Conférences - activities

The Sacred Heritage Festival: traditional craftsmanship and artistic modernity unite for an inner odyssey

The Festival Héritage Sacré presents its first edition: a day dedicated to arts and crafts, between tradition and modernity. To be discovered on Saturday May 11, 2024 at La Celle-Saint-Cloud.

Paris-Saclay Summit: the scientific event at EDF Lab Paris Saclay

The Paris-Saclay Summit, an event bringing together numerous experts in science and innovation, awaits you for workshops and conferences in Palaiseau, at the EDF Lab Paris Saclay, on February 29 and March 1, 2024. Artificial intelligence, medical innovation, green chemistry... an opportunity to learn more about the future of science and its essential role in our society, at the heart of the prestigious Paris-Saclay cluster.

Adelphe Game Fest 2024: the event dedicated to inclusivity and women's rights in gaming

Attention female gamers and other video game enthusiasts! Head to the Cité des Sciences to take part in the Adelphe Game Fest on March 9 and 10, 2024, to mark International Women's Rights Day. This pioneering initiative by Women in Games France and its partners aims to promote inclusivity and diversity in the video game industry. Discover captivating conferences, enriching encounters and fun activities dedicated to female empowerment and fraternity beyond gender!

2024, Year of Hector Guimard: free lectures and events on Art Nouveau in Paris

This year, the city of Paris has decided to highlight the figure of Hector Guimard, a key figure in Art Nouveau in France and in the capital. From January 31, 2024, conferences and free events are planned to celebrate him.

Humanitarian Talk returns to the Climate Academy in November 2023

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL's Humanitarian Talk returns on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at the Académie du Climat, with water at the heart of climate suffering as its central theme.

Conference by Charles Pépin: Vivre Avec son Passé at Le Petit Saint-Martin

How can we turn our past into a force for the future? This is the question philosopher Charles Pépin sets out to answer. To mark the release of his new essay "Vivre avec son passé", published on September 7 by Allary, Charles Pépin will be giving 2 lectures, on November 14 and 21, at the Théâtre du Petit Saint-Martin.

Porter la plume dans l'après, a participatory conference on how to be better informed

Open conversation for better information, with two journalists and a historian of the future. Free event proposed by Epop&, Institut des Futurs souhaitables: May 11, 7pm in Paris.

Inspirations Végétales 2023, the free plant and urban agriculture festival in Montrouge

On the weekend of June 3 and 4, 2023, head to Montrouge for the new edition of Inspirations Végétales, the festive event dedicated to green living and urban agriculture. The opportunity to learn more about the new trends in greening and urban agriculture, to shop for plants and to entertain your kids!

China-France Cultural Industry Promotion Conference to learn more about Shenzhen's cultural industry

If you are attracted by the Chinese cultural market, the China Cultural Center is organizing a China-France Cultural Industry Promotion Conference on March 28, 2023 in Paris as part of the China International Cultural Industry Fair. It will be an opportunity to learn more about Shenzhen, the "Capital of Design"!

Happy Folk: concept store, tea room and wellness center in the 11th arrondissement - permanently closed

Part concept store, part DIY workshop space and part coffee shop, Happy Folk, the 11th arrondissement's new zen spot, is sure to please. Opening March 16, 2019!

Paris Electronic Week 2022 comes to La Villette

Paris Electronic Week is back in Paris! For its 10th anniversary, the event dedicated to electro music is to take over the Villette from Wednesday September 21 to Saturdya 24, 2022. On the menu? Professional meetings, debates and many parties!

Visit the royal estate of Marly, the family home of Louis XIV

Marly was a pleasure residence of the Sun King, 7 km from Versailles, where only a select few had the privilege of being received. Although the château has now been demolished, the magnificent estate remains open to visitors, and a museum offers a chance to relive the atmosphere of Marly over the years and the kings who frequented it!

Coronavirus: several experts recommend suspending concerts until Fall 2021

And what if big events were sustained until… Fall 2021? This is what recommend several specialist doctors as they fear a new wave of coronavirus contamination in case of too harshly resume of concerts, shows or sport events.

Cosmopolis edition 2019 at Paris Centre Pompidou

With Cosmopolis Paris Centre Pompidou welcomes a project that goes beyond a simple exhibition to experience from October 23 to December 23, 2019. Meet on the first floor, Galerie 3 (a place visible from the outside) to wonder about the new issues of technology.

Lab Alterfood at Paris Galeries Lafayette Gourmet

From September 16 to October 10, 2019, Lab Alterfood at Paris Galeries Lafayette Gourmet unveils what tomorrow’s food will be made of.

Les Nuits des étoiles 2019 at Tour Montparnasse

Nuits des étoiles returns from Friday August 2 to Sunday August 4, 2019. To get a front-row seat in Paris and enjoy the show without being disturbed by the city's light pollution, head for the top of the Tour Montparnasse and its observatory culminating over 200 meters high.

Sustainable Development week 2019 at Paris Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale

For Sustainable Development Week 2019, Paris Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale [Tropical Agronomy Garden] offers several free entertainments from June 3 to 5, 2019 focusing on 5 themes: searching & learning, feeding, working & cooperating, moving, eco-building.

New in Paris: the Giacometti Lab at the Giacometti Institute

It’s new: in May 2019, the Fondation Giacometti inaugurates the “Giacometti Lab”, a place created in partnership with the Giacometti Institute and entirely devoted to modern art instruction and research.

Paris / New-York Heritage Festival 2019

Paris / New York Heritage Festival 2019 invests the capital with a new edition to discover from June 12 to 16. On the program? Concerts, screenings and debates around African, Afro, Latin American and Native Arts.

DAU Paris 2019: a unique immersive project by Ilya Khrzhanovsky

DAU, the not-to-be-missed artistic and cultural event at the start of the year, lands at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de La Ville and Centre Pompidou from Thursday January 24 to Sunday February 17, 2019, and promises to give Parisians a more than ambitious and totally new experience right in the heart of the capital....