Past events
Ten+ years of real stories
Since 2014, Stand Up For Passion has brought real stories to stages from New York to Nepal. Speakers have included astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code), venture capitalist Nihal Mehta, explorer Luc Hardy, actress Nisha Adhikari and sumo champion Taro Akebono. Partners have included UNHCR, AXA, the French Consulate in New York, Danone, L’Oréal and BMW.
10 years
The anniversary edition
In 2024, Stand Up For Passion turned 10. More than 100 people gathered in New York for the anniversary edition, where astronaut Thomas Pesquet took the stage for his own 7 minutes.
Latest edition: in 2026, the format went to the comedy stage as “Histoires de dingue” at Lillarious, Montreux Comedy’s festival in Lille.
Where we’ve been
New York · London · Geneva · Aruba · Tokyo · Toronto · Bordeaux · Lille · Casablanca · Kathmandu
Lille
2026 · Histoires de dingues at Lillarious
New York
April 2024 · 10-year anniversary
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Floirac
June 2022
Geneva at UNHCR
December 2019
Bordeaux
June 2019
New York
April 2019 · At Google
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Aruba
April 2019
New York
November 2018
Toronto
July 2018 · Soho House
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New York
June 2018 · French Consulate
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Casablanca
April 2018
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New York
March 2017 · eBay
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Kathmandu
November 2016
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London
September 2016 · Hellenic Centre
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New York
March 2016 · AppNexus
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Tokyo
December 2015
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New York
October 2015 · Impact Hub
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Tokyo
September 2015
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New York
June 2015 · French Consulate
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New York
March 2015
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New York
December 2014
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New York
October 2014
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New York
July 2014 · French Consulate
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New York
June 2014 · WeWork
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New York
May 2014 · WeWork
New York
April 2014 · The very first one, at WeWork
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The talks
Ambient Intelligence
Alexandre Winter
From Pain to Wine
Pascaline Lepeltier
World Withself
Nisha Adhikari
Ma vie d'artiste
Fatima Ezzahra el Jouahari
Challenge
Taro Akebono
Pas de fatalisme dans les destins
Samira Djouadi
War was my guru
David Parke
Living the tension
Rasanath Das
How I Embrace Change
Huy Nguyen Trieu
The first time I heard “I love you”
Goldin Martinez
What speakers say
“It took me about ten hours of work, under the constant direction of the gracious but demanding Arnaud, to give birth to the 7-minute presentation. And in the process, I learned a lot about myself.”
“His methods induce long-term change and have had a huge positive impact on many aspects of my life, far beyond my public speaking skills.”
In the press
The Huffington Post · BFM Business. Often described as an alternative to TED talks.