Assemblée générale Téthys 2024 à l'Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

We are pleased to announce that the next General Assembly of the TETHYS Consortium will take place at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco campus, Madrid, Spain from May 22 to 23, 2024:

Wednesday May 22, 2024 : The General Meeting will begin at 2pm with an opening address by:

• Ms Amaya Mendikoetxea, President of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
• Mr Slim Khalbous, Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie,
• Mr Jean-François Marchi, Vice-President of Aix-Marseille Université.

The rest of the afternoon will be devoted to a Round Table on the subject of "Euro-Mediterranean cooperation networks in higher education", with the kind presence of:

• Mr. Slim Khalbous, Rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF),
• Mr.

Houcine Azeddoug, Director of the

• Aix-Marseille University

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• Mr.

Jean-François Marchi, Vice-President of Aix-Marseille

• University

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• Houcine Azeddoug, President, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco (tbc),
• Irene Martin-Cortes, Vice-President, International Relations, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain,
• Jean-François Marchi, Vice-President, International Relations, Aix-Marseille University, France,

Olivier Boiron

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Executive Director,

• Aix-Marseille University,

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• Olivier Boiron, Executive Director of the Réseau Méditerranéen des Ecoles d'Ingénieurs et de Management (RMEI),
• Director of International Relations at Ecole Centrale Méditerranée, France (tbc),
• M. Marcello Scalisi, Director of the Union of Mediterranean Universities (UNIMED),
• Mr. João Lobo, Analysis Advisor for Higher Education and Research of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM).

the day will conclude with a buffet dinner at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23, 2024: The second day of the General Assembly will take place at the Casa Árabe in Madrid. In the morning, participants will have the choice between a workshop on "Francophonie Scientifique: Synergie et Opportunités", in collaboration with the AUF, or a workshop on climate change in English.

After a meal in the gardens of Casa Árabe, participants will attend a lecture by Wolfgang Cramer, Member of the Governing Board of the Institut Méditerranéen pour la Transition Environnementale (ITEM) Aix-Marseille Université, Director of Research at CNRS at the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale (IMBE), and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

The Annual General Meeting will conclude at 4:30 pm.

Friday May 24, 2024: A visit to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is planned upon reservation.

For more information, please contact

tethys@univ-amu.frUn Doctoral workshop is organized, it will bring together doctoral students from universities belonging to the Téthys network, located mainly in Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia, with the presence of several experts on climate change including Marie Laure Lambert co-president of GREC-Sud and Doctor in public environmental law. The Workshop will focus on the following topic: "What initiatives can Mediterranean universities undertake to meet the challenge of climate change?

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the Rector of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Madame Amaya Mendikoetxea, for welcoming us on this occasion.