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Sciences in Creole Language 2025

As a result of the concern of researchers, teachers, and trainers from
Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti
to contribute to the use of Creole in science, a virtual conference (web conference) is being organised on
Friday, October 24, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
on the subject of natural risks in the Caribbean and
Climate Change.
This is the third consecutive year that such a conference has been organised
as part of Creole Month


After « Natural Risk Reduction in 2023  », et « Rainwater in the context of climate change » the theme addressed for this new edition is:

Chanjman Klimatik
(Climate Change)

With the participation and sponsorship of:

  • Thierry Césaire, Lecturer at the University of the Antilles, member of the GTSI
  • Emmanuel Gombauld, known as “Manno,” a journalist specializing in Creole

He will be in charge of introducing us to quantum physics and related sciences and technologies. They will also discuss with us the difficulty of translating science into Creole.

We invite you to this webinar on Friday, October 24, 2025, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. (Saint Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti time),
and thank you for sharing this invitation with as many Creole speakers and those curious about the language as possible.

The organizer

The half-day program

Learn more
The kit press is available on this link
Kit press for Sciences in the Creole Language 2025

How to connect

Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85760250694?pwd=WnJXre3vaViMG8C8o34OiX2RoV7JwY.1

The connection will be open from 8:45 a.m. (Port-au-Prince time, UTC-4)

ZOOM Link

YouTube Live

In addition to the initial speakers,
MICHEL DEGRAFF, Creole language specialist and Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will honour us with his presence on Friday, October 24, 2025, at the conference “Lasyans an Kréyòl”

Michel is a world-renowned specialist, founding member of the Haitian Creole Academy, and professor at MIT for 28 years, Michel DeGraff will explain how he views the role of Creole in science and how the Creole language is a key element for accessing scientific research and teaching.

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Sciences in Creole Language 2024

Born from the concern of researchers from
Martinique, Guadeloupe and Haiti
to contribute to the teaching and development of
Sciences in Creole Language.
On Friday, October 25, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
a conference
in the form of a web-based conference
in the field of the Natural Hazards in the Caribbean
is offered to you, for the second consecutive year
as part of Creole Month and three days before the International Creole Day

After the “Reduction of Natural Hazards in 2023 “, the theme addressed for this new edition is:

Dlo lapli nan kontèks chanjman klimatik

(Rainwater in the context of climate change)

With our special guests:

  • Aïda Diongue-Niang (Senegal), PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorologist and Vice-Chair of IPCC Working Group I for the Seventh Assessment Cycle.
  • Raphaël Confiant (Martinique), Professor Emeritus in Regional Language and Culture, internationally renowned writer, translator and defender of the Creole language, and campaigner for teaching science in Creole and particularly astronomy.

Dr. Diongue-Niang will discuss rains and floods in West Africa in relation to climate change. Prof. Confiant will have carte blanche to explain his vision of science in Creole.

The seven other speakers will address the issues of rains from their observations, measurements, uses, cycles, consequences in tropical island zones, and popularization of their risks. The participants’ questions will allow us to ensure that the subtleties and poetics of Creole facilitate the transmission of knowledge and the acquisition of concepts.


We warmly invite you to this web conference on Friday, October 25, 2024, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti time), and we kindly ask you to spread this invitation as widely as possible among Creole speakers and those curious about this language.

The organizers:

Dr. Kelly Guerrier (URGéo-URBATER-CLIMEXHA/UEH, Haïti) kelly.guerrier@ueh.edu.ht

Dr. Jean-François M. Dorville (TCGNRG, Guadeloupe) jf.dorville@tcgnrg.com

Dr. Nathalie Michalon (CRILLASH/UAG, Martinique) nathaliemichalon.kannh@gmail.com

Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83152296887?pwd=mmnzmR95Spz1LZyFfpkHIZFvbNf38f.1

The connection will be open from 9:00 a.m. (Port-au-Prince time, UTC-4)

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