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‘The Night of Ideas’ in Colombo

The French Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Maldives and the Alliance française de Kotte will hold the second edition of ‘The Night of Ideas’ (in French: Nuit des Idées) in Colombo. Under the theme of ‘The Tropical Forest’, this event will take place from 5pm on January 30 at the BCIS.

Launched in 2016 at the initiative of the French government, ‘The Night of Ideas’ brings together leading international thinkers, scientists and artists across the five continents to ponder on world major challenges, during one night.

The event will be held in two parts:

* A screening of the documentary “Once Upon a Forest” by Luc Jacquet

* A talk between specialists around the theme of tropical forest

Tharuka Dissanaike, UNDP, N. Ayyappan – Researcher, Institut Français de Pondichery

Ananda Mallawatantri – Country Representative, International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN and Hemantha Withanage – Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Justice will be present.

The event is free, on registration at [email protected].

For more information, please visit the Facebook event The Night of Ideas in Colombo, or the website https://lk.ambafrance.org or www.alliancefrançaise.lk.


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