As with previous FTA events, the 2008 Conference places emphasis on diversity of views by attracting participants from a wide geographical base. Academics, practitioners as well as public and private sector decision makers from Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Australasia are invited to broaden the network and to increase understanding of advances in the field of FTA.
The Scientific Committee of the Conference consists of the following members:
Dr. Jennifer Cassingena Harper, MCST, Malta
Dr. Cristiano Cagnin, European Commission, JRC-IPTS, Spain
Dr. Annele Eerola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Prof. Luke Georghiou, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Attila Havas, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Prof. Ron Johnston, Australian Centre for Innovation, Australia
Dr. Totti Könnölä, European Commission, JRC-IPTS, Spain
Dr. Mu Rongping, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Özcan Saritas, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Fabiana Scapolo, European Commission, JRC, Belgium
Mr. Jack Smith, Defence R&D Canada, Canada
Prof. Lea Velho, University of Campinas, Brazil |