Aur@sia 2017

Conference

Claire TRAN has participated in the second edition Aur@sia International Symposium, organized by CNRS, together with the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Studies of CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), on 28 – 29 November 2017. With the participation of Patrick Nedellec (CNRS Director, European Research and International Cooperation Office) and Sylvie Démurger (Deputy Director, CNRS institute of Social Sciences and Humanities) . The Director of IRASEC has presented the activities of her Center of research in social sciences and humanities and has chaired the session « Science Contributions to Global Challenges and Sustainable Development Goals » with her colleagues of the other Umifre In Asia (CEFC (China) E FLORENCE, CSH (India) N GRAVEL, IFP (India) F LANDY, Maison franco japonaise (Japan) C SAKAI.

AUR@SIA Symposium intended to gather both CNRS’ international joint research units in Asia and its academic and industrial partners. Asian research funding agencies, such as Singapore NRF or Chinese NSFC, are also invited to join the event together with French ANR. This AUR@SIA 2017 edition will be debating various issues related to scientific co-operation, including exploring the frontiers of science, designing innovative international partnerships and building scientific communities between Asian and Europe. Above all, AUR@SIA 2017 ambition is to provide a unique forum for research, society and industry executives interested connecting Europe and Asian science through co-operation. Represented countries include China, France, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.