Leading universities in the South Region, local partners facing transitions

June 5

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As major players in higher education, the members of the Regional Conference of Grandes Écoles in the South Region are pleased to invite you to an initial morning of reflection on their ties to the region and their ability to meet future challenges together.

Monday, June 5, 2023, at Centrale Méditerranée, 38 Rue Frédéric Joliot Curie, 13013 Marseille

Created in 2011 and affiliated with the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, whose initiatives it relays and implements, particularly in the area of educational equity, the CRGE PACA brings its members together with a view to sharing experiences, exchanges, multilateral partnerships, and regional cooperation.

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On the agenda:

WELCOME SPEECH
9:30-9:45 a.m.
by Rostane MEHDI, Director of Sciences Po Aix and President of CRGE Paca, and Carole DEUMIÉ, Director of Centrale Méditerranée

KEYNOTE SPEECH
9:45-10:00
by Géraldine POIVERT, Sciences Po Aix graduate and Founder of (RE)SET, an integrated consulting firm dedicated to environmental and economic transition
ROUND TABLE 1
10:00-11:00
Training tomorrow's talent in the South Region: how are the grandes écoles responding to the transitions?

SPEECH BY RENAUD MUSELIER
11:30 a.m.-11:45

ROUND TABLE 2
11:45 a.m.-12:55
Innovation and research: prestigious universities, assets of the South Region for inventing a desirable future

CONCLUSION
12:55-1:15
By Sophie COMMEREUC, Vice-President of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) in charge of the "Schools and Territories" Commission, andEmmanuelle CHARAFE, Vice-President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, delegate for Higher Education and Research

COCKTAIL LUNCH
1:15-2:00

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Speakers

Simon BERNARD, Graduate of the French National Maritime Academy, Founder of Plastic Odyssey.
Maryline CHEVALIER, President of the Regional Council of the Order of Architects.
Michel CRESP, Business leader (Systemique), Chairman of the Development Council of the Toulon Provence Méditerranée Metropolis and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ISEN Méditerranée.
Isabelle GIBERT, Graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Arts et Métiers, Head of the Prototype Section at Airbus Helicopters.
Mélanie JOSEPH, graduate of the Marseille School of Fine Arts, beneficiary of the pilot project for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, "Étudier avec PiSOURD" (Studying with PiSOURD).
Pierre LELEUX, Mines alumnus, Founder of Panaxium (biomedical engineering company).
Grégory MAMAN, Deputy CEO at Atechsys, partner of the Air and Space Academy on the development of the hydrogen-powered drone (RAPACE).
Philippe MERESSE,Directorof the New Technologies Division at Entente de Valabre, partner of ENSOSP.
Mathieu MERIAN, Skema graduate, co-founder and director of SOMANITY (exoskeleton project).
Fabien PEREZ, Elected representative of the City of Marseille, involved in the European project "Marseille, a carbon-neutral city by 2030."
David SIMONIAN, Graduate of IAE Aix-en-Provence, Startup Manager at Pépite Provence, and President of the IAE Aix-en-Provence Alumni Association.
Samir TIGHILT, Kedge graduate, Association Manager at the Fondation des Apprentis d'Auteuil, partner of ESSCA, ESAIP, Kedge, and Centrale Méditerranée for access to higher education for all.

This event is organized under the patronage of the President of the South Region, Mr. Renaud Muselier, and with the support of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE).