Sustainable cities will be under the Spotlights at the Convergences World Forum

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    Carine Valette
    20 July 2018 - updated 2 years ago
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Date & time: 
Monday, 3 September, 2018 - 09:00 to Tuesday, 4 September, 2018 - 22:30
Location: 
Palais Brongniart
Place de la Bourse
75002 Paris
France
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The 11th edition of the Convergences World Forum will gather more than 5000 representatives of the economic, political, associative, academic and media worlds on 3 and 4 September in Paris. Coming from all over the world, these participants will meet to share and accelerate solutions around the theme "Make Society, Make Tomorrow".

They will be part of the speakers : Célia Blauel, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of sustainable development, Vincent Callebaut, Architect, Carlos Moreno, Co-founder and scientific director « Entrepreneuriat, Territoire Innovation » Chair, at the University Panthéon Sorbonne, Michèle Sabban, Chairwoman of the R20 network, and many more.

Five main themes will be highlighted this year: « Good health & well being », « Quality education », « Decent work and economic growth », « Sustainable cities and communities » and « Partnerships ».

Organized in partnership with ACTED, the City of Paris and the Crédit Coopératif, the Convergences World Forum has become the major meeting point for the sustainable development actors over the past ten years, thanks to its ability to aggregate initiatives and converge agendas and actors.