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AVEC L’ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES 2015
Bilateral Cooperation Relationships
The action of the Académie des Sciences at the international level also involves bilateral actions, carried out in particular within the
scope of more than 50 cooperation agreements signed with its counterparts abroad.
A New Cooperation Agreement Was Signed
For several years, the Académie des Sciences and the Chinese Academy of
Engineering have enjoyed close cooperation, as evidenced by the holding of
the Sino-French seminar on urbanization and sustainable development, which
was organized in 2014 as part of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the French Republic and the People's Republic
of China. On 29 May 2015, the Académie des Sciences and the Chinese
Academy of Engineering put such cooperation on a long-term footing as they
signed an agreement at the Académie des Sciences in Paris at an official
ceremony attended by scientists and representatives of French and Chinese
organizations.
Bilateral Meetings
These meetings take various forms: reception of foreign academy members for stays in France, reception of leaders from foreign
academies at the Institut, participation of French members of the Académie to foreign academic sessions and, of course, organization of
joint colloquia. In 2015, some memorable moments stand out:
• 2nd Korean Academy of Science and Technology/French Académie des Sciences Joint Symposium on Fermented foods and
Health Benefits, Seoul, 21-22 May 2015;
• China/France/Africa Tripartite Workshop: Coopération en Matière de Formation Professionnelle et Technologique dans le
Continent [Cooperation on vocational and technological training in the continent], Académie des Sciences, 29 May 2015;
• Colloquium of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Académie des Sciences, on the occasion of the Week of Latin
America and the Caribbean in France, Académie des Sciences, 2 June 201549;
• 8th Franco-Taiwanese Symposium on the following themes: Topological Material, Low-Dimensional and Layered Material
and its Future Impact, New Treatment for Cancer: Immunotherapy and beyond, Sustainable and Local Energy Collection,
Profiling New Technologies for Social Care, 15-18 June 201550.
• French-Israeli Seminar on the biology of chromatin, “Biologie de la chromatine”, Académie des Sciences, 7-8 July 2015;
• Reception at the Académie des Sciences of Tabaré Vázquez, President of the Eastern Republic
of Uruguay, who gave a lecture on the challenges of science for global development, “Les
défis de la Science au Service du Développement Mondial”, 2 November 201551;
• Meeting gathering American and Iranian academy members under the auspices of the
Académie, 19-24 October 2015;
• 7th Meeting of the Franco-Chinese Steering Committee on Traditional Medicines, on the
convergence between the western forms of medicine and traditional Chinese medicine,
“Convergence des Médecines Occidentales et de la Médecine Traditionnelle Chinoise”,
Académie des sciences, 9 November 2015;
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