IMAGINA 2010 : The Juries

Andras Kemeny - President

General Manager Technical Center for Simulation
Renault Engineering and Quality - France

Andras Kemeny is the general manager of CTS (Technical Center for Simulation), Renault, a virtual design center for vehicle engineering. Its goal is to provide large simulation facilities for virtual vehicle engineering as well as its deployment in the various engineering departments such as vehicle equipment, architecture, driver aid systems as well as perceived quality. The CTS includes a Powerwell equiped VR (Virtual Reality) room, several motion based and static driving simulators, and a large AR (Augmented Reality) installation.

Dr. Kemeny also has various academic activities. He was an Associate Research Director at LPPA of CNRS at College de France from 2000 to 2005 and was the Director VR Motion Lab (CNRS-Renault) from 2005 to 2007. He is currently Associate Professor at Arts et Métiers ParisTech. He is the also the President of the Driving Simulation Conferences (DSC) Europe since 1995, member of the Steering Committee of DSC North America and DSC Pacific and Asia.

Marie-Christine Oghly

President, MEDEF Ile-de-France - President, MICADO - Director of the Board of NAFEMS - France

Holder of a Master in Geomorphology, a DUT in Sales Techniques, a Postgraduate degree in Hydrology and a MBA in Business and Management, Marie Christine Oghly started her career in Public Relation in 1980 within Elf Group.
In 1986, she joined Amazon Technology as European Marketing Responsible, then as Southern Europe Market Responsible and continue her career up to Managing Director of the company.
In 1992, Marie-Christine Oghly was successively Managing Director of Fluid Dynamics International and Flowmaster France companies, and became President of Esteco France in September 2006.
End of 2008, she merged Flowmaster and Esteco France to set up EnginSoft France.

Widely involved in civic responsibilities and community life since many years, Marie-Christine Oghly was elected in 2004 National President of "l’Association des Femmes Chef d’Entreprise" (FCE ) and became European Commissioner of "Femmes Chef d’Entreprise Mondiales" (FCEM) in 2009.
Marie-Christine Oghly is Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite.

Eric Seulliet

President, La Fabrique du Futur – Managing Director, e-Mergences – France

Eric Seulliet is presently the managing director of e-Mergences, an independent management consultancy specialized in foresight, innovation and co-creation.
He co-authored the book Fabriquer le futur, l'imaginaire au service de l'innovation.
He recently founded La Fabrique du Futur, a think tank on foresight and innovation.

Eric is a graduate from HEC business school. He is a Bossard Consultants alumni (he was consultant at ID Conseil from 1979 till 1982). Before coming back to consulting in 1999, he hold several managing positions in the field of marketing: Alcan, Proxima (Groupe Générale des Eaux), Guerra Tarcy.

Paul Wilson - President

Digital Media and Visualisation Manager - Scott Wilson - United Kingdom

Paul Wilson is the Digital Media and Visualisation Manager with Scott Wilson. He has 20 years experience in the whole field of digital design and development. He has learnt throughout his years of experience the importance of employing a collaborative process to working effectively in generating a creative flow for the design process. He promotes the benefits of communication within his design team, with external designers, the client and any stakeholders involved bringing about a sense of clarity to any project he is involved in.

Paul is responsible for the development of CGI’s, photomontages, artists impressions, 3D Modelling, Interactive Real Time Walkthrough’s, Land Simulation, Multimedia and City Model’s within the company. Paul is supported by a team with creative backgrounds in 3D Modeling, Graphic Design, Architecture, Multimedia, Product Design, Interiors and Textile Design. He also has responsibility for testing, developing and deploying existing and new software technologies, one of which includes his role as Selected Beta Tester for Bionatics and Autodesk special projects.

Fred Genin

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Architecte – ARCH – Monaco
L’imagination est énergie, la créativité, une force, le style, un simple aboutissement.

Diplômé de l’Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture de Paris et en Architecture d’Intérieur de l’Ecole CAMONDO de Paris.
Il s’est vu confier la réalisation de la librairie pochothèque "Flammarion" à l’intérieur du Centre Pompidou (Paris) et a été le premier dessinateur projeteur de Philippe STARCK avec lequel il a dessiné le projet de la première brasserie Costes (Place des Innocents – Paris).

En 1995, réalisation de 2 grands projets à Monaco : Le Grimaldi Forum et l’aménagement du Vallon Sainte Dévote (Gare ferroviaire).

Le savoir-faire de l’Agence ARCH Monaco permet à Fred Genin de s’exporter, tant en France (Centre d’Activités des Loueurs du Terminal 2 - Aéroport Nice Côte d’Azur et Palais Orion - Cannes), qu’au Japon (immeubles d’habitations à Osaka).

Patrick Morand

Head of CSTB Sophia-Antipolis Plant - France

Following his engineering studies at the École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’État, Patrick Morand worked from 1982 to 1984 at the Energy Centre of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Paris where he graduated from Nice University by means of a post-graduate diploma in Energetics. He then worked within a Group of Studies and Research into Energy Systems Optimal Control.
From 1985 to 1990, he worked at the Housing Department of the A.F.M.E., where he was entrusted with the task of coordinating and following up many research projects.

He joined CSTB in 1990 to participate in the development of the applications and uses pertaining to information and communication technologies within the construction sector.
Since April 2004, he is the Head of the Information Technologies and Knowledge Dissemination Department (80 people between Sophia Antipolis, Marne La Vallée and Paris).

Hervé Halbout - President

Consultant Expert SIG et 3D - Halbout Consultants - France

Formed in geomorphology and cartography, Hervé Halbout has been a GIS and 3D consultant for the past 15 years. He is the manager of Halbout Consultants company, specializing in strategic advice, project management, training, strategic watch in GIS and 3D.

In his role as a consultant for imagina 2009, he wrote a 3D survey featuring 15 French-speaking local communities. He is updating and completing this survey for 2010.

He contributes to the thoughts for an international 3D code of ethics.

With the open source community, he is a member of OSGeo-fr (Open Source Geospatial Foundation). He is also member of AFIGéO (French Association for Geographic Information) and its international club.

Eric Burie

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Rédacteur en chef du magazine Paysage Actualités au sein du Groupe Moniteur - France

Après être sorti diplômé de l'École Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris en 1972, j'ai commencé ma carrière dans la presse sportive (Tennis) pour rejoindre ensuite la rédaction de Paysage Actualités (1975 - 1985).
J'ai exercé ensuite les fonctions de secrétaire générale de la rédaction du magazine Médecines Douces jusqu'en 1988, date à laquelle je reviens à Paysage Actualités en qualité de Rédacteur en Chef, le titre appartenant au Groupe Moniteur depuis juin 2000.

Stéphane Koch

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Internet & Information Strategy Advisor - intelligentzia.net - Switzerland

Spécialisé dans le domaine des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC), Stéphane koch conseille et accompagne les entreprises et les institutions dans leur présence sur internet et dans l'utilisation des réseaux sociaux. Au bénéfice d'un Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) en Lutte contre la criminalité économique, et d'un titre de Spécialiste en Relations Publiques (ISRP), Stéphane Koch est membre du comité scientifique du MAS en Intelligence économique et veille stratégique de la Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève, ainsi que des comités de la Société Romande de Relations Publiques (SRRP) et de la section Suisse de Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF).

Stéphane Koch est aussi formateur et expert pour l'Institut de lutte contre la criminalité économique (ILCE), l'Institut Suisse des Relations Publiques (ISRP), le Centre Suisse d'enseignement du Marketing, de la Publicité et de la Communication (SAWI), le Centre romand de formation des journalistes (CRFJ), les Hautes Écoles Spécialisées (HES-SO), et l'Ecole de Guerre Economique de Paris. Il intervient aussi pour des formations et des conférences en entreprises.

Shelley Page - President

Head of International Outreach - DreamWorks Animation - United Kingdom

Shelley has been working in the field of feature animation since 1986.
Her career in animation began in London with the legendary animation director Richard Williams from 1982. She served as head of backgrounds on the Walt Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. In 1989 she was hired by Steven Spielberg as one of the original team of artists at the Amblimation Studio in London. Then she moved to Los Angeles as one of the first team of artists to join Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen's new studio, DreamWorks Animation.

Her current projects include building relationships with animation schools and festivals worldwide and sourcing new talent for future projects.
Shelley’s film credits include: The Prince Of Egypt, Shrek (1, 2, 3), Madagascar (1, 2), Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs Aliens …
Current DreamWorks projects for 2010: How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After and Oobermind.

Since 2006 Shelley has become closely involved with the animation community in India and with several of the leading academic institutions and festivals.

Andreas Hykade

Animation Director - Studio Film Bilder - Germany

Andreas Hykade was born in the Summer of Love in Altötting, center of the Holy Mary cult. Since he´s been a grown-up, he´s created animated films for grown-ups, including “We Lived in Grass” (1995), “Ring of Fire” (2000) and "The Runt" (2005).

Now he´s a father, he creates animated films for children as well, including "Tom & the slice of bread with strawberryjam & honey" (2000- 2009).

Since 2003, Andreas is a Member of the Art Directors Club in Germany.

Since 2005, he is a Professor of Animation at the Kunsthochschule Kassel.

Josselin Mahot

Director - France

Josselin Mahot is born in 1972 in Paris. Having always been attracted in cinema and more particularly in special effects, in 1990, he leaves for Los Angeles where he collaborate on numerous films such as Demolition Man, Seven, Jumanji, Impossible Mission or Starship Trooper.

These various experiences allow him to acquire a solid knowledge about special effects (make-up artist/prosthetics) and in 1997, he becomes member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) located in Los Angeles.

In 1998, he becomes interested in digital special effects and decides to leave to New York, where he becomes artistic director on numerous advertising films.
In 2001, he directed his first short entitled "Glee".

Since 2003, Josselin Mahot lives in Paris and now directs music videos and advertisments for agencies such as BETC, TBWA, Ogilvy … or Virgin, Labels …
In parallel, he works on personal projects of which a feature-length film.