La Chair: Economics of Urban Ecological Transition is organizing its third conference at the Collège de France on February 11, 2026, at the Collège de France, entitled “Businesses and Territories: what ecological co-construction? ”, in partnership withAssociation of Real Estate Managers (ADI).

This edition puts non-residential real estate and its structuring role in the ecological transition of territories at the heart of the debate. It proposes a cross-reflection between researchers, elected officials, investors, investors, real estate departments and public actors around the conditions of economic development compatible with local environmental trajectories.

The conference will be structured around two round tables:

• The first will examine the conditions allowing territories to welcome businesses and jobs while respecting their ecological transition obligations, in particular through energy planning and the integration of the needs of economic actors.
• The second round table will question the role of offices as a vector of ecological transition and a building-refuge, between intensification of uses, climate adaptation and new expectations of employees.

Crossed perspectives from territorial experiences, in particular in Marseille, Paris La Défense and Sophia Antipolis, confronted with new economic and urban dynamics, will enrich the discussions.

This morning is for all professionals, decision-makers and academics wishing to understand how non-residential real estate can become a central lever for ecological co-construction between companies and territories.

With the participation of:
Sébastien BOURDIN (Professor, IÉSEG), Audrey CAMUS (General Director of Real Estate, ICADE), Nicolas COCHARD (Research Director, Kardham), Frederic Ciuntu (President, ADI), Alexandre FOLLOT (General Manager, Sophia Antipolis), Pierre-Yves GUICE (General Manager, Paris La Défense), Julien HANS (Director of Research and Innovation, CSTB), Eric HOUVIEZ (Group Real Estate Director, Orange), Kateryna KUZMENKO (Sustainable Development and ESG Advisory Manager, Colliers), François-Xavier LEROUX (Real Estate Director, LOXAM), Ingrid NAPPI (Professor, ENPC), Cedric OMNES (Operational Real Estate Director, Groupama), Matthieu VIS (Investment Director, Provence-Promotion), François WOHRER (Investment Director, Bank of Territories), Marcus ZEPF (Professor, Paris School of Urbanism).

About ADI
The Association of Real Estate Directors (ADI) brings together real estate directors and managers of French public and private companies. It now has more than 400 members, and consolidates a representative force of nearly 322 million square meters, i.e. a third of the real estate stock of companies located in France. Within the real estate sector, ADI represents the profession to institutions, the media and the general public. Its guideline is to support real estate managers so that they can exercise their profession effectively and in an influential way.
For more information: www.adi-france.fr

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