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| Jaroslav BERCE |
| European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies |
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He achieved a degree in electrical engineering (BA) at the Ljubljana University, gained masters degree in computer science in the U.S.A. and received PhD from the Faculty of social science at the Ljubljana University.
At the beginning of his professional career, his work focused only on research and development of information technology & electrical engineering systems (computers, software, communications, hardware).
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| Later on, the understanding that implementation of information system needs also organizational and other changes, he started to build his expertise also in the fields of project work (management, strategy, team leading, organization, interpersonal
communications-coordination) and consultant (management and entrepreneurship) work (change management, strategic planning, restructuring, entrepreneurial, costs, information technology). During past times, he was involved in project management on behalf of multinational consulting companies, CIO and project manager within Slovenian public administration and teaching and training (project management, entrepreneur, SME, information technology, consultancy) at university level. Currently, he holds a visiting science position within the European Commission at the JRC-IPTS the ICT unit. |
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jaro.berce@cec.eu.int |
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| Jean-Claude BURGELMAN |
| European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies |
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J.C. Burgelman is the head of unit of the ICT unit of IPTS, which he joined in the end of 1999 as a visiting scientist first. He
is currently on leave from his position as professor of communication technology policy at the Free University of Brussels. He has degrees in social sciences (BA, Phd) and in science and technology policy (MA) from the Free University of Brussels.
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| He directed for 10 years the research center Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunications which carried out more than 30 national, European and International projects in that areas of socio-economic impact of ICTs, technology assessment and ICT policy. He is member of the board of several academic journals and published widely on the subject. |
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jean-claude.burgelman@cec.eu.int |
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| Ramón COMPAÑÓ |
| European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies |
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He has worked on microelectronics and nanotechnology for most of his career, having joined the Commission in 1993. He was initially in DG XII (now DG RTD) and then DG III (ENTR) when the Esprit Programme was based there, moving to the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Unit in DG INFSO in 1999. He transferred to Gérard Comyn's Strategy Unit in the same DG at the end of 2002. In the ICT Unit he is working on FISTERA and other areas of the Foresight on IST, as well as lending his considerable expertise in nanotechnology to relevant projects.
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| He graduated in Physics from the Technical University of Aachen, followed by a PhD at both Aachen and the University of Modena in Italy. He also holds a Masters degree in Technology Management from Solvay/ULB in Brussels. |
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ramon.compano@cec.eu.int |
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| Bernhard DACHS |
| ARC systems research GmbH, Department of Technology
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He holds a degree in Economics at the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna. Since 2000, he is currently working in ARC systems research institute.
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| His research interests are focused on innovative behaviour of firms (especially co-operation and networks), Information Society, innovation in services and in Technology Policy. |
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Bernhard.dachs@arcs.ac.at |
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| Florin Gheorghe FILIP |
| Romanian Academy of Sciences |
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Prof. Filip (http://www.ici.ro/ici/filipf/homepage.htlm)
is vice-president of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. He was the managing director (1991–1997) of the National Institute of R&D in Informatics (ICI) Bucharest. He was a member of EC ISTAG (2003–2004). He is the author/coauthor of six monographs and over 200 articles published in international journals and contributed volumes. He is editor-in-chief of the international journal “Studies in Informatics and Control” .
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| Prof Filip is the president of IFAC TC 5.4 (Large – Scale Complex Systems) since 2002, and the executive president of the Romanian Forum for the Knowledge Society ( since 1997). He led the Academy foresight works on "Information Society-Knowledge Society"( in 2001) and "Risk detection and governance" ( 2004) (http://www.ici.ro/ici/filipf/homepage.htlm ) |
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ffilip@acad.ro |
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| Lawrence GREEN |
| PREST, University of Manchester |
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Lawrence’s research is concerned broadly with technological and social change and, in particular, with the social, economic and policy implications of innovation in the domains of manufacturing, services, and public administration. Lawrence graduated from the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester in 1995. Since 2001 he has been employed by PREST and has contributed to studies concerning the development of new metrics for B2B e-commerce, the future for Europe’s manufacturing industries, innovation in the public and private services sectors, and the future for Information Society Technologies in the European Research Area.
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| In addition to his research activities, Lawrence teaches on the ‘Information Society’ and ‘Innovation Strategy and Management’ modules within PREST’s MSc Course and is involved (as a supervisor and advisor) in the support of MSc and PhD candidates in the department. |
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Lawrence.green@manchester.ac.uk |
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