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Progis: intergenerational meeting with a leading alumnus to decipher the future of research and data professions

On Wednesday, December 3, the Progis – Data Intelligence and Research: Opinion, Marketing, Media program at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA welcomed Stéphane Marcel, Chief Client Officer at Ipsos BVA and President of the Research Commission at Syntec Conseil, the leading professional association for the professions covered by the program.

From the lecture halls of Sciences Po to the highest positions in the sector, an inspiring career path serving future professionals.

Invited by Olivier Lê Van Truoc, the program's academic director, Stéphane Marcel shared his expertise on the role of Syntec, developments in the research market in France and internationally, and his vision of the major current and future challenges facing the sector, particularly the impact of artificial intelligence on professional practices.

 

Bernard Denni, Stéphane Marcel, Pierre Bréchon, Olivier Lê Van Truoc

From left to right: Bernard Denni, Stéphane Marcel, Pierre Bréchon, Olivier Lê Van Truoc

 

This meeting also took on a special significance due to its symbolic importance: Stéphane Marcel is an alumnus of Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA. Bernard Denni and Pierre Bréchon, emeritus professors and founders of the Progis program, who were also his teachers, were also present at the event. This was a wonderful illustration of the continuity between generations, in the service of passing on knowledge and practices.

 

With lively discussions, feedback, and insights into developments in the industry, this event is fully in line with the Progis program, which provides training in contemporary tools and issues relating to data, opinion, marketing, and media, in close collaboration with industry players.