PLEASE NOTE: Due to very limited available capacity, these events are by invitation only. Invitations are not transferable.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
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1:30-2:00 p.m. – Welcome Remarks + Introduction to the work of the Paris Center (41 rue des Grands Moulins)
- Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago
- Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects
- Melina Hale, Dean of the College
2:00-2:50 p.m. – Toast and Tours of new Center
- Armin Afsahi, Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development
3:00-4:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion: “The UChicago International Institute of Research in Paris (IIRP)”
- Neil Brenner, Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology
- Paolo Privitera, Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics; Enrico Fermi Institute; and the College
- Eric Slauter, Deputy Dean of the Humanities Division and Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division Associate Professor and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Professor of American History and Civilization, Université Paris 8 (Vincennes Saint-Denis)
- Matt Tirrell, D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Lisa Wedeen, Mary R. Morton Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science and the College
- Moderator: Robert Morrissey, Benjamin Franklin Professor of French Literature, and the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
6:00-7:00 p.m. – Cocktail Reception (Pavillon Gabriel, 5 Av. Gabriel, 75008, Paris, France)
7:00 p.m. – Inauguration Celebration Dinner
Friday, November 15, 2024
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9:00-10:00 a.m. – Inaugural Remarks, John W. Boyer Center in Paris, Great Room
- World Premiere Performance of “Sun Plaits – Bridges and Links,” commissioned work for solo violin by Professor Augusta Read Thomas
10:15-11:15 a.m. – Panel Discussion: “The Future of Capitalism”
- Opening remarks and introduction of moderator: Anne Robertson, Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities in the College
- Marianne Bertrand, Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
- Steven Durlauf, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor and the Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the Harris School of Public Policy
- Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance
- Moderator: David Rubenstein, Chair, University of Chicago Board of Trustees
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion: “Quantum Information and Society”
- David Awschalom, Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and Vice Dean for Research and Infrastructure at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Eleni Diamanti, CNRS Research Director, Sorbonne University & Paris Center for Quantum Technologies
- Alain Schuhl, CNRS Deputy CEO for Science
- Pascale Senallart-Mardon, Professor, C2N, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Université Paris Saclay
- Moderator: Ka Yee Lee, Interim Dean, Physical Sciences Division and the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the James Franck Institute, the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and the College
12:30-12:45 p.m. – Closing Remarks