Budding Ambassadors 2025: 'The French-speaking world, a journey through time and space'

Written By François Hurtaud

Eloquence, persuasion, teamwork, and debate to shine a light on the values of Francophonie.

The 2025 edition of the AAEH competition, organized by the AEFE, brought together students from the network of French schools abroad around the theme: Francophonie: a journey through time and space.

Following the school-level finals, students from Year 6 to Seconde were selected to form the team representing LFKL at the Asia-Pacific regional final. The Lycée Français de Kuala Lumpur had the honor of hosting this event from March 26 to 28, 2025, with the participation of 17 teams from 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Three days of competition, filled with lively exchanges and strong emotions, allowed these young ambassadors to enjoy a unique experience, developing their public speaking and debating skills, and leaving proud and enriched by the journey! Students from different schools were selected to form the Asia-Pacific team, which will compete in the world final.

François Hurtaud

François Hurtaud begun his design career in 2008 as a studio designer after graduating from Masters Degree in Advanced Studies in Cross-cultural Design at Shanghai University and a Bachelor in Industrial Design at L’Ecole de Design de Nantes in France.

Hurtaud then headed the design force for several consumer goods companies where he demonstrates his understanding of the power of social and sustainable design, cross-cultural and the precarious balance of function and form in luxury design and production.

Since his childhood, Hurtaud has always had the passion for art, science and technology; passions that he cultivated and improved through formal educations and apprenticeship in design. Having the chance of working in different countries, agencies and companies, exploring multitude aspects of designs, he now thinks of design as an equation, trying to find creative solutions to balance between functionality & aesthetics, sustainability & profitability, viability & legitimacy. Hurtaud’s designs has received multiple international design awards and accolades, such as Good Design Award, Red Dot Design Award, German Design Award and A' Design Award.

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