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ICT 2008 Conference Programme

Day 1: Tuesday 25^th November 2008

Time	Session number	Conference sessions	Room
09.00-10.15	1	Opening of ICT 2008 Speakers: Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media Luc Chatel, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé de l'Industrie et de la Consommation, France Denis Ranque, CEO, Thales Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, France Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of Rhône-Alpes Region, France	Amphitheatre
10.15-11.00		Opening of the exhibition
11.00-12.30	2	Plenary: Setting the ICT Agenda for the Next Decade Video: English ; French interpretation Video: questions & answers: English; French interpretation *Speakers: Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media* Luc Chatel, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé de l'Industrie et de la Consommation, France Esko Aho, Executive Vice President, Nokia Corporation; Former President of the Finnish Innovation Fund (SITRA) Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent Harold Goddijn, CEO, TomTom Michel Cosnard, CEO and Chairman, INRIA	Amphitheatre
LUNCH
14.00-15.30	3	Inventing the future (Parallel sessions)
	3a	Towards New Bio- and Nano-Frontiers for ICT	Amphitheatre
	3b	Sensing, Understanding Robotics	Auditorium Pasteur
	3c	Visions of Future Computing and Communication Paradigms	Lumiere
	3d	Clustering for Excellence	Grand Salon Prestige
	3e	ICT Infrastructure for Science: Virtualising Global Research	Salon Pasteur
	3f	The Future of International Co-operation in ICT Research (Debate)	Gratte Ciel
COFFEE
16.00-16.40	4	Keynote speech: ICT Excellence Matters (Part 1: keynote) *Speakers:* Albert Fert, Laureate of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics Jean-Paul Chapel, France Télévisions, Moderator	Amphitheatre
16.45-17.45	5	Plenary: ICT Excellence Matters (Part 2: panel discussion) *Speakers:* Fabio Colasanti, Director General - DG Information Society and Media, European Commission Gilbert J. Declerck, President and CEO, IMEC Wendy Hall, University of Southampton, Member of the Scientific Council, ERC Lutz Heuser, Vice President Research and Development, SAP, Chair of IST Advisory Group Erkki Ormala, Vice President for Technology Policy, Nokia Joseph Sifakis, Research Director, CNRS-France. Türing prize winner, 2007. Jacques Stern, CNRS 2006 Gold Award, Chairman of the Board, French National Research Agency; Chairman of the Board, INGENICO Martin Sadler, Director, HP Labs Jean-Paul Chapel, France Télévisions, Moderator	Amphitheatre

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