Colette Rolland, Ph. D., HDR, a leading researcher in the area of information and knowledge systems, and Professor of Computer Science in the department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has extensive experience in leading research projects and conducting co-operative projects with the industry, is an expert on system requirements and technology evaluation, and has extensive connections to early stage software research teams in Europe.