Nous facilitons les initiatives de rencontre entre le monde académique et le grand public à travers des événements variés en accès libre.
Publications – September 2026
Publication: Expérience et vérité(s) – Un regard interdisciplinaire
Conceived as part of the À Ciel Ouvert programme, this book was published on 3 September 2026 by Éditions Épistémé. Experience and Truth(s) – An Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Ghislain Waterlot and Fernand Salzmann, is a collective work that brings together the perspectives of researchers from different disciplines and explores a question that is both fundamental and highly relevant today: what makes something true?
Conferences – July 2026
The OFXB Festival conferences
We are delighted to announce the lecture programme for OFXB, a cultural and scientific festival where astronomy, the performing arts, music, and inspiring encounters come together under the stars.
20 July – 2 August 2026
Saint-Luc and Tignousa – Val d’Anniviers, Switzerland
Conferences – May 2026
Mathilde Simon: “The Robustness of living systems and human societies: what plants teach us in the Anthropocene”
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 — 6:30 PM
Mathilde Simon will draw on the robustness of plants — grounded in adaptation, redundancy, and plasticity — to propose an alternative to performance-driven models. She invites us to rethink our societies from a more sustainable perspective, particularly in our relationship to time and resources. Wild foraging serves as a concrete example, rooted in attentiveness to ecosystems, sensitivity to natural cycles, and a relational approach to living beings, opening toward a form of ecospirituality.
Events – April 2026
Matthieu Juncker: «Alone in the Midst of Life?»
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Preview screening and discussion with Matthieu Juncker, marine biologist and director of the documentary “Alone on the Atoll: Diary of a Voluntary Castaway”
The documentary recounts his scientific and human adventure: living alone for 200 days on an uninhabited atoll in French Polynesia. His goal? To observe nature as closely as possible and bring back a unique account of an ecosystem that is both exceptional and vulnerable, and essential to preserve.
Conferences – March 2026
Anne Fremaux: “Going Beyond the Anthropocene”
Tuesday, 17 March 2026 – 6:30 pm
Anne Fremaux examines what it truly means to move beyond the Anthropocene, through a profound rethinking of our relationship with living beings and the Earth. She explores the need to reimagine our institutions, economies, and conceptions of “the good life,” opening the way toward a green republicanism that reconciles freedom, ecological justice, and responsibility toward future generations. An invitation to envision a post-capitalist future as the condition for a truly meaningful life.