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EUROPEAN VISIONS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE
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A Quest for New Horizons in
the Information Society
- Paul T Kidd (Ed.)
- ISBN 978-1-901864-08-3 (Paperback)
- Price: £19.99/€29.99/US$35.99
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- Laurent Beslay
Laurent Beslay works as technology adviser, at the European Data
Protection Supervisor, Brussels. He holds a Post-master's degree
(DESS) in Global Management of Technological Risks and Crisis
(University of Paris, la Sorbonne) and a Master's degree in International
Relations. He previously worked, for six years, in the Joint
Research Centre of the European Commission (Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies) as a project officer in the field of cybersecurity.
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- Marc Bogdanowicz
Senior researcher at the European Commission's Joint Research
Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. He leads
a small research team specialising in the study of the relation
between socio-economic and technological developments, under
globalisation trends. Marc Bogdanowicz graduated in Educational
Sciences and holds postgraduate diplomas in Social Psychology
and in Organisational Sciences of the State University of Liège.
He has published numerous papers and articles in the field of
the information society and its socio-economic impacts.
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- Brahim Dahmani
Brahim Dahmani received a PhD in Electronics, Instrumentation
and Metrology from Paris VI University in 1981. He worked as
scientist in the French National Bureau of Time and Frequency
Standards and joined Corning International Science and Technology
Organisation in 1989 where he was in charge of identification
and development of new growth businesses as external technology
project manager. He launched numerous pioneering activities in
microsystems and smart materials and actively participated in
the strategic development of display activities within Corning.
In 2004 he set-up his own business, Lovalite, a micro optics
company.
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- André Dittmar
Director of Department of Biomedical Micro Sensors and Micro
Systems of the CNRS of the INSA of Lyon (France). He is active
in the research fields of micro, non invasive sensors for the
Thermo-Neuro-MicroVascular parameters of the human body and microtechnologies
in BME, and the study of vigilance, emotional response, mental
workload and thermal comfort in man for local metabolism, microcirculation.
He is a member of the World Academy of Biomedical Technologies
UNESCO. He is also active in bio-inspired researches for the
biomedical field.
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- Roman Galar
Professor at the Institute of Computer Engineering, Control and
Robotics, Wroclaw University of Technology. Starting from optimisation
algorithms in 1970s, he moved to evolutionary simulations. His
particular concern is with underlying dynamics of rapid adaptive
shifts, which can be interpreted as breakthrough innovations
or paradigm changes. He uses such computer-substantiated perspective
in texts on the knowledge economy, innovative and education politics,
cultural dynamics, etc. He is a co-author of the strategies of
development for the city of Wroclaw and the region of Lower Silesia.
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- Hannu Hakala
Director of Embedded Computing in Elektrobit Ltd. Previously
he worked at VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) on mobile
system development tools, embedded solutions, and automotive
telematics. Prior to this he worked at Nokia on: in-car information
systems, car audio systems and telematics solutions, wireless
value-added service applications, and positioning technologies
for mobile telephones.
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- David Jeffery
David Jeffery BSc, CEng, MIEE, MinstP, FIHT, FRSA, is an electrical
engineer with 40 years' experience in a wide range of transport-related
matters, and a specialist in intelligent transport systems and
services. Until he retired he was managing director of Atkins
Transport Systems. He is now an independent consultant and visiting
professor at the University of Southampton's Transportation Research
Group.
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- Paul T Kidd
Dr Paul T Kidd is a control systems engineer who has pursued
a dual career, one in manufacturing research and the other in
writing. As a researcher he works in the field of manufacturing
foresight, futures, visions and research policy, and is involved
in European and international research programmes. As part of
his research he has been involved in human-centred manufacturing
and associated skill-based technologies. In parallel with this
he developed expertise in future generation manufacturing enterprises.
He is also interested in new technologies that have the potential
to enable sustainable business practices. His long-term goal
is to contribute towards the development of a non-fossil fuel
dependent manufacturing industry. As an author he writes about
new technologies and the important related wider non-technical
issues.
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- Kazimierz Krzysztofek
Kazimierz Krzysztofek's areas of research include: sociology
of media, internet and international communication, human development,
impact of information and communication technologies on arts
and society, and cultural industries. During 1997-2000 he was
member of the board of CIRCLE (European network of culture research
and information centres). He is professor of sociology at the
University of Bialystok and Warsaw School of Advanced Social
Psychology, and a member of the Polish Academy of Science Committee
for Forecasting Poland 2000Plus. In the late 1980s he was a Fulbright
scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in
1996 a visiting professor at the Pennsylvania State University.
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- Marc Luyckx Ghisi
Born in 1942, married to Isabelle, with six children. Studied
Mathematics, Philosophy and Theology (PhD). From 1990-99 Marc
worked directly for Presidents of the European Commission, firstly
Jacques Delors and then Jacques Santer, as a member of the Forward
Studies Unit, the internal think tank of the European Commission
in Brussels. He is now dean of CBA Business School in Zagreb
Croatia; a Member of the Auroville International Advisory Council,
near Pondichery, South India; and a Member of the Eco-Cities
Project, in China, Brazil and other countries.
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- Liselotte Lyngsø
Liselotte Lyngsø is Managing Partner of the innovation
and futurist company, Future Navigator. Prior to this she was
Director at Fahrenheit 212, an ideas company owned by Saatchi.
For eight years she worked as Director of Research at the Copenhagen
Institute for Futures Studies. Since 2002 she has been a member
of the Foresight editorial board, a board member at Bolius A/S,
and part of the Vallekilde Globalisation Team. Liselotte works
extensively with scenarios for the future consumer and co-worker,
and with the consequences of new technologies on the way people
think, feel and behave. Born in Denmark, she has a MPhil in Economics
and Politics from St. Antony's College, Oxford University.
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- José del R. Millán
Dr José del R. Millán is a senior researcher at
the IDIAP Research Institute in Martigny, Switzerland, where
he explores the use of brain signals for multimodal interaction
and, in particular, the development of non-invasive brain-controlled
robots and neuroprostheses. He is also an adjunct professor at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
Prior to joining IDIAP, he was a research scientist at the European
Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, and a visiting
scholar at Stanford University. His research on brain-computer
interfaces was nominated finalist of the European Descartes Prize
2004. He was named Research Leader 2004 by the journal Scientific
American, and the journal Science has reviewed his work as one
of the world's key researchers in the field of brain-computer
interfaces.
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- Alfonso Molina
Alfonso Molina is Professor of Technology Strategy at the University
of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and Scientific Director of
the Fondazione Mondo Digitale in Italy. His research interests
focus on theories of innovation and technology management and
strategy, particularly on the socio-technical constituencies
approach, currently applied to research on sustainable enterprises
for electronic inclusion, information and communications technologies
based educational innovation and free(libre) and open-source
software (FLOSS). Alfonso has worked as an advisor and consultant
for various Directorates of the European Commission and has published
numerous books, papers and reports. He also designed a web site
(www.e-inclusionsite.org) to contribute to the global e-inclusion
movement and to raise funding for grassroots e-inclusion projects
in poor areas of the world.
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- Roberto Saracco
Roberto Saracco, has 35 years research experience at the Telecom
Italia Lab, where he has been involved in the various stages
of the digitalisation of telecommunications. He is responsible
for the understanding of the economic impact of technological
evolution within Telecom Italia. He has led the World Bank FORWARD
project in Latin America to foster the information society and
stimulate business initiatives and has been involved in many
activities of the European Union, included the Visionary Groups
where he chaired the one on Super Intelligent Networks. He is
a Senior Member of IEEE and Director of Comsoc for Sister Societies.
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- Anne Skare Nielsen
Anne Skare Nielsen is Managing Partner of the innovation and
futurist company Future Navigator. By education she is a biologist
with Master's degree in political science from Copenhagen University.
Anne specialises in leadership, new value creation through customer
insight, ethics and new technologies, as well as education and
the future labour market. She regularly works with large international
corporations. Anne is a member of the Danish Ethical Council,
The Danish Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation's information
and communications technologies forum, the Global Future Forum,
and Strategy Lab. Anne has worked with futurology and innovation
at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and as Director
at Fahrenheit 212.
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- Ignace Snellen
Emeritius professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University,
Rotterdam. For the last 20 years he has specialised in the implications
of information and communication technology applications in public
administration. He has published several books on the subject
and supervised many dissertations on the different aspects of
informatisation. His main contention is that information and
communication technologies are facilitating and furthering basic
changes in all dimensions of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary
of (post) modern countries.
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- Walter Van de Velde
Dr Walter Van de Velde approaches topics like wearable computing,
context-aware systems and intelligent environments from a wide
interdisciplinary perspective that includes interests in architecture,
social science and anthropology. He was formerly co-director
of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Brussel's Free University
(VUB) and Science Director of Starlab, a private research company
that pioneered a new model of long-term research. Apart from
being a guest professor at VUB he has working through his own
firm CampoRosso as a consultant in science, technology, innovation
and education. He now works for the European Commission.
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