A renewed French and American dialogue
With Africa and the Arab world
Guest of honour:
Ambassador Jean-David Levitte
13-15 June 2013
Marrakech, Morocco
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Contents
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. Introduction Letter .................................................................... 3
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. Guest of honour – Ambassador Jean-David Levitte............ 5
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. Provisional Programme ............................................................ 6
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. Delegate fee .............................................................................. 11
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. Contacts .................................................................................... 12
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. Registered Participants ............................................................ 14
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. Hotel Sofitel Marrakech.......................................................... 29
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. Registration Form .................................................................... 30
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1. Dear Young Leader, dear
friend,
Our ambitious initiative the High Level Panel “In the aftermath
of the Arab Spring, In the context of an African renaissance:
Promoting a renewed French and American Dialogue with
Africa and the Arab World” is coming together and we are
looking forward to seeing you all in Marrakech on June 13!
The theme of the discussions will be The Arab Spring and the African Renaissance as a long-term
challenges to both our countries. The topic is all over the news and as history unfolds before our eyes, more
challenges are to come. Understanding the region better and increasing reflection with this conference will be
critical in charting a new direction in the relationship between French, American and Arab leaders.
The three-day conference will explore the grounds for developing constructive dialogue between French,
American and Arab leaders on key issues. It will bring together 40 key leaders in the fields of politics, business,
media, academia, military and civil society. In that enterprise, France and the United States have a common
interest in working together to meet the African and Arab worlds. Both countries are old allies, with U.S.French diplomatic relations stretching back more than 225 years. Both countries have shared values, and are
actively committed to addressing common problems, regionally and globally. This conference is a rare
opportunity for French and American Young Leaders to meet Arab Young Leaders and have open
discussions about long-term challenges, issues of common concern and, more importantly, getting to know each
other and creating lasting bonds.
You will see a very prestigious guest will be with us during the conference: Ambassador Jean-David Levitte has
accepted our invitation. Former special diplomatic advisor to President Chirac and president Sarkozy, he
also served as French ambassador to the USA. Ambassador Levitte is a distinguished fellow of the Brookings
Institution in Washington DC and member of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council of
the United States. He voiced his enthusiasm for our conference and as a founding member of the Young
Leaders programme, he is keen to meet us all. He is most helpful at putting together our conference and inviting
Moroccan government officials to come and talk to us: we are very optimistic but we hope that many of you
will also contribute contacts and speakers names to ensure a successful conference. Your help is key to
make this plan come together and your suggestions are most welcome.
Our expectation is that approximately 40-50 Young Leaders, which includes American, French alumni and Arab
participants, attend. As this Young Leaders trip brings friends together, loved-ones and children are welcome!
Please note that the programme we are sending is confidential and provisional .
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You will find the delegate fee inside and we are also approaching sponsors to make this conference affordable for
everyone: hopefully, the plan is coming together well. Please come back to us to confirm your inscription by
1st of March 2013. An agency is organising this event with us, we need your commitment as soon as
possible to book flights and accommodation.
Making this event happen takes significant resources and time and your early commitment is requested to make it
a success.
See you soon!!!
Christine and Estelle
Registration is now open with the agency. Please copy Estelle and
Christine.
Please register
by returning the registration form no later than the 1st of
March 2013.
and sending the deposit to the agency
no later than the 15th of March 2013.
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2. Guest
of
honour
–
Ambassador Jean-David Levitte
Jean-David Levitte is a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the Institut de France
and professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris. He is also a distinguished fellow of the
Brookings Institution in Washington DC and member of the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic
Council of the United States. Jean-David Levitte has had a distinguished and outstanding career in the
French Foreign Service, serving on the staff of three French Presidents and holding various senior
positions in the French foreign service.
After the presidential elections in May 2007, President Sarkozy asked Ambassador Levitte to be his Senior
Diplomatic Adviser and sherpa.
In his previous position, he served as Ambassador to the United States, from 2002 to 2007.
President Chirac appointed him as French Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 2000. In New
York, Ambassador Levitte successfully handled several international negotiations, including resolution 1441 on
Iraq.
Ambassador Levitte served as Senior Diplomatic Adviser and sherpa of President Chirac from 1995 to 2000.
From 1990, he held senior positions in the French Foreign Ministry, first as Assistant Secretary for Asia and then
as Undersecretary for Cultural and Scientific Cooperation.
In 1988, he was designated to his first position as Ambassador and served as the French Permanent
Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva from 1988 to 1990.
Before 1988 Mr. Levitte was assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, a position he held from
1986 to 1988. Prior to that Mr. Levitte was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary in the African Bureau after
serving in the United States as Second Counselor at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in
New York.
Mr. Levitte joined the Foreign Service in 1970. He was first posted in Hong Kong and Beijing in the early 1970's.
A few months after his election in 1974, President Valery Giscard d'Estaing asked him to work on his staff at the
Elysee Palace, where he stayed from 1975 to 1981.
Born in 1946 in the south of France, Ambassador Levitte earned a law degree and is a graduate of Sciences-Po
(the renowned Institute for Political Science in Paris) and of the National School of Oriental Languages, where he
studied Chinese and Indonesian.
Ambassador Levitte is married to Marie-Cécile Jonas and has two daughters and three grandchildren.
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3. Provisional Programme
Is Morocco the gate to Africa and the Middle East?
Wednesday 12 June
Time
Topic
3.10 - 5.15 p.m.
Royal Air Maroc flight from Paris Orly to Marrakech Menara international airport
6.00 p.m.
Welcome drinks
7.00 p.m.
Informal buffet dinner and introduction of the participants
Discussion: "Morocco: a new land of opportunity for American and European investors?"
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Arab Spring(s):
Democracy and policy challenges
in Maghreb and Machrek in the context of the Arab Spring
DAY 1 - Thursday 13 June
Time
Topic
09.00 – 10.45 a.m.
What are the implications to the region of Islamic parties on the rise in politics?
Meeting and discussion with religious expert Rachid Benzine (confirmed) and
Moroccan religious party MP (tbd)
10.45 – 11.00 a.m.
Coffee break
11.00 – 12.15 a.m.
Protection of minorities and religious freedom, women’s rights in the region
Meeting and discussion with activists
12.15 – 1.30 p.m.
Lunch break
1.30 – 3.00 p.m.
What is the role of the local and international media on covering the Arab Springs and the
current transitions? What about freedom of the Press and social responsibility of the media
in countries in turmoil?
Meeting and discussions with local and international journalists Al-Arabyia TV
Head of international Desk Najib Bencherif, (confirmed), others (tbd)
3.00 – 3.15 p.m.
Coffee break
3.15 – 4.45 p.m.
Presentation and open discussion with Ambassador Jean-David Levitte
4.45 –6.30 p.m.
The Arab Spring: a revolution for both American and French foreign policies?
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What impact does the Arab Spring have on economic and financial aid by the US,
Europe and Gulf States? Does financial aid grant a right to have a say on local
reforms?
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Can the US and Europe impose their views on human rights, protection of
minorities and women's rights?
Meeting and discussions with diplomats, policy makers and human rights activists
7.00 p.m.
Sponsored Gala dinner - Conclusion of the day by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte
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Is Africa the next reservoir of economic growth?
DAY 2 – Friday 14 June
Time
Topic
8.45 – 09.15 a.m.
Welcome - Opening Keynote Address by the Ministry of Finance of Morocco (tbc)
09.15a.m. – 1.00
p.m.
Group discussion: Economy, industry, and finance discussions: is Africa the next reservoir
of economic growth?
Meeting and discussion with economists, financiers and private investors
Site visit [Petit Bateau manufacturing plant (tbc)]
1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch break
2.00 – 3.30 p.m.
Access to natural resources: drinking water, mining and sustainable development in Africa
GDF Suez (Florence) [confirmed]/ OCP (tbc)
3.30 – 3.45 p.m.
Coffee break
3.45 – 5.45 p.m.
What are the potential sources of financing for investors in Africa: role of international or
regional development finance institutions? role of private investors from BRIC economies?
role of Islamic finance?
Gulf State investors (tbc)
5.45 – 8.00 p.m.
Free discussions and network opportunities
8.00 p.m.
Dinner in Medina
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Religious and cultural awakening:
Are Maghreb and Sub-Saharan societies in transition?
DAY 3 - Saturday 15 June
Time
Topic
09.00 – 09.15 a.m.
Welcome
09.15 – 10.45 a.m.
Security and defence discussions:
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Mali, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and terror: are Maghreb and Machrek the next
Afghanistan?
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Security and defence discussions: Is access to natural resources (oil, uranium,
drinking water) or strategic assets (oil refineries, pipelines) a potential source of
conflict or instability in the region
Meeting and discussions with intelligence and military experts [Frédéric/Yann]
10.45 – 1.00 p.m.
Visit on military site and discussion with local and international army officers
1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
Lunch break
2.00– 5.45 p.m.
Cultural site visit in Dar al- Ma'mûn international arts centre (confirmed) and discussion
with art experts (Redha Moali)
7.00 p.m.
Dinner
Sunday 16 June
Time
Topic
Early morning
Shuttle to the Marrakech Menara international airport
8.05 –12.10
Royal Air Maroc flight from Marrakech Menara international airport to Paris Orly (Option
1)
8.00 –9.00 a.m.
Breakfast
Morning
Cultural site visit
1.00 – 2.00 p.m.
Closing lunch
3.30 p.m.
Shuttle to the Marrakech Menara international airport
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5.40 – 9.45 p.m.
Royal Air Maroc flight from Marrakech Menara international airport to Paris Orly (Option
2)
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4. Delegate fee
Delegate fee individual
Delegate fee –
corporate
EUR 1,150
EUR 2,950
The delegate fee includes participation to the
Conference, air travel from Paris to Marrakech, airport
transfers, accommodation, food (excluding beverages)
and local transportation, included in the Conference
for one person.
The delegate fee does not include: taxes and visa costs.
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5. Contacts
Christine Poyer-Rufenacht
Mobile: +33620497479
Email: [email protected]
Christine Poyer-Rufenacht is a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure
group of Allen & Overy LLP. She is qualified to practise law under
New York, English and French law.
She graduated from Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale
(IHEDN) in 2010.
Christine’s practice concentrates on the financing of large domestic
and international energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on
complex renewables projects (onshore and offshore wind, solar and
hydro). Christine has been advising sponsors, lenders, and
government bodies on independent power projects (IPPs) and
private-public partnership projects (PPPs). Projects that Christine has
been advising on are multijurisdictional and are located in Europe,
Africa and the former Soviet Union.
Christine is an alumna of the Young Leaders programme of the
French-American Foundation 2011-2012.
Estelle Youssouffa
Mobile: +33666122965
Email:
estelle.youssouffa@
gmail.com
Estelle Youssouffa is an independent bilingual broadcast journalist. A
news anchor on French 24/7 news network ITélé and the global
network TV5 Monde, she’s also an investigative journalist working
for France 2 “Un Oeil sur la Planète”. She graduated with a degree in
journalism studies in Tours, France, before studying international
relations and political studies at Quebec University of Montréal.
Estelle Youssouffa started her career at the French news network
LCI. She then entered investigative journalism for the Arabic news
network Al Arabiya and then joined the English language global news
network Al Jazeera English as their Paris Correspondent.
She is teaching journalism and broadcast seminars at the Institut
Pratique de Journalisme in Paris (Université Paris Dauphine). In May
2009 she was invited in May 2009 to sit on the Yazid Sabeg
Commission on Diversity in the Media created by French President
Nicolas Sarkozy. The Sabeg Commission’s work pushed 18 French
national media outlets to sign a Diversity Charter.
Estelle is an alumna of the Young Leaders programme of the
French-American Foundation 2011-2012.
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To register and if you need any information relating to the
organisation of the seminar, please contact the agency
directly.
Leila PHELOUZAT
Project manager
Agence Publics
12, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
+ 33 (0) 6.61.56.96.92
[email protected]
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6. Registered Participants
Kirsten Bartok
Vice President of Corporate Development,
Sales
Kirsten is Hawker Beechcraft’s Vice President of Corporate
Development, Sales Financing & Structured Finance, where she is
responsible for international partnerships, strategy, M&A, structured
finance, customer aircraft financing, developing and maintaining
relations with financing institutions, and use of Hawker’s balance
sheet to procure financing for both general aviation and government
customer aircraft.
She is also senior adviser and board member of Air Finance Leasing
Corp LLC, a firm that acquires, invests in, and leases business jet
aircraft to professional aviation companies that operate fleets. Before
Air Finance, Kirsten was a co-founder, board member, and CFO of
XOJET, a next-generation private aviation fleet operator sold to the
private equity firm TPG in the autumn of 2007.
Before joining XOJET, Kirsten spent the prior 12+ years in private
equity, investment banking, and capital markets. Most recently,
Kirsten was a partner at Alpine Investors in San Francisco, a middle
market private equity firm, where she led investments in the aviation,
business process outsourcing, education/training and consumer
spaces. Before Alpine, Kirsten was with JPMorgan Partners. She
began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where she worked in
investment banking and fixed income.
Kirsten received a BA cum laude from the University of
Pennsylvania, where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and an
MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. She
was a CFR term member, a German Marshall Fellow, and a YLF
Fellow with the Committee on U.S.-China Relations. She has also
been active on a variety of charitable boards, including the San
Francisco Opera and Rebuilding Together.
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Kamil Beffa
Senior Vice President Supply Chain and
Distribution Project
Lafarge, Cement Division
Born in Paris in 1972, with three nationalities (French, Polish, Swiss),
Kamil graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 1993 and from Ecole
Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in 1996, including a one-year
internship in Warsaw, Poland.
He started his professional career with the oil company Total as a
drilling engineer, first on rigs in Scotland and Argentina, then as an
expatriate in Dubai.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked for the management consultancy
McKinsey,based mainly in Paris.
In 2004 he joined the building materials company Lafarge, first as
strategy and development manager, then taking over in 2005 the
position of general manager for the Serbian business unit. In 2008 he
moved to China, as general manager for the Chongqing business
unit, an organisation comprising 2,500 employees and six plants. In
September 2010, Kamil went back to the Paris headoffice as SVP
Supply Chain and Distribution Project [Manager] for the cement
division.
Kamil enjoys learning foreign languages; he is now able to hold
conversations in French, English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish,
Serbian and Chinese. He also likes to practise sports and play the
piano.
Alexandre Benais
Managing Director, Lazard Frères
Alexandre has been managing director of Lazard Frères in Paris since
2010 and has 12-years' experience in Mergers & Acquisitions
working at Lazard and Société Générale in Paris, Milan and New
York.
He has a strong involvement in the execution and marketing for
Lazard core clients such as Danone, Carrefour and l’Oréal. Alexandre
is currently in charge of coordinating the Consumer & Retail effort
within Lazard in Europe.
Alexandre holds an MBA of ESSEC’s international Business School.
He likes to sail and practise skiing in competition in his spare time.
He is married with two children.
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Kevin Bertram
CEO, Big Parameter, LLC
Kevin is CEO of Big Parameter LLC, a creator of white-label titles of
entertainment, educational, inspirational, and comical text content for
SMS, Web, WAP, mobile apps, digital signage, and other social media
and ad-supported platforms. Prior to joining Big Parameter in August
2010, Kevin served as CEO of Distributive Networks, which he
founded in 2004. Kevin previously served as CEO of a successful
e-commerce company, as Director of New Media with the
Information Technology Association of America, and as the Senior
Editor and Publisher of a Gen-X webzine.
In 2008, Kevin was elected to the Board of Directors for United for
D.C., the charitable arm of D.C. United, and he is an active member
of the Mobile Marketing Association and the elite MindShare
programme for D.C.-area CEOs. He is a regular speaker about
mobile technology at events including CTIA Wireless, the New
Media Congress, DC AdWeek, the National Sports Forum, Potomac
Tech Wire’s Mobile Outlook 2008, MobileMonday, MoMeMo,
OffDeck USA, and the Maryland Institute for Technology and the
Humanities.
Kevin is the founder of the annual Wiffle By the Bay tournament, an
avid board game collector, and a loyal University of Arizona Wildcat.
Bruno Bouygues
Group CEO
Gys
Bruno graduated from INSEAD in 2002, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1999 and Ecole spéciale des Travaux publics, du
Bâtiment et de l'Industrie in 1999.
Bruno is now group CEO of Gys. With 470 employees in four
countries (France, UK, Germany, China), GYS (www.gys.fr) is a
French family-owned industrial group that engineers and
manufactures arc welding, spot welding and automotive battery
service equipment. The group is positioned as one of the world
technological leaders in its fields.
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Nathaniel C. Fick
CEO, Center for New American Security
Nate was appointed CEO of the Center for a New American Security
(CNAS) in June 2009. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer
of CNAS and has been a Fellow at the Center since its founding in
2007.
Prior to joining CNAS, Nate served as a Marine Corps infantry
officer. He took part in the earliest phases of Operation Enduring
Freedom in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2001 and 2002 and led a
reconnaissance unit during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He served in
2007 as a civilian instructor at the Afghanistan Counterinsurgency
Academy in Kabul, and in 2008 on the Presidential Transition Team
at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
He is the author of the 2005 New York Times bestseller “One Bullet
Away,” recognized as one of the “Best Books of the Year” by The
Washington Post and one of the “Best Military Books of the
Decade” by The Military Times. The Commanding General of U.S.
Marine Corps Forces Central Command made “One Bullet Away”
required reading for officers deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Nate’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The
Washington Post, Forbes, and Foreign Policy, among other
publications, and he is a frequent contributor to television and radio.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the World Economic
Forum’s Young Global Leaders.
Nate serves on the boards of the Marine Corps Scholarship
Foundation, dedicated to providing educational opportunities for the
children of Marines killed in action, and the Rockefeller Center for
Public Policy at Dartmouth College, which encourages graduates to
embark on careers in public service. He is an operating partner at
Bessemer Venture Partners, the oldest venture capital firm in
America.
Nate holds an A.B. degree with high honours in classics and
government from Dartmouth, an MPA in international security
policy from the Kennedy School of Government, and an MBA from
the Harvard Business School.
He is a certified sailboat charter captain and lives with his wife and
daughter in Washington, D.C.
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Zenab is in charge of the Young Leaders programme.
Zenab Choug
Programme Officer
French-American Foundation –France
Before joining the Foundation, Zenab worked in Geneva for human
rights NGOs, for the Conference of Non Governmental
Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations and for
the Geneva International Peace Research Institute.
Zenab holds the diploma of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in
Grenoble, a Master’s degree in European Law from the Faculty of
Aix en Provence, and a Master’s degree in Government from New
Mexico State University.
Jeff Chu
Articles Editor, Fast Company
Jeff is an articles editor at Fast Company, where he edits stories on
topics ranging from the Chinese marketplace to urban affairs to
philanthropy. He also writes; his recent stories include a profile of
Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and
an investigation into legal and ethical problems at the furniture
retailer Design Within Reach, for which he won the 2010 Deadline
Club Award for best business feature.
Jeff was part of the launch team at the now-defunct Condé Nast
Portfolio and before that spent seven years at Time. As a staff writer,
he wrote about the business of James Bond; the plight of
Zimbabwean dissidents; the tribulations of Tony Blair; and covered
religion, culture, and society.
A graduate of Princeton and the London School of Economics, Jeff
was a 2004 Phillips Foundation fellow (his project examined
complaint in American history). He is now at work on his first book,
which is about the intersection between Christianity and
homosexuality in America, to be published by Harper Collins in early
2013.
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Béatrice de Clermont-Tonnerre
Head of Development, Lagardère
Béatrice is Head of Development at Lagardère, a French Media
conglomerate (€7.9 billion in revenue in 2009). She has been involved
in acquisitions ranging from broadcasting (Canal +) and sports rights
(Sportfive) to book publishing (Time Warner Book Group), digital
media and the internet (Jumpstart in the US; Nextedia, Newsweb,
and Doctissimo in France; Digital Spy in the UK). She also works on
organic growth and new product launches.
Béatrice began her career as a radio journalist at Radio France
Internationale Latin America and Europe 1 before joining the
Strategy Department of Lagardère in 1995 as a Manager for the High
Technologies division. In 1998, she became an Executive in the
Media division. In 2001, she joined CanalSatellite as Head of
Interactive Television. She was appointed Co-Head of Programming
in 2003.
A graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (BA in
Politics) and the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et
Commerciales (MBA), Béatrice sits on the Board of FACE, French
American Cultural Exchange, a foundation promoting contemporary
art in the U.S. and France.
Cécile Falcon
Adjunct professor, ENS
Born 10 November 1977, Cécile graduated from the Ecole Normale
Supérieure, where she studied English (BA), Arabic (workshop in
Damascus at the Institut Français d’Etudes Arabes), history of the
medieval Muslim worlds (MA) and is now finishing a PhD in theatre
history. She also graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de
Paris (Sciences-Po).
After having passed the national competitive examination for
recruitment in French literature (agrégation de lettres modernes), she
taught at the University of Rennes II from 2005 to 2008 and has
been teaching performing arts in the Department of History and
Theory of the Arts at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) since
then. In 2009, she was visiting professor in the French department at
Cornell University. The same year, she organised a symposium on
theatre in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran, « Le théâtre, lieu de
résistance » at the Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Apart from her academic curriculum, Cécile graduated from the
Studio Pygmalion’s acting school and has attended many classical and
contemporary dance courses since her childhood, mainly in Ecole de
Danse Peter Goss but also in Studio Harmonic (modern-jazz) and
Centre de Danse du Marais (flamenco). She also attended the dancetheatre courses of Caroline Marcadé (former dancer of Carolyn
Carlson’s company) in the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art
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Dramatique. She also learned classical singing with Eliane Manchet.
For many years, Cécile worked as assistant to stage director Jacques
Lassalle (The Aspern Papers, The Beast in the Jungle by Henry
James, The Dance of Death by Strindberg, BabyloneStreet by JeanMarie Besset), and Marcel Bozonnet (Orgy by Pasolini), both of them
former directors of the Comédie-Française and the Conservatoire
National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique. The production of the Beast in
the Jungle, in the Théâtre de la Madeleine, was performed by Gérard
Depardieu and Fanny Ardant, with whom she worked again on a
theatrical adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ novel La Maladie de la
Mort.
As an actress, Cécile specialises in “lectures-spectacles”: in 2004, on
Victor Hugo; in 2005, on Cyrano de Bergerac; in 2007, on Arabic and
French love poems (theatrical tour in all French cultural centres in
Algeria); in 2008, on the work of the Hungarian poet Istvan Kemeny,
and also on poems by Verlaine; in 2009, at Cornell University on a
selection of Francophone texts by Baudelaire, Duras, Lagarce,
Senghor.
Devin Holmes
CEO, StartUpers.com and Warrior
Gateway
Devin is currently the CEO of Warrior Gateway and is dedicated to
connecting returning veterans and their families with their local
community as they transition to civilian life. Before joining the team
at Warrior Gateway, Devin was employed by Cisco Systems to help
technology and marketing executives identify new revenue projects
with $1 billion projected revenue. With 15 years of corporate
experience in the technology sector, Devin has also held various
executive and managerial roles at startupers!, YUDU Media, The
New York Times Company and OneSoft Corporation.
His leadership of Warrior Gateway also earned him a 2011 Federal
100 Award, which recognises individuals who have made signifcant
contributions to the federal IT community. as well as a 2012
ComputerWorld Laureate Award.
An avid triathlete, Devin is a six-time ‘Escape from Alcatraz’
triathlon finisher and a 2012 Ironman Brazil fnisher. Devin holds a
BS in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and
MBAs from both London Business School and Columbia Business
School.
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Béchir Jarraya
Neurosurgeon, Head of laboratory Hôpital
Foch, CEA-Inserm, University of Versailles
Béchir is both a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. He graduated from
the medical school of Paris VI university (UPMC), and trained as a
resident in neurosurgery at Paris hospitals. He has been board
certified in neurosurgery since 2005. He also trained in neuroscience
research and obtained a Master’s degree then a PhD degree in
neuroscience in 2006 from Paris VI university (UPMC).
In 2006-2007, he worked as a research fellow at Harvard medical
school and the Massachusetts general hospital (Boston, USA). Back
in Paris, he was granted the competitive Inserm Avenir program,
with the support of the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, to mount
the laboratory of cognitive and translational neurosciences that he is
currently leading, in Neurospin neuroimaging centre at CEA Saclay
(French atomic energy research commissariat, life science division).
He also pursued neurosurgery as clinical chief in the functional
neurosurgery unit at Henri Mondor hospital, Paris greater area, where
he specialised further in neuromodulation, cell and gene therapies for
neurological disorders.
In November 2011, he was appointed associate professor in the
medical school of Versailles university, and is responsible for the
neuromodulation unit, in the department of neurosurgery, Foch
hospital, Paris greater area. This unit is dedicated to treating patients
with neurological disorders, using advanced neurotechnologies.
He also received the European prize Aesculap for the best scientific
work among young European neurosurgeons, the Fondation
Bettencourt Schueller award for young scientists and a prize from the
French National Academy of Medicine. He has published several
neuroscience and neurosurgical studies in international journals.
He is also co-inventor of a new gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease.
His main interests are neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s
disease, chronic pain, consciousness disorders, neurological
rehabilitation and functional neuroimaging using high field magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI).
Béchir Jarraya believes that a revolution in neuroscience and its
translation into clinical reality through innovative neurosurgical
implants will radically reshape future societies.
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Jane is responsible for providing legal support to three Boeing
military aircraft programme.
Jane Kang
Senior Counsel, The Boeing Company
Prior to joining Boeing, Jane founded and managed a boutique
corporate law firm and worked as a corporate attorney in Tokyo,
Silicon Valley, and Seattle for Latham & Watkins LLP and Heller
Ehrman LLP. Jane has also served in Taipei and Tokyo as a career
State Department foreign service officer and is the recipient of an
individual State Department Superior Honor Award for
“extraordinary service under dangerous circumstances” while on a
temporary assignment to Mongolia. Her other government
experience includes working on Capitol Hill for then-Congressman
Byron Dorgan and Senator Maria Cantwell, in the Office of the U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, and in the State
Department’s Bureau of Political Military Affairs. She is a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations, a lifetime fellow of the U.S.-Japan
Leadership Program, and a delegate of the British-American Project.
She also serves on the steering committee of the Aspen Institute’s
Socrates Society.
A graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A.), Fletcher School of
Law & Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) and University of Washington School
of Law (J.D.), Jane was raised in France, Zaire (now, the Democratic
People’s Republic of the Congo), and Japan. She speaks Japanese,
Korean, Mandarin Chinese and un petit peu de Français.
Leonard Kosinski
National Defense Fellow -Lieutenant
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Leo is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Most recently, he was
Commander, Heavy Airlift Squadron at Pápa Air Base in Hungary,
where he helped stand up a first-of-a-kind multinational strategic
airlift organisation. This $5-billion, 30-year, 12-nation Strategic Airlift
Capability C-17 consortium provides worldwide execution of
humanitarian and contingency airlift and airdrop missions for
NATO, the European Union, and the United Nations.
Leo has flown more than 3,000 hours in mobility aircraft in
operations around the globe, including numerous humanitarian relief
efforts. During the Kosovo campaign, he commanded KC-135 aerial
refuelling aircraft out of Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France, receiving
an Air Medal for meritorious achievement. Prior to his assignment in
Hungary, he served as Japan Country Director and Northeast Asia
Branch Chief on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,
where he was the sole Japan expert and adviser to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Selected for a scholarship upon graduation, he earned a Master of
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Science in Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he
worked with Sandia National Laboratories on SCUD missile
detection and tracking systems. An Olmsted Scholar, he completed
an MBA at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. He is currently
attending The Fletcher School at Tufts University on a Chief of Staff
of the Air Force/National Defense Fellowship and pursuing a
doctorate in International Relations.
Leo’s personal interests include running, basketball, East Asian
languages, and spending time with family and friends.
Pauline Lavagne d’Ortigue
Saint-Gobain, Research and Department
Pauline Lavagne d’Ortigue is a researcher and developer working for
Saint-Gobain, a global building material group and the oldest French
listed company, founded in 1665. Pauline’s work for the directors of
corporate R&D, Planning and Marketing focuses on design thinking
and human centred innovation, with an emphasis on sustainable and
affordable construction.
Prior to joining an industrial group, Pauline worked mainly in
academia. She wrote a doctorate on the architecture and planning of
the first oil towns of the Middle East, in Southern Iran. And since
undertaking research in Iran is always full of surprises and
unexpected delays, she had the opportunity to explore several other
fields. She founded an online current affairs magazine, created a small
landscape design and gardening company, and worked on several
documentary film projects.
Pauline was a student of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the
Courtauld Institute, the Institut National des Langues Orientales and
the Oriental Institute at Oxford University.
She holds BAs in History and in Persian studies; a post-graduate
diploma in Art History; and a PhD in British studies.
She received helpful grants from the Academie Française, the
Fondation Thiers, the Iran Heritage Foundation and the Institut
Français de Recherches en Iran.
Pauline is part of Futurbulences and Dandizan, two Paris based
think-tanks. She enjoys fine food & wines, long-distance travel on
horseback or bicycle, wild flowers and flea markets.
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Valérie Laxton
Head of Sector, G20, European
Commission
Valérie is an economist specializing in international economics and
international relations. She is Head of Sector in the DirectorateGeneral for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European
Commission.
Valérie is in charge of a team of economists, who are responsible for
the economic analysis and forecasting of macro-economic
developments in non-European countries. This team also organises
the bilateral economic meetings between ministries of finance and
central banks of these non-European countries and their
counterparts at European level. These exchanges of views help
increase knowledge and understanding of economic developments in
Europe and G20 countries, and help prepare high-level bilateral
meetings and multilateral meetings.
Valérie started her career as a teaching assistant. While working on
her master’s and Ph.D. in international economics, she taught classes
in economics, international economics and political economy at the
Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland,
and at the Political Science Institute in Lyon, France.
Her career at the European Commission started in the field of
employment issues, as Valérie was responsible for the flagship report
of the employment department. In this capacity, she had ample
contact with European and foreign labour ministries and
international organisations, such as the OECD and ILO. She then
joined the economics department of forecasting and contributed to
the analysis and monitoring of the European economic outlook.
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Helen Lee Bouygues
Founder and President
Lee Bouygues Partners
In 2011, Helen founded Lee Bouygues Partners, a consulting firm
focused on providing operational improvement consulting services
and interim management for distressed companies. The firm today is
composed of eight consultants. As part of her cases, amongst others,
she is currently acting CFO of Alltub Group and liquidator of
Gavilon France.
She has also conducted projects for Eurodough SA and Mariteam
SA. Prior, Ms. Bouygues was Senior Director and responsible for
Private Equity relationships in France for seven years at Alvarez &
Marsal, a global turnaround firm. She worked on cases including,
amongst others: Alcan Beauty Packaging, Mexx, SGD Group, DBA
Apparel, CHC Helicopters and Diam International. From 2001 to
2004, Ms. Bouygues was chief financial officer and chief operating
officer of Cogent Communications, a NASDAQ-listed telecom
company.
During her tenure at Cogent, Ms. Bouygues acquired seven
companies out of bankruptcy and was responsible for their
integration. She also raised over $250 million in capital and
renegotiated debt amounting to over $500 million. Ms. Bouygues
started her career in M&A at J.P. Morgan in 1995 and subsequently
worked as an Associate at the private equity firm, Audax Group.
Ms. Bouygues graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University
in Political Science, and received an MBA from Harvard Business
School. She has written a case for INSEAD’s Turnaround class and
is a regular guest speaker.
Colin McCormick
Senior Advisor for R&D,
Office of the Under Secretary
US Department of Energy
Colin is the senior advisor for R&D in the Office of the Under
Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy. He focuses on
coordinating research efforts on applied energy technologies
(renewables, efficiency, carbon capture, grid, and nuclear power) and
developing international energy research collaborations. He
previously served as the team lead for Emerging Technologies in the
Building Technologies Program of the DOE Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Prior to joining the Department of Energy he was an energy and
security analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, a
professional staff member with the House of Representatives
Committee on Science and Technology, and an AAAS Congressional
Fellow on the staff of Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
He received his PhD in atomic and optical physics from the
University of California, Berkeley, and did post-doctoral work in
quantum optics at the National Institute of Standards and
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Technology in the group of 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate William
Phillips.
Outside of work, Colin is an avid runner, hiker and rock climber, and
plays trombone with DC local funk band ‘Bonjour, Ganesh!’
Christine Poyer-Rufenacht
Partner, Allen & Overy LLP
Christine is a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure group of Allen
& Overy LLP. She is qualified to practise law under New York,
English and French law.
She graduated from Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale
(IHEDN) in 2010.
Christine’s practice concentrates on the financing of large domestic
and international energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on
complex renewables projects (onshore and offshore wind, solar and
hydro). Christine has been advising sponsors, lenders, and
government bodies on independent power projects (IPPs) and
private-public partnership projects (PPPs). Projects that Christine has
been advising on are multijurisdictional and are located in Europe,
Africa and the former Soviet Union.
Christine is an alumna of the Young Leaders programme of the
French-American Foundation 2011-2012.
Byron Rader
CFO, Microsoft
Byron moved to France in August 2008 as the CFO of Microsoft
France. In this role, Byron is in charge of all finance activities for
Sales, Marketing, Services, Entertainment, and Devices, as well as
Consumer Online.
Before moving to France, Byron Rader worked at Microsoft
Corporate in Seattle as Chief of Staff supporting Sales, Marketing,
and Services as well as doing special projects for the Microsoft CFO
and CEO. Byron Rader also worked in Sweden managing all finance
activities and in Seattle managing Microsoft’s strategic investment
portfolio and the Financial Planning & Analysis team supporting
Worldwide Operations.
Byron received his MBA with Honors from the University of
Chicago Graduate School of Business and his Bachelor’s Degree
from the University of California, San Diego in Quantitative
Economics and Decision Sciences. Byron is married and has three
children aged 13, 9 and 7 and enjoys running, playing bridge, and
spending time with his family.
François-Xavier Rouxel is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and
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François-Xavier Rouxel
CEO Infrastructure services US
Cap Gemini
a senior engineer at the Corps des Mines. He began his career with a
start up, Picogiga (1996-1997), before joining ST-Microelectronics in
the U.S. (1997-1998). From 1999 to 2002, he worked with the
DRIRE in the PACA region as Head of the Industrial Environment
division. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the EC’s Directorate
General for Competition in Brussels. In 2005, he was appointed
Deputy Head of Cabinet to the Minister for Social Security, the
Elderly, Disabled and the Family. He joined AREVA in October
2006 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. Xavier was in
charge of AREVA uranium enrichment activities worldwide.
Xavier now is the CEO Infrastructure services US, Cap Gemini.
Bradley Schneider
Senior Scientific Officer, Global Field
Operations, Global Viral Forecasting
Initiative
Bradley serves as the Director of Laboratory Sciences at the Global
Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI), where he leads global research in
austere and challenging sites throughout Africa and Asia. His work
actively investigates the process by which novel viruses enter into the
human population from animals and become pandemics and has
created a pilot for the first global early warning system to prevent
novel pandemics by coupling innovative surveillance in field sites
throughout the world with a consortium of top high-containment
laboratories. He directs laboratory sciences for the United States
Agency of International Development’s (USAID) Emerging
Pandemic Threat Program, PREDICT, which seeks to identify the
emergence of novel viruses before they pose a major threat to human
health, and additionally, he coordinates novel pathogen discovery and
technology development.
Bradley received his Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from the
University of Colorado at Boulder and his Ph.D. in Virology and
Experimental Pathology from the University of Texas Medical
Branch (UTMB), which acts as the Regional Center of Excellence for
Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. He specializes in
emerging infectious diseases with an emphasis on tropical viruses.
At the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Bradley gained expertise
in tick-borne pathogens and proficiency in a broad spectrum of
laboratory and field techniques. Beyond research, his efforts include
facilitating collaborations with industry and international U.S. military
laboratories and aiding in the design of diagnostic assays for
detection of possible bioterrorism agents. Bradley has DOJ/FBI
clearance to work with highly pathogenic agents and recently worked
at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, coordinating projects investigating
viral disease severity and assisting negotiations of scientific
collaborations in institutional, domestic, and international settings.
He has provided scientific consulting in biodefence, emerging
infectious diseases, and outbreak response. Bradley has served in
leadership and advisory roles as a member of academic, ethics,
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review, and search committees, as well as acting as an Academic
Editor and Editorial Board member for the Public Library of Science
(PLoS) journal. During his scientific career, Bradley has published
more than 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts on a diversity of topics,
including viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens.
Nabil Wakim
Head of the Politics Department, Le Monde
A graduate of Celsa journalism school in Paris, Nabil, born in 1981 in
Beirut (Lebanon), is a multimedia journalist for the French
newspaper and website Le Monde. He was in charge of the
web/print politics department during the last presidential campaign.
He was previously a political reporter and co-editor for the website
Le Monde. fr. Nabil launched the fact-checking blog Les decodeurs
in 2009 and is the co-writer of a politcal videogame released in 2011.
He is also a teacher at the Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, in
Paris.
Estelle Youssouffa
Reporter/Anchor, Al Jazeera English/TV5
Monde
Mobile: +33666122965
Email: [email protected]
Estelle Youssouffa is an independent bilingual broadcast journalist. A
news anchor on French 24/7 news network ITélé and the global
network TV5 Monde, she’s also an investigative journalist working
for France 2 “Un Oeil sur la Planète”. She graduated with a degree in
journalism studies in Tours, France, before studying international
relations and political studies at Quebec University of Montréal.
Estelle Youssouffa started her career at the French news network
LCI. She then entered investigative journalism for the Arabic news
network Al Arabiya and then joined the English language global news
network Al Jazeera English as their Paris Correspondent.
She is teaching journalism and broadcast seminars at the Institut
Pratique de Journalisme in Paris (Université Paris Dauphine). In May
2009 she was invited to sit on the Yazid Sabeg Commission on
Diversity in the Media created by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Sabeg Commission’s work pushed 18 French national media
outlets to sign a Diversity Charter.
Estelle is an alumna of the Young Leaders programme of the
French-American Foundation 2011-2012.
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7. Hotel Sofitel Marrakech
The French art de vivre combines with Moorish grandness in this 5-star hotel in Marrakesh.
This sumptuous palace is set amidst lush gardens and decorated with fountains which offer a
backdrop to the swimming pool. Marble columns, sculpted ceilings, zellige and oriental rugs in
shades of purple define the atmosphere of this luxury hotel in Marrakesh.
Tranquility and elegance prevail in this hotel in the center of Marrakesh. Experience outdoor
lounges, chaises longues, the swimming pool, meticulously decorated rooms and suites and
panoramic views of the snow-capped Atlas mountains. Sporting and cultural activities await your
little ones in the Kid's Suite.
Enjoy the calm and unwind just a stone's throw from the hustle and bustle of the Medina. Indulge
yourself with treatments at the So SPA and the tea ritual, then relax on the balcony of a luxury suite.
The French cuisine served in the Orangerie is flavored with aromatic herbs from the garden.
Embark on a magnificent journey to the heart of the Red City where French sophistication meets
traditional Moroccan hospitality. Explore the Medina which has been classified as a UNESCO
heritage site.
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