Senator Mayor of Lyon, Mr Gérard Collomb to visit San Diego

It is our pleasure to inform you that Gerard Collomb, Senator of the Rhones-Alpes region and Mayor of the city of Lyon (France), will be in San Diego on July 22nd, 2010, along with his close collaborators and main representatives of the region of Lyon.

- M. Gerard COLLOMB, French Senator – Mayor of Lyon, President of the Greater Lyon Urban Community

- M. David KIMELFELD, Vice-President Grand Lyon Economic development Dpt, Member of the board of directors of Hospices Civils de Lyon (hospital network)

- M. Lionel DELBOS, Adviser for Economic Development – Office of the President of Greater Lyon Urban Community

- Dr Michel DUBOIS : CEO of Geneuro Innovation; Michel is President of Transgene, Administrator of GeNeuro, Stallergenes and of the St Luc St Joseph Hospital Centre. He is a Consultant in biotechnologies with private and public companies in France and Worlwide. M Dubois is also the Honorary Consul of Canada in Lyon. He has been the General Director of Mérieux Alliance and the General Secretary of Mérieux Institute, Chairman of Apovia and consultant of McKinsey and Arthur Andersen

- Dr Nancy WILLKOMM CEO – NOW AIDS Consulting

- Dr Jan MATAS International Development Director – Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon

- Dr David COX, Researcher, INSERM, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College, London

During his stay, Mr Collomb will visit the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the Sanford-Burnham Institute, the Scripps Research Institute, and will meet with a number a local entrepreneurs from the local French-American community.