A week after the beginning of the first EUR-InTREE school year, the oppening ceremony took place in the hall of the SP2MI at 2:00 pm.

On the agenda:

• 2:00 pm: Guest reception
• 2:05 pm: Interventions of the project’s tutors
  • University of Poitiers’ intervention (Yves Jean, President of the University of Poitiers)
  • CNRS’s intervention (Marie-Paule Besland, Research Director at the CNRS, Materials institute)
  • ISAE-ENSMA’s intervention (Roland Fortunier, Director of the ISAE-ENSMA)
• 2:30 pm: Introduction to the EUR-InTREE
  • Jean-François Barbot’s intervention (EUR-InTREE Director)
  • Michael Descostes’ intervention (Research and Development Department (DR&D) Orano)
• 2:40 pm: Interventions of the funders and elected officials
  • Grand Poitiers’ intervention (Florence Jardin, President of Grand Poitiers)
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region’s intervention (Gérard Blanchard, ESRI Vice-President)
  • ANR’s intervention (Yanni Gunnel, EUR action responsible)
• 2:55 pm: Official photo
• 3:00 pm: Guided tour of the SP2Mi (deposition machine GLAD, Tribology,…)
• 3:30 pm: Cocktail

After more than 3 years of preparation, the EUR is finally open!

The first Master promotion has started its classes the week before, and we are expecting to be able to offer internships of second year of EUR Master degree, as well as two to four theses by 2021.

This year promises to be full of challenges!