Speaker & Keynote

Over 200 keynotes
in France and worldwide

Speaking on AI, technological disruption, education and sensory marketing, in French and English, around the world.

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Alain Goudey is a French international keynote speaker specializing in generative artificial intelligence, technological disruption, sensory marketing and the transformation of higher education. He has delivered over 200 keynotes in France and internationally (USA, UK, Austria, Spain, Singapore, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine), in French and English. Among his recent engagements: L'Oreal, Naval Group, Suez, Groupama, Soprema, Carrefour, IDEMIA, GrandVision, LDLC, PSA, Yves Rocher, M6 Publicites, FFB. On the institutional side: Assemblee Nationale (AI Task Force), Academie des Technologies, Ministry of National Education, Sciences Po, AACSB, EFMD, AMBA, Times Higher Education, IRIS. His triple expertise as a published HDR researcher, executive (Deputy Managing Director for Digital at NEOMA) and entrepreneur (AtooMedia, Mediavea) makes him a uniquely qualified speaker for decision-makers.

Conference list

163 conferences displayed

2026

AI
Panel: geoeconomics and artificial intelligence
IRIS & NEOMA - Paris, 02 avril 2026
Education
AI in preparatory classes (CPGE)
NEOMA & APHEC, Paris, 30 mars 2026
Education
AI and training
Le Monde, Paris, 17 mars 2026
Education
AI in Higher Education
NEOMA, Paris, 10 mars 2026
Education
Intelligence Artificielle + Humaine
Bootcamp IA+H Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 11 février 2026
Education
AI in Action
EFMD Deans Conference - Vienne, Autriche, 04 février 2026

2025

AI
GenAI: Defense of the future or future of defense?
Naval Group - Paris, 11 septembre 2025
AI
Digital & innovation (AI) strategy (at NEOMA)
Laval Université - Paris, 19 août 2025
AI
Artificial intelligence: what opportunities for businesses?
Fédération Française du Bâtiment - Reims, 23 mai 2025
Education
Practical Approaches to Supporting Faculty in Transitioning to AI World
AACSB - Vienne, Autriche, 08 avril 2025
Education
What role for generative AI in preparatory classes?
APHEC / NEOMA - Paris, 31 mars 2025
AI
AI: what opportunities for businesses?
Groupe Soprema - Paris, 27 mars 2025
AI
AI, what opportunities?
Groupama - Charleville-Mézières, 17 mars 2025

2024

Education
AI / Generative AI & Education
Département du Val d'Oise - Cergy, 13 déc. 2024
AI
AI / Generative AI & Business: What impacts?
AG CCI Rouen Métropole - Mont Saint Aignan, 28 nov. 2024
Education
Gen AI & Education: What for?
Digital Education Council Summit, Singapour - 5-6 nov. 2024
Education
The Future of AI in Business Education
BSIS - 15 oct. 2024, Online
AI
AI / Generative AI: impacts on communication
Séminaire - 14-15 oct. 2024, Douai
Education
AI Driven Academic-Industry Partnerships
Gen AI Conference AACSB - Paris, 09-10 oct. 2024
Education
Intelligences in the 21st century
Leçons inaugurales NEOMA - sept. 2024, Reims / Rouen / Paris
AI
AI & Generative AI: business impacts
AG CCI Marne, Foire de Châlons - 02 sept. 2024
AI
Gen AI at Suez
Suez - tout au long de 2024, Online et présentiel
Education
Generative AI and training: how will we learn in 2027?
CNCC - La Rochelle, 07 juil. 2024
Education
Generative AI & pedagogy: impacts and challenges
Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale - La Rochelle, 02 juil. 2024
AI
AI & Gen AI in HR
L'Oréal - Londres (UK), 17 juin 2024
Education
Pedago'Num: generative AI
Université de Montpellier - 13 juin 2024
Education
Gen AI & Education: how to move the faculty forward?
AACSB AI Conference - Santa Clara University, Californie (USA), 22-23 mai 2024
Education
MOOCs, AI, Metaverse: review and outlook
Université de Mons - 16 mai 2024, Belgique
Education
The Business School of the Future: Teaching and learning in 2027
NEOMA - Rouen, 24 avril 2024
Education
6 years of innovation at NEOMA: From VR to metaverse & AI
Lagos University - 08 avril 2024, Online
AI
How to learn with generative AI?
LDLC - Lyon, 13 fév. 2024

2023

Education
Generative AI and the future of teaching
Digiworld Institute - Paris, 01 déc. 2023
AI
Report from the Generative AI Commission
Digiworld Institute, NEOMA Paris - 20 nov. 2023
AI
Deploying generative AI in an organization: lessons learned
VDN Caen - 16 nov. 2023
Education
Will pedagogical innovation come through artificial intelligence?
Educpros à Educatech / Educatice - Paris, 15 nov. 2023 · Watch video
AI
Generative AI and higher education: return of experience
Suez Innovation Committee - Paris, 15 nov. 2023
Education
Generative AI & Higher Education: strategy & implications
Faculty Day Kent Business School - 07 nov. 2023, Online
Education
AR & VR: Determining the value of immersive learning
Digital Universities by Times Higher Education - Barcelone, 25 oct. 2023
Education
Generative AI and higher education: ChatGPT deployment experience
Journée Nationale du Management - Paris, 12 oct. 2023
Education
Metaverse technology for higher education
EduTech Europe - Amsterdam, 11 oct. 2023
AI
Generative AI debate: for or against ChatGPT?
Learning Show - Rennes, 09 oct. 2023
Education
Generative AI and higher education: lessons learned
Université de Montpellier - 02 oct. 2023, Online
Education
How and why learning with artificial intelligence
Conférences de rentrée NEOMA - Sept./Oct. 2023
Education
Artificial intelligence in highered
EOCCS Equis Annual Conference - Barcelone, 15 sept. 2023
Education
Metaverses technology and higher education
EOCCS Equis Workshop - Barcelone, 14 sept. 2023
Education
Generative AI and Higher Education: future avenues
Ljubljana - 11 sept. 2023, Online
AI
Generative AI at NEOMA
Faculty Day NEOMA - Paris, 06 sept. 2023
AI
The new AIs: challenges and implications
Journées du futur 2023 - UNPIUT - Paris, 05 juil. 2023 · Watch video
Education
Prompt engineering, AI & Pedagogy
NEOMA Internal Seminar - Reims, 29 juin 2023
Education
Generative AI & the future of education
Académie des Technologies - Paris, 28 juin 2023
Education
The AI & education conference
Journée France Université Numérique - Paris, 08 juin 2023 · Watch video
Education
Generative AI for higher education: potential and challenges
Université Laval - 07 juin 2023, Online · Watch video
AI
Some thoughts on the challenges of generative AI
Mission IA, Commission des Lois, Assemblée Nationale - Paris, 26 mai 2023
AI
AI-driven companies: rethinking organizations in the age of ChatGPT
FNEGE - Paris, 23 mai 2023
Education
Generative AI and higher education: key issues
AMBA - Séville, Espagne, 15 mai 2023
Education
ChatGPT: friend or foe for higher education?
Académie des Futurs Leaders - Paris, 13 avril 2023
Education
ChatGPT and AI: impact on the assessment process
IAE France - 06 avril 2023, Online
AI
ChatGPT or GPT Cheat: the generative AI wave
FNEGE - 31 mars 2023, Online
AI
Introduction to ChatGPT... and generative AI
AACSB - 22 mars 2023, Online
Education
Higher education and AI: a love-hate relationship!
Sciences Po Paris - 16 mars 2023 · Watch video
AI
Generative AI & Business
Reinforce UA - Kiev, Ukraine, 06 fév. 2023

2022

Education
Unlearn & relearn at NEOMA
Conférences de rentrée NEOMA - Sept./Oct. 2022
Education
Back to school 2022: what digital model for the student experience?
Webinar Campus Matin - 28 juin 2022 · Watch video
Sensory
Music and brands: the value of sonic branding
Institut ACTE, Université Paris-1 - 09 juin 2022
Education
18 months of a Virtual Campus / Metaverse at NEOMA
JENII Committee, Arts et Métiers - Paris, 23 mai 2022
Education
How technology is Impacting the Future Role of Faculty
AACSB Board's Innovation Committee - 15 fév. 2022
Disruption
Opening keynote: Future Of Work
PGE NEOMA - 04 jan. 2022

2021

Disruption
How to build an innovative campus?
Headway-Advisory, Aivancity - 10 déc. 2021
Sensory
Embedded AI in objects: marketing impacts
AFM, NEOMA - Paris, 02 déc. 2021
Education
Immersive Technology and Learning + workshop
EHL - Lausanne, 23 nov. 2021
Disruption
How Digital Transformation impacts the Workplace?
NEOMA - Paris, 17 nov. 2021
Education
Digital as mainstream? NEOMA persistent virtual campus
EFMD EOCCS Symposium - 23 sept. 2021
Education
Shaping the Future of the Business School
Nankai University - 16 sept. 2021
Education
Teaching with a persistent virtual campus
Laval Virtual - Laval, 07 août 2021
Education
Next steps: Future of Business Schools
AACSB AP and EMEA Conference - 02 juin 2021
Education
Virtualizing courses: how to make it work?
AEF - 01 juin 2021
Education
Digital Transformation of Pedagogy - VR
AACSB-CABS - 18 mai 2021
Education
The first persistent virtual campus in Europe
IT Night - 11 mai 2021
Education
Using technology in the Business School: why and how?
Association of MBAs Global Conference - 10 mai 2021
Sensory
The role of VR development in experiential marketing
Workshop Université Angers, GRANEM - 22 jan. 2021
Disruption
Opening keynote: Future Of Work
PGE NEOMA - 06 jan. 2021

2020

Education
Digital learning and the student experience
Webinar Headway Advisory - 17 nov. 2020
Education
Online, offline, blended - advances in teaching methods
Eduniversal World Convention - 11 nov. 2020
Disruption
Using 5G in digital transformation
Orange 5G Experience - 02 nov. 2020
Disruption
Digital serving today's and tomorrow's education
Institut G9+ - Paris, 13 oct. 2020
Education
Digital transformation & the new normal for pedagogy
AMBA Roundtable - 21 sept. 2020
Education
What about Virtual Campus and Digital Transformation
Nankai University - 18 sept. 2020
Education
Digital Innovation in Business Schools, from VR to augmented pedagogy
AMBA - 22 juin 2020
Education
Technology, online learning and Education 4.0.
AMBA Virtual Roundtable with Barco - 26 mai 2020
Education
Smart Campus: trends, perspectives and debates
Think Education 2020 - Paris, 04 fév. 2020
Education
Virtual Reality, better than Reality?
Learning Con - Opéra de Rouen, 15 jan. 2020

2019

Disruption
The Campus of the future: digital transformation challenges
Conférence Bouygues Construction à CentraleSupélec - 21 nov. 2019
Education
Digital Transformation in Higher Education
IPBS - Reims, 10 oct. 2019
Sensory
Brand & music: the value of sonic branding
SACEM - Paris, 03 oct. 2019
Education
Technologies with the potential to transform business and education
EAIE Conference - Helsinki, 25 sept. 2019
Disruption
The future of distribution and retail in the Amazon era
CoDir Gifi - Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 12 juin 2019
Sensory
Brand Entertainment: when brands and artists join forces
M6 Publicités - Paris, 11 juin 2019
Education
What role for digital skills in preparatory classes?
Conférence annuelle APHEC - NEOMA Rouen, 07 juin 2019
Education
Using VR technology in the Business School classroom
AMBA Association - 29 mai 2019, Online
Sensory
Music and brands: sound design challenges
SACEM - Neuilly, 16 mai 2019

2018

Sensory
Between fear and desire for connected objects
Séminaire AFM-IREP - IAE Paris Sorbonne, 15 nov. 2018
Education
Making education experiential: the value of VR
Atelier Pédagogie AFM - IAE Paris Sorbonne, 15 nov. 2018
Education
EdTech Forum - VR based case studies
EdTech Forum, BI - Oslo, 09 nov. 2018
Education
AI, VR, bots and EdTechs: toward a new pedagogy?
BPI InnoGeneration, BIG - AccorHotel Arena, 11 oct. 2018
Disruption
The future of the automobile in the Tesla era
Salon de l'Automobile, Conférence Vernicolor - Paris, 02 oct. 2018
Education
Education 4.0 - a new way of learning with VR
EFMD Annual Conference - Copenhague, 07 juin 2018
Education
A new way of learning, VR & robotics in MBA Curriculum
AACSB - Salt Lake City, Utah, 10 mai 2018
Education
Innovations That Inspire Award for ExE
AACSB ICAM 2018 - Honolulu, Hawaii, 18 avril 2018
Disruption
The A.I. Business Revolution, Fiction vs. reality?
IDEMIA Top 300 - Lisbonne, 23 jan. 2018
Disruption
The future of vision
Convention 25 ans Générale d'Optique - Paris, 05 fév. 2018

2017

Disruption
The Future, Now
Groupe Suez (Comité Européen) - Paris-La Défense, 13 déc. 2017
Sensory
My Robot, my family and me
Université Le Havre-Normandie - 07 déc. 2017
Education
EdUp2017: teaching with immersive virtual reality
Salon EducaTec - Paris, 17 nov. 2017
Education
Technologies: VR challenges in case studies
CCMP - Paris, 30 mai 2017
Disruption
Future trends: the impact of digital on retail
SNEC CFE-CFC Carrefour - Opio, 17 mai 2017
Disruption
The evolution of professional training under digital influence
CFA-BTP Haute-Normandie - Rouen, 26 avril 2017
Disruption
Disruption & business: the impact of technology on retail
Carrefour Market - Reims, 05 avril 2017
Education
Immersive VR in pedagogy: lessons learned
FNEGE - Paris, 30 mars 2017
Education
Technology and education: lessons learned
Laval Virtual - Laval, 22 mars 2017
Sensory
When technology meets marketing
Matinée transdisciplinarité AFM - Université Assas, 17 mars 2017
Education
Immersive VR for pedagogy
Think Education 2017 - Paris-Dauphine, 07 fév. 2017
Disruption
2025. What social impact of technology in retail?
Congrès FO-FGTA - Nantes, 24 jan. 2017

2016

Disruption
Disruptive technologies. What next?
Conférence Hypermarchés Carrefour - Brest, 15 juil. 2016
Disruption
On the road to 2025: what changes for society?
Comité France Carrefour - Massy, 06 juil. 2016
Disruption
2025. Impact of technology on the cosmetics industry
Yves Rocher - Domaine de Rebetz, 04 juil. 2016
Disruption
New technologies: what social impact?
FO-FGTA - Paris, 21 juin 2016
Disruption
The consumer in 2025
Top Managers Picwic - Lille, 03 fév. 2016
Disruption
Future is Now. Evolution of the consumer and the toy industry
Picwic - Roncq, 21 jan. 2016

2015

Disruption
2025. Evolution of the consumer and retail
Comité Européen groupe Carrefour - Paris, 19 déc. 2015
Disruption
Connect. The marketing of connected objects
Comité Européen PSA Peugeot-Citroën - NEOMA Reims, 06 oct. 2015
Disruption
Technology and the relationship with time
CoDir MACSF - La Défense, 09 juil. 2015
Disruption
Future & meaning - Us in 2025
Séminaire RH Carrefour France - Massy, 21 mai 2015
Sensory
Music and advertising: an idyllic relationship
NEOMA Alumni, Club Marketing - Paris, 24 mars 2015

2014

Sensory
Sound design: reinventing the consumer connection
TEDx Issy-lès-Moulineaux - Bouygues Telecom, 29 avril 2014
Sensory
Sonic marketing, an effective sensory approach
Cosmetic & Sensory 2014 - Tours, 23 juin 2014

2013

Sensory
Marketing 2.0: from Kotler to today
Microsoft Dynamics - Issy-lès-Moulineaux, 28 fév. 2013

2012

Disruption
The evolution of the Marketing Mix: strategy in the 2.0 era
CMIT - Paris, 16 nov. 2012
Sensory
Sensory marketing: how to give meaning to the customer experience?
Club Dauphine Marketing - Paris-Dauphine, 20 mars 2012

2020

Education
How to manage remotely: lessons learned
Les mardis du distanciel - 02 juin 2020

2018

Education
The digital transformation of research
Journée de la Recherche NEOMA - Paris, 12 juin 2018
Disruption
The future of optics
GrandVision - Lyon, 17 mai 2018
Disruption
The future of work: working in the exponential age
COMEX Groupe Althéa - Mery-sur-Oise, 16 mai 2018
Disruption
Digital and the professional world
APEL Reims - Châlons, 07 avril 2018
Education
Virtual reality & education: lessons learned
NEOMA Alumni - Paris, 24 jan. 2018
Education
Panel on new challenges in management education pedagogy
CIUP / FNEGE - 25 mai 2018
Education
Digital transformation of teaching
Managers NEOMA - Paris, 09 avril 2018

2017

Education
Management Identity Legitimacy (MIL) Conference on pedagogical innovation
Université Paris Nanterre - 28 nov. 2017
Sensory
The impact of online shopping experience on consumer expectations
33ème Congrès AFM - Tours 2017

2015

Disruption
French society in 2025: the impact of disruptive technologies
Paris - 22 sept. 2015
Sensory
Meet The Robot
EMAC Film Festival - Leuven, Belgique, mai 2015

2014

Sensory
Sonic marketing, an effective sensory approach
Cosmetic & Sensory 2014 - Tours, 23 juin 2014
Sensory
Meet The Robot: Nao's Chronicle
Advances in Consumer Research Film Festival - Baltimore, MD, oct. 2014

2013

Sensory
Can Sensory Stimulation Decrease Rumination?
Advances in Consumer Research - Chicago, oct. 2013
Sensory
Do You Have to Look Like a Human to Be Smart?
Advances in Consumer Research - Chicago, oct. 2013

2012

Sensory
Innovation and creativity
Matéralia - Reims, juil./sept. 2012

2011

Disruption
Digital communication at the point of sale
Colloque ESSEC-Prospective des Métiers - Paris, mai 2011
Sensory
Space design: the need for ergonomics integration
14ème Colloque Étienne Thil - Roubaix, sept. 2011

2010

Sensory
Price image and promotional practices
26ème Congrès AFM - Le Mans, mai 2010
Sensory
Sensations and emotions in marketing: how far can we go?
Table Ronde AFM - Paris-Dauphine, mai 2010

2009

Sensory
2009 Promotion Barometer
Club Promotion de l'IFLS - Paris, mai 2009
Sensory
The rejection of brand music
25ème Congrès AFM - Londres, mai 2009

2008

Disruption
The convergence of technologies and uses
Salon VAD Expo - Lille 2008
Sensory
Panel on new technologies and high-tech marketing
Colloque annuel AFM - Paris 2008

2006

Sensory
Sonic marketing at the point of sale
Première Rencontre du Marketing Sonore - Paris 2006

2005

Sensory
Sound communication agency: client challenges
Colloque SIANA - Evry 2005
Sensory
The influence of music on consumer behavior
Colloque Doctoral AFM - Nancy 2005

2004

Sensory
Sound communication and musical design agency
IPAG - Paris 2004

2003

Sensory
Making your image heard: review and outlook
Colloque CRIC-AFM Communiquer le sensoriel - Montpellier 2003

2002

Sensory
Sound communication presentations
Petits déjeuners AtooMedia - Paris et Nice 2002

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