A graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure, Patrick Vittet-Philippe taught at Trinity College, Dublin, Merton College, Oxford, and Middlebury College (USA). He spent three years as Attaché de Recherche in communication policy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, doing doctoral research on the BBC. Seconded to the French Foreign Ministry, he spent 13 years as Cultural and Audiovisual Attaché, with successive postings at the French Embassies in Israel, the UK and the U.S., where he was responsible inter alia for network development of French satellite TV, promotion of French independent production and for market and technology watch. On his return to Europe in 1993, he worked with the broadcasting industry as Executive Director of the Association for Commercial Television in Europe (ACT). In October 1995, Patrick Vittet-Philippe joined the European Commission as an Expert-advisor on Internet, e-business and digital economy issues. He was lead drafter of key Commission policy documents, including the e-commerce Directive. Patrick Vittet-Philippe also represented the EC as an expert on the P8 Senior Experts Group on cyber-crime, and at the OECD Working Group on the Information Economy. In November 2001, he joined the Research Directorate General as Press and Information Counsellor, with specific responsibilities for new technologies. In addition to organizing briefings and conferences worldwide on EU Research, he is responsible for the coordination of all DG Research audiovisual activities, notably the commissioning of science programs and TV co-productions with EU broadcasters and independent producers. In that capacity, he has co-produced 23 documentaries over the past three years, launched the initiative Science in Europe 2020 with the EBU, and is the joint commissioning editor of Futuris, the bi-weekly science magazine on Euronews. He has published widely on international communication policies, ICT and Knowledge Economy in scientific journals and industry publications, and is a frequent speaker on broadcasting and science communication issues.