Conferences 2024-2025

2024-2025

• From April 28 to 30, 2025, Mediterranean Journalism Conference in Marseille

  

  Three days of meetings and exchanges between journalists and citizens from both sides of the Mediterranean and the African continent. A unique event where information is debated in French, Arabic and English.

  
  Every year, the Assises du Journalisme bring together information professionals and the general public to reflect on the major issues facing the profession. In 2025, the event takes on a Mediterranean dimension, moving to the Palais du Pharo in Marseille for the first time, with debates and meetings taking place in several of the city's most emblematic venues, including the Mucem and the Friche Belle de Mai.
   

   

  Aix Marseille University's involvement
  EJCAM supported the organisers in integrating the event into the local ecosystem.
  - Provision of space
  - Opening session in the Gastaut amphitheatre.
  - Amphitheaters Gastaut and Touzé (Pharo) dedicated to meetings between professionals and students.
  - Opening symposium, under the direction of Alexandre Joux (IMSIC), bringing together researchers on the theme:
  "How are economic, social and political changes redefining the challenges of media independence in the Mediterranean?"
  - Student editorial team, led by EJCAM, involving students from different universities to cover the event.
   

• From April 23 to 25, 2025, Masterclass Antonine University / Aix Marseille University / CMA Media

  From March 18 to 21, 2025, Decoddex Festival: Raising Awareness of the Challenges of Ecological Transition

  

  Aix Marseille Université (amU) will be hosting a joint Masterclass with Beirut's Antonine University, organised by EJCAM in partnership with CMA Média.

  For three days, from April 23 to 25, 2025, sixteen Lebanese students and students from the Master's degree in Journalism and International Issues (EJCAM/Sciences Po) will be taking part in this immersion event on the theme of "Journalism and Artificial Intelligence: theoretical approaches and experiments".

  On the program: academic conferences, feedback and practical workshops, exploring the new interactions between journalism and artificial intelligence.

  Find all the information on amU's Mediterranean Masterclasses and the addresses of the sites.

   

• From March 18 to 21, 2025, Decoddex Festival: Raising Awareness of the Challenges of Ecological Transition

  From March 18 to 21, 2025, Decoddex Festival: Raising Awareness of the Challenges of Ecological Transition

  

  Students in the Master's degree program in Information and Communication, specializing in Ecological Transitions, are pleased to organize the Decoddex Festival, which will take place from March 18th to 21st at the EJCAM Marseille.
  This event aims to raise students' awareness of the professional challenges associated with the ecological transition. It is a unique opportunity to reflect, exchange ideas, and explore new perspectives on key issues of our time.
  Each day will be dedicated to a specific theme, with lectures and round tables led by experts.

   

  Program
  Tuesday, March 18 – Greenwashing and Disinfluence
  With the participation of:

  • Lydia Menez, journalist
  • Amélie Deloche, co-founder of the Instagram account Paye ton Influence
  • Valérie Martin, co-author of the Guide to Responsible Communication (ADEME)

  Wednesday, March 19 – Inequality and Ethics in Communication
  With:

  • Thierry Libaert, expert in organizational communications
  • Léa Bijouai, community development officer at CCFD-Terre Solidaire

  Thursday, March 20 – Responsible Practices in Events and Business

  Friday, March 21 – Imagination and the Ecological Future
  With:

  • Jules Colé, author of reports on the imagination and ecological metamorphosis
  • Frédérique Sussfeld, PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, specialist in biodiversity in fiction films
  • Anne Gagnebien and Natacha Souillard, lecturer

   

• January 23, 2025, Conference "News and detox"

  

  Students in the Master 1 Information and Communication program at the Aix-Marseille School of Journalism and Communication are organising a conference entitled "Des infos et désintox" ("News and Detox"), to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 7 pm at the Palais du Pharo, Amphithéâtre Gastaut in Marseille. The event is entirely free and open to all.

  The evening will revolve around a round-table discussion featuring experts, authors and professionals in the field, including Olivier Lascar (Sciences et Avenir), Alexandre Jacquin (La Provence), Sébastien Liebus (Le Gorafi), Natacha Lê-Minh (Social Declik), Tristan De La Flechère (RTL2) and Valérie Dufayet (Atelier Phil'Osons) to discuss the crucial issues surrounding fake news and its impact on society.

  Evening program:

  • 7:00 pm: Welcome
  • 7:10pm: Start of the round table
  • 8:30pm: Signing session with our speakers and closing cocktail reception

  Please register HERE.

• January 23, 2025, Territorial Knowledge Meeting "Silver Economy: meeting the challenges of an ageing population"

  

  Our next Territorial Knowledge Meeting will take place at the School of Journalism and Communication of Aix Marseille University on Thursday January 23 at 10:30 am, 21 Virgile Marron street, 13005 Marseille. This meeting can be followed remotely.

  By 2050, France's population aged 60 or over is expected to reach 23 million. In the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, people aged 60 or over accounted for 29% of the population in 2019, a higher proportion than in mainland France. By 2050, the proportion of people aged 85 or over is expected to double, from 3.8% in 2019 to 7.3%.
  
  This aging demographic is stimulating the creation of numerous products and services aimed at seniors: in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, this represents just over 100,000 jobs.

  The idea that the elderly have specific needs to satisfy, that they could constitute a market to occupy, and that this market could provide jobs and growth, has thus taken hold.

  What is the proportion of senior citizens in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and how is it evolving? How can local companies take advantage of this opportunity to innovate, create jobs and raise their profile? What is the true economic weight of these activities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region? What are the major challenges facing the stakeholders in a society that will have to become more inclusive of the elderly? Housing, employment, job insecurity: what are the future prospects for seniors?
  
  It is vital for the South Region and its partners to support this regional debate, so as to gain a better understanding of the challenges facing public policy in response to the new needs of its inhabitants.
  
  This Rencontre Connaissance du Territoire will be moderated by Alexandre Joux, university professor at the École de Journalisme et de Communication d'Aix-Marseille:

  • Insee's regional office will present its work on the aging of the population in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
  • The network of urban planning agencies in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region will present the study "Silver Economy: meeting the challenges of an ageing population"

  Our guest speaker will be Romain Ganneau, Managing Director of the Silver Valley innovation cluster. With a degree in Urban Management and Public Management from Aix Marseille University, he has supported the structuring of start-ups, bringing his expert eye for business models and, more generally, his mastery of the silver economy, the economy of the seniors sector. He is co-chairman of the OIR, Opération d'intérêt régional, Silver Eco South Region.

  Registration to assist the meeting.

  Credit photo : Eddy K, Pixabay
   

• December 12-13, 2024, Study days: "Producing continuous information - The new professional standard for journalismes: a look at the effects of climate change in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region”

  

  The practice of "continuous information" has developed to the point of becoming a standard for journalism in general, and even a new model of professional excellence. Understood as the simultaneous and intertwined cohabitation, within media organisations, of the activities of production, editing and uninterrupted distribution of journalistic content, it is this little-studied transformation that these study days have explored.

  
  These days, organised by Pauline Amiel, Olivier Baisnée, Loïc Ballarini, Jerome Berthaut, Cyriac Gousset, Dr. Nicolas Hubé and Jérémie Nollet, will bring together researchers and students to discuss changes in journalistic practices and the challenges posed by the urgency of continuous information.

• October 3, 2024, Territorial knowledge conference: “Biodiversity and heatwaves: a look at the effects of climate change in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region”

  

  Manifestations of ongoing climate change, heat waves are becoming increasingly intense, frequent, early and long. In France, average temperatures have risen by 1.7°C since 1900, according to Météo France. Rising temperatures have many consequences.
  The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region is one of the regions in mainland France with the hottest summers. Over the next few decades, it will also be the region where average summer temperatures rise the most.
  At the same time, the effects of climate change on plant biodiversity in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region have been accelerated by global warming and the increased aridity of ecosystems.

  What are the effects of climate change in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region? How will summer temperatures evolve? What will be the impact on the regional population? and on plant biodiversity? In this context, what can be done to conserve and restore flora?
  It is vital for the Southern Region and its partners to support this reflection at regional level, so as to better define the public policy issues at stake in response to the new needs of inhabitants and biodiversity.
  This Territorial Knowledge Meeting meeting will be moderated by Alexandre Joux, full professor at Aix Marseille School of Journalism and Communication: 
  
  - Arne Saatkamp from Aix-Marseille University will present the work he has carried out in partnership with the Region on "The impacts of climate change on natural habitats and terrestrial biodiversity in the Southern region and its evolution prospects"
  
  - Olivier Sanzeri from the Insee Regional Office will present the study "Tropical nights, hot days: the population increasingly exposed"
  
  Our keynote speaker will be Joël Guiot, paleoclimatologist, committed to climate change issues and CNRS Emeritus Research Director at the Cerege laboratory of  Aix-Marseille University. Joël Guiot has authored or contributed to more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles, and directed Labex OT-Med until 2020. He is co-president of GREC-SUD and co-founder of MedECC.

  Click here to register

  Photo credit: Yves Bernardi from Pixabay
   

  Article publié dans Marsactu

  • "Comprendre en 4 points la surexposition au changement climatique en région PACA" par Maëwenn Le Coroller-Richard

  Podcast et vidéo

  • Arne Saatkamp, enseignant-chercheur à Aix-Marseille Université, répond aux questions de Maïwenn Le Coroller-Richard
  • Olivier Sanzeri de la Direction régionale de l'Insee, répond aux questions de Maïwenn Le Coroller-Richard
  • Joël Guiot, paléoclimatologue, engagé sur les questions du changement climatique et Directeur de recherche CNRS émérite au laboratoire Cerege de l'Université Aix-Marseille, répond aux questions de Mathilde Caillou et Laure Petit