For the fourth year in a row, Saint-Gobain is participating in the European Research and Innovation Exhibition to be held from June 5 to 7, at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center, Paris (France).

Housing, Energy and the Environment will be the three areas explored by Saint-Gobain on its 100-sqm booth.

Theory and practical applications will be included in the program, along with numerous conferences and hands-on experiments with insulation, photovoltaic and self-cleaning glass, Woodprotect timber treatment, Techno-Marketing, etc.


PROGRAMME OF CONFERENCES

The new jobs in Research, Development and Innovation:
Techno-Marketing paving the way for housing solutions
Vincent Garreau
Thursday 06/05/2008 from 12.45 a.m. to 1.15 p.m., Room Agora

Which policies for Research & Innovation?
Saint-Gobain and start-ups.
Jacques Aschenbroich – Didier Roux
Friday06/06/2008 from 5.45 to 6.45 p.m., on the TV show area

Constructions and sustainable urban environment:
Enrichment of unsustainable timber species by a revolutionary process and natural.
Silham El Kasmi
Saturday 06/07/2008 from 2.30 to 3.15 p.m., Room Asie 2

COMPETITION OF START-UPS

On Friday, June 6, the booth will also be the venue for a major competition focused on Innovation in Housing: ten European start-ups short-listed by the Nova External Venturing team will present their project in an attempt to win over a panel of experts during a “speed-dating” session. The aim is to match up the ideas and technology developed by the start-ups with Saint-Gobain manufacturing and commercial strengths. The award ceremony will take place on June 6 at 5:45 pm in the Exhibition TV studio.

The website of the exhibition