The World Expo in Osaka, where Luxembourg will be represented with a national pavilion, opens on 13 April. The team has recently been strengthened, with the appointment of Nancy Braun as deputy director. She was previously director of Esch2022-European Capital of Culture.

. He has been based in Osaka since 1 October 2024 and will be supported from 1 March by Braun, Manon Jungen (protocol manager), Paul Kuffer (events manager), Yannick Majerus (communications manager), Christophe Nickels (operations manager) and Alain Hostert (hospitality manager and EHTL coordinator).

Luxembourg will be presenting itself at the World Expo under the motto “Doki Doki--The Luxembourg Heartbeat,” with André Hansen as general curator. , which has designed a structure that can be dismantled in accordance with the principles of the circular economy. The scenography was developed by jangled nerves.

The pavilion’s sound identity will be designed by Claude Zeimes, and the furniture for the VIP area will be by Julie Conrad Design Studio and BrakoN!ier (Norbert Brakonier), Dante Goods and Bads (Christophe de la Fontaine), Geckeler Michels and Georges Zigrand.

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