{"id":1513,"date":"2021-02-08T13:21:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T13:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekitson.org\/accueil\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:02:04","slug":"the-kitson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thekitson.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kkwf182f-24445e8dd72ae289d1ebf6b06a615933\">\n.avia-section.av-kkwf182f-24445e8dd72ae289d1ebf6b06a615933{\nbackground-color:#161616;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kkwf182f-24445e8dd72ae289d1ebf6b06a615933 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll  container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha 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data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-b17go-a99a63beddf4fdbedfa10a2b9ab47fc1\">\n.flex_column.av-b17go-a99a63beddf4fdbedfa10a2b9ab47fc1{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-b17go-a99a63beddf4fdbedfa10a2b9ab47fc1 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p><strong>The KitSon<\/strong> has successfully organized more than 260 geopolitical and scientific dinner-debates, mainly in Paris but also in Geneva, Strasbourg, La Baule, the Middle East and now Giverny&#8230; Since 2006 &#8220;<strong>The KitSon&#8221; debates have brought together participants from more than 30 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In the relaxed ambiance of\u00a0<strong>Hotel Regina in Paris<\/strong>, or at the <strong>Bouclier<\/strong> <strong>d&#8217;Or in<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Strasbourg, in Giverny, in Geneva<\/strong> and in\u00a0<strong>Luxembourg<\/strong>, \u00a0&#8216;The KitSon&#8217; lives and breathes. Its pulse is live and open\u00a0<strong>debate<\/strong>, freedom of expression is\u00a0its philosophy and\u00a0<strong>\u00ab\u00a0<\/strong><strong>bonding cultures\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0its credo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-25pqrd-a654e8ee1bd10e55b9358d45ac1b2118 avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue885' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Inspired by her work covering the Israel-Palestine conflicts, in 2006 journalist Elisa Kitson created <strong>The KitSon<\/strong>, the unique \u00ab\u00a0bonding cultures\u00a0\u00bb debate think tank based in Paris.\u00a0 Here the doors open to a who\u2019s who of contemporary thinkers, diplomats, politicians, business executives, scientists and journalists who gather to share their \u00ab\u00a0<strong>off the record\u00a0<\/strong>\u00bb views across the dinner table chaperoned by the flavour of fine wines\u00a0.\u00a0The \u00ab<strong>off the record\u00a0\u00bb <\/strong>\u00a0 environment allows for frank and robust dialogue amongst sometimes improbable compatriots but under a humanitarian veil anything can happen and there is no back door requirement if your political taste is too sour for others to fork.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-b1tu8-c245cf87f2ed5b729be10eaacdd9bdfb\">\n.flex_column.av-b1tu8-c245cf87f2ed5b729be10eaacdd9bdfb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 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av-av_iconlist_item-4f14812ab8a2b97d7cefff1eb573ed5d avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue885' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Here there are no barred ideas, no discriminatory prohibitions, each debate is a victory for uncompromised freedom of speech of a kind unique in contemporary France.\u00a0 It is this buzz that makes <strong>The KitSon<\/strong> think tank a must-attend venue, hence an increasing clamor for the entry sign.\u00a0 With high-quality guest\u00a0speakers, representing in excess of thirty nationalities, the dinner debates have become a rich magnet for those who know they can freely debate matters of current concern and interest with their international counterparts.\u00a0 Historically, the buzz created ripples beyond <strong>The KitSon<\/strong> and onto a unique global network of thought, spreading dialogue on a range of topics that both enrich and inform and inevitably constitute change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-l9b2v00p-10549b85ec403df1a981fe554a65b243 avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue885' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>What the future holds<\/strong>:\u00a0 the past nineteen seasons have seen a variety of crops sown, our aim to expand beyond the 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