2004 District 12 Leadership Conference

Westminster Hotel – Nice, France

Section Report

France Section

2003 – 2004 Activities

Bernard Cubizolles

Status

A small section: ~110 members A big country (the size of Texas)

1000 km

(Almost) no money

BUT Good image & well known Motivated …

2003-2004 Focus

Organisational issues Rework of statuses and internal rules

ISA Trainings Student Section Events Communication

Trainings & Student Section

Partnership contract with French representative : Psynapses

Fees on trainings now represent a significant revenue for the section

Psynapses

Student Section on its way in Marseilles

Section to help in the set up of an ISA "Master Degree" in Marseilles

Events

3 initialized in 2003

Will take place in 2004

Wireless ConferenceMay 12th 2004 in Paris

1-day event Sponsors & Partners

France Telecom Motorola Groupe TXCOM

Raised ~5000 Euros

Symposium "Advanced Control" September 21st & 22nd 2004, Martigues

2-day event Sponsors:

Raised > 10 000 Euros Budget > 40 000 Euros Exp. > 150 participants

AC Système Aspentech AREVA T&D Brainwave Club de la Mesure

– Région PACA Emerson GPC System

Instrumentation & Systèmes Automatismes

Pôle IRA IUT de Marseille –

Département Chimie LSIS Marseille Mairie de Martigues NETRAL

DLC 12 ConferenceNice 7th & 8th of May 2004

2-day event 7 Sponsors Raised ~ 4500 Euros

ASophia Software

Ordinal Technologies

Cira Concept

Schneider Electric

Atys Concept

Siemens Automation & Drives

Psynapses

Communication (I)

Newsletter (2 issues up to now)

Inserted in the French magazine:"Instrumentation &Systèmes Automatismes"

5000 mag. copies + 1000 Xtras

Worth 4800 Euros / issue(based on the 2003 publicprice list)

Communication (II)

Web Site

What’s next?

Plan & organize new events Enhance training policy Sustain & grow external communication tools Kick-off :

Jobs Publications - contacts exist with a major French publisher Recruit active members – today’s organisation relies on a

very small number of individuals

Financial aspects Section rebate: minimal effect Consider Corporate Memberships

Thank you!