Second part The laboratory of sustainable development Chairman of the meeting Mr. Dino Viérin, Head of the Government of Val d'Aoste (Italy) A critical assessment of Chamonix Presentation of the study Prof. Bernard Debarbieux, Director of the Alpine Mountain Laboratory, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble (France) The case of the Espace Mont-Blanc Round Table Mr. Bernard Prud'Homme, General Manager of the Chamonix Mont Blanc Tourism Office, Chamonix (France) Mr. René Schwery, Vice President of the Transborder Conference Espace Mont Blanc (Switzerland) Mrs Stefania Muti, Transborder Conference Espace Mont Blanc (Italy)