2000 . Imagination

Saturday, 21st October

• 1. What will become of man in the 21th century ?

  • Jean-Paul HUCHON - President, Conseil régional d'Ile de France
  • Axel KAHN - "Research Director, INSERM"
  • Michel KAPLAN - President, University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne
  • Michel-Edouard LECLERC - Co-chairman, Centres Leclerc
  • Joël de ROSNAY - Writer, scientist, Director, Cité des Sciences

  Moderated by: Thierry GUERRIER

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 2. Should we rethink the economy ?

  • Alain COTTA - Economist, professor at Paris Dauphine University
  • Charles de CROISSET - Chairman CCF
  • Jean-Claude TRICHET - Governor, Banque de France

  Moderated by: Jean-Louis CRIMON

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 3. Is art always subversive ?

  • CHRISTO - Artist
  • JEANNE-CLAUDE - Artist

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 4. Life sciences: new hopes, new fears ?

  • Etienne-Emile BAULIEU - Member of the Institut de France, Unit Director at INSERM (National Institute for Health and Medical Research), Professor at the Collège de France
  • Philippe G. DESAULLES - Chairman of the Board, DuPont de Nemours
  • Claude JASMIN - Doctor of medicine

  Moderated by: Gérard BONOS

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 5. The powerful moments of the imagination in the history of man.

  • Hélène AHRWEILER - University Professor
  • Jacques ANDREANI - French Ambassador
  • Hans KUNG - Theologist

  Moderated by: Christine GOEME

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 6. Internet : buying and selling with a difference

  • Yves BLANCHARD - Chairman CAA
  • Claude BRUNET - CEO, Groupe Ford France
  • Vincenzo DAMIANI - Président d'EDS Italie et Vice-Président d'EDS Région Méditerranée
  • Fabien OUAKI - Chairman, Tati SA
  • Xavier SCHALLEBAUM - Associate director, Apollo Invest

  Moderated by: Alain WEILLER

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle IV

• 7. Reading, writing, acting: from written word to performance

  • Mathieu KASSOVITZ - Actor, film director
  • Georges LAVAUDANT - Director, Theater Odeon
  • Christophe ROSSIGNON - Producer
  • Eric-Emmanuel SCHMITT - Writer, playwright

  Moderated by: Christian VALSAMIDIS

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - Lycée Louis-le-Grand - Salle de Conférence

• 8. Giving meaning to life, is there an art to happiness ?

  • Christian BOIRON - President Boiron Laboratory
  • Albert JACQUARD - Geneticist, writer
  • Gilbert TRIGANO - President, University of tourism and culture for peace

  Moderated by: Emmanuel DAVIDENKOFF

  Saturday, 21st October from 11h00 to 13h00 - Théâtre de l'Odéon - Grande Salle

• 9. The new economy : somewhere between fantasy and reality.

  • Jacques COMBET - Chairman, Mobile Phone Activities, Alcatel
  • Marc LADREIT DE LACHARRIERE - Chairman Fimalac
  • Marc LASSUS - Chairman, Gemplus
  • Philippe LEMOINE - Co-chairman of the Board, Galeries Lafayette Group
  • Christophe PARCOT - Directeur de la Stratégie et du développement de Liberty Surf

  Moderated by: Virginie ROBERT

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 10. Le Kamasutra of invention

  • Théodore ZELDIN - Writer, professor

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 11. Do we need to imagine the worlds of the future to run an international company ?

  • Chad HOLLIDAY - Chairman and CEO, DuPont

  Moderated by: Erik IZRAELEWICZ

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 12. Creating new products, better products: businesses lay stakes on imagination

  • Brigitte de GASTINES - CEO, SVP
  • Jacques MARSEILLE - Writer, Professor of history, Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne
  • Gilles MOUTEL - Chairman of Chronopost
  • Aymeric ZUBLENA - Architect

  Moderated by: Alexandre LICHAN

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 13. Europ, verring between dreams and reality

  • Noureddine BOUKROUH - Ministre des PME à PMI de la République Démocratique et Populaire Algérienne
  • Renaud MUSELIER - Chairman, Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Euroméditerranée, Deputy-mayor, Marseilles, MP, Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Dominique VIGNON - CEO, Framatome

  Moderated by: Pierre ZAPALSKI

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle III

• 14. Does communication manipulate our imagination ?

  • Bernard EMSELLEM - Chairman TBWA Corporate
  • Marie-Pierre de la GONTRIE - Vice-President, in charge of culture, communication and new technology, Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France
  • Philippe SANTINI - Managing director, France Télévision Publicité
  • Gérard UNGER - Chairman, Métrobus, CEO, Médiavision

  Moderated by: Alain WEILLER

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle IV

• 15. Imagining the impossible : when man takes flight

  • Laurence de la FERRIERE - Mountaineer, Pole explorer
  • Jean-Pierre HAIGNERE - Cosmonaut
  • Etienne KLEIN - Physicist
  • Bertrand PICCARD - Adventurer, psychiatrist

  Moderated by: Patrick HESTERS

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - Lycée Louis-le-Grand - Salle de Conférence

• 16. Is culture nothing but an impression of creation ?

  • Isidore ISOU - Creator, Writer

  Moderated by: André-Yves PORTNOFF

  Saturday, 21st October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Guizot

• 17. Between risk and reason : what place is there for imagination within companies ?

  • Jean-Marie MESSIER - Chairman Vivendi

  Moderated by: Nicolas BEYTOUT

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 18. The end of myths ?

  • Hélène CARRERE D'ENCAUSSE - Historian, Member of the Académie Française
  • Jean DELUMEAU - Historian
  • Jacqueline de ROMILLY - Writer, Member of the Académie Française

  Moderated by: Pascale LISMONDE

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 19. Democracy : an utopia to be reinvented ?

  • François FEJTO - Journalist, historian
  • Olivier MONGIN - Director of the magazine Esprit
  • Pierre ROSANVALLON - Writer, Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

  Moderated by: Jean-Michel BLANQUER

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 20. What kind of culture for a cosmopolitan company ?

  • Eric ALBRAND - Financial director Altadis
  • Pierre BELLON - Chairman, Sodexho Alliance
  • Jean-Louis SCARINGELLA - Managing director, ESCP-EAP
  • Ezra SULEIMAN - Professor of political sciences in Princeton University

  Moderated by: Erik IZRAELEWICZ

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 21. Does economic debate still make sense ?

  • Christian de BOISSIEU - Economist
  • François JACLOT - Deputy Chairman of the Board, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
  • Antoine ROSTAND - Chairman, EDS France

  Moderated by: Thierry GUERRIER

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 22. Imagination faced with the written world, with the big screen

  • Alain BENTOLILA - Scientific adviser, Observatoire national de la lecture
  • Michèle COTTA - Managing director France 2
  • David GUIRAUD - Managing director, Les Echos Group
  • Rémy PFLIMLIN - Managing director Channel France 3
  • André SANTINI - MP and Mayor, Issy les Moulineaux

  Moderated by: Laurence PIQUET

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle III

• 23. Can we be innovative without taking risks ?

  • Louise GUERRE - President, Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants (Young Managers' Centre)
  • Gilles PELISSON - Chairman, Consortium International, Chairman, Lyonnaise Communication
  • Christian SAINT-ETIENNE - Economist, Professor of Applied Economics, Université de Tours et de Paris-Dauphine
  • Jacques TASSEL - Chairman, A.T. Kearney

  Moderated by: Pierre ZAPALSKI

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle IV

• 24. The city and its challenges : does the perfect city exist ?

  • Jean-Michel GUENOD - Managing Director, Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Euroméditerranée
  • Claude HEURTEUX - Co-president of Vendome Rome Group
  • Michel K. MOUBAYED - Co-president of Vendome Rome Group
  • Roger SUE - Sociologist

  Moderated by: Patrice de MONCAN

  Saturday, 21st October from 16h30 to 18h00 - Lycée Louis-le-Grand - Salle de Conférence

• 25. Does society deprive us of an individual imagination ?

  • Jean-Marie CAVADA - Chairman Radio France
  • Jean-Claude SEYS - Chairman, MAAF Assurances and MMA
  • Ousmane SOW - Artist, sculptor

  Moderated by: Hervé BRUSINI

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 26. Could we, should we imagine God ?

  • Guy COQ - Philosopher
  • Jean-Marie LUSTIGER - Archbishop of Paris, member of the Académie Française

  Moderated by: Thierry GUERRIER

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 27. Ethics on new territory.

  • Pierre JOLY - Chairman, Foundation for medical research
  • Bernard REYNIS - Président de la Chambre des Notaires de Paris
  • Didier SICARD - Chairman, French National Consultative Committee on Ethics

  Moderated by: Stéphane DELIGEORGES

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 28. How do we imagine the media of the future?

  • Philippe BELIN - Vice-Président Marketing Communication de Netgem
  • Didier BRUN - Vice-président, directeur du développement et des médias de l'International Herald Tribune
  • Eric GIUILY - Chairman, AFP
  • Roger MOSEY - Head of TV News, BBC World
  • Bernard WOUTS - CEO Le Point

  Moderated by: Laurence PIQUET

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 29. Do politicians still have imagination ?

  • Roselyne BACHELOT - MP, Maine et Loire
  • Julien DRAY - Deputy, Essonne
  • Renaud MUSELIER - Chairman, Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Euroméditerranée, Deputy-mayor, Marseilles, MP, Bouches-du-Rhône

  Moderated by: Catherine PEGARD

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 30. The virtual world, accelarating the imagination or putting the brakes on it ?

  • Amaury ELOY - Chairman NewWorks
  • Nicolas GAUME - Chairman, Kalisto Entertainment

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle III

• 31. The humain adventure : a challenge for the imagination.

  • Jean-Louis ETIENNE - Doctor, explorer
  • Jean-Marc PHILIPPE - Artist

  Moderated by: Jean-Marie PERBOST

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - Université Panthéon Sorbonne - Salle IV

• 32. Can we imagine ecological growth ?

  • Corinne LEPAGE - Business lawyer
  • Alain RIST - Vice-President for the environment, living conditions, traffic and regional contracts, Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France
  • Robert ROCHEFORT - Managing director, Credoc

  Moderated by: Bruno COSTERNALLE

  Saturday, 21st October from 18h30 to 20h00 - Lycée Louis-le-Grand - Salle de Conférence

• 33. Snippets from the imagination : music and stories.

  • Jacques RIGAUD - President of Admical
  • Manuel ROSENTHAL - Composer, conductor
  • Yves SIMON - Author, composer

  Moderated by: Thierry BEAUVERT

  Saturday, 21st October from 20h30 to 23h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

Sunday, 22nd October

• 34. Inspiration or what fires the l'imagination

  • Ousmane SOW - Artist, sculptor
  • Lionel STOLERU - Former Minister, Creator of the Orchestre Romantique Européen
  • Jean TIBERI - Mayor of Paris

  Moderated by: Pascale LISMONDE

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 35. The driven force behind the imagination, th seat of rational thinking, can we understand the workings of the brain ?

  • Jean BERNARD - Doctor of medicine
  • Jean-Didier VINCENT - Professor of neurobiology, French Centre for Scientific Research

  Moderated by: Jean-Didier VINCENT

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 36. Man/ women, does the imagination share these differences ?

  • Blandine KRIEGEL - Professor, University Paris X
  • Aldo NAOURI - Pediatrician, psychoanalyst
  • Tobie NATHAN - Ethnopsychiatrist

  Moderated by: Anne JEANBLANC

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 37. Is cultural creation the key factor in economic development ?

  • Louis BERREUR - CEO Nodal Consultants
  • Mounir BOUCHENAKI - Sous-directeur général de l'UNESCO pour la culture, directeur de la division héritage culturel de l'UNESCO
  • Bruno LUSSATO - Organisation Consultant, Professor
  • Sonia RYKIEL - Fashion designer
  • Imre TOTH - Writer, Scientific historian

  Moderated by: André-Yves PORTNOFF

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 38. Are we entitledto imagine everything ?

  • Henri ATLAN - Biologist, director of Studies, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris
  • Marek HALTER - Writer
  • Samuel PISAR - Lawyer, writer

  Moderated by: Emmanuel DAVIDENKOFF

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 39. Childhood and the world of make-believe

  • Howard BUTEN - Writer
  • Boris CYRULNIK - Neuropsychiatrist
  • Thierry MARTIN - Vice-manager, Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Euroméditerranée, writer
  • Michel OCELOT - Film director

  Moderated by: Laurence PIQUET

  Sunday, 22nd October from 11h00 to 13h00 - Théâtre de l'Odéon - Grande Salle

• 40. Globalisation, deregulation, new technologies : can firms imagine their own future ?

  • Michel BON - Chairman France Telecom
  • John BOND - Chairman HSBC Group
  • Alain MINC - Writer, CEO AM Conseil

  Moderated by: Nicolas BEYTOUT

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 41. Imagining your life and living what you have imagined

  • Eduardo MANET - Writer
  • Taslima NASREEN - Novelist, journalist, poet

  Moderated by: Laurence PIQUET

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 42. How are movie makerscreating new worlds ?

  • Cédric KLAPISCH - Film director
  • Thierry LHERMITTE - Actor
  • Alain TERZIAN - Film producer
  • Daniel TOSCAN DU PLANTIER - Chairman, TSH

  Moderated by: Christian VALSAMIDIS

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 43. Living longer : a challenge to science, changes for a new society.

  • Alain CARPENTIER - Professeur à l'Université de Paris VI, membre du Conseil national de la science
  • Françoise FORETTE - Professor of medicine, Director, Fondation nationale de gérontologie (National Foundation of Gerontology)
  • Edgar MORIN - Sociologist, philosopher

  Moderated by: Anne JEANBLANC

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 44. Memoiry and imagination : is the notion of the future at crisis point ?

  • Jean-Pierre ANGREMY - President, French National Library, Member of the Académie Française
  • Pierre ROSENBERG - CEO, Musée du Louvre, Member of the Académie Française

  Moderated by: François BUSNEL

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 45. Imagination in equation

  • Denis GUEDJ - Mathematician
  • Georges HADDAD - Professor, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne

  Moderated by: Etienne COLLOMB

  Sunday, 22nd October from 14h30 to 16h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Guizot

• 46. Culinary art or imagination of the plate

  • Pierre GAGNAIRE - Chef of restaurant "Pierre Gagnaire"
  • Alain PASSARD - Chef of restaurant "L'Arpège"
  • Alain SENDERENS - Chef of restaurant "Lucas Carton"
  • Pierre TROISGROS - Chef restaurant "Troisgros"
  • Marc VEYRAT - Chef restaurant "L'Auberge de l'Eridan"

  Moderated by: Anne HUDSON

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 47. Thinking and acting : imagination empowered

  • Luc FERRY - Philosopher, Writer, President, Conseil National des Programmes
  • Julia KRISTEVA - Director, École doctorale à Université Paris VII
  • Alberto MANGUEL - Writer
  • Mario SOARES - Former President of Portugal Republic

  Moderated by: Nathalie de BAUDRY D'ASSON

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 48. Local culture, global culture: an identity waiting to be reinvented

  • Bernard BRAGARD - Mayor of Courcouronnes
  • Christian DAURIAC - Directeur en charge du projet numérique de France 3
  • Nicolas FASQUELLE - Co-author of "Planète Etudiants"
  • Daniel HERRERO - Rugby trainer, writer
  • Diagna N'DIAYE - Chairman, Compagnie Bancaire de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
  • René REMOND - Historian, Member of the Académie Française

  Moderated by: François BUSNEL

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 49. Human rights : the dream of the humanity to come

  • Jacques LEBAS - Director, Institut de l'Humanitaire
  • Jacky MAMOU - Honorary president, Médecins du Monde
  • Véronique NAHOUM-GRAPPE - Sociologist, writer
  • Michel WIEVIORKA - Director of Research, EHESS

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 50. Is there a place for imagination in education and training ?

  • Yves BLANCHARD - Chairman CAA
  • Richard DESCOINGS - Director Sciences Po
  • Christian KOENIG - Director ESSEC MBA
  • Bernard RAMANANTSOA - CEO, HEC Group
  • Frédéric TIBERGHIEN - Chairman, VediorBis

  Moderated by: Jean-Marie PERBOST

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 51. Cyberspace : the risks of uncontrollable imagination

  • Dominique WOLTON - Sociologist

  Sunday, 22nd October from 16h30 to 18h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Guizot

• 52. Prospects and challenges for Africa with the dawning of the 21th century: dialogue with the President od the republic of Senegal

  • Abdoulaye WADE - President of the Republic of Senegal

  Moderated by: Jean-Pierre ELKABBACH

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h30 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre

• 53. Discoveries and inventions : has the 20th century kept its promises ?

  • Françoise BARRE-SINOUSSI - Director, Retrovirus Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur
  • Alain FISCHER - Professor of medicine, President, Conseil Scientifique de la Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (Scientific Board, Foundation for Medical Research)
  • Jean-Marc LEVY-LEBLOND - Professor, Université de Nice
  • Pierre TAMBOURIN - Managing director, Genopole
  • Maurice TUBIANA - Professor of medicine

  Moderated by: Eric JOUAN

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Richelieu

• 54. New free time, new technologies, new leisure pursuits

  • Christian CARASSOU-MAILLAN - Managing director Vacances Bleues
  • Joseph HADDAD - CEO, Netgem
  • Stéphane TREPPOZ - CEO AOL Compuserve France
  • Serge TRIGANO - Chairman, Triganew

  Moderated by: Arnaud FLEURY

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Descartes

• 55. Can utopia cast its spell on politics again ?

  • Claude IMBERT - Chief Editor, Le Point
  • Elisabeth ROUDINESCO - Doctor, psychoanalyst

  Moderated by: Thierry GRILLET

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Liard

• 56. Is there still room for dreams in advertising ?

  • Francis BALLE - Professor, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)
  • Jean BERTHEZENE - Associate manager, BDDP Corporate

  Moderated by: Jacques GAUTRAND

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Turgot

• 57. Being a visionary : mastering or surpassing the times ?

  • Franz-Olivier GIESBERT - Director Le Point
  • Michel MARTIN-ROLAND - Director of the AFP office in Marseilles
  • Pierre MIQUEL - Historian

  Moderated by: Jean-Marie PERBOST

  Sunday, 22nd October from 18h30 to 20h00 - La Sorbonne - Amphithéâtre Guizot

• 58. Imaginaning : a principle of hope

  • Boutros BOUTROS-GHALI - Secretary General, International Organisation of French-speaking Countries
  • Prince EL HASSAN DE JORDANIE
  • Bronislaw GEREMEK - Former Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Former consultant for the "Solidarity" trade union, professor and writer
  • Elie WIESEL - Writer, Nobel Peace Prize

  Moderated by: Elise LUCET

  Sunday, 22nd October from 20h30 to 22h00 - La Sorbonne - Grand Amphithéâtre