The Third Industrial Revolution

Session chairman: Prof. Martin O'Connor - Directeur REEDS, Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines

This plenary session will present French, Chinese and USA perspectives on the challenges of eco-innovation and territorial development for sustainability.  Three eminent speakers are featured :

• Prof. Sylvie Faucheux  (President UPGO, President FONDaTERRA& Coordinator of the UVSQ Pôle "Chairesindustrielles "), "Green ICT & ICT for Sustainability " ; 
• Mr. George Heartwell (Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA), "Making an Eco-City“;
• Prof. Zhu Dajian (Director of  Institute of Governance for Sustainability, Head of  Department at Tongji University (Shanghai, China), "Green Economy and China's Transition Development“.