Summer School on MANAGEMENT OF CREATIVITY in an Innovation Society

Born in Barcelona, Spain, I am a graduate in German Philology and Linguistics from the University of Barcelona. I am currently studying a MA in Cultural Management because I would like to focus my career on the cultural sector. I have experience working as translator and teacher, and I am now combining a practice as [...]

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade (specializing in marketing) from the École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur in Paris, and I am currently an M.Sc. student at HEC Montréal in Administration, specializing in International Business. Having embarked on a worldwide path towards diversity and its amazing contribution to creativity, my professional projects shall lead [...]

After having studied engineering and architecture, Yves Ayrault was a teacher at the Architecture School of Nancy where he wrote and had published several research papers about the relationship between architecture and industry. As the dean of the Architecture School of Strasbourg, he developped the design departement in cooperation with art schools, economics and engineering [...]

After my DEC in Fashion Marketing, I traveled Australia for a year. I then began a bachelor’s degree in marketing, after which I started working for Van Houtte in the marketing field at the age of 26. After being awarded many responsibilities in a short period of time, I decided to combine my two passions [...]

A native from the Outaouais area, Catherine received an accounting certificate and a communications degree, specializing in public relations. Particularly interested in management, this M.Sc. candidate in International Business at HEC Montréal plans to work as an innovation management and strategic management consultant.

My name is Vincent Bédard, I was born in Québec City, Canada, and I studied industrial design and colours. I have been working in R&D for more than 23 years in fields related to design and creativity. I am currently creative director at Ingenio, the R&D subsidiary of Loto-Québec, where I lead an amazing multidisciplinary [...]

Since 1994, André Bélanger has participated in the development of Quebec in the realm of web marketing. First a journalist in the news of new information technologies and communication (ICT), in 1999 he became director of information Netgraphe and editor of La Toile du Quebec. In 2001, he served as the director of Internet and [...]

One of my greatest passions is travel, through which I adopted an open-minded perspective and an appreciation for different cultures. It is also thanks to travel that I became who I am today. I discovered Quebec culture and the city of Montreal, which attracted me with its ideal blend of economy, creativity and innovation.

Currently in charge of l’Observatoire des Sciences et des techniques à Paris, I have been pursuing a doctorate since November 2009 in Economic Sciences on the theme of governance multi-actors of innovation policies in France. I conduct my thesis work in the Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA) at the University of Strasbourg. I also [...]

Pierre-Jean Benghozi is presently Research Director at the National Centre for Scientific Resarch (CNRS). In Ecole polytechnique (Paris, France) he is running the Research Unit in Economics and Management and in charge of the “Orange” Chair dedicated to Innovation and Regulation in Digital Services. He developed a research group on Information Technology, Telecommunications, Media and [...]