Conflicts are part of daily life and commonly arise in a business environment. Poorly managed, or not properly resolved, they can cause significant harm, both on an interpersonal level and for the organisation itself. Productivity may be affected and finances impacted as a result of tensions between colleagues.
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\r\nDifferent approaches to conflict management are increasingly being used, helping clarify messy situations, lessening the tensions and enabling employees to continue to work together.
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\r\nThis seminar presents several separate yet related methods of conflict management. One of which, mediation, enables the parties in dispute to work towards a viable solution by taking into account all the different aspects of the problem. The mediator, as a neutral third party, uses tools and communication skills to help the parties elaborate, themselves, mutually satisfactory solutions. Participants will learn skills that will enable them to understand conflict and to manage, and ultimately resolve, disputes.
Le self-leadership est un processus qui permet à une personne d’être plus à l’aise avec qui elle est, et qui l’amène à développer son potentiel et à construire une fondation solide à partir de laquelle toute décision – tant au niveau professionnel que personnel – peut être prise sereinement. Un bon niveau de self-leadership permet de s’épanouir à la fois dans sa propre personnalité et dans ses relations avec les autres, d’atteindre ses objectifs, et finalement, d’être un meilleur leader pour les autres.
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\r\nComment cet atelier peut vous aider: Les 3 piliers du self-leadership seront approfondis : la conscience de soi, la confiance en soi et la gestion de soi. En parallèle, ce séminaire encourage un espace de réflexion et de partage, dans lequel idées et stratégies sont échangées avec d’autres participant·e·s sur comment faire face et réussir dans des situations professionnelles souvent complexes et difficiles.
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\r\nJours 1 et 2 : 9h00 - 17h30
\r\nJour 3: 9h00 - 12h30
Self-leadership is the process by which a person becomes more comfortable with who they are and what they want, allowing them to fulfil their potential and build a strong foundation from which to take daily decisions –both professional and personal.
\r\nSelf-leadership enables more effective communication, enhanced fulfilment and more balanced decisions. Both men and women can benefit from learning and practicing self-leadership to improve their professional and personal lives.
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\r\nHow this workshop will help you:
\r\nWe will explore the topic of self-leadership by addressing self-awareness, self-confidence and self-efficacy. At the same time, this workshop will provide a space where you can exchange ideas and strategies with others on dealing with and succeeding in the situations that you face in your current work environment and your life.
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\r\nThe format of the workshop is highly interactive and practical, involving case studies, small group work and discussion sessions. Participants will be actively involved in the course, discussing their own life and leadership experiences and self-reflecting in a guided process. The increased awareness and the tools they will discover can be readily used in daily life to enhance their leadership, success and satisfaction.
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\r\nDay 1+2: from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm
\r\nDay 3: from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm
Dans notre monde en constante évolution, le changement constitue l’une des seules constantes, qu’il s’agisse du changement au niveau de l’individu, de l’équipe ou de l’organisation dans son ensemble. Cet atelier vous fournit des outils et des techniques pour naviguer et diriger efficacement vos partenaires à travers le processus de changement, tout en soutenant la transformation organisationnelle.
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La performance en entreprise ne se mesure pas seulement aux résultats, mais à la manière dont les objectifs sont fixés, suivis et ajustés. Cette formation vous offre les outils essentiels pour gérer la performance de votre équipe avec précision et bienveillance.
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\r\nÀ travers des méthodes concrètes, des échanges en sous-groupes et des mises en situation, vous apprendrez à accompagner pertinemment votre collaborateur.trice durant tout le cycle de sa performance, de la fixation des objectifs à leur évaluation.
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\r\nA la fin de cette formation vous saurez comment rédiger des objectifs efficaces, réaliser des suivis motivants, donner des feedbacks constructifs et conduire des entretiens d’évaluation structurés. Rejoignez-nous pour maîtriser l'art de la gestion de la performance et accompagner vos collaborateurs.trices vers l’excellence !
Le stress et l’anxiété font aujourd’hui partie intégrante du quotidien, d’autant plus dans un cadre professionnel. Pression de performance, surcharge d’informations, incertitudes et distractions digitales, nous affectent toutes et tous. Lorsqu’ils deviennent chroniques, ces états impactent la santé mentale, le sommeil, la concentration, la motivation, les relations sociales et la qualité du travail.
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\r\nComprendre ces mécanismes, apprendre à les réguler, et surtout identifier ses propres déclencheurs et ressources devient alors essentiel pour évoluer dans un cadre professionnel et promouvoir un travail stable et une qualité de vie plus saine.
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\r\nCette formation vise à renforcer votre résilience, vous permettre d’identifier vos déclencheurs personnels, et d’activer des ressources internes et externes pour retrouver calme, clarté mentale et stabilité au quotidien.
The talk is jointly organized by the EPFL AI Center and the EPFL Human-Computer Interaction Group as part of the AI for Health seminar series.
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\r\nHosting professor: Prof. Pearl Pu (GR-PU)
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\r\nBeyond Recommendations: Designing Conversational Music Agents for Self-Awareness and Psychological Well-being
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\r\nAbstract
\r\nAs the demand for scalable mental health tools grows, the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) lies in their ability to move beyond generic retrieval toward deeply adaptive, trustworthy support. This talk explores how music-driven conversational systems can bridge the gap between algorithmic recommendation and psychological intervention. The journey begins with establishing a foundation of trust through user-centric exploration. Using conversational music recommenders as a case study, I will discuss how critiquing strategies—such as progressive and cascading suggestions—shape user perceptions of helpfulness and serendipity. However, because trust is personal, I demonstrate how individual traits, including personality and trust propensity, dictate whether a user thrives under system-led or user-led initiatives.
\r\nBuilding on this rapport, the talk examines how these interfaces transition from suggesting songs to fostering psychological well-being. I will illustrate how music acts as a catalyst for self-awareness, using agents to guide users through emotional resonance and self-reflection. Furthermore, I will share findings on the role of generative AI in music-based reminiscence for older adults, where adaptive dialogue helps overcome cognitive barriers to memory recall. Collectively, these studies provide a roadmap for designing AI that moves beyond the playlist, transforming music-based chatbots into sustained partners for emotional and psychological health.
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\r\nProfessor Li Chen is currently a Full Professor and Associate Head (Research) in the Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). She obtained her PhD degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Peking University, China. Her recent research focus has mainly been on conversational AI, explainable AI, recommender systems, and human-computer interaction. She has authored and co-authored over 160 publications, with over 13,000 citations (H-index 53). Her co-authored papers have received several awards, such as the RecSys’24 Best Student Paper Award, CHI’22 Honourable Mention Award, UMAP’20 Best Student Paper Award, UMUAI 2018 Best Paper Award, and UMAP’15 Best Student Paper Award. She received the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (Individual) 2024/25 and the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research Supervision 2022/23. She has been included in the list of the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University since 2021, and the list of the Best Computer Science Scientists 2025/2026 by Research.com.
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\r\nShe is now an ACM senior member, founding co-editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems (TORS), steering committee member of ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys), associate editor of International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), editorial board member of User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction Journal (UMUAI), and associate editor of ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS). She has also served as program co-chair of IUI’26, general co-chair of ACM RecSys’23, program co-chair of ACM RecSys’20, and program co-chair of ACM UMAP’18.
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Join us for the 9th edition of the Sustainable Space Hub (SSH) Coffee, an opportunity to connect with the community and explore the latest developments in space sustainability.
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\r\nStephan Hellmich will present the new SSA (Space Situational Awareness) activities: the NASO (Extracting Space Object Observations from large Astronomical Data Archives) and TESSA (Technologies to Enhance Space Situational Awareness) projects.
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\r\nIn collaboration with the University of Bern, the TESSA project continues to advance capabilities in satellite tracking and space object monitoring. Work in 2026 pursues two parallel research tracks: refining 6D pose estimation techniques for the precise determination of object position and orientation in space, and developing adaptive optics solutions for the Zimmerwald Observatory, including the associated algorithms for correcting atmospheric distortion. Together, these efforts contribute to the broader challenge of space situational awareness and safe orbital operations.
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\r\nDuring the event, the space semester projects for the fall semester will also be announced.
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\r\nProvisional schedule
\r\n12:30 – Welcome, coffee, cookies & networking
\r\n13:00 – Stephan Hellmich will present the new SSA activities: the NASO and TESSA projects.
\r\n13:10 – Presentation of the space semester projects for the fall semester.
\r\n13:45 – Q&A and open discussion
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\r\nWe look forward to welcoming you for an engaging discussion and informal networking around the latest advances in sustainable space activities.
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\r\nMore information
\r\nSemester projects: https://espace.epfl.ch/education/student-projects/
\r\nPresearch at EPFL Space Center: https://espace.epfl.ch/research/