Alumni Forum Europe 2019

Welcome and introduction

Andreas Jacobs, MBA'90J, Chairman of the Board, INSEAD

Brigitte Reverdin, MBA'81, Chair, Steering Committee

Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean, INSEAD

Leading with Purpose

Keynote address

Tidjane Thiam, MBA'88J, Group CEO, Credit Suisse AG 

CEO and Board panel: What does it take to lead today?

Panel discussion

Company leaders face enormous challenges today: A rapidly shifting environment, new stakeholders, and ever increasing expectations. Our guests are Chairs of Boards and CEOs and will discuss how they lead amid the challenges and actively engage and lead their different stakeholders.

Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of the Board, Hublot

Katherine Garrett-Cox, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf International Bank (UK)

Gilbert Ghostine, CEO, Firmenich

Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, BlackRock

Leadership challenges in the digital age

Parallel faculty sessions:

1. The power of informal networks for leadership in a digital age
   • Noah Askin, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour
2. Couples That Work
   • Jennifer Petriglieri, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour
3. FC Barcelona Innovation hub goes global
   Presentation of case study
   • L. Felipe Monteiro, Affiliate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD
   • Javier Sobrino, MBA'02J, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer FC Barcelona

What is hot in European VC in 2019?

Panel discussion

This panel will explore current trends in VC financing, especially in Europe and the US. Emphasis will be on the early stage space since $100 million investment rounds are more PE than VC. Here are some of the topics we will visit:

• Does every startup have to be able to become a “Unicorn”?
• Can Angels make money in the VC space?
• The perennial search for startup success criteria: what have we learned?

With:

Emile de Rijk, CEO and co-founder, SWISSto12

Michael Friedrich, CEO, DistalMotion SA

Coline Juin, CEO, Moona

Jean-Philippe Lallement, MBA'90J, Managing Director, EPFL Innovation Parc

Dominique Mégret, MBA'96D, Head, Swisscom Ventures

Jennifer Wu, CFO, ScanTrust

Moderator: Lucian Wagner, MBA’81, General Partner at EuroUS Ventures LLC

Europe launch of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index

Launched for the first time in 2013, the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) is an annual benchmarking report that measures the ability of countries to compete for talent. With this sixth edition addressing the theme of "Entrepreneurial Talent and Global Competitiveness", GTCI aims to advance the current debate around entrepreneurial talent, providing practical tools and approaches to leverage the full potential of individuals and teams as an engine and a basis for innovation, growth, and ultimately competitiveness.

L. Felipe Monteiro, Affiliate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD

Bruno Lanvin, Executive Director of Global Indices, INSEAD

Welcome

Philippe Mauron, MBA’95J, Chair, Organising Committee

Nida Januskis, Associate Dean of Advancement

The impact of business on society

Keynote address

André Hoffmann, MBA'90D, President, MAVA Foundation

Business and Government in an Age of Disruption

Panel discussion

As we confront existential global challenges in a constantly changing society, needs and expectations for governments, international organizations and businesses have evolved. What are the challenges and opportunities to make a positive impact on societal progress?

Looking at the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), we will explore where businesses, international organizations and government can achieve ‘early wins’. Also, we will discuss what is really hard and where there is a need and room for multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Confirmed speakers:

Yves Daccord, Director-general, International Committee of the Red Cross

Anuradha Gupta, Deputy CEO, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

L. Nneka Mobisson, Executive Director, mDoc

Michael Møller, Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), United Nations Office at Geneva

Moderator: Alexis Favre, Producer and Presenter, Radio Télévision Suisse

Strategies for social impact

Faculty lecture

Jasjit Singh, Professor of Strategy, The Paul Dubrule Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development 

Leading with Purpose: Parallel sessions

1. Sustainability and Governance
   • Ludo Van der Heyden, The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Corporate Governance
2. Corporates meet social entrepreneurs
   • Katell Le Goulven, Executive Director, Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society, INSEAD
   • Jasjit Singh, Professor of Strategy, INSEAD
3. Women in leadership
   • Caterina Kostoula, MBA'09J, Founder, The Leaderpath

Keynote address

Staffan de Mistura, former UN Special Envoy to Syria

Macro view on Europe

Fireside chat with Emma Marcegaglia, Chairman, ENI, facilitated by Beatrice Weder di Mauro, President, Centre for Economic Policy Research

Challenges of digital transformation

Parallel sessions

1. From the lab to the market
   • André Loesekrug-Pietri, Speaker for J.E.D.I., Former Special Advisor to the French Minister of Defence, Founder of ACAPITAL
   • Markus Nordberg, Head of Resources Development, CERN
   • Martin Vetterli, EPFL President
   • Erin Gainer, EMBA'08Dec, Chair of the Board, HRA Pharma
2. Demystifying AI
   • Joanna Gordon, MBA'04D, Founder, Transform.ai
   • Pascal Kaufmann, Founder and CXO, Starmind
3. Blockchain
   • ​Emmanuel de Watteville, MBA’96D, General Partner and Co-Founder, BlueOcean Ventures
   • Heinz Tännler, Cantonal Director of Finance, Kanton Zug

INSEAD: present and future

Ilian Mihov, Dean of INSEAD

Peter Zemsky, Deputy Dean, Dean of Innovation

Presenter: Ramya Krishnaswamy, MBA'05J, Head of Engagement Management and PACI, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Young Alumni Initiative breakfast

By invitation only

Company visits

• Chopard
• Piaget
• Palais des nations
• World Economic Forum

Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption

Brush up your core skills with ‘Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption’, led by Peter Zemsky, Professor of Strategy and Innovation and Deputy Dean. Learn online before the Forum, develop a strategic plan for your business (unit), supported by an INSEAD learning coach and come together on Friday June 14th before the official Forum starts for an exclusive live session with Peter Zemsky.

Price: EUR €900 EUR for INSEAD Alumni Association members, EUR €1500 for non-members and guests.

Learn more Register now!

Parallel sessions (details below)

Parallel session #1: Choose the professional future that suits you best

If you consider yourself to be in your mid career, you need to realize that you can choose among at least 7+1 alternative ways to pursue your career.

During this interactive, hands-on workshop, we will:

• Cover the pros and cons of each one of the 7+1 alternatives
• Provide your with recommendations if you choose to move into one of them
• Help your master a methodology to identify your ultimate skills
• Show you how you can implement the “Bridge and River” strategy of Julius Caesar (applied to your own career design and job hunting)

Facilitated by Daniel Porot, MBA'66, Founder, AGIR Porot & Partenaire

Parallel session #2: Purposeful leadership

Being a purposeful leader is an important attribute of 21st century leadership. But what does it mean?  What does purposeful leadership look like? How do you become a more purposeful leader? Why should you pay attention? This workshop will leverage 30 years of research on purposeful leadership to respond to these important questions. In this workshop we will:

• Define what purposeful leadership is, and how it connects with purposeful teams and purposeful organisations, in the context of a VUCA world
• Facilitate the personal reflection of workshop participants to articulate their own sense and statement of purpose
• Discuss the roadmap to purposeful leadership, a life-long journey
• Offer pragmatic ideas, tips and techniques to develop as a purposeful leader

Facilitated by Brigitte Morel-Curran, MBA’78, Senior Partner, Korn Ferry

Parallel session #3: The value and imperative of long term planning

Owner managers and family businesses are too busy running their firms to take the necessary time out to consider real long term planning. The transition from founder owned and managed to the next stage, and beyond - including family succession and professionalization - is rarely planned and the survival rate of small and medium sized firms is low. Management practices are often insufficiently developed.

One of the biggest challenges for owner managed and family firms is long term planning. Long term planning is vital to improve survival and sustainability and to empower the business organization.

With Morten Bennedsen, Professor of Economics, INSEAD

Volunteer appreciation brunch

By invitation only