2008 Workshop
A PARADISO scientific workshop took place on June 12-13, 2008 at the European Commission in Brussels, and was attended by over 40 experts, coming from all regions of the world. The workshop succeeded reaching its objectives: providing delegates an opportunity to exchange views and to discuss the draft version of the PARADISO reference document.
Thursday, June 12
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Opening Session
Moderated by Jacques Babot, PARADISO project officer, European Commission -
Welcome Address -
Mario Campolargo, Acting Director, Directorate F, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, European Commission -
Per Blixt, Head of Unit New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities, European Commission
Strategy_for_future_internet_research_and_experimentation.pdf -
Roger Torrenti, PARADISO project coordinator, Sigma Orionis
PARADISO_objectives_and_activities.pdf -
Exploring the possible paradigm shift on global societal developments
Moderated by Roger Torrenti, PARADISO project coordinator, Sigma Orionis and Roland Burger, PARADISO project manager, Club of Rome -
Jon Hall, Leader, Global project on measuring the progress of societies, OECD
Global_project_on_measuring_the_progress_of_societies.pdf -
Phuntsho Rapten, Senior Researcher, The Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan
GNH_indices_work_in_progress.pdf -
Hans Van Willenswaard, GNH3 Organiser, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation, Thailand
A_new_economic_paradigm_inspired_by_gross_national_happiness.pdf -
Nic Marks, Founder of the Center for well-being, The New Economics Foundation, United Kingdom
The_happy_planet_index.pdf -
Takayoshi Kusago, Associate Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Needs_for_new_development_measures.pdf -
Thomas Schauer, Director, the Club of Rome European Support Center, Austria
Sustainable_dev_as_paradigm_and_tool_for_directing_info_society.pdf -
Ping Chen, Professor, Peking University, China
From_bounded_rationality_to_economic_complexity.pdf -
Gennaro Zezza, Associate Professor, University of Cassino, Italy
Sustainable_growth_and_the_distribution_of_income.pdf -
Piero Formica, Dean International Entrepreneurship Academy, Jonköping University, Sweden
High-expectations_entrepreneurship-Experiments_simulations_and_clinical_treatments.pdf -
Gwin Prins, Professor, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Possible_global_paradigm_shift_Paradiso_wickedness_poverty.pdf -
Raoul Weiler, President of the Brussels-EU Chapter, Club of Rome -
Florian Colceag, IRSCA Gifted Education, Romania
Toolkit_for_sustainable_development.pdf -
Guido-Henri de Couvreur, President, Mondo vzw, Belgium
A_new_economic_paradigm_is_needed_very_soon.pdf
Friday, June 13
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Identifying ICT needs and research areas
Moderated by Fabrizio Sestini, project officer, European Commission and Roland Burger, PARADISO project manager, Club of Rome -
Elmar Husmann, IBM Senior Managing Consultant, SC Member of the NESSI ETP, Germany
Services_and_the_global_future_internet_society.pdf -
Chris Preist, Principal Scientist, HP Labs, United Kingdom
Climate_futures_exploring_the_social_response_to_climate_change.pdf -
Dimitri Papadimitriou, Coordinator of the ECODE project, Alcatel Lucent, Belgium
Identifying_ICT_Needs_and_Res_areas_new_Coop_infrastructures.pdf -
Anastasius Gavras, Panlab/PII programme manager, Eurescom, Germany
The_Pan_European_laboratory_infrastructure_implementation.pdf -
Gaston Zongo, International Consultant in ICT4D, Senegal
Media_convergence_and_the_future_of_democracies.pdf -
Craig Warren Smith, Senior Advisor, University of Washington and Founder DigitalDivide.org, USA
Transmuting_technological_materialism.pdf -
Hyeoeun Lee, Director, Institute for Information Technology Advancement, South Korea
ICT_From_business_to_happiness.pdf -
Moacyr Martucci, Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
The_e-Infrastructure_for_critical_applications.pdf -
Serge Miranda, Director MBDS Master, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Lessons_learnt_from_ICT_pilots_in_rural_Haiti.pdf -
Jacqueline Olang, NASAC programme officer, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya
ICT_potential_in_a_network_of_science_academies.pdf -
Catalin Vatra, ICT Senior Advisor for ARCoR, Romania
The_role_of_ICT_for_sustainable_development.pdf -
Wrap-up Session
Moderated by Jacques Babot, PARADISO project officer, European Commission -
Fabrizio Sestini, Project Officer, European Commission
FIRE_objectives_and_perspectives.pdf -
Roger Torrenti, PARADISO project coordinator, Sigma Orionis
The_PARADISO_Reference_Document.pdf
