Andrew Bakun's impressions

by Andrew Bakun, on October 13, 2012

It was my great pleasure to visit beautiful Villefranche during the week of 24-28 September and to present lectures at the Observatoire Océanologique. My visit was extremely pleasant and satisfying. I was extremely impressed by the interest and energy of the students, and I dearly hope that they, in turn, might have been nearly as impressed by my presentations which introduced and explored a theme of 'marine ecosystems as complex adaptive systems'. All in all, I found the entire experience to be highly enjoyable and stimulating. I wish to thank Jean-Olivier in particular, who coordinates the program on the French side, as well as all colleagues I met there, including my very old friend, Louis Legendre. I truly hope it might be possible to return to Villefranche next year for an opportunity to repeat the experience.