Université Paris-Saclay celebrates the New Year

Estelle Iacona, President of Université Paris-Saclay wishes the institution’s students, staff and partners an excellent New Year.

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On 18 January, Université Paris-Saclay organised its first official New Year’s reception ceremony at the Orsay Mathematics Laboratory at the University’s Faculty of Science. Through a round-table discussion, the event was an opportunity to look back on the past three years and discuss the continuation of current actions, projects and ambitions for education, research and innovation at the University.

The round table was hosted by David Néron, professor at ENS Paris-Saclay and director of the Research and Higher Education Graduate school. The event brought together representatives from the University’s constituent members, grandes écoles, and research organisations:

Jean-Yves Berthou, Director of Inria Saclay
Alain Bui, President of Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
Laurent Buisson, Managing Director of AgroParisTech
Rémi Carminati, Managing Director of Institut d’Optique Graduate School
Nathalie Carrasco, President of ENS Paris-Saclay
Elsa Cortijo, Director of the CEA’s Fundamental Research Division
Patrick Curmi, President of Université d’Évry
Benoît Forêt, regional representative for the CNRS in the Île-de-France region (South)
Elisabeth Jasserand, Head of the IHES’ Scientific Administration department
Jacques Lafay, advisor to the President at ONERA
Loïc Lepiniec, regional representative for INRAE in the Île-de-France region
Laurence Parmentier, regional representative for Inserm in the Paris Île-de-France region (South)
Romain Soubeyran, President of CentraleSupélec.