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SSE #15 - SLEIGHT in 2026



The Manutech-SLEIGHT Graduate School will hold its 15th SLEIGHT Science Event from January, 8 to 13th 2026 in Saint-Etienne (Telecom Saint Etienne Building, Campus Manufacture), gathering researchers and students from the Saint-Etienne/Lyon site. The speakers will focus on all the topics of the Manutech-SLEIGHT Graduate School (Surface Engineering, Optics-Photonics, Material physics and Mechanics, Image and data Science, Bio-engineering). 


-    Chair Scientific : Pierre CHAVEL (Head of the Manutech-SLEIGHT Educational Committee - IOGS)



 

The Graduate School would like to thank Télécom Saint-Etienne for lending us their amphitheatre for the event.

OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK

This Winter edition allows master students, PhD students, young scientists, academic and private researchers of the Graduate School’s consortium to discover the state of research in physics, optics-photonics, laser engineering, materials science, image science, data science, mechanics and bioengineering. The aim of the SLEIGHT Science Event is to strengthen the links between education and research activities among its members and in their scientific communities worldwide. The guest speakers of this 15th edition will give high-level courses while allowing students to discover new subjects.


The guest speakers of the SLEIGHT Science Event #15 : 

  • Sony George (NTNU, Gjovik, Norway) 
  • Céline Molinaro (IS2M, Mulhouse, France)
  • Sylvain Girard (Hubert Curien Lab., Saint-Etienne, France)
  • Jean-François Pierson (Institut Jean Lamour, Nancy, France)
  • Valentin Debarnot (CREATIS Lab., Villeurbanne, France)



Dedicated sessions


  • On Tursday 8th, master students will compete in the Pitch session, a challenge that prepares them for their future career based on work done in their directed research projects. The best pitch will be awarded on Tuesday 13th at noon.
     
  • A Poster session and a Social Event, organised in a friendly set up, will allow each member of the consortium to present their ongoing work (master students, master internship, PhD thesis, technological platform, etc.). The best presentations will be awarded on Tuesday 13th at noon.
  • The Manutech-SLEIGHT student association will host a fun activity related to the OPTICA and SPIE Student Chapters during the poster session. More information available here 

        
  • To bring up interaction between scientists and students, researchers and PhD students from the 3 scientific axes (16 speakers) will meet and discuss ongoing works and future collaborations (scientific workshops on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th. We have the pleasure to invite two internationally recognized lecturers: Hatice Altug from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and Antoine UZEL, PhD student at Laboratoire CREATIS in Lyon. 


Poster session applications here