Are the conditions of birth and duration of the toy industry all the same ?

Chairman : Mr. Alain MONNERET ; past chairman and managing director of MONNERET Toy Factories ; FRANCE

Lecturers :

- Dr. Simon RICHIR ; Lecturer at the Scientific and Technical Institute of Ingineering of Angers (ISTIA), Departement of Innovation; FRANCE
"The toy : a very particular industrial product"

- Dr. Christian TAILLARD ; director of the Smoby Search Center, Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude ; FRANCE
"The toy of the Jura"

- Mr. José Pascual SELLES ; director of the Museo Valenciano Del Juguete ; SPAIN
"The toy industry in Ibi"

- Mrs. Marja-Liisa LEHTO ; head of research of collections ; Helsinki City Museum ; FINLAND
"The toy industry in Finland"

- Mrs. Kirsten STADELHOFER ; Legoland ; Billund ; DENMARK
"Lego : the multinational firm which builds childhood with its little bricks"

- Dr. Helmut SCHWARZ ; Director of the Toy Museum of Nuremberg ; GERMANY
"The history of the Nuremberg toy trade and industry"

- Mr. Teruo HAYASHI, Mayor of Ikutahara ; President of the Museum of the Wooden Toy of the World ; JAPAN
"The Wooden Toy, universally made ? The Ikutahara example"

Closing remarks and acknowledgements

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