A part of the Francophonie Festival 2022, Science Centre Singapore will be collaborating with the Embassy of France in Singapore to host two hybrid panel discussions. Join the whybrid panel discussion #1 “Safeguarding Biodiversity in Aquatic Environments” on 15 March 2022 from 4:30pm – 6:00pm. From coral reef restoration to wetlands preservation, the protection of […]
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The Energy Observer project was born in 2013 from the commitment of Victorien Erussard, merchant navy officer and ocean racer. Aware that it is now vital to commit to saving the planet, he assembled a complementary team of sailors, scientists, engineers and reporters in order to create the first self-sufficient vessel capable of drawing its […]
Let’s celebrate the French language and the values and cultural diversity of the Francophonie from 10 to 28 March in Singapore! The annual Francophonie Festival is back with 18 programmes such as the not-to-be-missed Francophonie Film Festival, panel discussions, gastronomy events, exhibitions and the port of call of the world first hydrogen vessel Energy Observer. […]
On 10 March at 5.00pm, the French Lab Singapore will be holding its monthly casual meeting referred to as the ‘AfterLab’ with Francisco “Paco” Chinesta, Professor of computational physics at ENSAM Institute of Technology (Paris, France) and director of the CNRS@CREATE DesCartes programme. Francisco Chinesta is also Honorary Fellow of the “Institut Universitaire de France” […]
Launched all the way back in 2006, Merlion programme is a Franco-Singaporean grant initiative promoting and enabling joint scientific cooperation. It is co-funded in France by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and in Singapore by six partner research institutions: National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), Agency for […]
On 9 February 2022, Dr Philippe Baptiste, Chairman and CEO of the France National Space Agengy (CNES), co-chaired with the Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIn) Executive Director David Tan, the 3rd CNES-OSTIn Workshop, during which both sides exchanged views on space developments and discussed areas of cooperation. The meeting was the occasion for the Singapore and French sides to each present their priorities in […]
During the visit to Singapore of Prof Antoine Petit, Chairman and CEO of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the new agreement of the joint laboratory IPAL between the CNRS, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The oldest joint laboratory of the CNRS in Singapore […]
On 26 February 2022, the DesCartes programme was officially launched during a ceremony in the presence of Prof Antoine Petit, Chairman and CEO of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Ambassador of France to Singapore, HE Mr Marc Abensour, and the representatives of the main Singaporean stakeholders of the programme : National Research […]
