Engineering Large Complex Systems Projects: neo-Aquitaine success story

In 2020, the 15th edition of the IGPSC Congress Engineering Large Projects and Complex Systems took place from August 31 to September 1 at the Palais des Congrès in Arcachon. The event allows industrialists as well as academics to meet. The aim is to exchange on common themes in order to share experiences and generate ideas. This year, the main topics addressed new technologies in the service of health. The environmental dimension was just as important. Indeed, carbon-free transport, hydrogen and the ecological transition were at the heart of the issues. In addition, the topic of human resources management also completed the debate. For this new edition, and as every year, a guest of honor was present. Pierre Ducret, Comptroller General and Climate Advisor of the Caisse des Dépôtse Group and President of I4CE – Institute for Climate Economics took part in the event.

The IGPSC Congress,engineering major projects, complex system is a fundamental player in the region. Indeed, for 14 years, the IGPSC Congress has brought together industrialists, researchers and academics. It is a transversal approach that allows added value to the sharing of experience. Its 14th edition took place on June 24 and 25 in Arcachon.

On the occasion Jean-Pierre RAPIN, President of the Program Committee of Avantage Aquitaine who is none other than the organizing company was present. He highlighted the desire to make the Nouvelle Aquitaine region a reference in the world of engineering. The current context is part of the questioning of the race for progress. Indeed, this race may have led to excesses such as the extinction of natural resources or nuclear disasters. Nouvelle-Aquitaine restores confidence in technology. To do this, it mobilizes major quality projects that mix collective intelligence and technical progress.


Engineering Large Complex Systems Projects Between Technology and Humanism

The congress is an opportunity to meet annually a network of project managers, sales managers, engineers… The Congress engineering major projects and complex systems (IGPSC) welcomes each year about twenty speakers. The aim is to tackle subjects that are as diverse as they are complex. Among the topics are the new governance of projects, the breeding of insects to become world leader in alternative proteins, space or renewable energies. Every year, a great witness punctuates this meeting. For this 14th edition, Jacques Arnould was the guest in the spotlight. Jacques Arnould is a mission officer for ethics issues at the National Centre for Space Studies and is passionate about aeronautics and space. Jacques Arnould is a specialist in creative theology and in particular in the sciences of evolution. He believes that the human ability to imagine the future is infinite.

So that the ongoing technical developments do not have consequences that escape humans, the 2019 edition of the Engineering Large Complex Systems Projects congress proposed many topics. They are mainly related to current industrial and business issues. In particular, she devoted a subject to the digital simulation animated by Anouk Barbarossa, a professor at the Sorbonne. Indeed, numerical simulation is a major challenge in an industrial context.

Indeed, it can enable companies to cope with globalization. It can also face competition, or downward pressure on prices. Virginie Noel is the Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Ariane Group. She also moderated a conference during the Engineering Large Complex Systems Congress on the subject of the law of biodiversity in major projects. A symbol of the consideration of the energy transition and sustainable development in the management of major development projects.

Engineering Large Complex System Projects

Bordeaux, a must-see for major regional projects

The major projects are large-scale and concern a wide variety of fields. The fields are transport, environment, civil engineering, science, industry or cybersecurity. Among the major projects identified in Bordeaux, the ERDF has supported ambitions. It has made it possible to support a large cultural leisure facility around wine which is none other than the Cité du Vin. This great project has thus embodied an innovative place, unprecedented far from the traditional image of the museum. This vision offers a sharp scripting and an in-depth visitor experience.

This major project is supported by the European Union. Its architecture and the general spirit of the place make it a third place that affirms the civilization of wine. Thus, European funds are important development levers for the territories. For example, almost 2.5 billion euros of European funds are allocated to the New Aquitaine Region over the period 2014-2020 to carry out projects in the territory. Nevertheless, these major projects must contribute to sustainable development through an inclusive and civic approach.

Bordeaux has thus been the scene of beautiful projects with a regional but also national dimension. This is particularly the case of the poppy educational robot. It was born with education actors such as the Lycée Camille Jullian and the Lycée François Mauriac in Bordeaux. Major projects are not limited to Bordeaux. This is particularly the case with the Lascaux 4 project in Montignac, which places technology at the service of mediation, and the large Maritime port of La Rochelle, which are also important regional projects.

If thinkers like Hannah Arendt put forward a “critique of technical reason” where the machine would take over the human, the reflection on technology must not only focus on material or financial issues but also on an ecological or human cost. With ever more advanced and creative debates, the Engineering Large Complex Systems Projects congress places the human being in the debate. Whether through professional events or through the policy of major projects carried out by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, many worries and fantasies surround technological power. It is therefore necessary to adopt a distance from the latter lent to science. It is necessary to identify all the opportunities they represent for Bordeaux companies.

Justine ANGIBAUD

Sources:

Bordeaux Business, IGPSC Congress, Progres Engineering, Audrey KOZACZKA

Official website of the European Commission

Aquitaine Online website

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