ESSEC Science & Society 

Program | April 3th, 2025

Grand Amphithéâtre, Cergy campus

Free entrance - registration required

Animation by Gilbert Azoulay, General Director of News Tank Education

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Welcome and breakfast

9:15 a.m.: Opening speech by Roméo Tédongap, Dean of Professors at ESSEC

9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Les défis de nos grandes écoles (FR)

Gilbert Azoulay, General Director of News Tank Education

10am - 11am

Round table - Education (FR)

Françoise Carle, Deputy Director General in charge of development at the Val d'Oise Departmental Council

Jean-Christophe Poulet, Director General of the Energie Jeunes association and Mayor of Bessancourt (95)

Anne-Claire Pache, Director of Strategy and Social Engagement (ESSEC)

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Break

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Vers une meilleure prise en compte de la diversité territoriale (FR)

Salomé Berlioux, director of the Rura association

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Round table - Éducation et logement : redonner du pouvoir d'agir aux acteurs sociétaux (FR)

With:

Christelle. Foucault, Director of Diversity Campaigns and External Engagement - SANOFI

Muriel Epstein, MCF Sciences of Education and Training CY Cergy Paris University

Jean-Christophe Margelidon, Deputy Director General of the National Federation of Public Housing Offices

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Lunch in the Hall des Patios

2:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Gendered language and the math gender gap (EN)

Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, ESSEC Professor

2:25 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Understanding the productivity advantage of cities (EN)

Giordano Mion, ESSEC Professor 

2:50 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Where Are We on Making Education Less Absurd? (EN)

Fabrice Cavarretta, ESSEC Professor

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Metalab Challenge - Final (EN)

Student competition is entirely student-driven This final will be an opportunity for the finalists to present their vision of the world of tomorrow 

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Break

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Presentation in English (EN)

Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics Professor 

4:45 p.m.: Closing speech by Ha Hoang, Director of Research at ESSEC

5 p.m.: Cocktail in the Hall des Patios