Thematic events
around Paris
In addition to the main sessions taking place at the Palais de Chaillot on November 10 and 11, a series of thematic events will be hosted by the Forum and partner organizations across Paris.
On November 8
The Forum kicks off with the screening of “Inside Gaza,” a documentary on the life and work of Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists in times of war, at the Institut du monde arabe (IMA).
Opened by Franck Paris, Director of the Paris Peace Forum, and Anne-Claire Legendre, President of the Institut du monde arabe. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with journalist Nabil Diab, former Radio France correspondent in Gaza, and Miriam Boussairi of Super Novae, moderated by Sylvain Estibal, Deputy Producer AFP DOCS.
This event is at 1 Rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris. Reserve your free ticket here.
On November 9
The Foreign Ministries S&T Advice Network (FMSTAN) was established in 2016 as an informal community of practice bringing together experts dealing with science and technology matters in Ministries of Foreign Affairs. On 9th November 2026 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, FMSTAN will organise an open symposium on “Reinventing science diplomacy in a changing world”, taking place in the framework of the World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November). The event will be organised with the support of the European Commission in cooperation with UNESCO.
Place : UNESCO Headquarters, 125 Avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris. Sign up for the event here.
On November 9, business leaders, investors, philanthropists, nonprofit representatives, and French and international public officials will come together alongside those at the heart of the discussion: children.
The event will showcase inspiring initiatives and, above all, drive concrete, measurable commitments that can be tracked over time. Because putting children first means turning words into action, through the decisions we make, the funding we allocate, and the way we work together.
This event is invitation-only.
The roundtable, jointly organized by UNESCO, the Permanent Delegation of Luxembourg to UNESCO and Access Now, will bring together experts, governments, international organizations, and civil society representatives to discuss approaches for protecting information flows, data ecosystems, and digital infrastructure serving civilian populations. Participants will be among the first to discuss the findings from UNESCO’s upcoming report with the University of Melbourne, Digital Governance in Times of Crisis, which examines how regulatory, institutional, and human rights frameworks can strengthen the resilience of information and communication systems during emergencies. The discussion will focus on freedom of expression, access to information, data governance, documentary heritage, cultural diversity and the resilience of information ecosystems, while drawing on the complementary expertise of the roundtable’s participants.
This event is invitation-only.
This closed-door workshop, co-organized by IDDRI and the Office of the French G7 Presidency, will explore practical pathways for renewing multilateral cooperation while maintaining the United Nations at its centre. It will bring together practitioners engaged in ongoing reform processes and experts from different geographies and fields to examine how diverse visions of international cooperation can find common ground and translate into collective action.
The discussion will focus on identifying areas of convergence between the G7 and emerging and developing economies; strengthening implementation while considering where international rules and frameworks may need to evolve; improving coordination across international fora; and addressing structural challenges in the international financial system, including access to long-term finance for developing economies.
The workshop will seek to identify practical initiatives that France could advance through its G7 Presidency, while building bridges with emerging and developing countries and creating opportunities for proposals to be taken forward in relevant fora. It will also identify priorities for a broader action agenda for renewed multilateralism, based on greater trust, shared ownership and effective implementation.
The anticipated audience will include senior practitioners and experts involved in global governance and multilateral reform, representatives of the French G7 Presidency, and participants bringing perspectives from G7, emerging and developing economies. Discussions will take place under the Chatham House Rule to encourage open and constructive exchange.
This event is invitation-only.
Convened by the Paris Peace Forum together with the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) and Inria, the event will gather policymakers, researchers, industry leaders, and civil-society experts around three roundtables. Held on invitation under the ninth edition’s theme From Sovereignty to Cooperation, and labelled under the French Presidency of the G7, it will examine how to operationalize more open, inclusive and resilient approaches to AI.
This event is invitation-only.
The event will consist of two complementary parts. First, an evidence-to-practice workshop with practitioners and implementers will focus on translating evidence into practice, sharing findings from HPI-funded research alongside the broader evidence base and examining their implications for programme design and implementation. Second, a high-level reception will bring together policymakers, implementing partners and funders to highlight priority evidence gaps, shape future research priorities, and mobilise sustained investment in evidence generation for humanitarian protection.
This event is invitation-only.
This roundtable will explore what the minerals–defence nexus means for European security. How should Europe assess its vulnerabilities beyond traditional energy dependencies? Where does mineral dependency translate into a defence-readiness problem, and where is it still just an economic risk? And how can Europe build more resilient supply chains while strengthening partnerships with resource-rich countries?
Bringing together perspectives from defence analysis, geopolitics and European security policy, the discussion will examine how minerals are changing the strategic environment, and what Europe needs to do to avoid turning one set of dependencies into another.
This event is invitation-only.
On the eve of the Paris Peace Forum, DiploCité invites a hundred students, young professionals and experts to work on a tangible test of international cooperation: food security. Conflicts, climate shocks and the Strait of Hormuz crisis have shown that no country can secure its food supply alone, and children are the first to pay the price.
After a short conversation with invited speakers, participants split into ten thematic commissions, each facilitated by a doctoral researcher, to identify concrete levers of cooperation. Recommendations are presented in plenary and will be published in a DiploWatch report, as for the 2025 edition.
This event is invitation-only.
On November 12
Hosted by Save the Children and opened by CEO Inger Ashing, this closed-door high-level roundtable offers an exclusive briefing on Save the Children’s 2026 Stop the War on Children report ahead of its global launch. It will share new analysis of children in conflict: the scale and patterns of harm, main threats and emerging trends, and practical steps that bring children real protections.
Participants will work to identify concrete steps to better protect children. In the spirit of the Forum’s theme, From Sovereignty to Cooperation, the roundtable asks what cooperation is needed to protect children for the next thirty years, and what actions sovereign states can take to defend them.
Held under the Chatham House Rule, it will convene senior participants from governments, the UN, regional organisations, donors and civil society.
This event is invitation-only.
This event is about creating a generation with the skills, confidence, and collective agency to approach conflict differently and, ultimately, build an unstoppable force for peace.
Bringing together leaders from global youth movements and civil society, alongside young practitioners — true artisans of peace — this conversation will explore how organisations with enormous individual reach can work together toward one of humanity’s most ambitious shared goals: teaching peace at a global scale.
This event is invitation-only.