International Day of Women and Girls in Science
16 February 2026
The morning began with a series of institutional presentations, opened by Pierre-Etienne Macchi, Director of the Computing Centre, in the presence of Christelle Roy, Director of CNRS Nuclear & Particles, Fabrice Boudjaaba, Director of the CNRS Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Florence Morineau, CNRS Rhône-Auvergne Regional Representative, Emmanuel Coquery, Vice-President for Information Systems and Digital Tools at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University; and Volker Beckmann, Head of the European Open Science Cloud at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space.
The morning concluded with a speech by Alain Schuhl, Deputy Director-General for Science at the CNRS, in the presence of laboratory directors and representatives from companies that had contributed to the construction of the building.
The day continued with a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by tours of the computer rooms, offering a first-hand look at the developments currently underway.
By celebrating both the opening of this extension and the 40th anniversary of the Computing Centre in Villeurbanne, this event highlights the strategic role of the CC-IN2P3 in supporting research.
A big thank you to all the teams and partners involved for making this project a reality!
Read the interview with Pierre-Etienne Macchi:
