Our activities

Renaissance Numérique is a forum for debate, where expertise and points of view meet and mutually enrich each other. The discussions we hold together give rise to a rich and varied output: reports, notes, interviews, opinion pieces, etc. These are just some of the formats we use to share our analyses and proposals. This content is showcased at events, whether open to all or reserved for our members. Want to contribute to the public debate and move ideas forward? Join Renaissance Numérique and take part in a collective debate on digital issues!

 


Our publications are the result of discussions between our members and external experts. They aim to shed light on the digital transformation and its impact on citizens.

Reports

Each year, the think tank produces on average one comprehensive report based on a collective analysis of a specific topic. Renaissance Numérique reports are recognised as highly qualitative documents. They are produced over a period of several months, and rely as much on the expertise and knowledge of members who have specifically set up a working group around the selected subject, as on those of external experts who are invited to contribute (generally via hearings or events). Each report published by Renaissance Numérique puts forward recommendations defending the interests of citizens.

AI Governance: Empowering Civil Society
(2024)
Governing the Metaverse & tomorrow’s internet!
(2023)
Age assurance online: working towards a proportionate and European approach
(2022)
Health data: getting citizens on board!
(2021)

Notes

Renaissance Numérique’s notes are publications that are a few pages long. They mostly reflect the think tank’s position on a current topic or a topic that is at the heart of digital policy debates, a bill that has been proposed at the French or European level, or a public consultation. Each note is written and reviewed by a small group of members.

For an effective interregulation in the digital sphere
EU Digital Policy: the time has come to connect the dots
European technological sovereignty
European legislation on artificial intelligence

 


Summaries

The summaries are reports of events organised or attended by Renaissance Numérique.

Economic and ethical perspectives on the future of artificial intelligence in the EU
The future of digital technologies governance
How to work together to preserve our online information space?
Regulation of facial recognition technologies:
A comparative analysis of France and the United Kingdom

 


Interviews

Renaissance Numérique regularly publishes interviews of key players in the French and international digital ecosystem.

Etienne Drouard Daniel Andler
Justine Atlan
Managing Director of the Association e-Enfance/3018
Etienne Drouard
Partner at Hogan Lovells
Sophie Le Pallec
Head of Public Affairs at GS1
Daniel Andler
Mathematician and french philosopher

 


Op-eds & media intervention

Renaissance Numérique contributes to ensuring that the interests of citizens are heard in the public debate, by publishing articles or opinion pieces in general or specialised news outlets, and by appearing in various media.

Publication de Jean François Lucas dans Chut Magazine Jean-François Lucas a la Rencontre des Sablons
Column by Jean-François Lucas (General Delegate) in Chut Magazine
Jean-François Lucas at the “Rencontres des Sablons”
Column by Samuel Le Goff (President)
Tribune Le Monde - JF
Op-ed by Jean-François Lucas (General Manager) in Le Monde
Nicolas Vanbremeersch (former President) in B Smart
Jessica Galissaire (Studies Manager) in the M6 news

 


Monthly newsletter

At the end of each month, Renaissance Numérique produces a newsletter (in French only). Followed by several thousand readers, it provides a summary of the news, activities and topics covered by the think tank over the past month, as well as invitations to forthcoming events.

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Renaissance Numérique regularly organises high-level events and meetings that are either public or reserved for its members. The think tank’s focus on public interest enables it to offer a rare quality and freedom of exchange with the public and private sector decision-makers who are shaping policies related to the digital transformation of society in France and Europe.

The “Dialogues”

Our ‘Dialogues’ are days of study and collective work uniting French, European and international experts to debate the societal, economic and technological issues surrounding a specific digital subject. This engaging, international, multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach enables a limited circle of participants (often around twenty) to take part in high-level exchanges.

 

In 2023 and 2024, Renaissance Numérique brought together experts from around the world for three ‘Dialogues’ centred on the international governance of artificial intelligence:

 

 

In 2022 and 2023, Renaissance Numérique gathered experts from around the world as part of three ‘Dialogues’ on the Metaverse:

 

 

 

“OFF-the-Record Meetings”

Our “OFF-the-Record Meetings” offer Renaissance Numérique members a unique and exclusive opportunity to discuss with key players in digital public policy on current and highly strategic topics. Since we launched this concept, we have welcomed more than 40 actors involved in French and European digital public policy.

Find out more about our latest guests.

“Aux Sources du Numérique” (ASDN) cycle

The ASDN cycle was a regular series of meetings with authors of recent works on digital issues. These meetings, which were open to all, aimed to discover their analyses of the issues raised by the digital transformation of society and to discuss them collectively.  This cycle of events was organised in partnership with the French Digital Council (Conseil national du numérique or CNNum) and essayist Hubert Guillaud.