Schedule of November 20 IMéRA Seminar and ZINC Public Forum

IMéRA Seminar (by invitation only)

MEETING AROUND W. PATRICK McCRAY

The impact of the computer sciences on the arts, sciences and humanities

Location : IMéRA, 2 Place Le Verrier, 13004 Marseille
(previous location of the Marseille-Provence Astronomy Observatory)

9:00-10:00 Refreshments (coffee and croissants)

10:00-10:30 Welcome and overview of the day by Roger MALINA, Co-Chair of Arts Sciences Intrumentation Language (ASIL), IMéRA

Brief introduction by each participant

Presentation of IMéRA by Robert ILBERT, founder and president, and Emmanuel GIRARD-REYDET, executive director

10:30-10:50 Presentation by W. Patrick McCRAY, historian of science

10:50-12:30 Presentations by 5 participants, followed by group discussion.

Presentations (10 mn each) by :

- Nicole ARCHAMBEAU, doctoral candidate in medieval history

- Colette ESTABLET, historian (JP Dautricourt, translator)

- Pierre LIVET, philosopher

- Roger MALINA, astrophysician

- Jacques MANDELBROJT, physicist and artist

- Emmanuel VERGES, director of Zinc-ECM

12:30-14:00 Lunch and moderated discussion, followed by brief visit of IMéRA, weather permitting.

14:00-14:15 Synthesis of morning discussion by Roger Malina and Patrick McCray

14:15-16:15 Presentations by 6 participants, followed by group discussion.

Presentations (10 mn each) by :

- Jean-Luc ARNAUD, historian and cartographer

- Samuel BORDREUIL, sociologist

- Jean-Pierre DAUTRICOURT, former director of Camargo Foundation and composer

- Dominique HABAULT, director of Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique

- Christopher NEWFIELD, cultural theorist

- Colette TRON, author

- Pierre VERGES, sociologist (JP Dautricourt, translator)

16:15-17:15 Coffee break then synthesis by Roger Malina and Samuel Bordreuil.

Closing comments and brief presentation of his current work on ITER by Patrick McCray

17:15 End of IMéRA seminar