EVENTS

Conference of Science Attachés

Virtual

Science Diplomacy

26/11/2020

The aim of the Conference was to promote the actions, instruments and successes of Science Diplomacy, and provide an update, with the Science Attaché network, on the results of the work carried out to date and the future prospects. I attended as participant.

Euclid France Meeting

Virtual

Euclid Space Mission

23/11/2020 - 25/11/2020

Annual meeting of the French Collaboration working on the ESA Euclid space satellite. I was invited to give a talk on the Inter-Science Taskforce I co-lead.

YITP Kyoto

Kyoto, Japan (remote)

Cosmology

09/10/2020 - 09/10/2020

I was invited to give a talk on cosmology, from theory to data. The slides of my talk are available here. 

Virtual Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society

Virtual

Career advice, Health in Science

21/9/2020 - 25/09/2020

I was invited to give a talk on the Impostor Syndrome, within the session on Healthy Careers in astronomy. My talk is available here.

Science for policymaking at the centre of national government

Virtual

Science Policy, Science Diplomacy

08/09/2020 - 08/09/2020

First of a series of interactive workshops on science policy, organised by the Joint Research Centre, for EU policies and evidence-based scientific advice. I was invited to intervene within one of the work group, on what works in science diplomacy and how to improve in this direction.

CSTD Meeting, CEA DAp

CEA Paris-Saclay

Space science

03/09/2020 - 03/03/2020

Conseil Scientifique et Tecnique of the Astrophysics Department. I am member of the Conseil and I was invited to give a talk on a new space mission proposal called LiteBIRD.

ESOF 2020

Hybrid (Virtual & Trieste)

Euro Science Open Forum

02/9/2020 - 07/09/2020

Euro Science Open Forum. I attended as member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, for the Science Policy Work Group.

GOLD

Paris, France

Education

01/04/2020 - 04/06/2020

I organize a 10 week programme for researchers, students, postdocs including a school, 3 workshops and tutorial sessions. [Cancelled due to pandemic COVID-19 2020]

Formation on Intelligence Artificielle

Saclay, France

Data science

17/12/2019 - 17/12/2019

DRF (Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale) often offers opportunities for training on a variety of topics useful in research and industry. Very excited to attend this one.

PNCG annual meeting

Marseille, France

French National Programme on cosmology

13/11/2019 - 15/11/2019

PNCG is the Programme Nationale de Cosmologie et Galaxie. The Scientific Committee meets to discuss actions related to its principal thematic axis, evaluate proposals from the French community and strengthen synergies among different labs. This was my first participation, as I joined PNCG as president for CEA in October 2019.

The Paris-Saclay AstroParticle Symposium 2019

Paris, France

Astroparticle Physics

14/10/2019 - 08/11/2019

4 week programme on AstroParticle Physics. I was invited to co-lead the panel discussion that will happen on the first day, on the topic: what will future surveys tell us about dark energy?

Towards Coordination of the European CMB Programme

Paris, France

Cosmic Microwave Background, Physics

12/09/2019 - 13/09/2019

Organized by APC, this meeting gathers experiment builders, observers and agency representatives to chart European coordination on CMB experiments, including collaboration in technology development, and seeking synergy with similar efforts in other parts of the world. I attend as participant, as I was involved in Planck satellite and I was part of the CMB perspectives committee.

EuroPython 2019

Basel, Switzerland

Python, data science, industry&academia

08/07/2019 - 14/07/2019

In 2019 I was elected in the board of the EuroPython Society and helped organising the annual conference. EuroPython Conference typically hosts about 1200 participants and is meant for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language. As member of the board I helped with the selection of the location, programme, marketing and communication. I was also contact point in place for dealing with code of conduct related matters.

Euclid 2019

Helsinki, Finland

Space Science

04/06/2019 - 07/06/2019

Annual meeting of the Euclid Consortium. I coordinated the splinter session on the Inter Science Taskforce on Likelihood. The Forecast taskforce I coordinate won the team STAR prize 2019.

Accelerating Universe in the Dark

Kyoto, Japan

Cosmology

04/03/2019 - 08/03/2019

Invited talk on the Euclid satellite.

Euclid France 2018

Nice, France

Space Science

27/11/2018 - 28/11/2018

Euclid satellite meeting for the French contribution.

Dark Energy Colloqium

Paris

Cosmology

23/10/2018 - 25/10/2018

Invited talk on Dark Energy.

Cosmo Club

Paris Saclay

Cosmology

25/09/2018

I gave a talk at the joint Journal Club between DAp, DPhP and IPhT institutes.

EuroPython 2018

Edinburgh, UK

Python, data science, industry&academia

24/07/2018 - 29/07/2018

Conference for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language. The conference hosts each year about 1200 participants. In 2018 I joined the programme and sponsor work groups. I was also contact point in place for dealing with code of conduct related matters.

SF2A 2018

Bordeaux, France

Astronomy

03/07/2018 - 06/07/2018

Semaine de l'Astronomie, gathering French Labs on many aspects in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Astronomy. I was invited to give a talk.

COSMO 21

Valencia, Spain

Cosmology

22/05/2018 - 25/05/2018

Conference on statistics and cosmology in view of future surveys and big data challenges. I was invited to be part of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

Euclid Theory Meeting

Paris, France

Space science

16/04/2018 - 20/04/2018

I organised the annual meeting for the Euclid Theory Working Group, hosting 77 participants worldwide. I worked on all aspects of the organisation, invitations, programme, coffee breaks management.

Winter School on Cosmology

Tonale, Italy

Education, Theory, Data, Career Advice

11/12/2017 - 16/12/2017

I organized a School on Cosmology for PhD and postdocs: theory for observers and observations for theorists.

LAL Colloquium

Paris, France

Cosmology

12/10/2017 - 16/10/2017

Invited speaker.

Brazilian National Meeting on Particles and Fields

Passa Quatro, Brasil

Physics

18/09/2017 - 24/09/2017

Invited speaker at the annual national Brasilian meeting on physics.

EuroPython 2017

Rimini, Italy

Python, data science, industry&academia

07/09/2017 - 16/07/2017

Conference for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language. The conference hosts each year about 1200 participants. In 2017 I joined the communication and programme work groups.

String Theory and Cosmology

Lucca, Italy

Theory, Cosmology

28/05/2017 - 30/05/2017

Conference in theoretical Cosmology.

PyData Italia

Firenze, Italy

Python, data science, industry&academia

06/04/2017 - 08/04/2017

Conference for academia, industry and everyone interested in python programming language.

Winter School on Cosmology

Tonale, Italy

Education, Theory, Data, Career Advice

11/12/2016 - 16/12/2016

I organized a School on Cosmology for PhD and postdocs: theory for observers and observations for theorists.

SIGRAV XXII

Cefalù, Italy

Gravity

12/09/2016 - 18/09/2016

Conference on gravity, I was invited speaker.