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SUMMARY:"Grand Témoin" Ceremony with Philippe Bihouix
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Anna Fontcuberta i Morral\, présidente de l’EPFL\; Rudolf 
 Mahrer\, directeur du Programme SHS\; Devis Tuia\, co-directeur SSIE\; J
 érôme Chappellaz\, professeur au laboratoire SENSE\; Philippe Bihouix\,
  directeur général de l'AREP.\nThe "Grand Témoin" ceremony kicks off th
 e "Sustainability" course by bringing together all first-year Bachelor's s
 tudents (BA2) in the majestic setting of the SwissTech Convention Center. 
 Co-organized by the SHS Program and the Environmental Science and Engineer
 ing Section (SSIE)\, this event offers students the opportunity to begin t
 his unique course with a face-to-face meeting with a prominent figure comm
 itted to environmental issues.\n\nThe 2026 "Grand Témoin" guest: \nPhili
 ppe Bihouix\, CEO of AREP\nThis year\, we are delighted to welcome Philipp
 e Bihouix\, an engineer specializing in mineral resources and related tech
 nological issues\, who is also a pioneer in low-tech solutions. A graduate
  of École Centrale Paris\, he began his career at Bouygues Construction a
 s a construction engineer and went on to work in France and internationall
 y in various industrial sectors (energy\, chemicals\, transportation\, tel
 ecommunications\, aeronautics\, etc.) as a consulting engineer\, project m
 anager\, and in management positions. He is a member of the board of direc
 tors of the Institut Momentum think tank from 2011 to 2022. In December 20
 19\, he joined AREP\, a subsidiary of SNCF\, where he is now CEO.\n\nStude
 nt Awards:\nThe ceremony is also an opportunity to present the 2025 studen
 t awards for the best posters in the “Global Issues” program taken by 
 third-semester Bachelor's students\, as well as for the best Master's thes
 is in the SHS Program.\n\n	The three best “Global Issues” posters for 
 2025 (the first will be presented by its authors during the ceremony):\n	1
 . « La sécheresse dans un village subsaharien: des effets aux solution
 s » Course Climate change A \n	2. « Réchauffement climatique et 
 vignobles français : impacts et solutions » Course  Climate change B
 \n	3. « Le métro\, une source de chaleur inexploitée » Course Sust
 ainable energy innovation\n	Best Master's thesis in Social Sciences and Hu
 manities 2025:\n	« Why Japan? The cultural and historical roots of bonsai
 's flourishing »​ by Gabriele Dall'aglio (Neuro-X)​\, Course "Conte
 mporary Japan" directed by Irène Vogel Chevroulet\n\n____________________
 _________________________________________________________\n\nCEREMONY PROG
 RAM:\n\n\n	17:15 - Welcome\n	Anna Fontcuberta i Morral\, EPFL President\n	
 Rudolf Mahrer\, Director of the SHS Program\n	Devis Tuia\, co-director SSI
 E\n\n\n\n	17:30 - Student Awards\n	Best poster « Global Issues » (BA3)
 \n	Best SHS Master's thesis\n	 \n	17:45 - Presentation of the course “S
 ustainability” (BA2)\n	Jérôme Chappellaz\, professor at SENSE laborato
 ry (Smart Environmental Sensing in Extreme Environnements)\n	 \n	18h00 : 
 Lecture by Philippe Bihouix followed by a Q&A session with the audience \
 n	 \n	19h00 - End\n\nModeration: Anne Laure Gannac\, journalist at RTS.\n
 __________________________________________________________________________
 ___\n\nAttendance at the ceremony is reserved for students and their teach
 ers.\n\nThe discussions will be recorded and made available on YouTube at 
 a later date. \n 
LOCATION:Swiss Tech Convention Center https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==STCC%202
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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