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The Cité de la réussite at the Collège de France

november 23 and 24 2024
Visual Cité de la réussite: confidence in question (woman in swimsuit jumping off diving board)

On November23 and 24 the Collège de France will be hostingthe 22nd edition of the Cité de la réussite, in conjunction with the Sorbonne.

Launched in 1989, every two yearsthe Cité de la réussite brings togetherleading figures from the worlds of academia, science, politics, business and the media for two days of debate and exchange of ideas on a chosen theme. Its primary aim is to bring together decision-makers and new generations to discuss major contemporary issues. Participation is open to all. At the last event in 2022, twenty-five thousand people attended the debates.

On November 23 and 24 2024, the central theme of the Cité de la réussite meetings will be trust. For this occasion, and on the initiative of the Avenir Commun Durableproject , the Collège de France is joining forces with the Cité de la réussite to host some of the sixty debates and two hundred speakers in the Marguerite de Navarre and Guillaume Budé amphitheaters. The Collège de France will be at the heart of the discussions, thanks to the participation of eleven of its honorary or active professors, as well as three professors or former professors with annual chairs.

With the participation of statutory professors Samantha Besson, Patrick Boucheron, Françoise Combes, Antoine Compagnon, Alain Fischer, Marc Fontecave, Pierre-Louis Lions, Dario Mantovani, Pierre-Michel Menger, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Pierre Rosanvallon, and current and former annual professors : Chris Bowler, Yves Bréchet and François-Marie Bréon.