Mathematics of Planet Earth Day at UNESCO (Paris)
will be held at the Fontenoy Building of UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy, Room XI, Paris 75007.
European Launch of MPE2013 and
Launch of Mathematics of Planet Earth Exhibition
Organized by UNESCO and International Mathematical Union (IMU)
Diffusion live on March 5 from 9:30 to 17:30, Paris time
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| 9:00 — 9:30 | Welcoming coffee in Hall XI close to the Fontenoy Conference Room XI |
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| 9:30 — 10:15 | Opening speech by Ms Gretchen Kalonji, SC Assistant Director-General UNESCO |
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| 9:40 — 10:15 | Speakers’ presentations: a) Message from the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, read by Daniel Rondeau, Ambassador of France at UNESCO b) Nuno Crato, Minister of Education and Science of the Government of Portugal; c) Prof Jean Audouze, President of French National Commission; d) Prof Ingrid Daubechies, President of International Matehmatical Union; e) Prof Wendelin Werner, Executive Committee member of IMU, winner of the Fields Medal in 2006; f) Prof Marta Sanz-Solé, President of the European Mathematical Society. |
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| 10:15 — 10:45 | Presentation of MPE 2013 by Prof Christiane Rousseau, International Coordinator of MPE2013 |
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| 10:45 — 11:15 | Presentations of the Open Source platform of IMAGINARY used for the exhibition: Prof Gert-Martin Greuel, Director of Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach and Andreas Matt, IMAGINARY. |
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| 11:15 — 12:15 | Presentation of the MPE competition, of the winning modules and award ceremony chaired by Ehrhard Behrends |
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| 12:15 — 14:00 | Lunch and refreshments in Hall X of UNESCO Fontenoy |
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| 14:00 — 15:00 | Presentation of the film “EXIT”, worked out by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain |
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| 15:00 — 15:45 | Lecture by Prof Edward Lungu (Botswana): Utilizing the environment to manage HIV/AIDS |
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| 15:45 — 16:00 | Coffee break in Hall X of Fontenoy |
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| 16:00 — 17:30 | Panel discussion “What can mathematics do for the planet?” chaired by the science journalist Sophie Bécherel, in collaboration with the ARP “MathsinTerre” a) Prof Frederic Dias, School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland b) Prof John Dudley, Institute FEMTO-ST, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France c) David Lannes, Director of research at CNRS – Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France d) Philippe Naveau, Researcher at Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, IPSL-CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France e) Dr Fanja Rakotondrajao, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar f) Siegfried Demuth, UNESCO programme specialist in hydrology/tsunamis |
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| March, 5th 2013 Amphi 25, Campus Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France |
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| 18:30 — 20:00 | Public lecture by Prof Hervé le Treut, Director of the Institute Pierre-Simon-Laplace.”Les modèles climatiques: aspects mathématiques, physiques et conceptuels“ |
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| March 5th 2013 at Halls X, XI of Fontenoy Building; and from the 6th to the 8th March 2013 at Hall Miollis of UNESCO Premises: | |
| 10:00 – 17:45 | Mathematics Exhibitions (Virtual and physical modules, films, posters) The exhibition will close at 16:00 on Friday March 8. |
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Sponsors
International Mathematical Union (IMU)
International Commission of Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
Atelier de réflexion prospective MatsinTerre de l’Agence nationale de la recherche
Institut National des Sciences Mathématiques et de leurs interactions (INSMI – CNRS)
Laboratoire MAP5 à Paris Descartes
