Entire program

Today, companies are faced with the challenge of taking greater account of sensitive situations that require specific responses. Accessibility, health, psychosocial risks, risks of disengagement: from prevention to response, how are companies integrating these individual issues into their QVCT approach?

Will the roles of HR and IT continue to complement each other in companies? In 2022, both departments affirmed their complementary nature, but is this still the case? Is it possible to offer a comfortable working environment that is conducive to personal development in a company with increasingly limited budgets?

The HR and Work Environment functions now share the same goal: to create the conditions for lasting commitment and a successful employee experience. Between attractiveness, corporate culture, and quality of life at work, their fields of action are converging. The question is no longer whether they are complementary, but how they can work together to transform the company.

Faced with changing habits, corporate catering has had to reinvent itself and rethink its model. Here is a brief overview of the diversity of initiatives in this area to understand how corporate catering remains at the heart of social interaction at work.

For an alternative to performance.

What if the future of organizations no longer lay in performance, but in resilience? How can we build companies that are capable of adapting, cooperating, and enduring in an uncertain world?

The impact of emotions and senses on employees' mental health

What if the real factor in mental health at work wasn't just our HR policies, but also the light that illuminates us, the air we breathe, and the emotions that our workplaces evoke every day?

Colour shapes attention, energy and behaviour in the workplace. It clarifies functions, structures zones and supports space appropriation. It is not decoration. It is a design lever that directly affects how spaces are used. This roundtable, moderated by Sinem Beaujean, brings together design and workplace professionals who will share insights from delivered projects. They will discuss colour strategies, client negotiations and observed effects on spatial clarity, collaboration and focus. The discussion will rely on colour decision tools developed by Sedus, including the Limbic Office® approach, which provides a structured neuroscience-based framework to connect user profiles, space functions and design intent. These tools help objectify decisions and improve emotional comfort for teams using their spaces. The Workspace Paris audience will gain practical methods to build coherent colour strategies, defend design choices and create workplaces that are clearer, better used and better understood by their occupants.

Today, the boundaries between home, office, retail and hotel environments are gradually fading. Everywhere, we aspire to the same quality of experience: the warm comfort of home, the functional efficiency of the workplace, the attentive welcome of retail, and the inspiring atmosphere of hospitality.

In this workshop, ID PRO, a brand of the Schmidt Groupe, explores a strong conviction:
Hospitality is becoming a strategic standard in design.

How can we create spaces that attract rather than oblige?
How can we transform a workplace or a retail space into a memorable experience?
How can interior design become a lever for performance, engagement and value creation?

Speakers:
Laurence Negroni – International B2B & New Business Director, Schmidt Groupe
Jérôme Pacau – CEO and Executive Director Architecture & Design, Cabinet Desdoigt & Partner

An inspiring conversation on how hospitality is redefining the codes of workplace and retail design, paving the way for environments that are more human, more sustainable, more high-performing, and deeply connected to the people who experience them.

What will the ideal office of the younger generation look like?

Younger generations are redefining their relationship with work, presence, and community. Between the search for meaning, flexibility, and the desire for new experiences, their vision of the ideal office goes beyond a simple workspace to become a place for living, inspiration, and connection. This fresh perspective challenges companies to rethink their models and cultures.

Raphael Gielgen
Future of Work Life & Learn by Vitra

A specialist professional at the crossroads of art, fashion, sociology, marketing, and market intelligence, frequenting trendy venues and the press, acting as an explorer of consumer trends and moods, whose mission is to discover what will shape tomorrow's fashion.

New ways of working emphasize flexibility, which has many benefits, but also presents risks for the collective: isolation, rise of individualism, reduced commitment, loss of cohesion, reduced attachment to the company, etc. So how can we maintain collective momentum in this context? How can we reconcile flexibility and cohesion? 

What makes a good office location? 

Based on a study published in November 2025, as well as other literature on the subject, we propose to identify the factors that make a location good for employees. The scale is therefore urban or even regional.

What are the benefits of art in offices? 

While many workspaces are considered bland and soulless, research has shown the benefits of art in spaces for the occupants.

Individual and collective interests in the office can converge: how can this be addressed through design?

The return to the office is mainly argued around the collective dimension of presence. But individual interests are overlooked, even though they are significant. How can the two be reconciled?

When layout contributes to meaning at work, what are the solutions?

The crisis of meaning at work is a ubiquitous topic in organizations. Space has a role to play, particularly in terms of consistency and alignment. But how does this happen?

When considering office occupancy, it is important to understand what makes a workplace pleasant and turns it into a lively place for interaction. The challenge is to explore the idea that people come to the office also (or mainly?) for the people who bring it to life. But to do that, we need to be able to meet them and talk to them in an atmosphere conducive to exchange... 
Service experience, collaborative spaces, dynamic reception areas, living spaces, etc. What frameworks, systems, and layouts are likely to promote friendly interactions between employees?

Managing a move is, in many ways, strategic for workplace managers. It has become particularly important in terms of environmental responsibility. Recycling, upcycling, reuse: how are workplace managers getting in tune with sustainability when moving? 

Solutions presented by the editorial team at Office & Culture!

Spaces, materials, technologies, management: changes in the service sector as seen through innovations selected by the editorial team at Office & Culture.

An exclusive look at the trends shaping the workplace of tomorrow.

“Generation X,” “Millennials,” “Generation Z”: distinctions between generations have become increasingly popular, but what about their expectations of companies? More importantly, how do these generations mix and interact? What role can HR departments play in promoting intergenerational cohesion?