Events and news related to EPFLglobaLeaders programme

Upcoming public defenses by fellows

Please find below information about public defenses of EPFLglobaLeaders fellows:

  • Nana Obayashi – 10 November 2025. Further information here. 
  • Amit Sawant – 11 November 2025. Further information here. 
  • Beatrice Vaienti – 5 December 2025. Further information here. 
  • Cristobal Miguel GARCIA JAIMES – 17 December 2025. Further information here. 
  • Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr OTHMAN – 28 January 2026. Further information here. 
  • Deniz TÜRKAY – 24 February 2026. Further information here. 
  • Ilia IGASHOV – 6 March 2026. Further information here.
  • Roberto BOGHETTI – 27 March 2026. Further information here. 
  • Ana Paola RICO VILLARREAL – 30 April 2026. Further information here. 
  • Anja TIEDE – 22 May 2026. Further information here. 
  • Giulia FRIGO – 1 June 2026. Further information here. 
  • Marie JONES – 12 June 2026. Further information here. 
  • Vasileios CHANIS – 16 July 2026. Further information to follow via EPFL Memento (select “thesis defenses”) 

Information for EPFLglobaLeaders fellows

A summary of important information and resources for EPFLglobaLeaders fellows can be found here.

Finally, information about EPFL events related to Innovation, Sustainability and Research Funding can be found hereunder. For any EPFLglobaLeaders specific events, fellows will be contacted directly by email.

Events related to Innovation

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Events related to Sustainability

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Lunch Talks "AI and Ethical Scientific Practices"

Join the next Lunch Talks session, "AI and Ethical Scientific Practices", on May 26th, from 12:15 to 13:45, in BM 5202. Language: English Doors open from 12:05 Free lunch bag – water not included: bring your reusable…

 26.05.2026   12:1513:45

Speaker: Orr Paradise; Gaia Barazzetti; Valentin Conrad; Pablo Diaz; Cécile Hardebolle
Location:  BM 5202
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Defining EPFL Values – Workshops and Online Platform

 15.04.202630.05.2026  

Location:  CO 216 et campus associés
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

IDAHOBIT written on an Rainbow background

IDAHOBIT 2026 – Exposition “LGBTIQ-phobic Discrimination Around the World, in Europe, and in Switzerland”

 13.05.202631.05.2026  

Location:  RLC G1 231
Category: Exhibitions
Target audience: General public

Call for projects CROSS 2027

 18.03.202615.06.2026   00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

Des étudiantes et un professeur examinent un prototype.

Assistive Technology Challenge Prototype Showcase

 28.05.2026   12:3014:30

Location:  SPOT Atrium
Category: Public Science Events
Target audience: General public

9th Sustainable Space Hub Coffee

 03.06.2026   12:3014:00

Speaker: Stephan Hellmich
Location:  PPB 019
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

European Astronomical Society (EAS) Annual Meeting

 29.06.202603.07.2026   09:0018:30

Speaker: See programme: https://eas.unige.ch/EAS2026/program.jsp 
Location:  SwissTech Convention Center
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

NGC 602 (Webb image)

Comment le JWST change notre vision de l'histoire de l'univers

 02.07.2026   18:3020:15

Speaker: David Elbaz est un astrophysicien français, directeur de recherche au CEA Paris-Saclay, et rédacteur en chef de la revue Astronomy & Astrophysics, principal journal européen d’astrophysique. Il a également exercé les fonctions de conseiller scientifique auprès de l’Agence spatiale européenne. Il est internationalement reconnu pour ses travaux pionniers sur l’Univers jeune, notamment pour l’obtention de certaines des images astronomiques les plus profondes jamais réalisées, permettant de retracer la formation des galaxies au cours du temps cosmique. Ses contributions ont été distinguées par le Prix Jaffé de l’Académie des sciences (2017) et le Prix Chrétien de l’American Astronomical Society (2000). Classé en 2020 parmi les 1 % de chercheurs les plus cités au monde (Clarivate Analytics), il a été élu membre de l’Academia Europaea en 2019, et est membre actif des sociétés savantes française et européenne en astronomie (SF2A, EAS). Très impliqué dans la médiation scientifique, il conçoit des spectacles originaux mêlant sciences et arts, tels que Dans les étoiles (seul-en-scène joué au théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse à Paris), Magicosmologie, Jonglerie Astrale ou encore La Danse des Galaxies. Il est également auteur de plusieurs ouvrages de vulgarisation, et intervient régulièrement en conférences, documentaires et émissions de radio. Il est co-auteur de la série Web-TV Origines, un conte de la lumière pour la chaîne Arte. 
Location:  SwissTech Convention Center – Auditorium C
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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Events related to Research Funding

Call for projects CROSS 2027

The 2027 edition of the CROSS program calls upon researchers at EPFL and the University of Lausanne to submit proposals for joint projects that bring the natural sciences and engineering together with the social sciences and…

 18.03.202615.06.2026   00:0023:59

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: Expert

Smarter Funding Searches: Practical Training with ResearchConnect

 28.05.2026   12:1513:30

Location:  To be announced
Category: Internal trainings
Target audience: General public

Fondation Pierre Mercier pour la Science | Research

 01.06.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

BRIDGE Proof of Concept: 38th call

 01.06.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

Velux Stiftung – Call for Proposals 2026 – Daylight Research

 04.06.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

Postdoc Fellowship & Mobility funding opportunities – Information session

 09.06.2026   12:1513:45

Category: Internal trainings
Target audience: General public

U.S. CDMRP – Breast Cancer Research Program | Research Funding

 12.06.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

U.S. CDMRP – Alzheimer's Research Program | Research Funding

 22.06.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

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Funded by

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945363.

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