Three themes will be discussed:

• Perspectives on maritime heritage and the notion of the common good (05-12/PM)
• Cultural landscapes & socio-ecosystems (06-12/AM)
• Brittany's maritime heritage and coastline: the new challenges (06-12/PM)

The speakers will present their disciplinary and/or professional insights (25-30 minute papers), which will then be used to fuel interdisciplinary discussions with the audience.

In order to prepare for your visit as effectively as possible, we invite you to register now, before 25 October 2024by turning the form duly completed à : christophe.cerino@univ-ubs.fr

Marie-Laure Le Goc manager at UMR TEMOS, will look after your registration files.

The Programme

Registration required before 15 January 2025

Platform : Jitsi Meet (the link will be sent to participants at a later date)

Organisation Natural History Museum of Marseille - C. BORRELY, A. MEFFRAY & Aix Marseille University - CNRS - Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO) - V. GROSSI

Call for papers

The fundamental role of natural history museums is to participate in scientific research, by contributing to naturalist programmes on various scales (local, national, international), but also by working to make their collections accessible to researchers. Museums are also heavily involved in training students, particularly in the natural sciences.

This webinar, aimed at researchers from all backgrounds as well as those working in museums or in charge of heritage collections in the south of France, aims to (re)bring together those involved in these two environments, which are sometimes not very close, and to discuss their practices around the conservation and study of scientific collections.

Session 1: How do natural history museums combine their heritage missions with research programmes?

Although they have common and essential missions, at least through their "Musée de France" accreditation, French museums do not all have the same status (e.g. MNHN), the same staff or the same capacity to receive and make collections available to scientists. The aim of this session is to discuss the way in which regional museums operate and to inform those involved in research about the status of collections and the legal and regulatory provisions relating to heritage specimens and their 'administrative life'. In particular, it will provide an opportunity to discuss the procedures and committees involved in authorising the taking of samples and/or invasive studies on heritage specimens, as well as the legal and regulatory frameworks that apply to them. heritage specimens, constraints linked to the mobility of collections on a national and international scale, etc.

The papers due for the session 1 will last a maximum of 15 minutes, with the possibility of presenting a slide show (6 slides maximum).

Session 2: Feedback on past and current scientific projects involving heritage and regional naturalist collections

The life of natural history museum collections is punctuated by different types of events (exhibitions, outreach, promotion), with research activities taking pride of place. Whether carried out by the scientific staff of the museums themselves, by academics or as part of partnerships involving a range of players (museums, universities, associations, local authority environmental departments), research is a key component of the museum's activities, associations, local authority environmental services), this research is both a driving force behind advances in naturalist scientific knowledge and a valuable source of enrichment for museum documentation on the collections they use. The aim of this session is to illustrate, through a variety of examples, the diversity of research projects that exist, or have been completed, around naturalist collections from museum structures or, more generally, regional heritage collections.

Communications from sessions 2 and 3 are limited to a 10-minute presentation and 4 presentation slides and 2 optional slides.

Session 3: What new prospects for research into museum collections?

The future of research into scientific and museum collections is wide open, thanks in particular to the diversification of analysis methods (microbiological, optical, (geo)chemical, environmental, etc.). The arrival of new skills in many areas of research, both in universities and in museums, means that previously unsuspected avenues of study can now be explored.

Genetic approaches, computerisation and digitisation, 3D reconstructions - these are just some of the areas of interest to both the research community and museums. The aim of this final session is to present the research prospects envisaged by researchers and/or those in charge of heritage collections, as well as to highlight the themes and study supports that will be at the heart of future research projects in scientific and heritage institutions. There will be time for questions and discussion between participants at the end of each session and at the conclusion of the webinar.

Sending Framaform communication proposals before 20 December 2024.

All participants must register on Framaform before 15 January 2025.

You are invited to register on sciencesconf conference website before 20 January 2025.

Ocean and Seas 2025 will provide an opportunity to discuss several aspects of ocean-related scientific activity: research, training and communication. We want to examine how French research has chosen to tackle these aspects, with dedicated sessions presenting scientific results and feedback on the methods used, with concrete examples drawn from the last two years of the life of the 'Ocean and Seas' Research Group (GdR OMER). There will also be time for round-table discussions to allow the community to exchange views on these issues. Finally, there will also be a half-day dedicated to the interface between ocean sciences and public policy.

The programme

The ITEM institute (Aix Marseille University) is launching the " A player in the Environmental Transition "Open to Continuing Education students.

This 66-hour course is open to everyone (baccalaureate level).

It is aimed at :

• Companies, institutions and associations that want to rethink their economic model while respecting the environment and the well-being of communities.
• Anyone wishing to acquire cross-disciplinary skills to contribute to the Environmental Transition.

Designed and produced by the Institut ITEM, a teaching and research network of excellence and a key reference for AMU on ecological issues and environmental transition. In partnership with GREC SUD (regional group of climate experts) in the South PACA region, whose mission is to help local managers and decision-makers integrate the issue of climate change into their core business.

With the support of the Cité de l'Innovation et des Savoirs Aix-Marseille (CISAM)

See you all in March 2025 in Marseille Centre!

Attention Limited places

Find out more, pre-register, contact ITEM.

A University Certificate in Creating Sustainable Human Values.

All the professional training services provided by Aix-Marseille Université are Qualiopi certified.

Let's get involved in the Environmental Transition together!

The organisers, Ifremer, OFB and Shom, have chosen to organise this new edition of the 18 at 20 March 2025 at the Ifremer centre in Nantes, in collaboration with teachers and students from the IGARUN at Nantes University.

Come and communicate during the event by submitting an oral communication or a poster before the deadline. 31 October 2024.

More information

The Mercator Coriolis Mission Group, made up of teams selected each year as part of the LEFE/GMMC action, is tasked with undertaking any research activity deemed useful for the development of offshore and coastal Operational Oceanography.

The LEFE/GMMC 2025 days are organised by the Comité d'Expertises Scientifiques de l'Action GMMC of the LEFE multi-organism research programme coordinated by CNRS/INSU. These days will be held in the conference room of the Gérard Mégie Campus in Paris 16 on 13, 14 and 15 May 2025.

The deadline for contributions is 2 April 2025.

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