On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, the first stone of the Cité du Numérique was laid, symbolized by a yellow cube. Laurent Champaney, CEO, and Frédéric Mérienne, Deputy Director of the Chalon-sur-Saône institute, laid their cube alongside Sébastien Martin, President of Grand Chalon, Thibault Duchêne, Deputy Administrator of the Cnam, and Jérôme Gutton, Prefect of Saône-et-Loire.
Laurent Champaney reiterated thatArts et Métiers be a socio-economic player serving local communities and industry. The Image Institute team in Chalon-sur-Saône is therefore participating in this regional development policy with the project to create the Cité du Numérique (Digital City). Sébastien Martin revealed the name of this city: it will now be calledthe Usinerie. This site is part of the Saint-Cosme district regeneration plan and is located in the former white sugar mill on the banks of the Saône, "the first industrial building in Chalon-sur-Saône," explainsSébastien Martin.
This facility will revolutionize digital practices and professions through a consortium of higher education stakeholders in Chalon-sur-Saône. It brings together initial training, continuing education, academic research, partnership-based research, technology transfer, and business consulting in one place, explains Laurent Champaney.
The building will open in summer 2021 and will house:
- On the first floor: a Living Lab, a demonstration space with virtual and augmented reality devices, five classrooms for digital bachelor's degree students at the CNAM who can continue on to a master's degree Arts et Métiers.
- On the second floor: a coworking space and the offices of the Image Institute team.
- An extension will house the technical platform with the institute's facilities, such as driving simulators, virtual reality and augmented reality headsets, interactive tables, and the BlueLemon virtual immersion room.
Learn more about:
BlueLemonisa virtual immersion room, provided by Antycip, measuring approximately 3 meters square with stereoscopic images rear-projected onto five surfaces (including the floor and ceiling). Read more here...
The Bac to Bac +5 curriculum in the digital sector: The general computer science degree is offered by the Cnam Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and is mainly aimed at young people with a scientific background, who have obtained a Bac S or STi2D (science and technology of industry and sustainable development). All students who have obtained their bachelor's degree will be eligible to enroll in the Master's in 3D Interactive Technology Management (MTI3D). Read more here...
People are talking about it:
- in the Journal de Saône-et-Loire (Chalon news section, December 18, 2019 edition, p.15)
- on Radio Bresse (Local news, December 17 broadcast starting at 9:57)
