Jean Audouin
Director of the Forum for Urban Projects, journalist, founder of Innovapresse, France
Speaker Bio:
Jean Audouin French, born in 1942 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), 5 children, living in Paris, trained as a journalist, has been writing since 1964 (including dailies like "Combat" or "Quotidien de Paris".
In 1973, he created, in association with Roland Moreno, Innovatron (the company who invented the "carte à mémoire") and in 1974, Innovapresse which he managed until april 2009 (3,3 M€ turnover, 26 people). We publish:
- four weekly news letters on urban development, real estate and housing : Urbapress-Informations, La lettre de La Pierre, Le Courrier du Logement, Décideurs d'Ile de France,
- one monthly news letter : La Lettre du Patrimoine Immobilier,
- two monthly review ; Traits Urbains, d'A (rchitecture)
- several yearly studies : Le Guide des investisseurs institutionnels, Le Guide des projets urbains, L'Année du logement, Le Classement des promoteurs, le Carnet d'adresses de l'immobilier et de la ville, le Dictionnaire pratique de l'immobilier
In 2001, created the Forum des projets urbains, an yearly event which in one day allows to more than fifty cities to present their projet of urban development to a public of planners, architects, cities authority, investors, developers, transport and services.
Publications
- Plastique et architecture/ Editions Perrin 1968
- La France culbutée/ Editions Alain Moreau 1978
- Les banlieues / Editions Hachette 1996
Decorations
Chevalier dans l'Ordre national du Mérite.
Médaille de l'Académie d'architecture