Le premier symposium de l’EPFL sur la recherche et la durabilité s’est tenu le 16 mai 2024, mettant en évidence la diversité et la complémentarité des approches scientifiques et d’ingénierie.
Programme
Accueil et introduction
Prof. Gisou van der Goot, Vice-présidente pour la transformation responsable, et Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Vice-présidente associées pour les centres et plateformes
SESSION I: Contributions invitées
Chair: Prof. Gisou van der Goot
- Climate Crisis: The urgent need for net-zero CO2 par Prof. Sonia Seneviratne, ETH Zurich, Deputy head of Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
- The Politics of Sustainability par Prof. Michaël Aklin, EPFL Chair of Policy and Sustainability
- Lighthouse programmes for sustainability research: Why they are needed par Prof. Peter Edwards, SCNAT Swiss Academy of Sciences
SESSION II: Panorama des projets EPFL de recherche sur la durabilité
Chair: Prof. Rüdiger Urbanke
- Multi-Disciplinary Solutions for Sustainable Computing in the Digital Era par Prof. David Atienza, Ecocloud Center & Embedded Systems Lab
- Fungal Factories for Materials par Prof. Tiffany Abitbol, Sustainable Materials Lab
- Solar-driven fuel production using semiconductor photocatalysts par Prof. Kevin Sivula, Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronics Nanomaterials
- Resisting climate change: Using seascape genomics to identify environmentally robust coral genotypes par Dr Ana Maria Jaksic, Experimental Evolutionary Neurobiology Lab
- Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions research par Prof. Athanasios Nenes, Laboratory of atmospheric processes and their impacts
- Presentation of 2 MAKE projects:
- rebuiLT – Eco-construction, reuse and integration of Low-Techs in urban areas par Catherine Juneau, AR-MA4, et Camille Rieux, AR-MA2
- GenoRobotics – Engineering tools to counter the biodiversity extinction par Maximilian Wettstein, SV-MA4
SESSION III: Sélection de centres EPFL
Chair: Prof. Katrin Beyer
- eSpace par Emmanuelle David >> presentation
- Energy Center par Dr Yasmine Calisesi >> presentation
- Enterprise 4 Society par Dr Maria Paula Cacault >> presentation
- EssentialTech par Dr Klaus Schönenberger >> presentation
- Center for Worldwide Sustainable Construction par Dr Anne Dekeukelaere >> presentation
- CLIMACT par Dr Nicolas Tétreault >> presentation
SESSION IV: Solutions4Sustainability – Projets I
Chair: Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli
- SusEcoCUSS – Energy-efficient carbon capture, usage & storage for sustainable and circular economy par Prof. Kumar Agrawal, Gaznat Chair for Advanced Separations
- Heating Bits – Renewable-supplied data centers integrating heating and cooling par Prof. Mario Paolone, Distributed Electrical Systems Lab
SESSION V: Solutions4Sustainability – Projets II
Chair: Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli
- CO2 Monitoring & Reduction in Food Systems Through Circular Economy par Prof. Josie Hughes, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab (par vidéoconférence) >> presentation
- MegaBites – Measuring, modeling, and improving the sustainability of EPFL’s food system par Dr Vincent Moreau, Data Science Lab >> presentation
- New Plasma-based Sterilization Methods par Prof. Ivo Furno, Basic Plasma Physics >> presentation
- Solar steam – for sterilization and conditioning of laboratory animal facilities par Dr Anna Krammer, Scientist, ENAC >>
- H2elios Neurocam by Prof. Christophe Moser, Lab. of Applied Photonics Devices >>
SESSION VI: Contribution invitée
Chair: Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
- Science meets the major challenges of sustainability and the climate crisis par Prof. Harry Atwater, Caltech (par vidéoconférence)