Relive in full the 2024 formal session of the French Air and Space Academy, held on December 6, 2024 at the Salle des Illustres in Toulouse City Hall.
1. Presentation of the new board of governors
2. Presentation of new Honorary Members
Raymond BENJAMIN, Vincent CAPO CANELLAS and Stéphane DEMILLY
3. Presentation of new fellow
Antoine BOUVIER, Luc DENEUFCHATEL, Michel FIAT, Yves GOURINAT, Bernard MARCK, David Mc MILLAN, André PREUMONT and Farid ZIZI
4. Lecture: “What’s new in solar system exploration? The new American, Chinese and European space missions”.
by Francis ROCARD, Astrophysicist, Head of solar system exploration programs at CNES, Correspondent of the French Air and Space Academy.
5. Presentation of medals
Academy’s Medals
- Sébastien BOURDARIE, for “his expertise in the physics of radiation belts and in the interpretation of in-situ data”.
- Maryla BOUTINEAU, for “her remarkable two-volume work ‘Les femmes dans les nuages’, which traces women’s participation in the conquest of the air in the fields of aerostation, aviation and parachuting since 1784”.
- Pedro PONCES CAMANHO and Albert TURON TRAVESA, for “their exceptional contribution to the scientific and industrial advances linked to the widespread use of composite materials in current European programs”.
Vermeil Medal
- Yann KERR, Jacqueline BOUTIN and Andrés BORGES ALEJO, to “honor their contributions to the pioneering SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) space mission”.
6. Awards ceremony
Literary Award
- Marc AUDRIT, for his remarkable book “Sur les traces de Jean de Selys Longchamps, une vie au galop”.
Law, Economics and Sociology of Air and Space Transport Thesis Prize
- Cyril-Igor GRIGORIEFF for the excellent quality of his thesis “The regime for international air carrier liability: To what extent has the envisaged uniformity of the 1999 Montreal Convention been achieved?
Grand Prix
- Alain DABAS, Anders ELFVING, Didier MORANÇAIS and Alessandro d’OTTAVI, for their outstanding contributions to the success of the “Aeolus” mission, a European world first.
7. Thanks to Michel Wachenheim
8. Closing speeches
Closing of the 2024 formal session with a speech by Agnes Plagneux Bertrand, deputy mayor of Toulouse and vice-president of Toulouse metropole.
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