Henri de Castries Professeur Abdul Barakat Madame Marion Guillou

Chairman and CEO of AXA groupProfessor of MechanicalChairman of

and Aeronautical Engineeringthe Ecole Polytechnique board

Are happy to welcome you to the Inauguration of the:
AXA-Ecole Polytechnique Chair for Cardiovascular Cellular Engineering
Monday June 14th 2010 at 5.00 pm

Ecole Polytechnique - hall theatre Pierre Faurre

Agenda

5.00-5.10 pm
Welcoming

5.10-5.30 pm
Introduction
Marion Guillou, Chairman of the Ecole Polytechnique board. President of INRA

Henri de Castries, Chairman and CEO of AXA group
 

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5.30 pm-5.40 pm
Presentation of Abdul Barakat

Speakers
Patrick Huerre, Professor of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique


5.40 pm-6.25 pm
Presentation of the research program of the Chair

Speaker
Abdul Barakat, Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis

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6.25 pm-7.10 pm
Round table
1. The state-of-the-art in the field of Cardiovascular Cellular Engineering and the key challenges in this area.
2. Opportunities for engineers and the unique role that they can play in addressing the key challenges.
3. The required training for engineers in order to be able to address the key challenges (with an emphasis on interdisciplinary training)
4. Questions from the public

Speakers
Peter F. Davies, Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
C. Forbes Dewey, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Alain Tedgui, Director of the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM
Jean-Marc Chomaz, Department of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique
Antoine Lafont, INSERM

7.10  pm-7.15 pm
Conclusion

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7.15  pm-8.00 pm
Cocktail

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