Prof. Helene de Rode, President , UCL, Philippe and Partners (Liege), Belgium
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Prof. H. de Rode graduated University of Louvain, where she became professor of law in 1993 till 2003. She published numerous papers and gave invited talks in international meetings and symposia. She also practices law and is a partner of the law firm Philippe and Partners. She is a member of the Liege Bar Association. She oversees for the Academy programmes related to Law Sciences. |
Prof. Frans Carl de Schryver, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
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Frans De Schryver obtained the degree of doctor in sciences in 1964 and is since October 2004 professor emeritus. He has been for many years involved in the area of photochemistry and photophysics. His research has focused on fundamental aspects of photochemistry and photophysics and their use in the study of physicochemical properties of complex systems. During the last 10 years he contributed primarily to the emerging field of time and space resolved (photo) chemistry including scanning probe microscopy, optical microscopy and single molecule spectroscopy and nanoscience. He has published over 600 papers. He is a member of the Belgian Royal academy and Editor in chief of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, associated editor of ChemPhysChem and member of the Editorial Board of Angewandte Chemie and Chem Phys Lett. |
Prof. Michel Deza, Vice President, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Professor Michel Deza made important contributions in applied mathematics, esp. discrete geometry, combinatorics and optimization. He published over 240 research papers, co-authored 4 books and gave numerous invited talks in international conferences. He is, since 1980, Editor-in-chief of European Journal of Combinatorics, belongs to editorial board in 8 other international journals and edited numerous books. |
Andre Leclercq, Treasurer, ArcelorMittal, Belgium
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André Leclercq, graduate in Law and in Economic Law, has managed his career since 1979 in major European companies and is one of the most recognised specialist in Human Resources Management in Europe. Fabricom, Ikea, Diamant Boart, Volkswagen, Holcim and since 2003 Arcelor are the companies he has been working for. He has always been involved in major strategic projects and has every time played the role of the “human federator” giving the project teams the power to achieve their ambitious goals through the empowerment of their members and through a very professional management style of the project governance. André is today in charge of Human Resources and Social Cohesion for the Business Unit “Flat Carbon Steel” of Arcelor in Europe (130.000 people).He is also Executive in more than 10 non-profit associations |