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Paris: the Sorbonne and UNESCO
On 24 October, at the Sorbonne, Alain Berset speaks to students on “Democracy put to the test by fake news”. Disinformation is not new, he says; what changes is how it spreads. And he rejects a state-defined truth: “It is difficult and dangerous to determine administratively what is true or false.”
On 25 October, at UNESCO, he speaks at the international conference of the Architects’ Council of Europe and the International Union of Architects on architectural competitions, following on from the 2018 Davos Declaration. He quotes Le Corbusier and hopes that the quality of building culture will become “a real objective in our society”.
He hands the Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, the instrument of ratification of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
Thursday 24 October 2019 — Paris
- Lecture at the Sorbonne, “Democracy put to the test by fake news”, and discussion with students
- Meeting with the management of TV5 Monde and live interview
Friday 25 October 2019 — Paris
- ACE-UIA conference on architectural competitions, UNESCO headquarters, speech
- Meeting with Audrey Azoulay, handover of the instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Underwater Cultural Heritage
- Visit to the Google Cultural Institute Lab
Speeches on this site
- Pour une culture du bâti de qualité (French-language page)
- « La démocratie à l’épreuve des fake news » : conférence à la Sorbonne (French-language page)
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