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⏳ Deadline Extended!

Good news — submissions are now open until 01 May 2026.
If you haven’t sent yours yet, there’s still time. We’re looking forward to seeing your work.

📩 500‑word abstract

🔗 https://www.cedti.net/colloquium-2026

Call for Artistic Proposals 🎨

Island Ambiances colloquium | 17–19 November 2026 📅

Open to artists from all disciplines.

Participation formats: exhibition (3 days), performance/show, participatory workshop (max 3h), screening/film (max 1h).

Entry themes (free interpretation): sensitive architectures, digital sensing, geo-sensitive approaches, knowledge and skills, arts and island ambiances 🌴

Submission deadline: 1 May 2026 ⏳

Notification: 15 May 2026

Send proposal (statement of intent, portfolio/links, bio) to: [email protected]
📧 Subject line: "Artistic proposal – Island Ambiances"

🗓 Three weeks left – submit by April 24

Island Ambiances
CEDTI International Colloquium – Edition #3 • 17–19 November 2026

This colloquium focuses on how ambiances mediate the relationship between humans and their environment—through light, wind, sound, materials, and lived experience. It invites researchers, practitioners, and doctoral students working at the intersection of architecture, geography, digital sensing, and the arts to contribute.

CEDTI brings together a cross-regional network to explore these questions from coastal and island perspectives.

Themes include:
🏛️ Sensible architectures & spatial experience
🛰️ Digital sensing & environmental visualization
🗺️ Geo-sensitive approaches to island ambiances
👥 Knoweldge and skills on island ambiance
🎨 Arts & island ambiances

📩 500‑word abstract
🔗 https://www.cedti.net/colloquium-2026

Colloquium 2026 | CEDTI Beyond visible landscapes and material infrastructure, islands are lived and perceived through their ambiances—the textures of light, wind, humidity, sound, temperature, and seasonal variations that form the experiential fabric of island built environments. These sensitive and experiential qualiti...

📣 Call for Proposals: Island Ambiances

CEDTI International Colloquium – Edition #3 • Nov 17–19, 2026 📅

This colloquium invites researchers and practitioners to explore the sensory dimensions of island built environments—how they shape us, and how we shape them.

Themes include:
🏛️ Sensible architectures & spatial experience
🛰️ Digital sensing & environmental visualization
🗺️ Geo-sensitive approaches to island ambiances
👥 Knoweldge and skills on island ambiance
🎨 Arts & island ambiances

📩 Send us a 500-word abstract by April 24, 2026

🔗 Submit here: https://www.cedti.net/event-details/call-for-proposals-2026

Call for Proposals 2026 | CEDTI 3rd CEDTI Colloquium : Island Ambiances Call for papers : 500-word abstracts due April 24, 2026 Dates : November 17-19, 2026 Themes : ambiances, architecture, digital sensing, island geographies, community knowledge, arts

📚 CEDTI Research Chronicles – Second Edition (2025) is now available.

🙌 We are pleased to announce the release of the second edition of our annual publication, highlighting the proceedings of the international colloquium "Living On The Edge" held in November 2025. Featuring contributions from researchers and professionals across the globe and the region, this volume offers key insights and analysis on pressing issues for coastal territories, alongside a comprehensive retrospective of CEDTI's activities throughout 2025.

🔎 Explore the publication on our newly revamped website: https://www.cedti.net/publications

🎨 Cover art by contributing artist Noémie Masson-Deblaize.

Over three days, the 2025: Living on the Edge: Coastal Transitions in the Indian Ocean brought together participants from across the world to rethink how we live, work and build along coastlines in a time of rising seas and accelerating change.

🌊 Thank you to everyone who made this possible and who continues to shape CEDTI’s work:

🤝 Kolos Cement Ltd for their support and collaboration
🙏 Zainab Soyfoo for her powerful slam poetry
🧺 Frères Joseph for the choreography of “Disel”
🌀 Kim Yip Tong & Victoria Fauve Desvaux de Marigny for the “Enn Lakot Serye” workshop
🌱 Assoc.Professor Yann Rocher & Architect Hasan Mohamedally (Workshop: Designing Climate-Smart Greenhouses)
♻️ Dr Mahfoud Tahlaiti (Workshop: Designing Circular Businesses)
📡 Prof Laurent Lescop & Divyaa Hauzaree (Workshop: Everyday AI for Entrepreneurs)

The colloquium may be over, but the work continues. Together, we are building a network committed to turning bold ideas into policies, prototypes and partnerships for more just and resilient coastal and island futures.

🌊 During Lakot Sanze at the Soirée, two visionary proposals for coastal life in Mauritius in 2050 were highlighted. The Bel Ombre 2050 Design Challenge invited participants to rethink the future of the village in the context of coastal erosion, rising sea levels, and flooding.

We warmly congratulate our two winners:
🏆 Architect Nic Paturau, recipient of the Grand Jury Prize, who will be awarded a trip to Nairobi for the first in 2026.
🏆 Architecture Graduate Lekhansh Jeewon, winner of the Public’s Choice Award.

Their proposals demonstrate how design can create space for new possibilities and help communities and citizens envision the future of coastal landscapes.

👏 A sincere thank you to all participants architects, designers, Kolos Cement Ltd, urbanists, and partners who contributed to this challenge, and to our Jury for their thoughtful evaluation and commitment throughout the process.

🌍 𝗟'𝗜𝗔 𝗮𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹'𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀 î𝗹𝗲𝘀 : 𝗹'𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Comment l'intelligence artificielle peut-elle aider les petits États insulaires en développement à prendre des décisions plus justes et plus intelligentes pour leurs terres, leurs côtes et leurs communautés ?

Le 20 novembre à 17 h, rejoignez notre panel sur l'IA et l'intelligence territoriale dans les PEID dans le cadre du au . En collaboration avec des chercheurs, des décideurs politiques, des praticiens et des représentants des communautés, nous explorerons comment l'IA peut :

✅ Renforcer la planification climatique et la résilience
✅ Soutenir les transitions énergétiques et la mobilité électrique
✅ Améliorer la gestion des risques liés aux cyclones et aux côtes
✅ Promouvoir la justice spatiale et l'inclusion dans les territoires insulaires

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🌍 Au CEDTI, nous sommes ravis de collaborer avec Institut français de Maurice pour nourrir la conversation sur la manière dont l’intelligence artificielle peut façonner l’avenir de notre île.

📆 CEDTI organisera la table ronde « AI for Island Futures: Territorial Intelligence in Action » le 20 novembre à 16h au Caudan Arts Centre, pour explorer comment l’IA peut soutenir la résilience climatique, les transitions énergétiques et des décisions plus justes pour nos côtes et nos communautés.

👥 Pour qui ?
Décideurs publics, urbanistes, chercheur·e·s, ONG, leaders communautaires, jeunes innovateurs, start-ups et partenaires du développement intéressés par des futurs insulaires justes et résilients.

🔗 Inscription ici : https://www.wixforms.com/f/7394674172745483267

📣 C’est presque l’heure ! Le commence la semaine prochaine – et il est encore temps de nous rejoindre.

Du 18 au 21 novembre, le CEDTI réunit des chercheur·e·s, des professionnel·le·s, des entrepreneur·e·s et des leaders communautaires pour comprendre et concevoir des solutions concrètes pour nos côtes insulaires 🌊

✅ Programmation variée : scientifique, culturelle et professionnelle
✅ Pour tous : chercheurs, professionnels, entrepreneurs ou simples curieux
✅ Moments forts : partenariats, réseautage et formations

Venez créer, apprendre et transformer le littoral !

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CEDTI Colloquium 2025 | CEDTI Coastal regions, where economic, social, political and ecological issues intersect, are among the most densely populated and exploited places in the world. The Indian Ocean (IO) is bordered by 47 developing countries that are home to a third of the world's population, and sea levels are rising at an...