Vincent GOLLAIN, 54 years old. I'm the Chief Economic Development Officer of the « Economic Development Unit" » of L'Institut Paris Region (www.institutparisregion.fr), the Paris Region Planning & Development Agency. I'm also the President of an association of territorial marketers. I'm a specialist of Territorial marketing and Branding of cities and regions (www.marketing-territorial.org)
My interest for Regional Economic Development was developed early. I've studied Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne where I obtained a Phd. During this period I also started to work at IAURIF, institute of the Regional Council of Paris Ile-de-France. During 12 years,