This essay springs partly from a roundtable that Xerox organised recently at XRCE. Participants were: David Appia, Ambassador for International Investment, Chairman and CEO, Invest in France Agency; Monica Beltrametti Vice President & Director, Xerox Research Centre Europe; Oliver Griffith, Managing Director, American Chamber of Commerce, France; Jean-Charles Guibert, Director of Technology Transfer Office, CEA-Grenoble, Director of MINATEC; Richard Hudson CEO & Editor, Science Business (moderator); Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman, Xerox Corporation; Khalil Rouhana. Head of Unit European Commission, C2 Strategy for ICT research and innovation; Joseph Sifakis, Director VERIMAG and Turing award recipient 2007.

Published in Le Dauphiné Libérée (10 Nov 2009)