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| Jean-Pierre Banâtre, apart from his responsibilities at Inria, has always been much involved in the European landscape.In 2002, he became Director of European Partnerships at Inria. As Director of European Partnerships at Inria, I have visited all but one of the 28 countries of the EU as well as associate countries; I have also visited several countries outside Europe, with a clear objective of increasing our relationships by taking advantage of appropriate European programs. Without excess of immodesty, I think I possess a quite wide vision of European policies and of the possibilities offered by EU in the setting of scientific and technical cooperation in ICT. | |
Some words about ERC (European Research Council)
Since the creation of this European initiative which aims at supporting basic and high risk/high gain Research in all disciplines, Jean-Pierre Banâtre have been a strong supporter of ERC. From the initial stage, he knew that ERCwould have a strong impact as a measurement tool for the quality of the academic research but also as a strong incentive for attracting for the best talents. he was also convinced that success at ERC would be a strong differentiating factor for Research Institutions (Universities, research institutes, …) at the European level.
In the very initial phase of ERC, he took the decision to let his Inria colleagues know that, on a voluntary basis, he would be ready to « scientifically » coach the preparation of ERC proposals. As of November 2013, he is "proud to say that 40 researchers (35 from Inria et 5 very close to Inria) are (or have been) ERC laureates". Inria, in ICT, is the first European institution in terms of number of laureates. This very demanding activity is absolutely fascinating and he intends to carry on with it in the coming years.
Some words about EIT ICT Labs
Jean-Pierre Banâtre has been personally involved in the setting up of this major undertaking called EIT (European Institute for Innovation and Technology) through my participation to the preparation and initial implementation of one of the three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). Launched in 2008 by the European Commission, EIT has set up three initial KICs on Energy, Climate and ICT. The KIC EIT ICT Labs (in which I am still heavily involved) incorporates six nodes at the European level (Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Paris, Stockholm et Trento), London (which could be full node in 2014) Madrid and Budapest are associate nodes. KICs promote a strong « alliance » between Education, Research and Innovation+Business.
Jaen-Pierre Banâtre played a key role in the operational setting of EIT ICT Labs, at the French level as well as at the global level. It appears now that, after a somewhat chaotic phase mainly due to the novelty of the concept, EIT ICT Labs appears on the right track with a strong governance under the leadership of its CEO, Prof. Willem Jonker. The recent announcement of the opening of the EIT ICT Labs Master School in 2012 is a first evidence of an upcoming success.
| Sabia Consulting is a small consulting company founded by Jean-Pierre Banâtre, acting as CEO, and Jean-Loic Delhaye, acting as Managing Director. One of the specificities of Sabia Consulting is the provision of a "on-demand" service based on a long lasting experience of its founders in ICT Research and Technology Transfer. Emphasis is placed on visionary research actions and also on services allowing high tech SMEs to join European programmes. |  |
The creators of Sabia Consulting intend to select a small set of high quality actions on which they will concentrate their efforts in order to achieve success. Their major goal is to help our partners to improve significantly their presence in the European landscape. Their main target activities include (but are not limited to) :
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