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France-Atlanta: Together Towards Innovation Created in 2010 by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology, France-Atlanta is an annual series of high-caliber events centered on innovation and designed to foster FrenchAmerican cooperation and exchange in the fields of science, business, culture and humanitarian affairs.

The 10th annual France-Atlanta is presented under the high auspices of the Ambassador of France to the United States, His Excellency Mr. Philippe Etienne; the Governor of Georgia, the Honorable Brian P. Kemp; and the Mayor of Atlanta, the Honorable Keisha Lance Bottoms, with the support of French and French-American associations in Atlanta and numerous local and international partners.

We look forward to seeing you at this year’s events.

Vincent Hommeril

Consul General of France in Atlanta

france-atlanta.org

Ă ngel Cabrera

President, Georgia Institute of Technology

#FranceAtlanta2019

PROGRAM aug 28 - oct 28

CULTURE | EU Prize - Mies Award for Contemporary Architecture | p. 23

sept 15 - dec 30

CULTURE | Exposition: The Iconic Images of Henri Dauman | p. 21

sept 26

CULTURE | Film Series: Pierre Cassou-Noguès & Gwenola Wagon | p. 15

oct 8 - 10

CULTURE | Oulimata Gueye: Africa & New Technologies | p. 13

oct 10 - 19

CULTURE | Music & Technology: Loïc Guénin | p. 11

oct 16 - 18

SCIENCE | Workshop: UMIs of North America | p. 5

oct 16 - 18

CULTURE | Music & Technology: Water Drums Performance | p. 7

oct 17

France-Atlanta 2019 Reception

oct 17

SCIENCE | The Impact of Biodiversity on Human Health | p. 3

oct 17

SCIENCE | Biodiversity’s Role in Disease, Ecology & Planetary Health | p. 4

oct 17

SCIENCE | UMI 2958: Georgia Tech - CNRS Joint Research Lab | p. 6

oct 17

BUSINESS | Crystal Peach Awards Luncheon | p. 27

oct 17 - nov 7

CULTURE | Guy Gabon: Girls, Women, Sisters | p. 19

oct 21 - nov 15

CULTURE | Residency: Duncan Evennou & Clémence Hallé | p. 17

oct 28 - 30

CULTURE | Music & Technology: Diemo Schwarz & Grace Leslie | p. 9

oct 31 - nov 15

HUMANITARIAN | Classroom Presentation Series | p. 25

nov 8

HUMANITARIAN | Forum: Logistics in Emergency Situations | p. 26

nov 14

CULTURE | Film Screenings: Eléonore Weber & Patricia Allio | p. 18

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THE IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY ON HUMAN HEALTH Human and planetary health are linked to biodiversity in ways that are not always clear or appreciated by the public. Taking the ethnobotanical approach, an interdisciplinary team of scientists is collaborating to demonstrate that translational science is geared towards the improvement of human health.

Chaired by Cassandra Quave, Assistant Professor and Herbarium Curator at Emory University, the symposium is organized into four interactive sessions with discussions between international keynote leaders from France and the United States. These discussions will be followed by interactive Q&A sessions that will provide an opportunity to engage with faculty as they share their perspectives and personal experiences.

This event is co-organized by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States and Emory University.

October 17, 8:35 A.M. - 1:15 P.M. EMORY UNIVERSITY COX BALLROOM: 569 ASBURY CIR REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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THE ROLE OF BIODIVERSITY IN DISEASE, ECOLOGY AND PLANETARY HEALTH Globally, three-quarters of all emerging diseases are zoonotic in origin and represent an increasing burden on the health and well-being of humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Key human behaviors, wildlife behaviors, ecological conditions, and landscape features increase the risks of interspecific disease transmission. The impact of anthropogenic changes place people and wildlife in ecosystems at increased risk of pathogen exchange.

Chaired by Thomas Gillespie, Associate Professor at Emory University, the symposium is organized into four interactive sessions with discussions between international keynote leaders from France and the United States on diverse issues linked to the topic of biodiversity. These discussions will be followed by an interactive Q&A session that will provide an opportunity to engage with faculty as they share their perspectives and personal experiences.

This event is co-organized by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States and Emory University.

October 17, 1:35 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. EMORY UNIVERSITY COX BALLROOM: 569 ASBURY CIR REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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WORKSHOP OF THE UMIs OF NORTH AMERICA

Planet A Initiative France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has a strong network of international collaborations around the world through its Unités Mixtes Internationales (UMI). The workshop will provide an opportunity for all the UMI of North America to meet and bring together their research networks in order to tackle the grand challenge of climate change and sustainable development. This event is by invitation only.

CNRS is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. It is organized into 10 Research Institutes. It has 36 joint international research laboratories in the world (UMI).

This event is co-organized by the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

OCTOBER 16, 1:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M OCTOBER 17, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. OCTOBER 18, 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BILL MOORE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER, PRESIDENTIAL SUITES A-D 225 NORTH AVE NW

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GEORGIA TECH - CNRS JOINT RESEARCH LABORATORY

UMI 2958 in the context of the 80th anniversary of France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) This session celebrates the Georgia Tech-CNRS international research partnership (Unités Mixte Internationales - UMI 2958) within the framework of CNRS’s 80th anniversary. Started in 2006 on the Georgia Tech – Lorraine campus in Metz, France, the UMI has grown tremendously and made some important scientific contributions. The session will mark the dedication of the UMI-Atlanta office and the signature of an agreement between CNRS and the Institut Lafayette, the open innovation institute in optoelectronics located in Metz, France.

CNRS is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. It is organized into 10 Research Institutes. It has 36 joint international research laboratories in the world (UMI).

This event is co-organized by the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

OCTOBER 17, 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PETTIT MICROELECTRONICS BUILDING: 791 ATLANTIC DR

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MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY | LABOFACTORY: JEAN-MARC CHOMAZ, FILIPPO FABBRI, LAURENT KARST & GREG LOUIS

Water Drums performance, installation and workshops - An immersive experience The Georgia Tech School of Music will collaborate with École polytechnique and the Cultural and Scientific Services of the Embassy of France in the United States to showcase the connections between arts and sciences via Water Drums, an experimental performance that visualizes acoustic waves and enables a new form of artistic creation through workshops and an immersive experience. Water Drums is an installation of the artistic group Labofactory, designed in the arts and sciences research group at École polytechnique. The production is sponsored by the Chaire arts & sciences. École polytechnique is among France’s premier scientific and engineering institutions.

The Chaire arts & sciences is shared by École polytechnique, École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs - Paris Sciences & Lettres, and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.

The Georgia Tech School of Music in the College of Design develops cutting-edge technologies to help define music’s future, such as music informatics, robotic musicianship, and brain-computer interfaces.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Office of Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Georgia Tech School of Music, L’X - École polytechnique, La Chaire arts & sciences de l’École polytechnique, l’École nationale supérieure des Arts décoratifs - PSL and the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation.

WATER DRUMS INSTALLATION: OCTOBER 16 - 18, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. CONCERT: OCTOBER 16, 7:30 P.M. WORKSHOP FOR GEORGIA TECH SCIENTISTS OCTOBER 17, 10:00 A.M. WORKSHOP FOR GEORGIA TECH MUSICIANS OCTOBER 18, 3:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF DESIGN, STUBBINS GALLERY: 245 4TH ST NW REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY | COLLABORATION BETWEEN IRCAM AND GEORGIA TECH

Talk, performance with Diemo Schwarz and Grace Leslie In collaboration with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, the Georgia Tech School of Music is establishing strong links in research and education with France’s Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM). An agreement will be signed between Georgia Tech and IRCAM to formalize the collaboration.

IRCAM researcher and musician Diemo Schwarz will talk about the research work of the Sound-Music-Movement Interaction team at IRCAM. He will also perform a concert with electronic musician and Georgia Tech researcher Grace Leslie. During this performance, brain waves will steer the musical voyage through a landscape of sounds and tangible embodied interaction will articulate and reshape the musical material.

IRCAM is a world-renowned institute for science and music, sound and avant-garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to - and organizationally linked with - the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

The Georgia Tech School of Music in the College of Design develops cutting-edge technologies to help define music’s future, such as music informatics, robotic musicianship, and brain-computer interfaces.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Georgia Tech School of Music and IRCAM - Centre Pompidou.

DIEMO SCHWARZ PUBLIC TALK OCTOBER 28, 2:00 P.M. MUSIC-MIND-MOVEMENT CONCERT: DIEMO SCHWARZ AND GRACE LESLIE OCTOBER 30, 7:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WEST VILLAGE, ROOM 175 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY | Loïc Guénin

A composer’s residency in Atlanta Loïc Guénin, a French composer known for his unique soundscapes and graphical scores, will write a new piece of music inspired by the sounds of the city of Atlanta.

It will be produced by his company, Le Phare à Lucioles, and performed in France in 2020.

Hovering between experimental rock noise with contemporary aesthetics and an electro-acoustic sound, Loïc Guénin’s music refuses to adhere to a specific category.

His approach to sound and listening places him at the border between music and contemporary art.

During his residency in Atlanta, Loïc Guénin will present a series of lectures. He will also lead workshops and performances with Georgia Tech students along with a Pittsburgh, Atlanta group and the local, national, and international artists of The Fence.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States and the Georgia Tech School of Music, with the support of the FACE Foundation, Spedidam, Sacem, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs - Atlanta, and Le Phare à Lucioles, in collaboration with Dad’s Garage and Fire House.

WORKSHOP WITH GEORGIA TECH STUDENTS OCTOBER 10, 17 & 18, 3:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WEST VILLAGE: 532 8TH ST NW SOUNDS OF PITTSBURGH, ATLANTA: RECORDING WORKSHOP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD INHABITANTS OCTOBER 15, 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. PITTMAN PARK REC CENTER: 950 GARIBALDI ST SW PUBLIC OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE OCTOBER 16, 12:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMPANILE COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE WITH STUDENTS OCTOBER 18, 7:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF DESIGN, STUBBINS GALLERY: 245 4TH ST NW MULTIMEDIA IMPROVISATION STAGE WRITING WORKSHOP OCTOBER 19, 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. DAD’S GARAGE: 569 EZZARD ST SE FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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C AFRICA & NEW TECHNOLOGIES |

Oulimata Gueye, critic and curator from France & Senegal

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New technologies and the soaring accessibility of media production in recent decades have allowed African countries to challenge their place on the cultural world scene. Critic and curator Oulimata Gueye’s research focuses on the impact of digital technology on urban popular culture in Africa, and on the imaginary worlds it produces.

A workshop at Georgia State University will focus on the issues of gender, race and social justice in Afrofuturism and Afrocyberfeminism. Participants will take part in discussions and hands-on activities to expand their knowledge and global awareness of diversity and social justice issues in pop culture and digital culture.

A roundtable at Georgia Tech will focus on Gueye’s project Non-Aligned Utopias with scholars working on Afrofuturism and African history, media and expression, such as Dr. Susanna Morris (Georgia Tech), Dr. Subha Xavier (Emory University), Dr. Gladys Francis (Georgia State University), Dr. Alix Pierre (Spelman College) and Samba Sy (Georgia Tech).

At Duke University, Oulimata Gueye will present Digital Imaginaries, a joint project of the media art center Kër Thiossane (Senegal), the Wits Art Museum & Fak’ugesi Festival (South Africa), and the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Kalsruhe (Germany) which links digital technologies and Africa with a view towards reevaluating the dominant imaginaries that shape contemporary digital practices.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages and School of Literature, Media and Communication, Georgia State University - World Languages & Cultures, CFFS - Center for French and Francophone Studies at Duke University, and Xam Xam African Digital Perspectives.

ONE-HOUR RADIO SHOW OCTOBER 8, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT RADIO WREK ATLANTA 91.1 FM INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP WITH OULIMATA GUEYE (IN FRENCH) OCTOBER 8, 4:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY 25 PARK PLACE, 19TH FLOOR, ROOM 1909, ATLANTA, GA NON-ALIGNED UTOPIAS - A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OCTOBER 9, 6:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BILL MOORE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER CLARY THEATER: 225 NORTH AVE NW, ATLANTA, GA DIGITAL IMAGINARIES IN AFRICA OCTOBER 10, 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. DUKE UNIVERSITY, EAST CAMPUS PINK PARLOR: 112 EAST DUKE BUILDING, DURHAM, NC REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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WELCOME TO EREWHON | A contemporary fable about living beings and machines

A series of films in the presence of Gwenola Wagon & Pierre Cassou-Noguès Pierre Cassou-Noguès, philosopher and professor at the University of Paris 8, and Gwenola Wagon, artist and assistant professor at the University of Paris 8, will introduce the project Welcome to Erewhon, co-directed with the artist and researcher Stéphane Degoutin.

Welcome to Erewhon is a loose adaptation of a philosophical fable published in 1872 by the British writer Samuel Butler. In the fictional city of Erewhon, automation is considered to be an evolution of the “machine” species that is comparable to the evolution of biological species, but at a faster pace. This hypothesis governs the inhabitants and their habits, down to the smallest aspects of their lives. Humans, animals, and plants are linked in a cloud that processes all mental matter. Algorithms can give voice to the dead. This is how the spirit of Samuel Butler can still circulate through the images of the city.

Pierre Cassou-Noguès is the author of several books which combine philosophy and fiction such as Les Rêves cybernétiques de Norbert Wiener (Seuil, 2014). His latest book Technofictions (Cerf, 2019) investigates through eight short stories the various ways in which technology currently transforms our forms of life.

Gwenola Wagon has produced numerous sound and moving image installations in France and abroad including Globodrome, Cyborgs dans la brume and World Brain, co-directed with Stéphane Degoutin.

They will introduce their next project on climate change during the European Climate Diplomacy Week on September 27 at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States and the Georgia Tech Office of the Arts.

Production: Irrévérence Films / Jeu de Paume espace virtuel, with the support of CNC Dicréam, Artec, ANR, Laboratoire TEAMeD, and Université Paris 8.

SEPTEMBER 26, 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS: 349 FERST DR NW REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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MATTERS: NOW THE TECHNOSPHERE

Theater research residency | Duncan Evennou and Clémence Hallé The French performer and artistic director Duncan Evennou and the researcher Clémence Hallé will present the first step of the trilogy Matters and their new research axes. The first performance was an exploration of the archives of the inaugural meeting of the Anthropocene Working Group in 2014 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. The second performance will be an exploration of the relationship between humans and technology and the dominant story used to explain why we enter the Anthropocene. The last performance will treat the alternative stories told by the studies of post-colonialism and gender.

Duncan Evennou graduated in 2012 from the Ecole nationale supérieure d’art dramatique of the Théâtre national de Bretagne and completed the Political Arts Experimentation Program (SPEAP) at the Institut d’etudes politiques de Paris. He is now working on creation, research and pedagogy dynamics at the crossing point of drama, sociology and visual arts.

Clémence Hallé is a doctoral student at the École normale supérieure in the Sciences, Arts, Creation, Research Department. Her thesis is about the aesthetic history of the Antropocene.

This residency is organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States.

RESIDENCY: OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 15 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG.

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SPECIAL EVENING: FILM SCREENINGS

Eléonore Weber & Patricia Allio The films, Night Replay, produced in 2012 by the French author and filmmaker Eléonore Weber, and Reconstitution of a Hunting Scene, produced in 2019 by the French artist and author Patricia Allio, are two documentaries at the intersection between fiction and reality that reconstruct a role-play. These films, which have been presented at various festivals in France and abroad (Belfort Film Festival, Hors Pistes - Centre Pompidou in Paris, CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, and IMDb in Montreal), have never before been presented in the United States.

Night Replay (France, 85 min.): Every Saturday evening, in a Mexican village located 1,500 kilometers from the U.S. border, tourists are offered a unique experience, a roleplay imagined by the villagers: Caminata nocturna. The tourists play the role of illegal migrants and the villagers play the role of smugglers, drug traffickers and border police agents. This curious tourist activity, which inspired Eléonore Weber and Patricia Allio’s theatrical creation in France, is at the center of this documentary film.

Reconstruction of a Hunting Scene (France, 35 min.): For 40 years, the French artist and writer Catherine Robbe-Grillet - as the dominatrix persona Jeanne De Berg - has organized mysterious women’s ceremonies. This documentary film explores one of the most peculiar and extraordinary ceremonies, the hunt. Far from a stereotypical conception of BDSM, the film presents the dialectical complexity of a nonstandard relationship of desire.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States and the Plaza Theatre.

SCREENINGS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE FILMMAKERS: NOVEMBER 14, 7:30 P.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG.

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GIRLS, WOMEN, SISTERS | GUY GABON, VISUAL ARTIST AND FILMMAKER

Film screening, talks and performances Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (CAUAM) artist-in-residence Guy Gabon will present a series of events that provide insight into her artistic production and conceptual practice. Gabon will perform an experimental work inspired by Alain Foix’s play Pas de Prison Pour le Vent (No Prison for the Wind). It will be followed by talks with Alain Foix, writer, philosopher, artistic director, critic, and author of numerous short essays, notably on art and performance.

Guy Gabon’s film Mauvais Genre (Bad Gender), which questions the relationship between first names and gendered identities, will be screened and discussed at the Alliance Française of Atlanta.

Gabon will also host a workshop at CAUAM on work-in-progress projects drawing links to Clark Atlanta University’s historic collection of African-American fine art, the city of Atlanta, and women in the American and global South.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, the Georgia Tech DramaTech Theatre, the Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages, Alliance Française d’Atlanta, Quai des Arts and The Fence.

WORKSHOP WITH LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS OCTOBER 17, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DRAMATECH: 349 FERST DR NW PERFORMANCE: GUY GABON OCTOBER 17, 12:00 P.M. - 1:15 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DRAMATECH: 349 FERST DR NW WOMEN AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS (IN FRENCH): OCTOBER 17, 3:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DRAMATECH: 349 FERST DR NW

BY INVITATION ONLY FILM SCREENING: NOVEMBER 5, 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE D’ATLANTA: 1201 PEACTHREE ST NE, BUILDING 400, SUITE 1104 ARTIST WORKSHOP: NOVEMBER 7, 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM: 223 JAMES P. BRAWLEY DR SW REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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SPECIAL EVENT | THE ICONIC IMAGES OF HENRI DAUMAN

Photography exhibition of Henri Dauman The Breman Museum presents Henri Dauman: Looking Up. Iconic Photography that Defined the 20th Century. This exhibition is on display through December 30, 2019.

Henri Dauman’s photography documents some of the most important events and personalities of the 20th century, from the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, to Buddhist priests in Vietnam and the Castro revolution. His images capture the American experience during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. This Holocaust survivor and self-taught photographer produced iconic images for the covers of TIME magazine, LIFE magazine, and various other publications.

Born in France, Dauman was only 9 when his father was taken by the Nazis to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he died that same year. Dauman and his mother escaped and hid for several years. At 17, his uncle invited him to New York City. “He asked if I wanted to come and live in the United States, and I said, ‘Sure.’ I had been dreaming of New York, seeing it in the movies and photographs. It’s such a photographic city. It’s like a big movie set.”

Dauman’s photographs were recently featured in Paris and at the KP Projects Gallery in Los Angeles.

The Breman Museum, a preeminent cultural center in the Southeast, connects people of all backgrounds in understanding and appreciation of Jewish history, culture and arts. Its Midtown Atlanta location hosts a special, permanent Holocaust exhibition highlighting the resilience of local survivors, plus comprehensive archives on southern Jewish history, the most extensive of its kind.

This event is organized by the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum (curator, Susanne Katz), Henri Dauman, and the KP Projects Gallery, in collaboration with the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States.

EXHIBITION: SEPTEMBER 15 - DECEMBER 30 FILM SCREENING: “LOOKING UP”, A DOCUMENTARY BY PETER KENNETH JONES NOVEMBER 10 THE BREMAN MUSEUM: 1440 SPRING STREET NW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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EU PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE | MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD

Exhibition and public lectures This event showcases the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. During the exhibition opening, Ivan Blasi, curator of Prizes and Programming at the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, will give a public lecture about the finalists and shortlisted projects of the 2019 EU Prize Mies Award. A second exhibition, at the Cohen Gallery, will situate the EU Prize Mies Award within the European cultural, political, and architectural contexts, from its beginnings in 1988 until now.

BAST - Bureau Architecture Sans Titre, a collaborative agency based in Toulouse (France) and winner of the Emerging Architect Special Mention 2019 for the refectory of the communal school project (Montbrun-Bocage), will give a public talk. During their residency, they will also lead a workshop with architecture studio students.

The Mies van der Rohe Foundation was set up by the Barcelona City Hall with the initial purpose of reconstructing the German Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Among its many activities, the Foundation has organized since 1988 the biennial Mies Award, in collaboration with the European Commission.

This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies Van der Rohe Award, and Fundaciรณ Mies Van der Rohe Barcelona.

LECTURE BY IVAN BLASI: AUGUST 28, 4:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY REINSCH-PIERCE FAMILY AUDITORIUM: 245 4th ST NW MIES VAN DER ROHE EXHIBITION: AUGUST 28 - OCTOBER 23, 5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STUBBINS GALLERY: 245 4TH ST NW LECTURE BY BAST: OCTOBER 23, 4:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY REINSCH-PIERCE FAMILY AUDITORIUM: 245 4th ST NW FINAL WORKSHOP PRESENTATION WITH BAST: OCTOBER 28, 2:00 P.M. GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HINMAN BUILDING: 723 CHERRY ST NW ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLC REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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EDUCATION SERIES

Bringing humanitarian affairs in French-speaking countries to your classroom Representatives from Atlanta non-governmental and humanitarian organizations who use the French language in their profession will talk with area high school and university French classes about field work in the Caribbean, West and North Africa, parts of Asia and other regions. The presentations will give students a broader understanding of humanitarian affairs and showcase how learning a second language opens exciting career paths at home and abroad.

French is the world’s sixth most spoken language. Participants from organizations such as the Peace Corps, the Carter Center, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will talk about their time among the globe’s diverse Francophone regions, which are home to more than 220 million French speakers.

This series is organized by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the United States, in conjunction with participating nonprofit and humanitarian organizations.

OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 15 PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT PARTICIPATING METRO ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

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HUMANITARIAN FORUM

Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management in emergencies Logistics and supply chain management remains an often overlooked but crucial aspect of our daily lives. In emergencies, programs and service delivery are only possible if the right product gets to the right people at the right place and at the right time. Due to natural disasters, famine, disease and other ongoing problems across the globe, the need for resilient and strengthened supply chains is becoming increasingly recognized.

The Consulate General of France in Atlanta and Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health will host a one-day forum uniting French and American NGOs and health experts. Over the course of two panel discussions, experts will touch on medical commodities, the use of pre-packed kits and the opportunity for collaboration between corporations and humanitarian organizations. They will also explore the connection between Atlanta-based programming and organizations with global humanitarian logistics programming.

The forum is co-organized by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and Emory University’s Center for Humanitarian Emergencies and Institute for Developing Nations, with the participation this year of the Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems.

NOVEMBER 8, 3:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. RECEPTION TO FOLLOW. EMORY UNIVERSITY, ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CLAUDIA NANCE ROLLINS (CNR) AUDITORIUM: 1518 CLIFTON RD NE REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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CRYSTAL PEACH AWARDS French-American Chamber of Commerce - 15th Annual Achievement Luncheon The 15th Annual Crystal Peach Awards Luncheon recognizes three outstanding corporate honorees for their commitment to economic growth, innovation and the expansion of commercial relations between France and the Southeast United States.

This year’s recipients are Orange, the French multinational telecommunications corporation, global service provider and end-to-end communications integrator; Georgia Tech Lorraine (Metz, France), Georgia Tech’s first international campus which offers Master’s and Ph.D. programs in engineering and programs in business, the sciences, French, international affairs and more; and PSA Groupe with their Free2Move offer giving everyone access to unlimited, efficient and innovative mobility sharing services.

With more than 100 attendees, including company representatives, business leaders and local authorities, the French-American Chamber of Commerce - Atlanta Chapter’s 15th Annual Crystal Peach Awards Luncheon provides an exclusive opportunity to network with business men and women within the French-American community.

This event is organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce - Atlanta Chapter (FACC). Sponsors of the 2019 Luncheon: Metro Atlanta Chamber, Epic Brokers, Conversation Artistry and Gravotech.

OCTOBER 17, 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. FOUR SEASONS HOTEL: 75 14TH ST NE $75 FOR FACC MEMBERS; $95 FOR NON-MEMBERS REGISTER AT FRANCE-ATLANTA.ORG

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BECOME A FRANCE-ATLANTA SPONSOR Since 2010, France-Atlanta has breathed new life into the French-American relationship in the Southeastern United States, bringing together over 3,000 participants every year.

As a nonprofit organization, France-Atlanta relies on the generous support of its sponsors to continue to showcase the best of transatlantic cooperation between France and the Southeast in the realms of science, culture, business and humanitarian affairs.

Why support France-Atlanta...

• Because you want to meet today’s leading scholars, artists, and visionaries from France and the United States.

• Because you believe that global exchange is the key to the future.

• Because you support transatlantic cooperation, particularly between France and the Southeastern United States.

• Because this is a dynamic, multidisciplinary initiative that reaches multiple diverse audiences in Metro Atlanta.

To learn more about France-Atlanta sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at presse@consulfrance-atlanta.org.

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