Meetings on Sustainable Development

Initiated by the Open Diplomacy l’nstitut in partnership with KEDGE, the aim of the Sustainable Development Meetings is to offer French citizens debate on ecological and solidarity transition just after the general debate of the UN General Assembly. Placed under the high patronage of Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, the first annual event was to take place from 22 to 29 September 22nd in seven of the French Grandes Ecoles located throughout the country (Montpellier, Marseille, Dijon, Strasbourg, Paris, Bordeaux, and Nantes) before COVID-19 forced the complete digitalisation of the event recorded from Paris. 

The meetings will be broadcast live on www.les-rdd.fr/live.

• In 2020, the RDDs will include around 70 live conferences broadcast on the event site, covering seven different themes: (link on the attached programme)
• 22 September: Transforming Capitalism, with Minister Bruno Le Maire and Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Prize winner),
• 23 September: Sharing the Earth, in the presence of Minister Barbara Pompili and Youba Sokona (Vice-President, IPCC), and Hugo Clément, Journalist
• 24 September: Accessing Well-Being, with Minister Ségolène Royal and Guy Ryder (Director-General, ILO),
• 25 September: Acting in Time, with Frans Timmermans and Alain Le Roy (former UN Under-Secretary-General),
• 26 September: Building the Europe of Ecology,  with Claire Waysand (interim Chief Executive Officer, Engie)
• 28 September: Recycling the Economy, with Emmanuel Grenier (President, Cdiscount), Minister Olivia Grégoire, and Jeffrey Sachs, President, UN-SDSN and Professor at Columbia University
• 29 September: Conducting the Right Transition, in the presence of Minister Sarah El Haïry and Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel Prize)

Round-table discussions with our experts:

22 September

• 6:45 to 7:30 pm | Closing round table with:

Moderator: Thomas Friang, Founder | CEO, l’Institut Open Diplomacy

23 September

• 9:00 to 9:30 am | Opening addresses by:

- Thomas Friang, Founder | CEO, Institut Open Diplomacy
- Alexandre de Navailles, Director General, KEDGE Business School 
- Saïd Ahamada, Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône, Co-chair of the National Assembly study group on towns and suburbs
Anne Claudius-Petit, Regional Councillor, Vice-President of the Biodiversity Commission of the South Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur Region 

• 2:00 to 3:30 pm | Round Table #2 « Share the Earth, Respect all Living Things” with: 

- Danielle Castagnoni, Professor, KEDGE Business School 
- Yann Laurans, Director of the Director, « Biodiversity and Ecosystems » programme, l'IDDRI 
- Frédéric Le Manach, Scientifc Director, Bloom 
- Céline Soubranne, CSR Director, Axa
- Frédérique Tuffnell, Member, Chair of the National Assembly study group on water and biodiversity

Moderator: Virginie Salmen, Europe 1

• 5:45 to 6:30 pm | Closing Round Table with:

- Sébastien Barles, Deputy Mayor of Marseille in charge of the ecological transition and the « college of the future”
- Alexandre Asselineau, Professeur and Director of Research, Burgundy School of Business 
- Vincent Mangematin,  Dean, KEDGE Business School

Moderator: Xavier Timbeau, Director, l’OFCE and Administrator, l’Institut Open Diplomacy

24 September

• 2:00 to 3:30 | Round Table #2 « Let's Access Well-Being, Let's Care About Education" with::

26 September

• 6:35 pm to 7:20 pm | Closing Round Table with:

- Aurélien Decamps, Associate Professor, KEDGE Business School, Co-founder, Sulitest.org
- Dan Lert, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the ecological transition and climate change- Valérie Moatti, Dean of the ESCP Faculty
- Amandine R., Member, Citizens' Climate Convention

Moderator: Alexandra Lesur, Administrator, l’Institut Open Diplomacy

28 September

• 10:00 to 11:30 | Round table #1 "Recycling the Economy, Rethinking our Agricultural Systems" with:

Moderator: Pierre-Emmanuel Saint-Esprit, Co-founder, Moho

• 2:30 to 4:00 | Round table #2 "Recycling the Economy, Rethinking Our Productive Apparatus" with:

- Anicia Jaegler, Professeure à KEDGE Business School
- Nicolas Perry, Professor of Arts and Crafts, ParisTech
- Guillaume Vat, Director, L’Oréal factory of Rambouillet (tentative)

Moderator: Pierre-Emmanuel Saint-Esprit, Co-founder de Moho

• 5:00 to 6:00 | Round table #3 "Recycling the Economy, Rethinking our Modes of Transport " with:

Moderator: Pierre-Emmanuel Saint-Esprit, Co-founder, Moho

• 6:50 to 7:50 | Closing Round Table with:

Moderator: Anaïs Voy-Gillis, Secretary, l’Institut Open Diplomacy

This event is supported by 50 partners:

• Co-organising partners: ENA; ESCP; Montpellier Business School; Kedge; Burgundy School of Business; Audencia.
• Institutional partners: Ministry of Ecological Transition; Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery; European Commission; OECD; ILO; UNESCO; ADEME.
• Media partners: France Culture ; La Croix ; We Demain ; Pour l'Eco ; Touteleurope.eu ; L'Info Durable.
• Associated partners: United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network; United Nations Global Compact; International Panel on Social Progress.
• Supporting partners: L'Oréal; Citeo; June Partners; Focus 2030; Schneider Electric; Societer.
• Scientific partners: IDDRI; CIRAD; BVA; OpinionWay; ENSAM; CentraleSupéléc.
• Voluntary partners: BNP Paribas; Reforest'Action; Comité 21; C3D; Association 4D; Max Havelaar; OREE; La Fonda; Fondation des transitions; Sparknews; ELYX Foundation; Time for the Planet; Reporters d'espoirs; bluenove.