Relocation in recent decades has often led to separating the R&D and manufacturing capability of companies for reasons of cost, but in the medium term this rift has jeopardized their ability to innovate.
How then are we to retain the capacity to innovate and produce the advanced technology essential to sustaining our companies’ competitive edge and keeping our regions attractive?
Part of the answer is certainly to be found in durably locating new manufacturing capacity on home ground, boosting our ability to ‘Generate and Produce Locally’.
At the Grenoble Innovation Fair in October round-table discussions on the electronics and energy industries will help to gain a better understanding of the industrial stakes for emerging technologies such as LEDs, organic electronics, photovoltaics and energy efficiency.
Players operating in these industrial sectors – materials manufacturers, own-equipment manufacturers, producers and system builders, distributors – will be putting their heads together to discuss the future for innovative products ‘Made in Europe’.
Martin DUVAL, Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO of bluenove, a consulting firm he started in 2008.
bluenove is now the French leader in Open & Collaborative Innovation consulting and services with major corporate customers such as Orange, BT, PagesJaunes, L'Oréal, EDF, PPR, Unedic, La Poste, Microsoft, Chanel, SUEZ Env, SEB, etc.
bluenove also invests in R&D through its InnovNation Serious Game project supported by the French Ministry of Industry in partnership with the INRIA lab and ParaSchool.
>From 2001 to 2008 at Orange, Martin has managed innovative projects through Corporate Venturing and partnerships with innovative startups in areas such as mobile applications, mobile/web convergence, m-Health, and mobile music. In 2006 he developed an Open Innovation program, the 'Orange Start Up Program' to partner with start-ups and VCs in the area of Web 2.0.
Prior to Orange, Martin has started his carreer in the aerospace industry at Eurocopter/EADS, then worked in the Accor group before to spend three years in Change Management consulting at Cambridge Technology Partners.
Dr. Reiner Höger, Director Engineering Governance
Innovation in the energy sector is a major issue for Europe. In the face of climate change, rising energy costs and deregulation of the industry, firms are under pressure to innovate and produce new offerings for the 21st century. Energy efficiency will be the new frontier in our business.
Is Europe ready for this challenge? The KIC InnoEnergy alliance launched by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology could be one of the answers, but are other options and solutions available? Will energy efficiency bring new jobs to Europe, and if so how is this to be done?
Who will be the leaders of this revolution? How will the new technologies be integrated and which ones will succeed?
Olivier CATEURA, Head of Departement - Technology& Strategic Management
Olivier CATEURA, PhD., Assistant Professor in Strategic Management is currently Head of Departement - Technology& Strategic Management at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He's also Head of the Specialized Master (MS) in Energy Marketing& Management (Grenoble EM& Grenoble Institute of Technology).
Before joining Grenoble Ecole de Management in 2007, Olivier was analyst in competitive intelligence with Electrabel-SUEZ (2003-2006) and Key Account Manager in McCann's WebAgency (1999-2002).
Murat ISIKVEREN, Head of Energy Research & Innovation programmes
Current position: Head of Energy Research & Innovation programmes of Veolia group.
Mission = define and drive R&D strategy for Veolia – energy services, in close relationship with operational units.
Previous positions within the Veolia group since 2001 include Strategic Accounts management and business development in operations.
Before that, an 8 year experience within the Air Liquide group, with increasing responsibilities as sales engineer, technical operations manager, engineering projects manager
Education: Master Degree from the “Ecole des Mines de Paris”.
Didier PELLEGRIN, Responsable du département Efficacité Energétique au sein de la Direction de l'Innovation.
Didier Pellegrin est diplômé de l’Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble en 1984 où il obtient un DESS en informatique.
Philippe DAVID, Vice Président leader du Global Sector Network Energy & Utilities
Philippe a plus de 23 années d’expérience dans le conseil en management particulièrement dans le domaine de l’énergie et des Utilities. Il travaille principalement pour des grandes sociétés du secteur sur des problématiques allant du positionnement stratégique et de régulation, mise en œuvre de transformation d’entreprise y compris des transformations liées au smart metering et smart grid et d’excellence opérationnelle.
Gaëtan DESRUELLES, Executive Vice-President, Research and development, innovation, sustainable construction
Né en 1957, Gaëtan Desruelles est diplômé de l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris et titulaire d'une licence en droit. Il a rejoint le groupe Bouygues en 1981, où il est d'abord responsable ressources humaines, puis responsable administration gestion finance. Après avoir quitté l'entreprise pendant quelques années, il revient dans le groupe en 1992 comme directeur des opérations financières et boursières, avant d'être nommé directeur général de la société concessionnaire du Stade de France. En juin 2001, il devient directeur général d'ETDE puis Président-directeur général en février 2003.
Depuis fin 2009, il pilote l'ensemble de la R&D au niveau Groupe, le pôle de compétences Construction durable ainsi que la direction du Développement durable.
Pascal Mauberger
Pascal Mauberger joined McPhy founder’s team in February 2009.
Mauberger is a graduate from top-tier engineering schools Ecole Polytechnique and ENSPM and holds a Young Manager Program degree from INSEAD business school.
Europe knows very well that it still needs electronics manufacturing capability to create value and jobs.
Anne-Marie DUTRON, Director
Dutron is based in Grenoble, representing SEMI in France and southern Europe where a number of global equipment and materials companies are located.
Her mission is to assist SEMI members, providing a support platform to boost global competitiveness and help members prepare promotional efforts at international events. Her work also involves solving technical, political and standard-related issues.
In addition she represents the interests of SEMI members with regard to policy-makers at a regional, national and European level. She is tasked with providing services (networking, facilitating, collaborative projects, funding, standardization) specific to regional needs and establishing strong association management including SEMI standards, public policy and member acquisition.
SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronics, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI member companies, 90% of which are SMEs, are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives.
Dr. Simone M.P. Arizzi, DPVS Global Technology Director
Simone Arizzi is responsible for global technology in DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, and for accelerating the introduction of next-generation DuPont materials and offerings in this rapidly expanding market. He also drives the innovation agenda for DuPont in Europe.
Jean-Yves GOMEZ, Président Directeur Général
Twenty-six years in the high-tech industry
Didier LAMOUCHE, Chief Operating Officer
Didier Lamouche is Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of ST’s Corporate Strategic Committee and has held this position since January 2011. He also sits on the Board of Directors of ST-Ericsson SA.
Lamouche started his career in Philips’ R&D before joining IBM Microelectronics in 1985, where he supervised the launch of Europe’s first 8-inch semiconductor plant in Corbeil-Essonnes, France. Later, after three years as Director of Operations at Motorola, Lamouche rejoined IBM first in the US, then in France to lead the repositioning of the Corbeil site. He subsequently architected the creation and acted as CEO of Altis Semiconductor, a joint venture between IBM and Infineon. In 2003, Lamouche became Vice President for IBM’s global semiconductor operations, managing, among other things, the ramp-up of the company’s first 12-inch fab in Fishkill, New York, and establishing IBM’s first outsourced semi-conductor operation in Asia. In 2005-2010, Lamouche served as Chairman and CEO of Bull, a French IT group with worldwide presence. In this capacity, he succeeded in revamp-ing Bull’s product portfolio and transforming the group into a profitable and growing ser-vices-and-solutions supplier.
Lamouche serves as a Board Member at various listed companies, including Soitec and Atari. In 2006 – 2010, he sat on the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics, where he was a member of the Audit committee. Lamouche was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France) in 2010.
Contact : Christine VACA