Gérard Pogorel

Professor of Economics Emeritus Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3 (France)

Gérard Pogorel is Professor emeritus of Economics, Telecom Paris Graduate School of Engineering, CNRS Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation. He is an independent expert in international telecommunications, media and the digital economy. He published recently with the European Liberal Forum : European Culture: Diversity in Action The Case of Audio-Visual Cultural Production. (with Augusto Preta), Sustainable? Competitive? The EU’s Industrial Autonomy – Facts and Fantasies and Decoding EU Digital Strategy Autonomy ( (both with Francesco Cappelletti)), EU Strategic Autonomy, industry implications in the changing world trade order, 5G for Industry 4.0: Actors, Challenges, Spectrum 5.0 Re-thinking Spectrum Awards for Optimal 5G Deployment, and a reference book The Radio Spectrum: Managing a Strategic Resource. Gérard Pogorel currently works on risks assessment and digital acceleration policies in Europe. He co-founded the European Spectrum Management Conferences, acted as its Chair/Rapporteur. He was Chair of the European Union Framework Research & Technology Development Programme Monitoring Panel, and Chair of the Monitoring Committee of the EU Information Society and Technologies Research Programme. He co-authored a report to the Prime Minister of Italy assessing the investments by operators in Broadband networks in the European Digital Agenda perspective. He participates in numerous international Government-level and regulation Authorities Committees and Scientific Committees on telecom and media policy and regulation in Europe and Asia. He is a Senior Fellow with the European Liberal Forum (European Parliament).