To support companies with their multicultural challenges in 2026, four renowned experts will speak at this conference: Cyril Jamelot, Philippe Pierre, Charlotte Courtois, and Nelly Kambiwa. In a professional context where cultural diversity directly impacts team cohesion, performance, and innovation, it has become essential to understand both the drivers and the challenges. Each of these speakers will offer valuable insights to help organizations address multiculturalism in practical, everyday terms. The table below details each expert’s area of focus, to better highlight the specific contributions of this selection.
| Last Name / First Name | Conference | Angle |
|---|---|---|
 Cyril Jamelot Français | Gain in Leadership and inspire your teams as well as your audiences with strategic storytelling. Your communication and your stance will enable you to persuade and motivate | He emphasizes strategic storytelling to unite teams from diverse cultures. |
 Philippe Pierre Français | Attract and retain talent | Attract and retain talent |
 Charlotte Courtois Français | Intercultural skills, key to successful and effective collaboration | Intercultural skills, key to successful and effective collaboration |
 Nelly Kambiwa Français | AI and the human factor: the keys to a successful transformation | Brings operational expertise from international projects and a strategic vision of intercultural management. |
Our speakers on the topic
Cyril Jamelot
Cyril Jamelot draws on an international career as a marketing director within major companies such as Coca-Cola, Yoplait, and Danone Alpro, where he led teams across several countries and spearheaded iconic innovations. A renowned speaker, he has delivered over 200 conferences in ten countries, sharing his expertise in management, storytelling, and motivation. Fluent in four languages, he knows how to convey communication and leadership keys that resonate with diverse audiences. His dynamic and practical approach is aimed at organizations seeking to strengthen their impact in varied environments.
Conference: Gain Leadership and Inspire Your Teams and Audiences with Strategic Storytelling. Your communication and your presence will help you persuade and motivate Discover how strategic storytelling and authentic communication can transform your leadership presence, inspire your teams, and boost engagement—even without a formal title. Through concrete examples, Cyril Jamelot provides practical tools to motivate, persuade, and give meaning to collective action, drawing on the power of words, non-verbal cues, and neuroscience.
Themes: multicultural, inspiration, communication, motivation, management
Philippe Pierre
Doctor of Sociology from Sciences Po Paris and former Director of Human Resources at L’Oréal, Philippe Pierre combines hands-on experience with academic insight. He co-directed the Master’s in Intercultural Management at Université Paris-Dauphine and regularly works with a variety of organizations on issues of talent attraction and retention. His research, rooted in the reality of diverse teams, offers valuable perspectives on the dynamics of professional environments that embrace diversity.
Talk: Attracting and Retaining Talent In a context where workplace engagement is evolving and the expectations of new generations are reshaping established norms, this talk offers practical keys for attracting, integrating, and retaining rare or atypical talent. Participants will discover the levers of an innovative HR policy, tailored to their reality, through inspiring examples and insights from the “archipelago company.”
Topics: talent, employer-brand, human-resources, diversity, intercultural
Charlotte Courtois
Charlotte Courtois, UNESCO Young Leader for Peace, combines management and social engagement on an international scale. Founder of the NGO Konstelacio, accredited by UNESCO and active in 16 countries, she works to promote education in intercultural dialogue from early childhood. Through her conferences and podcast, she shares practical tools to foster collaboration among people from diverse backgrounds, drawing on real-life experiences from around the world.
Conference: Intercultural Skills—Keys to Effective and High-Performing Collaboration Discover how curiosity, vulnerability, and decentering become the pillars of successful intercultural collaboration. In this inspiring conference, Charlotte Courtois will reveal practical tools and authentic stories to overcome biases and strengthen cohesion within multicultural teams. Leave with actionable insights to optimize your interactions and boost collective performance.
Topics: intercultural, leadership, management
Nelly Kambiwa
Nelly Kambiwa began her career at the United Nations headquarters in New York before spending nearly twenty years in international technology companies, where she led strategic projects involving teams from over thirty nationalities. Drawing on this experience, she now supports leaders in streamlining collaboration and accelerating decision-making in complex environments. Her talk offers concrete strategies to turn differences within organizations into performance assets.
Talk: AI and the Human Factor: Keys to a Successful Transformation Discover how artificial intelligence, far from being just a matter of technology, first and foremost reveals major human and cultural challenges. Through real-life examples and personal experiences, you’ll learn to identify the invisible barriers to AI adoption and leverage the essential drivers for achieving a responsible, inclusive, and high-performing transformation.
Topics: intelligence-artificielle, leadership, ressources-humaines, transformation, conduite-du-changement