Meet us

One call on the first Thursday of every month, from 5 to 6 pm, plus regular drop-in sessions - online, open to all, no registration. Next up: Thursday, 10 September 2026.

Upcoming calls

The joining link and the calendar button are on each date.

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Call moved to 24 September

Call postponed

The call first planned for Thursday 3 September has been moved: we will meet on Thursday 24 September instead, with Damien Deville and a slot given over to your own initiatives.

See the new date

Thursday, 10 September 2026

Second launch call for Map Day

next up

12 pm - 1 pm (online)

A second launch session for Map Day, at lunchtime, for those who cannot get away at the end of the day.

Join link

Thursday, 17 September 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Guest of the month & showcasing your initiatives

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Damien Deville - geographer, author and speaker - will tell us about their work and about their book “La France des Mille Lieux”.The last half-hour of this call, from 5.30 to 6 pm, is for anyone who would like to present what they intend to run for Map Day 2027.

Join link

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Mickaël Borne, a software architect at IGN, will present GéoContext: a tool that connects to your AI tools so that anyone can easily build maps from a wealth of verified (and verifiable) IGN data.

Join link

Thursday, 15 October 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 5 November 2026

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Nephtys Zwer, a historian specialising in counter-cartography, will share their work, and in particular their latest book, “Une autre histoire des cartes”, published in May 2026 by Éditions du commun.

Join link

Thursday, 12 November 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 3 December 2026

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Maxime Salles, an independent cartographer and geomatics specialist, will present their work and their many original ventures - among them a podcast they have hosted since 2024.

Join link

Thursday, 10 December 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 17 December 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Tuesday, 22 December 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Tuesday, 29 December 2026

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 7 January 2027

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Valentin Chaput, co-founder of Open Source Politics, who has spent ten years building and spreading an open digital democracy, will talk to us about the use of maps in participatory projects, and about what is at stake.

Join link

Thursday, 14 January 2027

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 21 January 2027

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 28 January 2027

Drop-in call · 5 pm - 6 pm

Do you have questions or feedback about La République des Cartes or Map Day?

Would you like to run the workshop “The maps we need” or the game “Cards on the Table”?

Join us at the “drop-in” calls, which grow more frequent as Map Day approaches!

Join link

Thursday, 11 February 2027

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Jean-Louis Frechin - author, strategist, designer and architect, founder of the NoDesign.Net agency - will talk to us about the role of maps and about the work they have carried out in recent years.

Join link

Thursday, 4 March 2027

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Patrice Mitrano, head of the cartography studio at Sciences Po, will present Khartis, the online thematic mapping tool designed and developed by their team.

Join link

Thursday, 1 April 2027

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

Olivier Godard will introduce the finalists of the Concours Carto: an association they co-founded in 2012, which runs mapping competitions for pupils from primary school to the preparatory classes, with more than 7,500 entrants across France in the latest edition.

Join link

Thursday, 6 May 2027

Guest of the month

5 pm - 6 pm (online)

David Chavalarias, director of the Complex Systems Institute of Paris Île-de-France, will tell us about the GPS of the social web: a tool that lets people find, follow and directly connect to key accounts across several networks from a single interface - the better to get their bearings, map their followers, and much more besides…

Join link

Why these calls

To exchange, to keep in touch throughout the year, and to prepare the next Map Day. La République des Cartes does not stop at Map Day alone. Do reuse the teaching resources available to you all year round, and propose your own activities under the banner of La République des Cartes, as long as they respect the Charter. And do join the monthly calls - to come aboard if you are discovering us, to pick up the latest news and resources, to share your own, and to meet some remarkable guests!

Watch past calls

Past monthly calls, with their chapters, slides and the resources mentioned.

Thursday, 4 June 2026

Replay available

Le Printemps des Cartes festival - Montmorillon

A look back at the Printemps des Cartes festival in Montmorillon, with those who took part.

Watch the replay

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Guest of the month

Replay available

Eve Ben-Haïm, a geographer at Ubisoft, will tell us about their work on the cartography of video game worlds. All welcome.

Watch the replay

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Past call

The summer call: no single speaker this month. Come and share your news, your finds and your experience, where cartography meets democracy.

Monthly call - Eve Ben-Haïm (Ubisoft)

Thursday, 2 July 2026

SpeedSubtitles can be turned on with the “CC” button in the player (subtitles generated automatically from the audio - spelling, quality and overall timing are approximate)

Monthly call - Eve Ben-Haïm (Ubisoft)

Thursday, 2 July 2026