Launched in 2016 with an exceptional evening in Paris that brought together leading French and international voices to discuss the major issues of our time, the Night of Ideas has quickly established itself on the French and international agenda. Every year, on the last Thursday in January, the Institut français invites all cultural and educational institutions in France and on all five continents to join in celebrating the free circulation of ideas and knowledge, by offering conferences, meetings, forums and roundtables, as well as screenings, artistic performances and workshops for young people, all on the same evening, around a theme that everyone can interpret in their own way.