3 December 2025

9:50 AM – 10:35 AM

Amphi Petit Kursaal

Laurence Honnorat

After studying physics, management, and communications, Laurence Honnorat began a fifteen-year career in the mechanical, aeronautical, and electronics industries. In 2007, she co-founded the strategy consulting firm Innovaxiom, which she chairs. Specializing in the design and implementation of scientific projects, Innovaxiom went international in 2012 with the creation of Innovaxiom Corp in Boston. Laurence Honnorat has initiated several projects focused on the dissemination of science and creativity. In 2016, she created the speaker network Weneedyourbrain.com, followed in 2017 by the photography platform Icedmoment.com. In 2018, she launched TimeWorldEvent.com, a series of global and interdisciplinary conferences, and in 2020, the non-profit organization Ideasinscience.org, which extends the eponymous YouTube channel founded in 2011, of which she is the producer. She regularly works as a consultant in strategy, communication, project management, and idea generation, particularly in the fields of industry and higher education. In 2019, she received the Alexandre Ananoff Prize from the French Astronomical Society for her commitment to space culture. A member of the board of directors of SamuSocial International since the same year, in 2023 she launched Les Déjeuners du Jamais Dit, a unique format for public speaking. In 2025, she published Hubert Reeves – Tout n’est pas foutu ! (Hubert Reeves – It’s not all over!) with Télémaque.

What limits the transmission of knowledge?

Transmitting knowledge seems like a natural act, almost self-evident: all you need to do is explain clearly, by speaking, writing—sometimes even drawing, sculpting, or miming. Yet every act of transmission reveals its limitations. Language connotes, memory selects, emotion modulates intensity. Even science, the herald of “current truth,” comes up against the complexity of the world and the difficulty of making it accessible beyond what can be observed. Between rigor and narrative, objectivity and interpretation, the transmission of knowledge reveals its fragility—and its almost vital importance. Drawing on the legacy of Hubert Reeves, humanist and scientist, this lecture explores the ingredients and recipes for transmission: those that touch us and leave a lasting mark. Conversely, why are walls sometimes erected? Better understanding our limits in transmitting knowledge also means learning to overcome them, to transcend them—and to truly engage in dialogue.