MOPGA 2026 Scientific Award Committee Meeting at FA BUT

On Wednesday, May 6, the Faculty of Architecture at Brno University of Technology hosted the committee meeting for the MOPGA 2026 (Make Our Planet Great Again) scientific awards of the French Embassy in the Czech Republic in environmental and climate research. This prestigious event is organized by the French Institute in Prague with the support of BNP Paribas and the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic. The session was chaired by Stéphane Guillot, Scientific Delegate for risk management and sustainable development at the CNRS Directorate.

Selected candidates from Czech universities gave short, intensive presentations on the core of their research and its positive impacts on protecting and improving the planet's climate.

Among the presenting competitors was a representative from BUT (Brno University of Technology).

The main research areas that were presented can be broadly summarized into these four categories:

Reducing the ecological footprint of construction and industry, materials engineering and circular economy

Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, modern chemical and biological methods

Physical processes in the atmosphere and hydrosphere in the context of global warming

Methods for assessing sustainability and the environmental impacts of human activity

The results will be announced on June 26, 2026, at the French Embassy in Prague.

The meeting, held in the inspiring atmosphere of the faculty library, was attended by Mgr. Simona Rozárka Jílková, Ph.D. (RECETOX MUNI), Ing. Jan Bednárek, Ph.D. (VŠB-TUO), and doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Palacký, Ph.D. (FA BUT). The event was coordinated by IFP representatives Stéphanie Legoupy, Scientific Attaché at the French Embassy, and Capucine Martin.
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