In Focus Notre Dame de Paris

In partnership with France Museums, the IMCC community is invited to
an exclusive "In Focus" event at Notre Dame de Paris.
This is a rare, behind-the-scenes opportunity to
learn directly from the renovation experts leading this historic project.

The early bird registration period closes on December 31, 2025.
The special early bird fee is €495 per registrant,
and access to this rate is strictly limited to the first 75 registrations.

REGISTER HERE

AGENDA

Thursday
26 February 2026

18:00 - 19:00 Welcome Reception & Check-In at The Monocle Café, Paris

Friday
27 February 2026

9:30 - 9:55 Arrivals and Check-In at the Institut de Monde Arabe

9:55 - 10:00 Welcome from France Museums

10:00 - 10:30 Overview of the Notre Dame Restoration and Renovation

Speakers:
Anne Mény-Horn, Administratrice Générale du Château de Fontainebleau, Former General Secretary of Etablissement public Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris
Philippe Casset, Secrétaire Général, Etablissement public Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris

10:30 - 11:00 Architect behind Notre Dame's Restoration Project Sketches

Speaker: Axelle Ponsonnet, Project Manager for Notre-Dame de Paris

11:00 - 11:30 Networking Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00 Christophe Besnier, Archaeologist, Project manager for National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research

12:00 - 12:30 Carpenter Gothic

Speaker: Hank Silver, Ironwood Timberworks

12:30 - 13:00 Yves Ubelmann, CEO of Iconem

13:00 - 14:00 Networking Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Self-Exploration of the Notre Dame Chapel and Treasury

15:30 - 17:00 Cathedral Tower Behind the Scenes Tours

Agenda Subject To Change