Month: May 2017

FIRST Global is hosting the world’s first international robot Olympics for high school students this July in Washington, DC, with nearly 160 nations in attendance, including Monaco and nearly 40 other European nations.

With a mission to spread science and technology leadership and innovation amongst the world’s more than two billion youth, FIRST Global has worked hard to ensure that countries from all six populated continents would be represented at the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge – especially those that have the most to gain from investments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and infrastructure.

Home to some of the most prominent researchers across every region of scientific study, Europe understands the role of investing in STEM education and infrastructure so that the next generation of European scientists can continue to build upon their past successes. But in spite of these achievements, the nations of Europe have experienced significantly varying rates of growth and development, the organisers say.

“That is why FIRST Global is committed to working with all nations in Europe – such as Italy, Bulgaria, and Spain to name a few – to underscore the importance of STEM in order to create more secure and prosperous livelihoods for all. They – like so many others – understand that with increasing protectionist revisions from countries around the world at a time where the validity of science is being questioned, it is important, now more than ever, to empower the youth of the world through STEM.”

FIRST Global’s President is Joe Sestak, a former US Admiral and Congressman who commanded an aircraft carrier battle group during combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, served as President Clinton’s Director for Defence Policy in the White House, and headed the Navy’s anti-terrorism unit during 31 years of naval service.

“Retiring when his daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer, Mr Sestak entered politics on her recovery to fight for everyone to have the healthcare that saved her life. After leaving Congress, he taught at various universities while working for nonprofits focused on refugees, disaster response, education, and foreign policy.”

The FIRST Global Challenge takes place from July 16-18 in the DAR Constitution Hall, Washington DC.

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Emmanuel Macron obtained 59.46 percent of the votes of French voters in Monaco in the second round of the Presidential election on Sunday, May 7, a slightly lower percentage than Macron’s overall support of close to 65 percent in France.

Only 18.05 percent of French voters living in Monaco supported Macron in the first round.

Prince Albert has sent a letter of congratulations to the new President of the Republic, calling for the strengthening of historic collaboration between the two countries. The sovereign added his “fervent wishes for the happy fulfilment of your high mission in the service of France, in union, at the heart of an international organisation marked by individualism”.

The Sovereign Prince also mentioned the importance of the environment in the context of bilateral cooperation, particularly with regard to the Mediterranean basin. Prince Albert alluded to Monaco’s relations with the EU, saying there are special ties between Monaco and France. Alluding to the employment opportunities offered to Monaco’s French neighbours, Prince Albert said: “The Principality will remain largely open to the regions around it, helping to offer their populations economic and employment opportunities.”

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On Thursday, May 4, at the Auditorium of the Monaco Technical and Hotel School, the last conference of the school year dedicated to major contemporary issues and organised by the Monaco Méditerranée Foundation was held in the presence of Patrice Cellario, Minister of the Interior.

Jean-François Daguzan, Doctor of Law and Political Sciences, spoke on the theme “Governance, world economy and power relations”.

Mr Daguzan is Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS), formerly in charge of France’s General Secretariat of National Defence (SGDN) of the Prime Minister for industrial matters. He is Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Geo-Economics” and Director of Maghreb-Machrek. President of the Scientific Council of the Institut Choiseul, he also acts as an auditor of the 49th session of the Institute of Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN).

For the last two years, the Monaco Méditerranée Foundation, chaired by President Enrico Bragiotti, has organised a series of high-level conferences devoted to the main issues of the contemporary world.

Prince Albert – particularly attentive to the need to prepare the younger generation to act conscientiously and with responsibility to build their future – was keen to place these strategic conferences under His High Patronage. Enrico Bragiotti, initiator of this programme, wanted to associate fully with its innovative approach the Directorate of National Education, Youth and Sports, under the responsibility of Isabelle Bonnal.

These conferences were initially open to high school students receiving general education in the Principality and were quickly taken up by many pupils who expressed their wish to attend, on a voluntary basis, these exchanges on sensitive and strategic topics. The quality of the speakers and the content, both highly specialised but also adapted to the audience of their speech, have contributed significantly to this enthusiasm.

These exceptional meetings allow students of the Principality’s general, technological and vocational education, students of the Sciences Po Menton Campus and the International University of Monaco, to exchange ideas with experts and speakers who are renowned specialists in the fields of economics, international relations, and geopolitics.

At the end of the last conference of the year, the pupils who followed the whole lecture course received a diploma attesting to their active participation in this cycle of training in the challenges of the contemporary world.

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Prince Albert has made his first official visit to the Republic of Moldova. In the capital, Chisinau, HSH was received on May 4 by Prime Minister Filip Pavel.

A bilateral agreement was signed between the governments of the two countries and a memorandum of understanding between the Moldovan Ministry of the Environment and the Prince Albert II Foundation.

The Sovereign Prince later closed the Economic Forum organised by “The Business People Association of Moldova,” which was attended by a delegation of Monegasque entrepreneurs from the Monaco Economic Board. Two economic cooperation agreements were signed.

The official dinner offered by the Moldovan Prime Minister was held in the cellars of Cricova, the famous Moldovan vineyard. On May 5 the Prince also met with HE Igor Dodon, President of Moldova.

The Sovereign Prince received the Insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa from the hands of Gheorghe Ciocanu, Rector of the State University of Moldova, and met Moldovan student youth with whom he shared his commitment to protecting the environment. Finally, Prince Albert met the athletes of the football team of FC Zimbru and the U14 team at the Zimbru Stadium in Chisinau.

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Following the funding in 2012 of the Da Vinci Robot, thanks to donations by generous donors to the Princess Grace Hospital, Dr Maurice Chazal, Head of the Digestive Surgery Department, and Dr Hubert Perrin, Deputy Chief of Staff, wanted to organise the second edition of the Rencontres South France of Digestive Robotic Surgery here in Monaco.

This scientific meeting of the first order, which was inaugurated by Stéphane Valeri, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, gave the opportunity to several dozen digestive surgeons specialised in robotic surgery to evoke the emergence of new practices in digestive surgery thanks to the contribution of the robot, thus allowing a new orientation for this specialty.

The robot is used not only in urology, in colorectal cancer surgery, but also, in an emerging way, for complex operations of the liver and the pancreas, where the laparoscopic technique is not optimal. This is a real technological breakthrough for the physician in his operating practice. It also improves patient wellbeing through less invasive and less traumatic surgery.

Digestive surgery already represents at CHPG between 30 to 40 procedures by robot per year and is in full swing. Thanks to these measures, the Principality is at the forefront of technological progress and continues to offer excellence in care.

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