During the Francophonie Days, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy, ​​the Institut Français in Prague welcomes Bertrand Piccard, famous Swiss psychiatrist, explorer and environmentalist, on Monday March 14, in Kino 35. Recognized worldwide as the co-creator and co-pilot of the „Solar Impulse„, the solar-energy-using plane, he completed the first world tour aboard a plane that uses no fuel and produces no polluting emissions, during the flight!

 From 2:30 pm to 4 pm,  the documentary „Solar Impulse: the impossible world tour“, which traces the history of the solar plane, from its conception to its first world tour, will be screened, in French with English subtitles.

From 4 pm to 5 pm,  Bertrand Piccard will present his latest book Realistes: Soyons logiques, autant qu’écologiques and will answer questions from the public, followed by a signing session until 5.30 pm. Mr. Piccard’s intervention will be translated into Czech.

 Free entrance. To participate, please register here: https://www.ifp.cz/cz/homepage/event2099-bertrand-piccard-dobrodruzstvi-solar-impulse#/