Two Académiciens - national academy members - at Centrale Nantes: mobilising university research in engineering teaching

This is an opportunity to honour these two new national academy members and to engage in a discussion with representatives of the Académie des Sciences and the Académie des Technologies, the state, companies and the socio-economic world in the Pays de la Loire region.
 

Programme

• Welcome by the Director
• Introduction to the half-day session: Nantes Métropole, Pays de la Loire region (to be confirmed) and the Rectorat de l'Académie de Nantes
• The careers of Alain Bernard and Nicolas Moës on video
• Dialogue between Alain Bernard and Nicolas Moës on "science and technology"
• Round table with academy representatives and the socio-economic world: The place of university research in the training of tomorrow's engineers.

The speakers:

 

• Philippe Auroy, President of Ampacing, a consulting firm in the field of advanced materials, former R&D Director of Baikowski and Saint-Gobain
• Sébastien Candel, former President of the Académie des sciences, Emeritus Professor at Centrale Paris and a founding member of the Academy of Technologies
• Gérard Creuzet, Chairman of the Board of Governors at Centrale Nantes, general representative of the Ecoles Centrale Group, President of the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Ile-de-France (IPVF), member of the Academy of Technologies
• Dominique Vernay, former technical director of Thalès, former president of the FCS Paris-Saclay, co-rapporteur of the working group on partnership research and innovation for the LPPR, Vice-President of the Academy of Technologies.

The ceremony will be held at the school on 9 July 2021 (in French) in accordance with health regulations and will be broadcast live. (Link to be communicated later).
 

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