Exhibition "Brest, a city of polar explorations"
The exhibition "Brest, a city of polar explorations" aims to give the general public both an historical and present overview of polar areas which offer major challenges for the future. Exceptional local records from the archives department, such as exploration books, ancient maps, written and material testimonies gave the historical Defence department of Brest the opportunity to bring together a great deal of partners specialized in the sudy of pole zones, and all located in the vicinity of Brest, especially : the french polar institute, the european higher institute of the sea (IUEM), the French National Institute for Ocean Science (IFREMER), the french national hydrographic office (SHOM).
Free access, from Monday to Friday 9h00-12h00 and 14h00-17h00
Address : 4 rue Commandant Malbert, Brest
Side visits
Brest and Brittany host France’s leading marine science and technology community embodied by the Campus mondial de la mer.
In the afternoon of May 23rd in Brest and Roscoff, our team proposes to EMD participants to discover some of the Campus mondial de la mer key players through 12 visits detailed below.
To access these visits, registration was mandatory.
Registrations are now closed.
A. How the French State is organised to respond to any offshore Oil Spill and Marine Emergencies - THIS VISIT IS CANCELLED
Organisation : French Navy & Ceppol
Description: On board of a French Navy Oil Spill Response Vessel alongside in Brest, show different devices and technology with static and possibly dynamic demonstration. Exhibit the French capabilities to respond: oil spill, emergency towing, firefighting, damage control divers … exchange with responder and team member about their duty.
Maximum number of participants : 12 people (2 groups of 6 people)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : by foot it takes 15 minutes from the city center. More information to come after registration.
B. Know more about light measurement at Cerema’s facilities and benefit from a technical tour to « Le Petit Minou » lighthouse
Organisation : Cerema & DIRM NAMO
Description: Light measurement at Cerema’s facilities and tour to « le petit Minou » lighthouse.
Address : 155 rue Pierre Bouger – Technopole Brest-Iroise – 29280 Plouzané (in front of Cerema’s main entrance)
Maximum number of participants: 30 people (2 groups of 15 people visit simultaneously)
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 14h30 - 16h30 (shuttle leaves city center at 14h00)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : a shuttle is organised for EMD participants. Meeting point at 14h00 at 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater). Return to the city center is also ensured after the visit.
C. Visit of the VIGISAT antenna – The French maritime surveillance centre using satellite data - THIS VISIT IS CANCELLED
Organisation : CLS - Collecte Localisation Satellites
Description: Expert analysts in the field of maritime surveillance use every day data from heterogeneous sources (satellite images, AIS/VMS/LRIT tracking systems, meteorological and oceanographic data, ship databases, etc.). These data are received at VIGISAT, processed and qualified, and then merged for behavioural analysis of vessels and anomalies detection. Data and case studies will be presented as well as VIGISAT, the only maritime surveillance center receiving high resolution satellite radar images thanks to its satellite ground receiving station, unique in France.
Maximum number of participants: 12 people
Time : 14h30 - 16h30 (shuttle leaves city center at 14h00)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : a shuttle is organised for EMD participants. Meeting point at 14h00 at 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater). Return to the city center is also ensured after the visit.
D. Brest Maritime Cyber Tour: meet the maritime cybersecurity players of Brest and their operational capabilities
Organisation : France Cyber Maritime, Diateam, Ecole navale, Mica Center & CyberGendMar
Description: The 2023 edition of the European Maritime Day, which will take place in Brest, offers a good opportunity to promote this local expertise among European maritime leaders. The « Brest Maritime Cyber Tour » will allow them to visit the maritime cybersecurity infrastructures, apprehend the operational and technical platforms in motion and identify the possible synergies at the European level.
Address : Meeting point in front of the building « Le Grand Large » 2ème Eperon Street, 29200 Brest
4 different locations for this visit:
- École Navale : Rue du Poulmic, 29160 Lanvéoc ;
- M-CERT : Le Grand Large, 2ème éperon, Quai de la Douane, 29200 Brest ;
- MICA Center : Château de Brest, Boulevard de la Marine, 29200 Brest ;
- DIATEAM : 31, rue Yves Collet, 29200 Brest
Maximum number of participants: 10 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 13h30 - 19h30 (meeting point at 13h20)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : By foot it takes 15 minutes to go the the "Le Grand large" building so that you can take the boat to the Ecole navale (Naval academy). Meeting is at 1.20pm.
When back from the Ecole navale, you can go by foot to the Castle (MICA Center visit).
When the visit of the Castle is over, you can take the tram to go do Diateam.
E. Discover France Energies Marines, the French centre of expertise for renewable marine energy - THIS VISIT IS CANCELLED
Organisation : France Energies Marines, the French institute for energy transition dedicated to marine renewable energy
Description: Come and visit the French institute for energy transition dedicated to marine renewable energy to discover our different research programmes that support the development of offshore wind farms and other marine energies. We will give visitors some insights into the different fields of research we are working on such as wave and wind characterisation, turbulence, mooring, dynamic cables, biofouling, marine fauna and ecosystems, farm optimization and more. We will also take the visitors to our workshop where we will introduce them to some of the equipment we use to make measurements at sea and will happily answer any questions they may have about our work.
Maximum number of participants: 40 people (4 groups of 10 people visit simultaneously)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
F. Visit of laboratories of the French Corrosion Institute - THIS VISIT IS CANCELLED
Organisation : French Corrosion Institute
Description: Visit of the test facilities: accelerated corrosion tests in climatic chamber, natural sea water tests, corrosion fatigue, UV, exposure in soils, surface characterisation (Raman, SEM/EDX, Scanning Kelvin Probe, ...), electrochemistry, hydrogen embrittlement...
Maximum number of participants: 10 people
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : a shuttle is organised for EMD participants. Meeting point at 14h00 at 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater). Return to the city center is also ensured after the visit.
G. Visit Ifremer headquarters and its Britanny Center
Organisation : Ifremer
Description: IFREMER's vision is to advance science, expertise and innovation to:
- Protect and restore the ocean
- Sustainably use marine resources to benefit society
- Create and share ocean data, information & knowledge.
This visit of Ifremer will allow the congresses to visit one of the most interesting French oceanic scientific infrastructures, understand better our activities including the management of the French oceanographic fleet, and meet with high-level scientists
Address : 1625 Rte de Sainte-Anne, 29280 Plouzané (security hall)
Maximum number of participants: 30 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 14h30 - 16h30 (shuttle leaves city center at 14h00)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : a shuttle is organised for EMD participants. Meeting point at 14h00 at 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater). Return to the city center is also ensured after the visit.
H. Visit of the European Institute for Marine Studies and visit of the Ocean Spectrometry Platform (Pôle de Spectrométrie Océan)
Organisation : European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM/UBO)
Description: University of Bretagne Occidentale with its strong territorial roots and networks is naturally focused on the sea (ranked 11th in the world in the Shanghai rankings, (in the) "oceanography" category in 2022). Though its national and international influence also benefits from its strengths in information sciences and technologies, human and social sciences and health sciences. Its ocean institute IUEM occupies a prime position in a territory that has defined as a strategic sector “Sea by excellence" .
Address : Rue Dumont d’Urville Technopole Pointe du Diable 29280 Plouzané (reception hall of IUEM)
Maximum number of participants: 8 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 14h30 - 16h30 (shuttle leaves city center at 14h00)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : a shuttle is organised for EMD participants. Meeting point at 14h00 at 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater). Return to the city center is also ensured after the visit.
I. Visit of OCEANOLAB
Organisation : OCEANOPOLIS (National Center of Scientific Culture dedicated to the Ocean) and IUEM/UBO (Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer de l’Université de Bretagne Occidentale)
Description: OCEANOLAB is a new space at Océanopolis to share science "in the making" by moving the scientific laboratory closer to the public and opening it up to the public. Océanopolis and IUEM/UBO have designed, developed and implemented OCEANOLAB, which aims to bring together scientists and citizens around research projects in marine ecology in the context of climate change, pollution and the erosion of marine biodiversity. The aim of this programme is to share scientific work with the public in real time over a period of several months in a specifically dedicated space at the heart of Océanopolis. OCEANOLAB brings scientific teams out of their laboratories and closer to a society that questions them. Marine research projects conducted by scientific organisations will be carried out in public, and mediation activities will take place, from experiments to results. Each year, a new project led by a new team of scientists will be presented to the public. This place allows to build and consolidate the links between science and society.
Address : Port de Plaisance du Moulin Blanc, 29200 Brest (Public entrance of Océanopolis)
Maximum number of participants: 20 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 15h00 - 16h00
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : by bus or taxi.
J. Visit the Roscoff marine Station
Organisation : Roscoff Marine Station
Description: The Roscoff Marine Station belongs to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ESFRI), a European research infrastructure that provides researchers and companies access to marine organisms and the facilities to study them, including experimental facilities and technological platfoms.
Address : Place Georges Teissier, 29680 Roscoff ; reception hall
Maximum number of participants : 20 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 15h00 - 16h30
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : shuttle organised by Roscoff marine station, from/to city centre - 1 hour drive. Meeting point of shuttle: 10 Avenue Georges Clemenceau, 29200 Brest (in front of the Multiplexe Liberté Movie Theater).
K. Visit of the metrology infrastructures of Shom
Organisation : SHOM (French hydrographic Service)
Description: To maintain the quality of the measurements acquired at sea by instruments, Shom developed its own metrology laboratory in 1996. This laboratory is competent for physical, chemical and biological quantities. It calibrates more than 600 sensors per year and processes around 3000 analysis of sea water samples. Because of the growing number of instruments and the upcoming of autonomous vehicules, the actual laboratory needs to increase its capacities. The project of a new laboratory taking into account the needs of other French partners is on going.
Address : 13 rue du Châtellier 29200 Brest
Maximum number of participants : 16 people (2 groups of 8 people)
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time :
- Group 1 : 14h00 (meeting at 13h45)
- Group 2 : 15h00 (meeting at 14h45)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : order a taxi from the city center. It takes 10 minutes by taxi.
L. Discovery of the UTOPIA expedition sailboat
Organisation : Utopia
Description: We are delighted to welcome you aboard Aquarelle, the old rig of the UTOPIA association, to discover the backstage of the expedition "A Sea Named Plastic". An environmental expedition around the Atlantic Ocean to study the issues and impacts of plastics around the world.
On the program, presentation of the project and the expedition and discovery of the sailboat, an old wooden rigging.
Address : Port du Château, Quai Eric Tabarly, 29200 Brest
Maximum number of participants: 16 people
Date : Tuesday 23 May
Time : 14h00 - 16h00 (meeting point at 13h50)
Deadline to register: registrations are closed.
How to go there : By foot it takes 15 minutes from the city center. More information to come after registration.
Post-EMD events & visits
French national rowing championship
26-27 May 2023
A French national rowing championship will be organised in Brest, 26 and 27 May 2023. The event will gather 25 sea and river-rowing clubs involving 700 participants in the bay of Brest.
The race departure will be located close to the Albert Louppe, bridge, a concrete work of the 1930s today used only by pedestrians and the arrival in the marina located closed to Oceanopolis, a well-known scientific aquarium.
The race will be seen by about 2 000 spectators in a festive atmosphere with stands for foods and drinks and music.
In addition, some stands will be dedicated to the marine environment and the event itself will be environmentally friendly favoring prevention of plastic pollution, careful use of water and local food products.
Europe and Brest: the voices of the future
26 May
Created in partnership with the company “Théâtre d'ici et là” and students from the University and Erasmus of Brest, this sound walk will take you from the City Hall to the Esplanade de la Fraternité, on the other side of the river. You will stroll to the sounds and voices of the past and the future that forge the links between Brest and Europe.
Charged smartphone and headphones are essential to listen to the walk live.
Maximum number of participants: 20 people
Meeting point: Place de la Liberté, under the Jean Monnet passage, May the 26th, at 10:30 AM
Access : Tram stop Liberté
To register, please send an email to maison-international@brest-metropole.fr
Come and discover sustainable seafood products from Brittany!
26 May
Description: the association «Aux Goûts du jour” will welcome you on their stand located on the port of Brest, which ambition is to raise awareness and promote local and sustainable seafood. We propose. We offer a giant "snakes and ladders game" so that visitors can discover the Breton gastronomic heritage through questions and tests. Our stand will be located not far from the Brest Fish Auction
Address : Brest Port – Quai de la Douane 29200 Brest
Maximum number of participants: open
Date: Friday 26 May
Time: 13h00 - 17h00
How to go there: by foot it takes 15 minutes from the city center
