Life science in society 2010

Genopole

Genopole® is France’s leading life science park. Its campus at Evry (near Paris) features academic and private-sector research labs, biotech companies and university teaching facilities. With twenty or so research labs on campus and a portfolio of 70 biotech companies, therapeutic innovation is a core concern for the Genopole® stakeholders. Genopole®’s priorities are to

• promote genomics, post-genomics and the associated sciences,
• transfer technology to industry,
• develop high-level teaching and training in these sectors and
• create and support biotech companies.

Contact : Nicole Chémali, Communication Director
GIP Genopole®, Genopole® Campus 1, Bâtiment G8
5, rue Henri Desbruères
91030 Evry Cedex
Tél. : 00 33 (0)1 60 87 84 40
Fax : 00 33 (0)1 60 87 35 00
communication genopole.fr

IFRIS

The IFRIS Paris Region Institute for Research, Innovation and Society Studies was created in April 2007 and encompasses a dozen local research groups in science & innovation policy studies and science & society studies. The consortium comprises a hundred or so researchers and PhD students and is centered on Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée University. The IFRIS is also a key player in the PRES Paris-Est higher education and research cluster.

Contact : Catherine Paradeise, Professeur
Université Paris Est Marne la Vallée
Département de sociologie LATTS & IFRIS Bâtiment Bois de l’Etang C229- _ Cité Descartes
77420 Champs sur Marne
Tél. : 00 33 (0)1 60 95 72 40
Fax : 00 33 (0)1 60 95 72 38
catherine.paradeise univ-mlv.fr

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Pierre Tambourin, Chief Executive - Genopole®
• Catherine Paradeise, Professor - University Paris Est-Latts, Presidente - IFRIS
• Pierre-Benoît Joly, Research Director Inra-SenS, Chief Executive - IFRIS
• Marianne Noël, LATTS, Deputy Director - IFRIS
• Jean-Pierre Alix, Consultant science and society, Executive Management - CRNS
• Jean-Michel Besnier, Scientific Director of Life Science & Society Sector - French Ministry of Research, Professor of philosophy - University Paris-Sorbonne
• Philippe Brunet, Centre Pierre Naville, University of Evry
• Michèle Descolonges, President - ASTS
• Dominique Donnet-Kamel, Project Coordinator Inserm Patients Associations
• Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Director - CERMES, Inserm
• Guy Paillotin, Permanent Secretary - Academy of Agriculture
• Dominique Pestre, Study Director - EHESS
• Eric Raulet, Inexens
• Roland Schaer, Director Science & Society - Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie
• Marie-Laure Theodule, Journalist - La Recherche
• Paul de Brem, Journalist

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE

• Nicole Chémali, Communication Director - Genopole®
• Mildred Geslin, assistant Communication Department - Genopole®
• Pierre-Benoît Joly, Research Director Inra-SenS, Director IFRIS
• Catherine Paradeise, University Paris Est-Latts, President IFRIS
• Bénédicte Robert, Communication Manager - Genopole®

PLACE & DATE

Collège de France,
11, place Marcelin Berthelot,
75005 Paris

September 28, 2010 from 8:30 to 18:30

LANGUAGES OF THE COLLOQUIUM

Presentation will be given in English or French depending on the speakers but a simultaneous interpreting service will be provided in both languages

THE TARGET AUDIENCE

Researchers and scientists (biologists, sociologists, historians, etc.), industrials, the public authorities, politicians, administrators, regulatory organizations & agencies (research, healthcare, medicine, the environment, innovation, ethics, etc.), lawyers, other stakeholders in scientific and technical culture, associations, the media and the general public.