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Pierre Laffitte |
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Pierre Laffitte |
Born on January 1st, 1925 at Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Senator, Vice-President of the Commission of Cultural Affairs of the Senate
Founder President of Sophia Antipolis, France, and of the IASP (International Association of Science Parks)
DIPLOMAS
Engineer of the Polytechnic School of Paris (Ecole Polytechnique) Engineer of the Corps of Mining Engineers
CAREER
- Geologist for the "Carte Géologique de France"
- Director of the Office of Geology and Mining Research
- Director and President of the School of Mines of Paris (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris)
FUNCTIONS
-President of the Sophia Antipolis Foundation and of the "Route des Hautes Technologies"
-President of the Council of Mining, Mineral and Metallurgic Industries Foundation, Paris School of Mines
-President of the Franco-German Association for Science and Technology and of the Higher Franco-German Cultural Council
-Founder and Honorary President of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (Union of French Selective High-Tech Universities)
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- President of the International Council of the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
- President of S.I.E.P.A.N.
- Member of the board of directors of "La Cinquième" (the channel of education and knowIedge) and of "La Cinquième Développement"
- Heads the Senate Information Committee whose task is to study how new technologies can contribute to economic, social and cultural development in France
PUBLICATION AND PAPERS
- "Métallogénie de la France"
- Mining map of earth on tectonic background at 1/20 000 000e (UNESCO)
- Treatise on computerized geology
- Science Parks in France (Encyclopaedia Universalis)
- Numerous press articles and interviews on technology parks and science parks : Le Monde, Le Quotidien de Paris, L'Expansion, Financial Times, Corporate Times, Die WeIt etc...
- "Sophia Antipolis - Naissance d'une Ville ?"
- "L'accès au savoir par la télévision" (Editions Economica)
DECORATIONS
- Officer of Légion d'Honneur and of Ordre National du Mérite
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Colorado School of Mines (USA)
- Commander of the Polar Star (Sweden)
- Commander of the National Order (Federal Republic of Germany)
- DE GAULLE - ADENAUER Prize
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Open University (United Kingdom)