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The trials and tribulations of the frontier
Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
Seminar
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samuel Gratacap …
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The energy transition : today and tomorrow
Marc Fontecave, chair Chemistry of Biological Processes
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The combination of climate change, the inherent limits of natural resources and the need for energy sovereignty is forcing humankind to embark on an energy transition, which must meet the formidable challenge  of replacing fossil energy sources (coal, gas …
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The trials and tribulations of the frontier
Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
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samuel Gratacap …
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Harold E. Varmus
How Do Scientific Discoveries Affect the Way We Live? How Studies of a Chicken Virus Changed Cancer Therapy
Guest lecturer
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Abstract The main theme of the second lecture concerns the way in which fundamental biological research (as an example, my own work to identify and characterize the genes that produce cancers in animals) can produce important benefits for society (e.g., …
17:00 to 18:00

Geometric representation theory
Bảo Châu Ngô, chair Automorphic forms
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Based on B. Fuller's geodesic dome. …
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Invariant theory and moduli spaces
Bảo Châu Ngô, chair Automorphic forms
Lecture
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Based on B. Fuller's geodesic dome. …
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Jessica Fintzen
Representations of p-adic Groups (2)
Guest lecturer
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Abstract The second lecture will provide an introduction to the Bruhat-Tits theory and Moy-Prasad filtration, which play an essential role in the construction and study of representations of p-adic groups. (The second lecture is mostly independent of the …
10:00 to 12:00

Social sciences in times of crisis
Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
Opening lecture
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Masanori Tsukamoto
Dream research in Valéry, Proust and Myōe
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Masanori Tsukamoto is invited by the Collège de France assembly, at the suggestion of Prof. William Marx. Documents and media Download the conference poster Abstract Both Proust and Paul Valéry establish a link between writing and sleep. In neither case …
17:00 to 18:00

The letters and spirits of the law : Diego Quaglioni's Scritti
Dario Mantovani, chair Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome
Symposium
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16th-century fresco   depicting Nemesis : Palazzo Cazuffi, Trento (Italy). Study day organized by the Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome chair at the Collège de France, in collaboration with IRN Phedra. Scientific organization : Luisa Brunori, Dario …

Workshop Ergaleion 1 : Realities and archaeological remains
Jean-Luc Fournet, chair Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology
Symposium
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Ergaleion - Papyrological lexicography of material life Conceived as part of the Ifao program " Realia d'Égypte de l'époque ptolémaïque aux débuts de l'Islam : mots et mobiliers " (dir. P. Ballet, M. Mossakowska-Gaubert, V. Schram), Ergaleion - Outil de …
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Sir Peter Bruce & Jean-Marie Tarascon
Closing Remarks
Special events
Event
13:40 to 14:00

Chris Stark & Valérie Masson-Delmotte
Challenges of Providing Advice to Government
Special events
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13:10 to 13:40

Sir Charles Godfray
Feeding 10 Billion Sustainably
Special events
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12:30 to 12:50

Philippe Sansonetti
Urban Epidemic Risk at the Time of Anthropocene and Climate Change
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Abstract As the world's population grows, so does the rate of urbanisation. The megacities that are emerging (20 cities with more than 15 million inhabitants, half of them in the south) combine numerous vulnerabilities to the risk of epidemics (or …
12:10 to 12:30

Chris Bowler
The Climate Biodiversity Nexus in the Ocean
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Abstract Marine ecosystems play a crucial role in supporting societal needs and human well-being by providing resources like food, carbon storage, coastal protection, and recreational opportunities. However, the impact of climate change on marine …
11:50 to 12:10

Sir Andy Haines
Climate Change and Health - From Impacts to Action
Special events
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11:30 to 11:50

Philippe Aghion
Green Growth and Investment
Special events
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10:35 to 11:00

Elizabeth Robinson
Economic Consequences of Climate Change
Special events
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10:10 to 10:35

Baroness Brown of Cambridge
UK Response Overall
Special events
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09:50 to 10:10

Dynamics and geometry in negative curvature : recent progress and prospects
Collège de France prize-winners
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Lectures by Thibault Lefeuvre, winner of the Prix Claude-Antoine Peccot for 2022. Thibault Lefeuvre …
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Deborah Jones
Sustainable Chemistry and Hydrogen as Pillars of the Energy Transition
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Abstract Clean hydrogen, as an energy vector and a sustainable chemical feedstock, is a pillar of the energy transition and key contributor to meeting the targets for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and thereby to building a climate-resilient …
17:40 to 18:00

Alan Guwy
The Role of Hydrogen in a Low Carbon Energy Future
Special events
Event
17:20 to 17:40

Marc Fontecave
Electroreduction of CO2 to Hydrocarbons and Alcohols: Challenges
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Abstract Conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons (methane, ethylene) and alcohols (ethanol, propanol) using renewable electricity as an energy source is an attractive strategy for storing renewable energies (solar and wind energy) into the form of …
16:40 to 17:00