Scientific and professional council (CSP)

A scientific and professional council was set up within Mission Val de Loire in early 2012. It has several members from the various scientific fields and occupations that Mission Val de Loire's broad spectrum of activities encompasses, as well as from the main universities and research entities in the two Regions concerned. The members sit on the committee in a personal capacity.

The Mission Val de Loire Scientific and Professional Council has the following duties:

  • assist Mission Val de Loire in its activities;
  • suggest new subjects and areas for discussion and testing out with a view to informing a medium-term strategy.

Beyond the plenary sessions which are held twice a year, the members of the CSP take part in a range of work groups and lend their support to or initiate the actions developed by Mission Val de Loire.  

Chair

  • Virginie Serna, President
    Archaeologist, Chief heritage curator, General Directorate for Heritage, Ministry for Culture
  • Claire Giraud-Labalte, Vice-president
    Art and heritage historian, honorary lecturer, Catholic University of the West

Members

  • Béatrice Amossé
    Study officer and nature educator
  • Jean-Pierre Berton
    Professor emeritus, former head of IMACOF (which stands for Engineering of Aquatic Environments and River Corridors), President of the Boutavant association
  • Jacques Boislève
    Journalist and writer
  • Catherine Boisneau
    Lecturer-researcher in population biology and ecology, University of Tours
  • Mathieu Bonnefond
    Lecturer in environmental geography, University of Tours
  • Chloé Campo
    Director of the French World Heritage Association
  • Francesca Cominelli
    Director of the Institute of Research and Higher Studies on Tourism (IREST) Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, lecturer of economics of economics of cultural heritage
  • Louis-Marie Coyaud
    Geographer, retired professor, University of Tours, author of the Loire Valley’s nomination for inclusion on the World Heritage List
  • Yves Luginbühl
    Agricultural engineer, geographer, director emeritus of research, CNRS, LADYSS
  • Loïc Menanteau
    Physical geographer, researcher at the CNRS Nantes site
  • David Montembault
    Agricultural engineer, geographer, lecturer, Agrocampus and member of the Scientific & Foresight Council (CSP) of Loire-Anjou-Touraine PNR
  • Julie Pellegrin
    Director of the Loire-Atlantique Grand Patrimoine heritage organisation
  • Isabelle Reiher
    Director of the Olivier Debré Contemporary Creation Centre in Tours. Director of the CC COD
  • Stéphane Rodrigues
    Deputy Director of International Relations at Polytech Tours and Director of Aquatic Environment Engineering studies, Development and Environment specialism
  • Alain Salamagne
    Historian, professor, University of Tours, Centre of Further Renaissance Studies
  • Monique Toublanc
    Lecturer of human and social sciences, ENSP Versailles
  • Laura Verdelli
    Lecturer of urban layout and development projects, CITERES, University of Tours 
  • Lolita Voisin
    Director of the Blois National School for Nature and Landscape, Insa Centre-Val de Loire