Let's talk business
16 Dec 2011
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Sabina Griffith
Director-General Osamu Motojima opend the second ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Business Forum held in Manosque last week.
±¬×ߺÚÁÏ 600 industrialists from more than 20 countries made their way to Manosque last week to participate in the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Business Forum. Organized for the second time since the inauguration of project, the two-day event was a useful platform for representatives of industry to meet ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ management and technical responsible officers and to discuss issues such as the design status of ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ components and the strategy for their procurement.
"The Business Forum is a necessary event in order to inform and involve industry at an early stage," stated the Director of Agence ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ France Jérôme Paméla in his opening address. "Without industry, there would be no ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Project."
In his status report on the project, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Deputy Director-General Rich Hawryluk, head of the Department for Administration, also highlighted the importance of exchange with industry: "It is great to have an idea on paper, but only industry can make it become reality."