Launch Event for the Solar Academy Graduate School

October 19, 2020, 1:30 p.m. - October 19, 2020, 4:30 p.m.

Monday, October 16, 2020, will mark the official launch of the Solar AcademyUniversity Research School (EUR) at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), in the presence of the project’s partners (theUSMB/CEA/CNRS Consortium) and the French National Research Agency (ANR).

This EUR initiative positionsUSMB and itsINES co-founding partners (CEA, CNRS) as a leading French university in the field of solar energy integration.

The event will take place from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. atthe National Institute of Solar Energy (INES), in the Hélios building on the Bourget-du-Lac university campus.

To participate in person or remotely, [register online].

On the agenda:

  • 1:15–1:30 p.m.: Welcome
  • 1:30–2:00 p.m.: Opening remarks, introduction of partners
  • 2:00–3:00 p.m.: Presentation of the Solar Academy: the project, the challenges, and the resources
  • 3 :00–3:30 p.m.: The University Research Schools Program at the National Research Agency (ANR)
  • 3:30–4:30 p.m.: The Solar Academy at USMB: What synergies, what scope, and what structural role?
    Discussion with participants
  • 4 :30 p.m.: End of the day

In conjunction with this inauguration, the first "4SUN" Scientific Solar Summer School will take place from October 19 to 23, 2020 .

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