Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris. In March 2026, IAE Aix went out to meet its graduates through three major stages of its Alumni Tour. Three cities, three evenings, 300 participants and a shared energy.
Through this large-scale event, IAE Aix wanted not only to bring the alumni community together, but also to offer a collective, forward-looking experience. Each evening, participants were able to take part in a Design Fiction workshop enhanced by artificial intelligence.
An immersive experience at the heart of the future of work
At each stage of the Alumni Tour, IAE Aix graduates were immersed in the working world of 2040, and invited in teams to imagine different scenarios for the future. Using megatrends and weak signals, they debated, arbitrated and built different stories: desirable futures and probable futures.
2040: between plausible scenarios and desirable futures
The workshops brought out contrasting visions of the future of work and society. On the one hand, the debates highlighted scenarios considered probable, often marked by a strong hybridization between humans and technology, increased performance logics and profound transformations in lifestyles and social organization.
On the other hand, the desirable futures, for which alumni largely favored more balanced models, are more focused on well-being, cooperation and responsible forms of innovation.
As the results of each workshop showed, IAE graduates expressed a clear aspiration: to place the human, the collective and the quest for meaning back at the heart of future transformations.
Artificial intelligence at the service of the collective imagination
Throughout the experiment, AI played a facilitating role. It helped structure ideas, enrich scenarios and give shape to forward-looking narratives.
The stories that emerged, sometimes dystopian, sometimes hopeful, served as the basis for rich discussions and engaged debates. The dilemmas posed, combining performance, ethics, technology and responsibility, made a particularly strong impression on the participants. They highlighted the complexity of the choices facing them, and the importance of thinking through solutions collectively.
