Fondation Agalma

After law studies, the young Alice Winocour enters the FEMIS in the section production first of all, to finally join the scenario section. In 2003, she co-writes and plays in the short film Orpheus, adaptation of the famous myth. Winner in 2004 of the Prize of the Future for the best scenario rewarding young scriptwriters, she writes and realizes her first short film Kitchen in 2005 with Elina Löwensohn in the lead, the short film which will be presented in Cannes in competition the same year. In 2006, she is going to find Elina Löwensohn for a medium-length film the shooting of which will take place in Switzerland. In 2011, the young woman realizes Augustine, her first full-length film with Soko and Vincent Lindon.

Gérard Wajcman is a writer and a psychoanalyst. Lecturer in the Department of psychoanalysis of the University ParisVIII, he is also a member of the School of the Freudian Cause. The decoding of the image but also the omnipotence of the “look” in our century are subjects which soak analyses and books of this art and theater lover.

David Edwards is the founder of “Le Laboratoire” in Paris, core to his international innovation network of ArtScience Labs. He teaches at Harvard University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is a core-founding member of the Harvard Wyss Institute of Biologically-Inspired Engineering. David’s creative base, Le Laboratoire, is a cultural center in Central Paris where David works closely with artists and designers, including chefs, composers, and contemporary artists, to conduct experiments at frontiers of science. These experiments lead to public exhibitions of works in progress and often translate as cultural, social, and commercial innovations. Among David’s commercialized innovations since the opening of Le Laboratoire in 2007 are “Andrea” (a plant-based filter that accelerates filtration of toxic gases by plant matter), “Aeroshot Chocolate” (chocolate without calories), “Le Whaf” (a generator of flavor clouds for fine dining), “CellBag” (a cell-inspired bag for carrying water in the developed and developing world), the “AeroShot” (aerodynamic caffeine,) and “WAIHH Quantum Sensations” with designer Philippe Starck.

Jean Claude Ameisen is a physician and researcher, professor of immunology at the University Paris Diderot. His research for over twenty years concerns the origin of phenomena of cellular self-destruction in the evolution of life and the role of “programmed cell death” in the development of diseases. He was appointed in November 2012 President of the National Consultative Ethics Committee of France. Involved in the development of relations between science, culture and society, he is Director of the Centre for the Study of Life (Institute of Humanities of Paris – University Paris Diderot), and member of the Scientific Council of the International College of Philosophy. He is the author of several books: “La sculpture du vivant. Le suicide cellulaire ou la mort créatrice” (Points Seuil), Jean Rostand Award, and Biguet Award of Philosophy of the French Academy; “Dans la lumière et les ombres. Darwin et le bouleversement du monde” (Points Seuil); “Les Couleurs de l’oubli” (with François Arnold, L’Atelier) ; “Quand l’art rencontre la science” (with Yvan Brohard, La Martinière) and “Sur les épaules de Darwin. Les battements du temps” (France Inter/LLL).

Jean-Michel Besnier is professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and member of the Center for Research in Applied Epistemology (CREA, Ecole Polytechnique and CNRS). He is member of the CNRS Ethics Committee (until June 2011), of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, and member of the Managing Board of Universcience. He was scientific director of the Science and Society Sector of the Ministry of Research (until April 2011). His recent publications include: La Croisée des sciences (Le Seuil 2006), Demain les posthumains. Le futur a-t-il encore besoin de nous ? (Fayard 2010), La Science en jeu, with E. Klein, H. Wismann and H. Le Guyader (Actes Sud 2011), and L’Homme simplifié. Le syndrome de la touche étoile (Fayard 2012). He manages the collection Mélétè published by Le Pommier. His current research mainly concern the philosophical and ethical impact of science and technology on the representations and on individual and collective imaginary.