I also wanted wanted to present this video
under the sign of an international opening,
notably favouring China.
During the month of October,
we held an important meeting
in Shanghai, with several events to mark the occasion:
on one hand, we convened the Board meeting
of our educational antenna UTSEUS in Shanghai
This year's Board meeting was
specially important
since we are in a phase to renegotiate
this agreement,
which took effect initially in 2005.
We were able to define
a certain number of new orientations
in terms of training, new training
modules that will be offered,
notably an internatinal Master's degree
on the thematic of sustainable cities,
with associate massive data related to
the concept of sustainable cities, during the exchange semester
in culture, language and innovation, and for an
long-range ambitious project, as of 2020, who knows,
with the establishment of a transverse
engineering major course,
on the theme "sustainable urban areas",
which lies at the core of UTSEUS research,
plus the issue of massive data handling.
We were also able to detail
at the Board meeting,
how we opened research activities at UTSEUS
with the inauguration last year of the
ComplexCity Laboratory which is undergoing development
with sustainable cities as its main thrust
in all its component dimensions.
We also detailed at the meeting
the new orgnizational structure
which will prove more efficient
as well as the financial data
on the basis of an analysis of overall costs.
We now have a project that is developing well,
with positve prospcts and a
considerable ambition.
During the second week there was
another important event, in the framework of
the fiftieth anniversary of Franco-Chinese relatioinships,
a seminar on innovation, organised
by the French Universities of Technology Group
on the theme "sustainable cities",
in connexion withe the development of digital techniques,
big data and sustainable development.
This seminar was a real success,
welcoming for the 2 days
close on 450 academics,
industrialists and representatives of local authorities
in the Shanghai connurbation.
Let me also mention - in the same context
the signature of an agreement between
the University of Shanghai, the French Universities of Technology Group,
and 11 industrial parners, inclduing one Chinese partner,
therefore 11 partnerships were signed
calling for a commitment by these industrialists,
10 French and one Chinese partner,
to support the training offer,
to host placement trainees,
to accompany students,
and also engage in research programmes.
This is very important
since you are very aware that UTSEUS
is developing along integrated lines
combining training, research and the partnerships
with the economic milieus.
Lastly,the most recent event
in the same week, was the signature
of an agreemment betwen the University of Shanghai
and the Sorbonne-Universities cluster.
I was present as the official representative of Sorbonne-Universities,
in the framework of a partnership with the
Chinese Scholarship Council,
who decided to attribute to Sorbonne-Universities
about 30 research grants
every year.
So, you see that, as far as China is concerned,
the prospects are highly attractive
and this "innovation week"
was particularly productive.