Mitchell, Press and Public Relations Manager, University of Teesside, UK

How to communicate with and influence young minds and future scientists?
Dianne Stilwell, Public Relations Manager, Institute of Physics, London, UK
Matteo Merzagora, freelance science journalist, TRACES – Advisors in science communication, Paris, France
Karin Carlsson, Head of Information Office, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

How to communicate with and influence the media?
Alan Thomson, News Editor, Times Higher Education Supplement, UK
Ivor Gaber, University of London, UK
Paolo Pomati, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Italy

Workshops

Communicating with companies
Dieter Leonhard, President of the Franco-German University
Alessandro Ciarlo, Director of Career Service and Alumni Relations, Deputy Director of Development and External Relations, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy

Innovate marketing towards international recruitment
Matt Symonds, director of QS, UK
Damien Roux Director, Promotion & International Development EM LYON Grande Ecole, France

Science at school – science for the children
Michael Seiffert, Head of Public Relations department, University of Tübingen, Germany
Colin Wilkinson, Sector Manager – Engineering, North East Higher Skills Network, University of Teesside, UK

Adapting press relations to different countries
Mary Zaccai, International Press Officer Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
Eoin Bedford, Press and Pr Manager, Imperial college, London, Tanaka Business School, UK

Communicating with women
Amelia Lake, Research Fellow, University of Newcastle, UK
Beckie Lang, External Affairs Officer and Press Officer, Association for the Study of Obesity, UK

La communication événementielle au service de la science
Marie Collin, Communication office rat INRIA, the national institute for research in computer science and control, France
Monique Mizart, Communications officer at Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon, France

How to effectively promote an innovative local environment to attract researchers?
Catherine Blanc, Project Manager, Promotion, AEPI (Agence d’Etudes et de Promotion de l’Isère) , France
Pedro Olivas, responsable de la communication Grenoble Universités, France

Fundraising
Yaëlle Aferiat, Director of the “Association Française des Fundraisers”, France
Monique Rubichon, Head of Communication at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Paris, France

Ethics in public relations
Philip Young, senior Lecturer in Public Relations specialist, University of Sunderland, UK
Albert Hamm, Professor in English Linguistics, University Marc Bloch in Strasbourg, France

Science on the street
Ingeborg Dirdal, communication consultant, University of Stavanger, Norway
Joachim Lerch, President of the Foundation “Science and technologie”, active member of the European Science Event Association

New trend in communication
Michael Murtough, Head of Bussiness Development, Research Media, University of Warwick, UK

Research in the media
Judith Moore, Press officer, Home Office, UK
Ivor Gaber, Media consultant and trainer, broadcaster and journalist professor, University of London, UK

National initiatives to promote science and research at large (in French only)
Grégoire Polet, deskman, Brussels Studies, (online scientific rewiew), Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis , Belgium
Andrei Mogoutov, Editor in Chief, Technology Review France

Lobbying – How to influence your political government
Sheree Anne Kelly, Director, Public affairs Council, Washington DC, USA
Florent Got, Communications Manager, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France