PourParlers

Overview

PourParlers is SKEMA’s student debate association. Present on the three French campuses, the association aims to promote cultural activities within SKEMA, notably through organizing eloquence contests, conferences and publishing a monthly journal covering student life, as well as articles on current events, geopolitics, culture, and philosophy. 

Impact

PourParlers, the student platform of SKEMA Business School, aligns with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through conferences featuring personalities from the world of impact entrepreneurship, public figures, and committed artists. Moreover, the association organises its annual MUN, an immersive activity that engages students in the role-playing of multilateral diplomacy. This initiative aims to initiate participants in global citizenship.

Keys events

Sophia

Eloquence contests are organized several times a year, allowing SKEMA students to deliver a speech on a pre-selected topic.
The association also publishes a monthly newspaper, La Voix du Sud, which highlights the latest news from SKEMA's various associations and features articles on current affairs, philosophy, geopolitics, and culture.

Lille

• The Cicero Prize: an eloquence competition at SKEMA Lille, aims to showcase the oratorical talent of SKEMA students. The Cicero Prize consists of a series of speeches on a theme imposed on the candidates before a jury composed of professors, professionals, and enthusiasts of public speaking.
• Monthly publication by the POD: Le Petit Oiseau Déchaîné is the student life journal of SKEMA students.
• Conferences: conferences provide the entire SKEMA community with the opportunity to meet personalities who shape our time.

Paris

• Conferences 
• Eloquence contest 
• Mock Trial  
• Geopolitical quiz  
• United Nation simulations 
• Geopolitical columns and podcasts, and POD