University and Campus of Engagement
Summer 2026
from 3 to 6 July 2026 in Aubervilliers
The workshops
Saturday 4 July
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Preparing your pitch well to succeed in your interviews
Philippe SAUNIER, volunteer at the Institut de l’Engagement
- Room 3.01
In this workshop, you will be offered some concrete and unusual tips for being well-prepared and convincing, based on recruitment and judging experience. They are inspired by effective mental preparation and influence techniques.
Working on your voice and assertiveness to gain confidence!
Benoit VEDEL, General Manager of Air Chateaudun
- Room 3.02
Working on your voice and assertiveness to gain confidence! The voice is increasingly important in a remote working world. Communicating without being overbearing.
Youth engagement – the stake of a community
Marie MASSOUD, Project Manager for the Saint-Denis Educational City
Marwan Talbi, Student involved with the Dream Project association
- Room 3.03
Youth engagement is a collective endeavour. Come and chat with a project manager from the city of Saint-Denis and an association representative to discover what a local authority can offer to encourage this involvement. An opportunity to ask your questions, react, and also share your views and ideas as engaged young people!
Let's rethink mental health together
Honorine DUSSERRE, Mentoring Officer at the Institut de l’Engagement
Sofia MELKI, Mentoring Officer at the Institut de l’Engagement
- Room 3.05
What if we deconstructed our preconceived notions about mental health?
Through an interactive presentation and group discussions, explore your perceptions and participate in collective reflection to better understand this essential issue.
Game #Dilemma: Financial literacy
Emma Colombier, Coordinator at Crésus – Dilemma
Frédéric TOURETZ, Volunteer at Crésus – Dilemma
- Room 3.06
Managing your money while having fun.
In Dilemma Education, each board turn represents a month of daily life. Participants must manage their budget by receiving a salary, paying their bills, and making decisions to save or treat themselves. The objective is to save enough to finance a project while learning to juggle unexpected events, daily expenses, and consumer temptations.
Networking without denying yourself: finding your place in codified environments
Inès CHAABA, Solicitor
- Room 3.07
This workshop offers an exploration of the implicit codes of demanding professional environments, without losing your authenticity or adopting an artificial posture.
Through practical exchanges, the aim will be to identify one's own levers of presence, legitimacy and relationship to build a network aligned with one's values.
Rhetoric workshop
Célia AYADI, Vice-President of Graine d’Orateur 93
- Auditorium 250
Since 2015, the Graine d’Orateur 93 project has aimed to assist, encourage, and build the confidence of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by teaching them the basics of rhetoric, in order to break down the self-censorship that prevents them from overcoming negative social perceptions. This workshop will allow participants to discover the fundamentals of rhetoric, with exercises and role-playing activities focusing on paraverbal and non-verbal communication, as well as argumentation techniques. It's your turn to play, because practice makes perfect.
Sunday 5 July
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
What are the mistakes to avoid when you want to start your business
Cyril PEYSSON, Partner at Le Footing
- Auditorium 150
Do you fancy starting your own business? I'm giving you some ideas to dare to do it!
The network approach
Isabelle POGU, Director of Territorial Action
- Room 3.02
The aim of this workshop is to define together what a professional network is, discover what a network can bring to the realisation of your project, and share best practices for developing and maintaining your network. A workshop for everyone!
Victor L’Huillier Cheny, Director at EBrIDE
- Room 3.03
The aim will be to understand what artificial intelligence is and how it can serve (or not) humanity in different situations: businesses, creations, politics, etc.
Let's rethink mental health together
Honorine DUSSERRE, Mentoring Officer at the Institut de l’Engagement
Sofia MELKI, Mentoring Officer at the Institut de l’Engagement
- Room 3.05
What if we deconstructed our preconceived notions about mental health?
Through an interactive presentation and group discussions, explore your perceptions and participate in collective reflection to better understand this essential issue.
Imposter Syndrome
Isabelle MARRET, Programme Manager for «Award Winners» at the Institut de l’Engagement.
- Room 3.06
You doubt. You minimise. You self-sabotage.
What if you weren't «not enough»... but simply a victim of imposter syndrome?
A workshop to understand, unmask and overcome what is stopping you from moving forward.
Oriane PENNY-LEPASTIER, Managing Director of the Institut de l’Engagement
- Room 3.07
Come and discover how the major decisions of the European Union are made through a role-playing game that will allow you to step into the shoes of a European negotiator.
From Commitment to Impact: Become a Pioneer of Tomorrow's World
Fasslati M’LINDE, Director of the sMouvement association
- Room 3.01
Taking action is a first step, but how can you transform your commitment into real power to act? Through discussions, collaborative exercises, and concrete examples, this workshop will enable you to identify your strengths, mobilise a community, and use digital platforms as a lever for social and environmental impact.
Monday 6 July
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Musée d'Orsay – Current Issues and Perspectives for the Musée d'Orsay
Elyse CHARVIN, Data and Visitor Experience Officer
Manon LEMERCIER, Marketing and CRM Manager
Ema JAC, CSR Intern
- auditorium 150
In this interactive workshop, we invite you to reflect on:
• the issue of new forms of communication, such as partnerships with influencers in museums; ;
• the challenges of opening the new exhibition «Whose Are These Works?» dedicated to the presentation of looted works returned to France from Germany and Austria at the end of the Second World War, and entrusted to the care of national museums in the early 1950s.
L'Oréal – Inclusive Beauty «for everyone»
Clélia DESESQUELLES, DEI Project Manager
- Room 3.01
In an increasingly digital world and facing an ageing population, the beauty industry must adapt and offer inclusive solutions that meet the needs of everyone, regardless of their abilities.
Bank of France – #Aventure Entrepreneur Game
Ornellia BUITY, Business Relations Officer
Maxime HALLOUIN, Corporate Relations Manager
- Room 3.02
The game #Aventure Entrepreneur is a board game in which each player takes on the role of a business owner and, on each turn, must make decisions, pay their bills, recruit staff, sell, collect payments from customers and deal with some of the uncertainties inherent in the life of a business owner. At the end of each turn, they must make adjustments and check that their accounts balance (they have a mini profit and loss account – «expenses minus revenue» – and a simplified balance sheet). This workshop provides a fun way to understand the basic ratios of financial analysis and how they interact.
La Poste – What if La Poste changed the game?
Octave Masson, Expert Director Impacts
Clara Pisani-Ferry, Director of the Foresight, Impacts and Commitments Hub
- Room 3.03
As a mission-driven company, La Poste plays a key role in society. But what are society's most urgent needs today? Based on your experiences, you will identify concrete challenges (social connection, inclusion, digital, access to services...) and imagine the commitments La Poste could make. A workshop to reflect, debate, and contribute ideas that matter.
Caisse des dépôts – How to attract young talent to the civil service?
Marie BORON, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Raja YAMANI, Examinations and Competitions Officer
- Room 3.05
»How to make public service competitions more attractive to younger generations, and more specifically to young people from deprived areas and rural zones who are distant from employment?" This workshop aims to reflect on communication tools and recruitment schemes to remove barriers (self-censorship, lack of information, etc.) and attract young people to public service careers, and potentially encourage them to take the competitive exams.
Impact Tank – Citizen Engagement: What Gets Us Moving?
Justine JOURNAIX, Director of Studies and Advocacy
Nicolas SEZIBERA, Impact Assessment and Study Officer
Marème BAKAGA, Officer for Research and Advocacy
- Room 50
Manifesting, volunteering, civic service, voluntary association work, online mobilisation, helping loved ones… The forms of engagement are evolving and diversifying. But what truly drives people to get involved? What does engagement offer to those who experience it, to organisations, and to society?
Through participatory exchanges and creative exercises, this workshop offers you the opportunity to share your vision of civic engagement, to explore what encourages or hinders youth engagement today, and to reflect on the effects of these experiences on individuals and territories.
An opportunity for young people to make their voices heard in a reflection led by the Impact Tank on new forms of civic engagement and their impact.
3.45pm - 5.15pm
LinkedIn – Find a job with LinkedIn
Andrea PHILLIP, Customer Success Manager
- AUDITORIUM 150
During this workshop, you will learn how to use LinkedIn to find a job. You will have the opportunity to discover exclusive figures on employment in France, before exploring best practices for optimising your profile and posts on LinkedIn. Finally, you will see how to maximise your chances of finding a job with LinkedIn.