Kick-Off meeting of the PEPR eNSEMBLE (17/11/2023)

Following the inauguration of the eNSEMBLE PEPR on the 5th October 2023, a first day of scientific discussions will be held on Friday 17th November 2023 in Paris, at Sorbonne University - Jussieu campus (map of the campus).

This day falls within the PEPR programme, which seeks to build and run a community focused on digital collaboration. It is aimed primarily at the member teams of the 5 Targeted Projects (PCs), but also at external teams or collaborations. The latter can participate in the activities of the different PCs by joining forces with member teams (e.g. by co-supervising PhDs or internships/post-docs). In addition, a Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI) will be launched shortly and will be open to all. This will be discussed during the various plenary and thematic sessions throughout the day.

A video webcast of the various sessions will be available for those unable to travel to Paris (the link will be sent privately to registrants).

Quick links:

Programme (details of Targeted Projects sessions, details of themed sessions)
Terms of participation
Travel expenses
Registration

Programme

News (27/11/2023): The slides and restitution of the different sessions are now online; links below or download all files (single ZIP archive).

09:30	WelcomeAmphi 25
09:00	WelcomeAmphi 25
09:30	General plenary session Amphi 25 Introduction by PEPR directors (5 minutes) Presentation by the ANR (30 minutes) Questions & Answers (25 minutes) ⇩ Introduction talk (PDF, in French) ⇩ Presentation from ANR, the French National Research Agency (PDF, in French)
09:45
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:30	Coffee break
10:45	Coffee break
10:45	Targeted Project session - CATS (PC1)* RC27 Meeting Room (Ground floor, within "ATRIUM") ⇩ Presentation PC1 (PDF) ⇩ PC1 Partners (PDF)	Targeted Project session - PILOT (PC2)* Meeting Room 211 (2nd floor, enter via Tower 55 or 65) ⇩ Presentation PC2 (PDF)	Targeted Project session - MATCHING (PC3)* Meeting Room 304 (3rd floor, enter via Tower 65 or 66) ⇩ Presentation PC3 (PDF, in French)	Targeted Project session - CONGRATS (PC4)* Council Room of Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) ⇩ Presentation PC4 (PDF)	Private session for Steering committee
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
13:00
13:00	Lunch break University restaurant (entry before 13h30, free lunch-tickets provided)
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:30	Themed session: Valuation & Industrial partnershipsCouncil Room of Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) ⇩ Presentation Valuation/Industrial partnerships (PDF, in French)	Themed session: Teaching & International Meeting Room 304 (3rd floor, enter via Tower 65 or 66) ⇩ Presentation Teaching/International (PDF, in French)	Themed session: Technological development Meeting Room 211 (2nd floor, enter via Tower 55 or 65) ⇩ Presentation Technological development (PDF, in French)
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:30	Coffee break
15:45
16:00
16:00	Plenary session : transversal projects & general discussionAmphi 25 PC5 (TRANSVERSE) - Transversal Actions of Collaboration : Project overview / Round table Return from morning parallel sessions (PC1 to PC4) Return from afternoon themed sessions (Valuation/Industrial Partnerships, Teaching/International & Technological development) Discussion regarding the AMI (Call for Expressions of Interest) Open discussion / exchanges ⇩ Final presentation: PC5 (TRANSVERSE), session highlights (Targeted Projects and thematic sessions) and panel discussions (PDF)
16:15
16:30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45
18:00
18:00	Closing cocktail

Targeted Projects sessions (*PC1 to PC4)

The coordinators of each PC define the programme for their sessions (check your e-mails for updates):

CATS - Collaboration Spaces (PC1):

Roundtable and introduction to the project (15 min)
Audience presentations (docs / keynote?, 60 min)
AMI / AAP drafting -> ambassadors (30 min)
Open discussion / actions (30 min)

PILOT - Practices and infrastructure for long term collaboration (PC2):

Roundtable (15 min)
Presentation of the project (30 min)
Audience presentations + Discussion (1 hour)
Definition of PILOT priority topics and AMI topics (30 min)

MATCHING - Collaboration with Intelligent Systems (PC3):

Project overview (30 minutes)
Presentation of the 5 PhD programmes selected for 2023 (10 to 15 minutes)
Co-construction of a map of current and future thematic areas (45 minutes); Do you see yourself in the current structure? Do you see aspects that are not represented in the current framework?
Which mechanisms and which management for MATCHING? (20 minutes) ;General discussion about ambitions and organisation. 2024 PhD Campaign. Call for post-docs. Organisation of workshops. AMI ANR call for proposals.
Discussion (30 minutes); What do you need? How do you envisage such a programme? What are the links with other national initiatives?

CONGRATS - Collectives for Knowledge Production Management That Scales (PC4):

Roundtable and introduction to the project (15 min)
Audience presentations (docs / keynote?, 60 min)
AMI / AAP drafting -> ambassadors (30 min)
Open discussion / actions (30 min)

Themed sessions

Members of different PCs are freely distributed among the different thematic working groups (the aim is to have each PC represented in each thematic area).

Programme and participation details sent to pre-registered participants by e-mail....

Terms of participation

For practical reasons - mainly related to the limited capacity of the meeting rooms and the fact that all PCs meet on the same day - we could be forced to limit in-person attendance for parallel sessions (about 20-25 people per room). We would suggest that funded PhD students, their supervisors and those involved in drafting the document should be given priority. However, we will try to include as many participants as possible.

In all cases, remember that a video webcast of the meetings will be available to all project participants.

Travel expenses

Each participant in the kick-off must cover the costs of their trip to Paris.

PhD students funded by eNSEMBLE use their allocated travel grant.
All the other participants will be using their own budgets.
In the specific case where a participant is unable to finance his mission from his own resources, he may ask the people in charge of his PC to cover his expenses (limited and quantified in advance). The decision to provide such support is left to the discretion of the PC leaders.

Registration

~~Please register with this link (whether you want to take part in a physical or video meeting).~~

Note: Online registration is now closed; please write to sebastien.dubos@universite-paris-saclay.fr for any request.

If you have any questions about taking part in the physical sessions, please contact the people in charge of your respective PCs.

For questions regarding the organisation of the workshop, please email Sébastien DUBOS (PEPR eNSEMBLE Programme Manager): sebastien.dubos@universite-paris-saclay.fr