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The Australia France Endometriosis Forum: Diagnosis Innovation

Live webinar Friday 3 March 2022, 09.00 - 11.00 am (CET) / 07.00 - 9.00 pm (AEDT) Endometriosis is an invisible illness with an average diagnosis time of 7 years, despite affecting many people with uteruses worldwide. One of the most significant challenges is the communication of endo-like symptoms, where stigma and medical challenges disempower patients on their diagnosis journeys. The Australia France Endometriosis Forum focusing on Diagnosis Innovation seeks to compare bes

Master’s program on Sustainability at the University of Montpellier, France

Deadline for applications: 8 March 2022 The second call-for-applications for CHARM-EU Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability is currently open here. Find out more on the application process here A unique Master’s program The transdisciplinary and challenge-based Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability was first launched by CHARM-EU in September 2021 and currently gathers 80 students. As the first degree jointly awarded by 5 European universities, it prov

Celebrate 400 years of Molière!

This event schedulled on the 3rd of March has been postponed due to the flood in Sydney Keep tuned ! To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Molière, the Sorbonne University alumni club Australia invites you to meet in Sydney for an exceptional conference live from Paris by Georges Forestier, professor emeritus at Sorbonne University. Jealous and unhappy husband, clumsy versifier, actor gifted for comic plays only...who really was Molière? Georges Forestier invites you to re

Lessons learnt from COVID: Guiding pandemic preparedness and response

Tuesday 1 March 9am - 5pm Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000 The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) and the Australian-French Association for Research and Innovation (AFRAN) will hold a joint symposium showcasing French and Australian research and co-operation on infectious diseases with a global impact. Keynote speakers include Nobel Laureate Professors Françoise Barre-Sinoussi and Peter Doherty, along with the Director

Apply to the world's best business schools: HEC Paris!

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On the edge of life - fiction, cognition and emotion

Join us at the Garden Lounge Creative Space on Saturday 26 March 2022 for a discussion to celebrate the launch of Neurocognitive Interpretations of Australian Literature (Routledge) by Jean-François Vernay. As humans we are driven by our emotions and desires and hardly think twice about how our brain is influencing our choices on a daily basis. Fiction allows us to negotiate our relationship with the world and ourselves, and enables creative writers to lay bare their emo

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, AFRAN is pleased to remind you of the interviews from three great scientists highly involved in French-Australian cooperation! Creating artificial stars with Prof. Céline d'Orgeville Prof. Céline d’Orgeville is Deputy Director of the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Center of the Australian National University (ANU). Expert in optics and space instrumentation, Céline uses the “adaptive optics” techniqu

One Ocean Summit

9-11 February 2022 The One Ocean Summit is a summit to take action against the threats to the ocean. In an effort to mobilise the international community and take tangible action to mitigate the pressures threating the ocean, such as the effects of climate change, pollution or the overexploitation of marine resources, the President of the French Republic has decided to organise a One Planet Summit dedicated to the ocean, scheduled to take place in Brest on 9-11 February 202

Alliance Française's French Film Festival 2022!!

March and April 2022 The Alliance Française French Film Festival has announced a full programme of French cinematic escapes for its 33rd edition ! This year’s festival boasts a talented and diverse line-up of ambassadors eager to celebrate the profound impact of French cinema on their careers personally and filmmaking more broadly. Ambassadors include blockbuster film director Phillip Noyce, renowned actor David Wenham, acclaimed screen and theatre director Shannon Murph

Mardi Gras Film Festival - The Queer Frontier

17 February - 3 March 2022 Welcome to the Queer Screen's 29th Mardi Gras Film Festival ! The French-Australian AFRAN community might be interested in the Festival in general and particularly the film 'The Divide' as well as 'Benedetta' and 'Ma Belle, My Beauty' which are French productions. The Divide - from out filmmaker, Catherine Corsini (Summertime, MGFF16 Opening Night) is fresh from winning the Queer Palm Award at Cannes, 2021. The Divide follows the darkly comic even