France Science Summit 2024

8:00 am

Welcome Coffee

9:00 am

Inaugural Summit Address

His Excellency Ambassador

Thierry Damerval, Special Envoy in Science and Technology, Ministry of Higher Education & Research and Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs

, Director of the CNRS European and International Affairs Department

, Counselor for Science and Technology

9:15 am

Session I – New applications in biological and medical research to handle health issues

Five 15-minute keynotes by :

, Ph.D., Samuel W. Morris University Professor & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Harvard University

, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation, Chair of the Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai

, Ph.D., Director of Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, Alumni endowed Professor of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

, Ph.D., Investigator, The Lundquist Institute & Associate Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School & Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

30-minute panel discussion and Q&A moderated by , PharmD, Ph.D., Attaché for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in Washington D.C., Consulate General of France in Los Angeles

11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:30 pm

Session II - Overview of Franco-American Partnerships, highlighting key cooperation tools (CNRS, INRAE, INSERM, Châteaubriand)

Support provided by the representative offices of major French research organizations and the Office for Science and Technology by , Director of the INSERM Office in the United States

Collaboration tools used by research organizations, example of a successful Franco-American collaboration at the CNRS by , Director of the CNRS Office for the United States and Mexico

Example of a successful French-American INRAE collaboration by , Assistant Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, University of Florida

Collaboration tools used by the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in the United States by , Ph.D., Attaché for Science and Technology, Consulate General of France in Boston

Testimonial by , Châteaubriand 2023 laureate

Fulbright Program and other U.S. State Department exchange programs for research and study to and from France by , Ph.D., Academic Exchange Specialist at the Department of State, Washington D.C., and responsible for the Fulbright exchange programs with France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia, and Switzerland

12:15 pm

Talk by , Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris Nanterre, member of the Scientific Committee of the Programme d'Accueil en Urgence des Scientifiques et Artistes en Exil (PAUSE) and designer of the exhibition Standing for Freedom. Portraits of Scientists in Exile.

12:30 pm

Buffet Lunch

2:00 pm

Session III - Environmental research at the crossroads of short- and long-term global challenges

Four 15-minute keynotes by :

, Ph.D., head of the Air-Sea Interaction Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Rice Sustainability Institute, Rice University

, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Political Science, INRAE (Acqua Department - UMR 7363) & Fulbright Visiting Scholar Alumni, University of California, Berkeley

, Ph.D., CNRS Fellow-Ambassador & Professor of Oceanography, School of Marine Science, University of Maine

30-minute panel discussion and Q&A moderated by , Ph.D., Attaché for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in Washington D.C.

3:30 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm

Session IV - Emerging technologies at the heart of tomorrow's challenges

, Ph.D., Director of the Optics Lab, Space Telescope Science Institute (STSI) & co-leader of a CNRS International Research Project

, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Renault Group

, Ph.D., CNRS Fellow-Ambassador, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona & Director of the National Science Foundation-funded New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center

, Ph.D., Dean and University Professor of Robotics, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

30-minute panel discussion and Q&A moderated by , Ph.D., Attachée for Science and Technology, Consulate General of France in San Francisco

5:30 pm

“Artistic odyssey traversing science” Second edition photo competition awards

Jury & Audience Awards

5:45 pm

Closing Remarks

, Ph.D., Director of International Affairs and Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Contact : [email protected]

For your information, you will not be able to park inside the Embassy. You will have to park in the adjacent streets.

Host or Publisher Embassy of France, CNRS Office & INRAE in the USA