LIACOM is organizing its first international conference “The (un)Sustainability of the Media”, to be held on November 20, 2025, at School of Communication and Media Studies – Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (ESCS-IPL).
The event will feature the participation as keynote speaker of the French philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky, and aims to provide a reflection on the challenges of (un)sustainability in the media ecosystem.
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DATE: November 20, 2025
LOCATION: School of Communication and Media Studies – Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (ESCS-IPL)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Gilles Lipovetsky
ABOUT GILLES LIPOVETSKY
Gilles Lipovetsky, a French philosopher, is one of the European thinkers who has most influenced the analysis of today’s society.
Lipovetsky is a member of the Conseil d’Analyse de la Société – an advisory body to the French Prime Minister, and the author of a vast work on the transformations of society, exploring how modernity has evolved into a hypermodernity, marked by hedonism and narcissism, the culture of excess, the illusion of the ephemeral and the rise of individualism.
His works include: “The Age of Emptiness” (1983), “The Empire of the Ephemeral” (1987), “The Paradoxical Happiness, Essay on the Society of Hyperconsumption” (2006), “Pleasing and Touching. Essay on the Seduction Society” (2017), “The Rite of Authenticity” (2021), and “The New Age of Kitsch” (2023).
The awarding of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by several international universities, including a Portuguese one, and the awarding of the highest distinction of the French Republic, the medal of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, reveal the recognition of Lipovetsky’s work and thought by academia and society.