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SRIC4 #06: “Cake O’Peace”

1 December @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm CET

This is the preliminary webinar #06 of the IV SRI World Congress (SRIC4)

Abstract

Peace of Cake is a symbolic culinary project called “Cake O’Peace” associated with Guy Pignolet from La Réunion. It evokes the Apollo-Soyouz docking system as a metaphor for peace. Guy Pignolet, a Senior Space Educator involved with the Réunion Island Space Initiative, and Julien Leveneur promote this initiative as a call for peace through a symbolic cake. Events related to this include a Space Renaissance Webinar on December 1, 2025, featuring Guy Pignolet and Julien Leveneur, and the upcoming publication of a related book on December 20, 2025. This project ties together space themes and peace advocacy using a culinary metaphor linked to Réunion Island and its community.
Together with the French Champion of Pastry Julien Leveneur, we are launching the Peace of Cake project of home pastry cooking of cakes in the shape of the APAS docking system for the world promotion of the Apollo-Soyuz industry cooperation spirit that will help the development of SRI visions. We shall ask people worldwide to make cakes in their kitchens and tell their families, neighbours, and their local economic community. We shall ask them to send their recipe and two pictures of their cakes. We shall make a limited selection of the most interesting contributions, and edit an internet book that will also mention all the contributors worldwide.

A short bio

Guy Pignolet is a senior space educator and researcher originally from the French/European island of La Réunion. He is an alumnus of the prestigious École Polytechnique and holds a PhD-AbD in behavioral sciences and organization from Cornell University. His career path has been diverse, ranging from working with petroleum companies in the Middle East, Nigeria, and Indonesia to serving 22 years at the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), focusing on interplanetary future plans and space education. After returning to La Réunion, Pignolet became involved in local regional development and education, including wireless energy transmission research at the University of La Réunion. He was formerly president of the Education Committee of the International Astronautical Federation and has actively promoted space-related activities and education in his home region and beyond. He is also known as the creator of the flag of La Réunion and continues to engage in scientific, educational, and intercultural projects that extend La Réunion’s influence to a planetary and interplanetary scale.

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