The University of Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), in collaboration with Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme and with the support of the City of Chambéry, is organizing its traditional conference to mark the start of the academic year on the theme of tourism onThursday, October 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at the Le Manège Convention Center in Chambéry. Each year, this event serves as the back-to-school conference for students at the International Center for Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Management (CITHEME) at IAE Savoie Mont Blanc. It is a key opportunity for exchange and collaboration for nearly 400 people involved in tourism in the region: students, faculty members, and industry professionals.
This year, USMB is honored to welcome Marc Halévy, a complexity physicist (who worked for many years with Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine) and philosopher of spirituality, for a unique lecture that will be moderated by Grégory Guzzo, Director of Marketing and Customer Experience at Compagnie des Alpes and a lecturer at CITHEME.
The conference: “What on earth is happening to us?!”
“We are experiencing a shift in economic logic, of which the current crises and turbulence are merely the visible manifestations. This shift can be understood by noting that such turning points recur approximately every 500 years. The logic of the market economy we inherited from the Renaissance is facing five major disruptions—ecological, technological, organizational, economic, and philosophical—to which the emerging economic logic will have to respond. Five key concepts are thus emerging that will shape the foundations of the economy and the management of tomorrow’s businesses.”
The speaker
For forty years, he has been developing theories, models, and methods for complex processes and applying them to human socioeconomic systems, particularly in his work as a renowned futurist. He is the author of dozens of books on futurology, spirituality, and philosophy.
He studied at the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, specializing in nuclear physics. In 1973, he became a student of Ilya Prigogine, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize, through whom he began contributing to the theoretical development of the physics of complex systems and processes, a discipline he applied more specifically to the fields of foresight, economics, and management. At the same time, he pursued studies in MBA, philosophy, and the history of religions. After 1982, he also worked as a crisis manager on numerous assignments spanning more than ten years. Until 1993, he spent most of his life in the United States. Now living in France, where he published his “Scientific Testament: The Paradigm of Complex Processes,” he leads numerous seminars and conferences.
LEARN MORE
- Contacts:
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- At IAE Savoie Mont Blanc: Béatrice Galey / 04 79 75 84 50
- At the Innovative Mountain Tourism Center:Innovative Mountain Tourism Center / 04 79 75 91 48
