USEFUL FICTIONS RECEPTION

With the Support of the Embassy of the United States of America in France  
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You are cordially invited to attend a celebration of a new bi-national
​multidisciplinary research collaboration
For an evening of honored guests, inspiring vision, food, cocktail and live music

Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM
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The George C. Marshall Center, Hôtel de Talleyrand, Paris, France
2 Rue Saint-Florentin, 75001 Paris​

​Attire: (Business Casual)

An invitation by a first partnership between University of California, Davis, and École Polytechnique, Institut polytechnique de Paris. 
Co-organized by the Chaire arts et sciences (a joint program between École polytechnique, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs PSL and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation) and with the support of the Chaire Développement durable - Edf (École polytechnique).

Program of Events:

6:00 pm : Guests Arrival
6:30 pm : Remarks and Speakers
       > Remarks by Cultural Attaché Mr. Brian Bauer 
       > Useful Fictions, Introduction by Professor Jiayi Young, University of California, Davis
       > Remarks by Professor Benoît Deveaud, Vice Provost for Research
         Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, École Polytechnique
       > “It Is Time to Think the Anthropocene! A Manifesto” by Professor Jean-Marc Chomaz, École Polytechnique
       > Short Paper: "La bataille s'est engagée: Art, Science, and Measurement from Duchamp to Now.” 
         Professor James Housefield, University of California, Davis
       > Guest Speaker: Ms. Valerie Masson-Delmotte, French climate scientist and Research Director CEA
         senior researcher at LSCE, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de I’Environnement, the French                 Alternative Energy and Atomic Energy Commission.
7:30 pm : Cocktail Reception (Music by Filippo Fabbri)
8:45pm : End of Event ​
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