BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Symposium Research & Sustainability DTSTART:20240516T081500 DTEND:20240516T190000 DTSTAMP:20260413T105826Z UID:1c8547a1019c56197be9fe5d3a47569f447b7dc275d28eaba2c0ed55 CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:Programme\n\n08h15 – 08h45: Morning coffee\n \n\n 08h45 – 09h00: Welcome notes and introductory remarks by Prof. Gisou van der Goot \, Vice President for Responsible Transformation and Professor and Prof. A nna Fontcuberta i Morral\, Associate Vice President for Centers and Platfo rms and Professor\n\nSESSION I: Invited contributions \nChairperson: Prof. Gisou van der Goot\n \n\n 09h00 – 09h40: Invited talk & Discussion by Prof. Sonia Seneviratne\, ETH Zurich\, Deputy head of Institute for Atmosp heric and Climate Science\n 09h40 – 10h00: The Politics of Sustainabilit y by Prof. Michaël Aklin\, Chair of Policy and Sustainability\n 10h00 – 10h20: Lighthouse programmes for sustainability research: why they are n eeded by Prof. Peter Edwards\, SCNAT Swiss Academy of Sciences\n\n10h20 – 10h40: Coffee break\n\nSESSION II: School-wide panorama of research pr ojects on Sustainability\nChairperson: Prof. Rüdiger Urbanke\n \n\n 10h4 0 – 12h10:\n \n Multi-Disciplinary Solutions for Sustainable Computing in the Digital Era by Prof. David Atienza\, Ecocloud Center & Embedded Sys tems Lab\n Fungal Factories for Materials by Prof. Tiffany Abitbol\, Sust ainable Materials Lab\n Solar-driven fuel production using semiconductor photocatalysts by Prof. Kevin Sivula\, Lab. of Molecular Engineering of Op toelectronics Nanomaterials \n Resisting climate change: Using seascape genomics to identify environmentally robust coral genotypes by Dr Ana Mari a Jaksic\, Experimental Evolutionary Neurobiology Lab\n Aerosol-cloud-cli mate interactions research by Prof. Athanasios Nenes\, Lab. of atmospheric processes and their impacts\n \n \n 12h10 – 12h30: Presentation of 2 MA KE projects:\n \n rebuiLT - Eco-construction\, reuse and integration of L ow-Techs in urban areas by Catherine Juneau\, AR-MA4 et Camille Rieux\, AR -MA2\n GenoRobotics by Maximilian Wettstein\, SV-MA4\n \n \n\n12h30 – 1 3h20: Lunch break\n\nSESSION III: Selected EPFL Centers\nChairperson: Prof . Katrin Beyer\n \n\n 13h20 – 14h20: Presentation on:\n \n eSpace by E mmanuelle David\n Energy Center by Dr Yasmine Calisesi\n Enterprise 4 So ciety by Dr Maria Paula Cacault\n EssentialTech - Sustainability and extr eme vulnerability by Dr Klaus Schönenberger\n Center for Worldwide Susta inable Construction by Dr Anne Dekeukelaere\n CLIMACT by Dr Nicolas Tétr eault\n \n \n\n\nSESSION IV: Solutions 4 Sustainability – Projects I\nCh airperson: Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli\n \n\n 14h20 – 15h10:\n \n SusEcoCUSS - Energy-efficient carbon capture\, usage & storage for sustainable and c ircular economy by Prof. Kumar Agrawal\, Gaznat Chair for Advanced Separat ions     \n Heating Bits - Reducing the carbon footprint of data cen ters by Prof. Mario Paolone\, Distributed Electrical Systems Lab\n \n \n\n 15h10 – 15h40: Coffee break\n\nSESSION V: Solutions 4 Sustainability – Projects II\nChairperson: Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral\n\n 15h40 – 1 7h00:\n \n CO2 Monitoring & Reduction in Food Systems Through Circular Ec onomy by Prof. Josie Hughes\, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab (lecture delivered via video conference)\n MegaBites - Measuring\, model ing\, and improving the sustainability of EPFL’s food system by Dr Vince nt Moreau\, Data Science Lab\n New Plasma-based Sterilization Methods by Prof. Ivo Furno\, Basic Plasma Physics\n Solar steam - for sterilization and conditioning of laboratory animal facilities by Dr Anna Krammer\, Scie ntist\, ENAC\n H2elios Neurocam by Prof. Christophe Moser\, Lab. of Appli ed Photonics Devices  \n \n \n\n\nSESSION VI: Invited contribution & Dis cussion\nChairperson: Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral\n \n\n 17h00 – 18 h00: Science meets the major challenges of sustainability and the climate crisis by Prof. Harry Atwater\, Caltech (lecture delivered via video confe rence) followed by Q&A moderated discussions and closing remarks by Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral & Prof. Gisou van der Goot\n\n18h00 – 19h00: C ocktail reception\n\nInternal event. Free entrance but registration is man datory. LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR