Histoires de Temps

June 6th 2026 10 am – 6:30 pm
Village Vacances les 4 Vents – l’Epine

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This page is dedicated to Rencontres de Noirmoutier participants

Discover how disciplines as diverse as physics, astrophysics, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology approach the concept of time.

And also share experiences of time, particularly with Lauren Marks, author of “A Stitch of Time,” who, after a stroke, had a very unique experience of reality and time.

A day to take the time to listen, to exchange ideas, to savor time.



A day open to all

French and English speakers,

thanks to an online transcript,

to the symposium’s scientists and the local public.

And at the end of the day, a moment of respite with a choral performance by the Mikrokosmos group.


Schedule

10:00 – 12:30 am Morning Session

  • Carlo Rovelli, physicist (visio) : “Time is not a single concept”
  • Hervé Dole, astrophysicist :”Time, light, and darkness in the Universe”
  • Virginie Van Wassenhove, neurobiologist : “Giving meaning to time in the brain”

2:00 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Session

  • Aurore Armand, emergency doctor : “Urgency : a way of life?”
  • Jean-François Vezina, psychologist : “What if Time were Love that we Share?”
  • Cyrille Javary, sinologist : “Writing the flow of time in ideograms”

5:00 – 6:30 pm Round Table

  • with Lauren Marks, author of  “A stitch of time”
  • and H. Dole, V. Van Wassenhove, J.F. Vezina, C. Javary, A Armand,
  • moderator Gilles Gerbier

6:30 – 7:30 pm : Autograph

8:30 pm Choral Performance: Mikrokosmos

Fees for participants to Rencontres de Noirmoutier

Full day 2 sessions and Round Table: 25 eur

Full day including performance : 35 eur

Saturday lunch is Included in above packages 

Please book and pay here

For any question mail to ggerbier@vent-des-savoirs.org


If you wish to stay for saturday diner or overnight, there is additional charge : please contact les 4 Vents

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