News in brief

HEC Paris et l’Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) annoncent la création de Hi! PARIS, un centre interdisciplinaire de recherche et d’enseignement consacré à l’IA et aux Sciences des données. Ce premier centre en Europe interdisciplinaire et interinstitutionnel, alliant éducation, recherche et innovation, a pour ambition de devenir un leader

To facilitate the relaunch, the Carnot and the Paris Club of Innovation Directors are launching a fast and direct innovation hotline. In less than 48 hours, companies will be put in touch with competent experts and will be able to receive proposals for technology applications made by a Carnot institute.

Continuing their call for financial support for transitional businesses, ChangeNOW is launching the Lives Pitches online with Ashoka, Katapult Accelerator, Impact Founders and GIIN to bring together entrepreneurs for the planet and impact funders. The goal? To help maintain a dynamic link and

On appeal, the court confirmed Amazon's obligation to restrict its activity to essential products pending the assessment of occupational risks in all its warehouses. A ban on Amazon sending non-essential products such as computers, smartphones and cultural products. On 24 April, the Court of Appeal in

Anticipating the consequences of the coming crisis, the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam), the research department and the laboratories have set up a business continuity plan. Today, all of the teacher-researchers are actively pursuing their work, notably by developing specific research projects by

The "Covid-19 Challenge" is an international scheme aimed at supporting and financing technological partnerships between innovative companies for the development and rapid deployment of innovations in the face of the multiple challenges linked to the Covid-19 crisis. You have until 15 May 2020 to apply. The programme This call

The criticality of public warning has never been more relevant than during the current COVID-19 epidemic. The implementation of the benefits of a single, comprehensive platform offered by Everbridge has contributed to the protection of the most vulnerable in Norway. The platform can provide

Episode 3 of WWF France's "The Panda Effect" Podcast series has just been released: a new episode entitled "Innovations in the service of the oceans" plunges the listener into the heart of unknown territory since only 5% of the seabed has been explored. Immediate embarkation... and new sound for the first three podcasts.

On April 1, the United Nations announced that the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) scheduled to take place in Glasgow in November 2020 was postponed to next year because of the VIDOC-19 crisis. Following this decision, the Chair of the Environment Committee, from

No containment for ideas! It is once again possible to follow the inescapable and popular MOOC of Bertrand Badie, politician and professor at Sciences Po, "Espace Mondial", free of charge and with free access, on a new international platform, Coursera. 22,000 fans: more than a Beyoncé concert at Bercy.

The Assembly votes on the article on the state of health emergency. Adopted by a show of hands after several hours of discussion, the article provides that a state of public health emergency, which makes it possible to restrict public freedoms (confinement, requisitioning, etc.), must be introduced as soon as the law comes into force, and for two months. This article provides, in particular, for

The world is facing a coronavirus epidemic. In an attempt to stop the spread of the virus, governments are taking steps to limit contacts and activities. As part of this effort, UCLouvain is launching an extensive survey to find out how and how containment affects the psychological and social well-being of the

The EDF Pulse Startup Awards are back for a 7th edition. A new decade, a new ambition... but one constant objective: to support and reward startups that bring ideas that change everything! Do you have a project to help combat global warming? Your

In the face of the climate emergency, NGOs are uniting in favour of a vast citizen movement for the planet. To do this, they are pooling their expertise in an unprecedented action group, hosted on the WAG - We Act for Good application, launched by WWF France: "Acting with NGOs". Its ambition? To call on all

The association ENGAGE has just launched the Biodiversity Challenge. Objective? To turn ten medium-sized businesses into "biodiversity pioneers". The launch of the call for applications for the Biodiversity Challenge, initiated on February 26th during the Gilles Boeuf Action Conference, is official! More than 70 people - citizens, journalists, employees, etc. - took part in the event.

The Daniel & Nina Carasso Foundation launches their call for projects "Feeding the Future" 2020. Like the previous one, this call for projects is aimed at structures based in France, of general interest and eligible for sponsorship. Our food, from seeds to compost, is at the crossroads of multiple (dis)balances, nutritional, socio-economic, etc., and is therefore a source of great concern for the future.

The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation (1), FADEAR, the CIVAM Network, FNCUMA and the TRAME network are joining forces to promote, through a call for projects, a massive transition towards agroecology through exchange and sharing between farmers' collectives. Objective: to support the exchange of experiences between farmers' collectives.

The i-Nov Innovation Contest of the Future Investment Program (PIA) aims to support innovative projects of SMEs and start-ups and thus promote the accelerated emergence of companies that are leaders in their field. Submit your projects before May 12, 2020 to obtain funding. As an operator of the Investment for the Future Program

The CNIL and Inria awarded the 2019 prize for the protection of privacy to a European research team at the 13th International Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference on 22 January. Julien Gamba, Mohammed Rashed, Abbas Razaghpanah, Juan Tapiador and Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez presented the award.

The Department of Research and Teaching of the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac launches its call for applications for the "Thesis Prize 2020". Objective: to encourage and support research work in the fields of Western and extra-Western arts, tangible and intangible heritage, museum institutions and the arts.