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Event 11 2024

Nov

21

2024
DARCH

UNESCO-UIA: Keynote Lectur Prof. Lucia Allais at Institut gta

Presentation
UNESCO-UIA: Keynote Lectur Prof. Lucia Allais at Institut gta

The lecture will discuss the Musée Dynamique in Dakar, Senegal, its links with UNESCO and Switzerland, and its role in French decolonisation and African modernism. The lecture will be introduced by Prof. Laurent Stalder. The lecture is the keynote of the workshop “Exploring UNESCO and UIA – Histories of Architecture and Bureaucracy in Development Contexts,” organised by Frederike Lausch and Andreas Kalpakci. For the ...

Starts 2024-11-21 06:45
Ends 2024-11-21
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://ethz.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mqfuysqj4i...
Event 11 2024

Nov

22

2024
DARCH

Book Launch "After War – A Reader"

Presentation
Book Launch "After War – A Reader"

A conversation between editor Bohdan Kryzhanovsky and contributor Silke Langenberg, Professor and Head of the Insitute of Preservation and Construction History at ETH Zurich. They will discuss the some of the many issues relating to building during and after war and the lessons that might be learned from twentieth-century examples.

Starts 2024-11-22 07:00
Ends 2024-11-22
Location Hochparterre Bücher Schöneggstrasse 27 8004 Zürich Switzerland -
Public Link https://mackbooks.co.uk/blogs/current-events/bohda...
Event 11 2024

Nov

22

2024
DBAUG

Urban Research Seminar at D-BAUG

Seminar
Urban Research Seminar at D-BAUG

The Urban Research Seminar aims to build a bottom-up network of early career researchers that study technology, infrastructure, built environment, nature and humans in cities. All ETH researchers are welcome to participate in an inspiring afternoon of short talks and discussions, concluding with an apéro.

Starts 2024-11-22 02:30
Ends 2024-11-22
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://irl.ethz.ch/research/d-baug-urban-research...
Event 11 2024

Nov

22

2024
DARCH

Die Tiefe der Oberfläche

Public lecture
Die Tiefe der Oberfläche

Gastvortrag im Rahmen des Kernfaches «Future Monuments»

Starts 2024-11-22 01:45
Ends 2024-11-22
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://arch.ethz.ch/en/news-und-veranstaltungen/v...
Event 11 2024

Nov

22

2024
DBAUG

Seminar Infrastrukturbau-Management

Seminar
Seminar Infrastrukturbau-Management

Anlässlich der Lancierung eines neuen CAS für das Fach „Infrastrukturbau-Management“ am Departement Bau, Umwelt und Geomatik werden die Experten Mirko Feller und Philipp Häfliger ihre Management-Erfahrungen aus der Baupraxis teilen. Programm 09:00 – 09:45 Uhr Vortrag I: Mirko Feller Die Quadratur des Wankdorfkreisels: Realisierung des Kreiselbauwerks in einem komplexen Umfeld 09:45 – 10:30 Uhr Vortrag II: Philipp Häfliger Erfolgsfaktoren komplexer Infrastrukturprojekte: Ein Zusammenspiel von Systemverständnis ...

Starts 2024-11-22 09:00
Ends 2024-11-22
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events.htm...
Event 11 2024

Nov

26

2024
DBAUG

From Pixels to Reality: Rethinking Design with AI and Spatial Computing Prof. Bickel) & I paesaggi invisibili –

Inaugural lecture
From Pixels to Reality: Rethinking Design with AI and Spatial Computing Prof. Bickel) & I paesaggi invisibili –

1. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernd Bickel (English lecture) || 2. Speaker: Prof. Martina Voser (Deutsche Voresung )

Starts 2024-11-26 05:15
Ends 2024-11-26
Location Zürich Zentrum ZZ -
Public Link https://vimeo.com/event/472889/66a4c00a56
Event 11 2024

Nov

28

2024
DBAUG

Seminar Series #2: Leveraging Inductive Bias for Physically Consistent Machine Learning

Seminar
Seminar Series #2: Leveraging Inductive Bias for Physically Consistent Machine Learning

Abstract: In the field of engineered systems, the integration of machine learning has enabled the development of advanced predictive models that ensure the reliable operation of complex assets. However, challenges such as sparse, noisy, and incomplete data necessitate the integration of prior knowledge and inductive bias to improve generalization, interpretability, and robustness. Inductive bias, the set of assumptions embedded in machine learning models, plays ...

Starts 2024-11-28 05:30
Ends 2024-11-28
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events.htm...
Event 11 2024

Nov

28

2024
VAW

Quaternary glacial history of Northwest and North Greenland

Seminar
Quaternary glacial history of Northwest and North Greenland

Information on past sensitivity of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) to climate change is of great importance for optimizing models simulating the future evolution of ice mass loss. The northwest and north GrIS have shown a distinct sensitivity to current global warming, yielding widespread retreat and runoff and yet, the Holocene glacial history of these areas was not well constrained just a decade ago ...

Starts 2024-11-28 11:30
Ends 2024-11-28
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://ethz.zoom.us/j/64754504046?pwd=ejRIblZwcGJ...
Event 12 2024

Dec

02

2024
DBAUG

Degrading, breaking, collapsing: a kaleidoscopic view on failure

Public lecture
Degrading, breaking, collapsing: a kaleidoscopic view on failure

David Kammer is Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Computational Mechanics of Building Materials at ETH Zurich. In his Tenure Lecture he will give an overview of his research, which focuses on the understanding and prediction of mechanical failure in materials and structures. The introduction will be given by Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Head of Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering D-BAUG. ABSTRACT: Mechanical failure is a ...

Starts 2024-12-02 05:00
Ends 2024-12-02
Location ETH Zürich - Campus Hönggerberg Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27 8093 Zürich Switzerland -
Public Link https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events.htm...
Event 12 2024

Dec

03

2024
VAW

Twenty-four years of observations at the Illgraben: implications for debris-flow modelling and torrent engineering

Colloquium
Twenty-four years of observations at the Illgraben: implications for debris-flow modelling and torrent engineering

No event description found.

Starts 2024-12-03 05:00
Ends 2024-12-03
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://ethz.zoom.us/j/68742129041?pwd=Smpva2JIbll...
Event 12 2024

Dec

04

2024
DBAUG

Measuring, Modelling and Simulation of Cyclist Route Choice Behavior

Doctoral examination
Measuring, Modelling and Simulation of Cyclist Route Choice Behavior

No event description found.

Starts 2024-12-04 01:00
Ends 2024-12-04
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events.htm...
Event 12 2024

Dec

04

2024
DBAUG

Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Detection of Spatio-Temporal Patterns linked to Geophysical Phenomena in

Doctoral examination
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Detection of Spatio-Temporal Patterns linked to Geophysical Phenomena in

No event description found.

Starts 2024-12-04 09:00
Ends 2024-12-04
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/events.htm...
Event 12 2024

Dec

12

2024
VAW

Anthropogenic influence on surface changes at the Olivares glaciers; Central Chile

Seminar
Anthropogenic influence on surface changes at the Olivares glaciers; Central Chile

We have investigated the source and role of light-absorbing impurities (LAIs) deposited on the glaciers of the Olivares catchment, in Central Chile. LAIs can considerably darken (lowered albedo) the glacier surface, enhancing their melt. We combined chemical and mineralogical laboratory analyses of surface and ice core samples with field-based spectral reflectance measurements to investigate the nature and properties of such LAIs. Using remote sensing-based ...

Starts 2024-12-12 11:30
Ends 2024-12-12
Location Zürich Hönggerberg ZH -
Public Link https://ethz.zoom.us/j/64754504046?pwd=ejRIblZwcGJ...

Nov

29

2025
FCL

FCL Global End

Internal
FCL Global End

Starts 2025-11-29
Location Kasernewiese - Militärstrasse, 8004 Zürich

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Archived Events

October
2024
15
Tue
Future Cities Laboratories (FCL) invites to discuss the role of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) in the city, with talks, roundtable discussion, and networking.
Starts 2024-10-15 15:00
Ends 2024-10-15 18:00
Registration & Signup https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/1024726042177?aff=oddtdtcreator
Location CREATE Tower - 1 Create Way #06-01
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Event type: Public
September
2024
26
Thu
Participate with Data is a workshop that offers a framework for evidence-based participatory design by combining P!D’s established participatory design approaches with FCL’s open-source planning support tool “ur-scape”. Following the workshop, studio tours to FCL or P!D will be held (subject to selected workshop date).
Starts 2024-09-26 17:00
Ends 2024-09-26 19:00
Registration & Signup https://ur-scape.com/FCLxPID
Public Link https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7232552136188780545
Location National Design Centre, Singapore - Training Rooms 1 and 2 - 111 Middle Road Singapore 188969
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Event type: Workshop
May
2024
22
Wed

EVA HORN Universität Wien, response by Laurent Stalder

Starts 2024-05-22 18:00
Ends 2024-05-22 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
13
Mon

DEBORAH COEN Yale University, response by Debjani Bhattacharyya

Starts 2024-05-13 18:00
Ends 2024-05-13 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
06
Mon

ORIT HALPERN Technische Universität Dresden, response by Tomás Bartoletti

Starts 2024-05-06 18:00
Ends 2024-05-06 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
April
2024
22
Mon
Surrogate modelling is the creation of simplified approximations of more complex, higher order models. This talk will cover the various surrogate modelling methods developed in Dr Evins’ research group.
Starts 2024-04-22 13:00
Ends 2024-04-22 14:00
Registration & Signup https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/surrogate-modelling-of-building-energy-use-tickets-883071439447
Location Value Lab Asia, L6, CREATE Tower, and on Zoom - CREATE Tower, Singapore
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Event type: Public
March
2024
25
Mon

ALEXANDER GIESCHE Schauspielhaus Zürich, in conversation with Tanja Saban, response by Gabrielle Schaad

Starts 2024-03-25 18:00
Ends 2024-03-25 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
23
Sat

Machine learning and generative AI has become a game-changer for solving design problems. Besides well-known applications like drug discovery, machine learning can also greatly enhance AI-assisted design in architecture, civil and mechanical engineering.

Starts 2024-03-23
Ends 2024-02-26
Public Link https://2024.appliedmldays.org/programme-live-1?coday=2024-03-24&embed=
Location SwissTech Convention Center (STCC) - Quartier Nord EPFL ,Route Louis-Favre 2, 1024 Ecublens Switzerland
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Event type: Public
10
Sun

As you drive through the Gotthard massif, the landscape is constantly changing. You can see small villages along the way. Mountains and lakes characterize the panorama. What is particularly fascinating, however, is what lies beneath the Gotthard massif.

Starts 2024-03-10
Public Link https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/treffpunkt/tagesprogramm-10-03-2024.html#
Location Large-Scale Virtualization and Modeling Lab (LVML), ETH Zurich - Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093 Zurich
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Event type: Public
08
Fri

Empowering Change: Special ETH Global Lecture for International Women's Day 2024

Starts 2024-03-08 17:30
Ends 2024-03-08 18:30
Registration & Signup https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/gl-iwd/reg/Site/Register
Public Link https://designplusplus.ethz.ch/details.empowering-change-special-eth-global-lecture-for-international-womens-day.70679.html
Location ETH HG F30 Audimax - Rämistrasse 101, 8006 Zürich
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Event type: Public
04
Mon

CARSON CHAN AND MATTHEW WAGSTAFFE Emilio Ambasz Institute, MoMA, response by Lydia Xynogala

Starts 2024-03-04 18:00
Ends 2024-03-04 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
04
Mon

Prof. Dr Dirk Helbing will discuss and explore how decentralised solutions of self-​organisation helps to organise societies in a more resilient way. 

Starts 2024-03-04 16:00
Ends 2024-03-04 17:00
Registration & Signup https://ethz.zoom.us/j/63317540149
Public Link https://frs.ethz.ch/news-events/frs-news-channel/2024/02/frs-webinar-how-to-manage-societies-better-than-optimal.html
Location Virtual -
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Event type: Public
February
2024
29
Thu

Representations and Learning in Computer Aided Design

Starts 2024-02-29 17:30
Ends 2024-02-29 18:15
Public Link https://designplusplus.ethz.ch/details.representations-and-learning-in-computer-aided-design.70348.html
Location ETH Hönggerberg HIB E52 Open Space 2 - ETH Hönggerberg
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Event type: Public
26
Mon

THOMAS PETER ETH Zurich, response by Stefana Parascho

Starts 2024-02-26 18:00
Ends 2024-02-26 20:00
Public Link https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/Courses/Electives/FS24-Climate-Anxiety-And-Mobilising-In-Crisis
Location ETHZ ONA DID Lab, E25 - Neunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
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Event type: Public
October
2023
12
Thu
ETH Zurich hosts the Future Cities Laboratory Global Conference to share intermediate results of its ongoing research with a wider audience. The two-day conference features prominent keynote speakers and panel discussions, and an opportunity to interact directly with young researchers. A public exhibition showcases the results of the ongoing research activities. Bringing together science, design, engineering and governance, FCL Global actively promotes the development of more sustainable, resilient and inclusive cities, setting the stage for a more liveable urban future.
Starts 2023-10-12 08:00
Ends 2023-10-13 20:00
Registration & Signup https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/fcl-global-conference-2023/reg
Public Link https://fclg-ep.ethz.ch/conference
Location ETH Zurich - Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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May
2023
18
Thu
Starts 2023-05-18
Ends 2023-11-26
Public Link https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2023
Location Palazzo Mora, Venezia - Strada Nova, 3659, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
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Event type: Participation
February
2023
16
Thu
Following the global call for an ecological turn in art, architecture, and design, NTU CCA Ideas Fest III presents projects that engage, investigate, and aim to ensure food security on a healthy planet.
Starts 2023-02-16 08:00
Ends 2023-09-19 19:00
Public Link https://ntu.ccasingapore.org/programme/ntu-cca-ideas-fest-iii/
Location Singapore -
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Event type: Participation
January
2023
31
Tue
Building information is currently not treated as something valuable beyond its immediate scope of application. One of the reasons for this is the lack of a long term value proposition and/or clear pathways for generating revenue using building data. As a result, valuable building information is unavailable to interested individuals and data analytic companies. In order to monetise building data, it has to be first systematically generated or collected (e.g., during the construction phase of a building). Furthermore, building data must be maintained, curated and regularly updated to remain relevant and up-to-date as time passes. All this incurs costs and companies may not see the point of doing so beyond what is needed to achieve their immediate tasks at hand. Among other potential use-cases for building data assets, they may provide information about building components and their materials to entities that specialise in mining and recycling building materials, thus contributing to a circular building materials economy. Pathways for generating revenue would provide the necessary incentives to maintain and update data until the building is demolished (and possibly beyond). We believe that building data assets have a crucial role to play in the context of sustainable material flows in circular future cities. To this end we use tokenised data assets on a Blockchain as a tool to connect building owners with the consumers of building information, coordinate the activities of the built ecosystem and at the same time, maintain the economic incentives required to keep the wheels running
Starts 2023-01-31 17:00
Ends 2023-01-31 18:00
Registration & Signup https://ethz.zoom.us/j/64703815069
Location CREATE Tower, Singapore -
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Event type: Public
November
2022
16
Wed
It is well known that the design of buildings and urban environments has a strong influence on our emotional state and experience. Urban places, in particular, are also typically experienced in various levels of human occupancy – depending on the time of day, places from main streets to parks, can be almost empty or bustling with pedestrians, patrons, residents and visitors. How does the presence of other people influence our subjective experience of places? Does the design of urban environments moderate the effects of social presence? Using multiple measurement of human emotions drawing from environmental psychology and neuroscience, we begin to understand how design and presence of people jointly modulate our experiences in cities. In this talk, I will present the conceptual background and findings from recent and ongoing work done as part of the FCL2 Cognition Perception and Behaviour in Urban Environments project and more recently the IntraCREATE SEED project ‘NICE’, and how this can contribute to the planning of future urban developments.
Starts 2022-11-16 17:00
Ends 2022-11-16 18:00
Registration & Signup https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/global-seminar-disentangling-the-social-and-aesthetic-in-urban-design-tickets-465557403727
Location Value Lab Asia - Level 6, CREATE Tower, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore
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Event type: Public
September
2022
11
Sun
Starts 2022-09-11 09:00
Ends 2022-09-16 05:00
Public Link https://sweapevent.com/ethweek-registration
Location Zurich - ETH Hönggerberg
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Event type: Participation
August
2022
31
Wed
Starts 2022-08-31 05:00
Ends 2022-08-31 06:00
Public Link https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/global-seminar-how-urban-design-can-influence-walkability-tickets-405004799257
Location Singapore - CREATE Tower, ValueLab Asia
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Event type: Public
17
Wed
Starts 2022-08-17 05:00
Ends 2022-08-17 06:00
Public Link https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/global-seminar-cities-knowledge-graph-tickets-387285851407
Location Singapore - CREATE Tower, ValueLab Asia
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Event type: Public
July
2022
31
Sun
Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Emerging Stronger The biennial World Cities Summit (WCS) is an exclusive platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships. Jointly organised by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), key highlights of the Summit include the WCS Mayors Forum, the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and the WCS Young Leaders Symposium.
Starts 2022-07-31 09:00
Ends 2022-08-03 06:00
Public Link https://www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg/
Location Singapore - Sand Expo and Convention Centre
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Event type: Participation
June
2022
01
Wed
The GEOSummit is and wants to continue to be an important networking event for the Swiss geo-sector, even under difficult conditions, and is intended to create added value for the participants in their everyday work.
Starts 2022-06-01 09:00
Public Link https://www.geosummit.ch/geosummit-2022/geosummit-2022-vernetzt-mensch-und-raum.html
Location Olten - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
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Event type: Participation
February
2022
15
Tue
Starts 2022-02-15 08:00
Ends 2022-02-15 08:00
Event type: Public
January
2022
25
Tue
Starts 2022-01-25 08:00
Ends 01/25/22 08:00:00 PM
Event type: Public
December
2021
November
2021
17
Wed
Starts 2021-11-17 08:00
Event type: Participation
October
2021
31
Sun
Starts 2021-10-31 08:00
Ends 2021-11-29 08:00
Event type: Internal
September
2021
30
Thu
Starts 2021-09-30 08:00
Ends 2021-11-14 08:00
Public Link http://www.google.com
Event type: Internal
14
Tue
July
2021
11
Sun
Starts 2021-07-11 08:00
Ends 2021-08-28 08:00
Event type: Internal
June
2021
20
Sun
The World Cities Summit is an exclusive platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships. Since its inauguration in 2008, the biennial Summit has been attended by over 250 global cities and supported by leaders from government, business, international organisations and academia. Jointly organised by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the World Cities Summit is held in conjunction with the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) and the CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (CESG). Highlights of the Summit include the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, the WCS Mayors Forum and City Solutions Singapore.
Starts 2021-06-20 08:00
Ends 2021-06-22 08:00
Public Link https://www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg
Event type: Participation

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