Speakers – main programme
The Innovation Convention will be opened by the President of the European Commission, Mr José Manuel Barroso, and closed by Mr Don Tapscott, Chairman of Moxie Insight and co-author of 'Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World'.
You will find below the list of confirmed speakers for the main programme organised by the European Commission.
Mr José Manuel Barroso
President, European Commission
Prof. Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist and former Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University
Mr Leo Enright
Chairman of the Irish Government's science awareness programme, Discover Science & Engineering
Prof. Anne Glover
Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland
Prof. Xue Lan
Executive Associate Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Prof. Olivier Oullier
Full Professor, Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Aix-Marseille University Adviser
Mr Sam Pitroda
Adviser to Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation
Mr Herbert Reul
Chair of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the European Parliament
Mr Antonio Tajani
Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship
