Academir Year 2024-2025
TRICONTINENTAL DIALOGUE / EUROPEAN CONFERENCE • « Geopolitics Meets The Boardroom: European Businesses Navigating US-China Rivalry »
🗓️ September 17, 2025
📍 ESSEC Business School - Cergy Campus
🔴 Organized by the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
13H30 - 13H45 | Opening
- Address: Prof. Aarti RAMASWAMI, Executive Vice-president in charge of pre-experience programs
- Introducting Remarks: Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Academic Co-Director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
- Moderation: Thomas FRIANG, Executive Director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
13H45 - 14H05 | Negotiating under Pressure: Shifting Business Environment Amid Sanctions, Tech Controls and National Security Screens
Keynote Speaker: Dorothée ROUZET, Chief Economist of the Treasury – French Republic
14H05 - 14H25 | Geopolitics of AI: European Firms Navigating Tech Crossfire and Twin Disruptions from Silicon Valley and Zhongguancun
Keynote Speaker: Henri VERDIER, Ambassador for Digital Affairs – French Republic
14H25 - 14H45 | Strategic Squeeze: Europe’s Economic Repositioning in the Age of US–China RivalryKeynote Speaker: Clarisse MAGNIN-MALLEZ, Senior Partner and Managing Partner for France – McKinsey & Company
14H45 - 15h05 | Navigating US–China Rivalry: Geostrategy in Practice for European BusinessesKeynote Speaker: Famke KRUMBMÜLLER, Partner & EMEIA Leader of the Geostrategic Business Group – EY Parthenon
15H05 - 15H25 | Geopolitics of the Backlash: How Business Navigates Disruptions and Power Plays — Five Years into the 2030 AgendaKeynote Speaker: Nils PEDERSEN, Executive Director – UN Global Compact Network France
15H25 - 15h45 | Geopolitics of Currencies: Europe's Way Amid Power Shifts and Financial InstabilityKeynote Speaker: Jean-Patrick YANITCH, Partner & EMEA Lead for Public Sector – Oliver Wyman
15H45 - 16H05 | Energy, Power and Rivalry: Why the Energy Transition Is Now a Strategic Battlefield for Business
Keynote Speaker: Erkki MAILLARD, Senior Vice-President for Public and International Affairs – EDF
16h05 - 16H15 | ConclusionsThomas FRIANG, Executive Director – ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Soirée Corporate • « Quelles conclusions du premier Baromètre Géopolitique & Business pour les dirigeants d'entreprise ? »
🗓️ 16 Septembre
📍 Présentation du Baromètre Géopolitique & Business organisée par l'Institut Géopolitique & Business à la Maison des ESSEC
18H30 à 18H45 | Ouverture
- Mots d’accueil : Marie-Pierre SCHICKEL, Directrice générale – ESSEC Alumni
- Allocution d’ouverture : Prof. Vincenzo VINZI, Directeur général – ESSEC Business School
- Présentation du Baromètre Géopolitique & Business : Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-directeur académique – Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
18h45 à 19h45 | Débats autour des résultats du Baromètre Géopolitique & Business
- Modération : Thomas FRIANG, Directeur exécutif – Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
- Sébastien LE FOL, Directeur adjoint de la rédaction – L’Express
- Gilles MOEC, Chef économiste – Axa Groupe
- Sophie TCHATCHOUA, Directrice générale – Canal+ Rwanda & Burundi
- Frédéric MICHEAU, Directeur général adjoint – OpinionWay
- Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-directeur académique – Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
- Léontine RELANGE, Directrice générale – TwoL & Partners
19h45 à 19h50 | Conclusions
- Prof. Anne-Claire PACHE, Doyenne associée à la stratégie et à l'engagement sociétal – ESSEC Business School
Conférence de rentrée 2025/26 « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation »
🗓️ 11 Septembre de 13h30 à 16h30
📍 Conférence organisée par l'Institut Géopolitique & Business et le Centre IRENE pour la Négociation et la Médiation affilié à l’Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
Table-ronde 1 | « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation : sanctions, contrôles, tarifs douaniers… comment les entreprises font-elles face à cette nouvelle ère économique ? »
- Modération – Florent BLANC, Directeur du programme « Négociateurs d’Europe » – Centre IRENE pour la Négociation et la Médiation de l’ESSEC Business School
- Jean-Marc FENET, Senior Fellow – Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
- Me. Alexandre CELSE, Associé – Brocardi Celse Associés
- Marianne ESTÈVE, Directrice Sanctions Internationales, Embargos et Contrôle des Exportations – Groupe La Poste ; Présente de la Commission Douanes – MEDEF
Conférence de rentrée 2025/26 « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation »
🗓️ 11 Septembre de 13h30 à 16h30
📍 Conférence organisée par l'Institut Géopolitique & Business avec le Centre Géopolitique, Défense & Leadership affilié à l’Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
Table-ronde 2 | « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation : les PDG face aux nouveaux risques géopolitiques et de sécurité »
- Modération – Prof. Frédéric CHARILLON, Co-directeur – Centre Géopolitique, Défense & Leadership de l’ESSEC
- Général Bernard DE COURRÈGES, Enseignant en géopolitique – ESSEC Business School ; Ancien Directeur – IHEDN
- Prof. Radu VRANCEANU, Professeur et responsable du département d’économie – ESSEC Business School
- Amiral Olivier LEBAS, Conseiller défense de la direction générale – Airbus
- Amiral Stanislas GOURLEZ DE LA MOTTE, Conseiller Marine du PDG – Naval Group ; Président du Comité Défense – GICAN
Conférence de rentrée 2025/26 « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation »
🗓️ 11 Septembre de 13h30 à 16h30
📍 Conférence organisée par l'Institut Géopolitique & Business et le Centre IRENE pour la Négociation et la Médiation affilié à l’Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
Table-ronde 1 | « Bienvenue dans la post-mondialisation : sanctions, contrôles, tarifs douaniers… comment les entreprises font-elles face à cette nouvelle ère économique ? »
- Modération – Florent BLANC, Directeur du programme « Négociateurs d’Europe » – Centre IRENE pour la Négociation et la Médiation de l’ESSEC Business School
- Jean-Marc FENET, Senior Fellow – Institut Géopolitique & Business de l’ESSEC
- Me. Alexandre CELSE, Associé – Brocardi Celse Associés
- Marianne ESTÈVE, Directrice Sanctions Internationales, Embargos et Contrôle des Exportations – Groupe La Poste ; Présente de la Commission Douanes – MEDEF
Academir Year 2024-2025
Securing Critical Minerals: Geopolitics, Economics, and Sustainability in a New Age of Resource Competition
🗓️ July 2nd, 2025
📍 Webinar by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
🎙️ Guests:
- Opening remarks - Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Academic Co-Director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
- Pascale MASSOT, Associate Professor at the School of Political Studies at University of Ottawa, and Author of China's Vulnerability Paradox : How the World's Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets
- Christophe POINSSOT, Director-General Delegate of BRGM
- Thierry VIRCOULON, Associate Research Fellow at IFRI, Coordinator of the IFRI Observatory of Central and Southern Africa
- Ambassador Daniel JOUANNEAU, Diplomatic Advisor at ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation
- Closing remarks - Thomas Friang, Executive Director of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Europe's New Competitive Pact: Rethinking Growth, Sovereignty, and Strategic Autonomy
🗓️ June 17, 2025
📍Seminar organized by: ESSEC Center for European Law & the Economy
🎙️ Guests:
- Keynote Speaker - Gilles BRIATTA, Senior Counsel at Gide Loyrette Nouel
- EU Competitivness & Energy Policy - Michel DERDEVET, Executive Vice-president at Naarea, Senior Advisor at EY Parthenon, President at Confrontations Europe
- EU Competitivness & Digital Policy - Myriam EL ANDALOUSSI, Lawyer at CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
- EU Competitivness & Health Policy - Jean-Régis KUNEGEL, Expert, Center for European Law & Economics
- Students from the ESSEC European Affairs Track
- Moderator: Prof. Viviane DE BEAUFORT, Director of the ESSEC Center for European Law & the Economics
The European Union and the Franco-German Tandem in the Age of American Power Projection
🗓️ June 2nd, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
🎙️ Guests:
- Opening Remarks - Prof. Vincenzo VINZI, Dean & President, ESSEC Business School
- Benjamin HADDAD, Minister Delegate for Europe, French Republic
- Gunther KRICHBAUM, Minister Delegate for Europe, Federal Republic of Germany
- Moderation - Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-academic Director, ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
- Closing Remarks - Thomas FRIANG, Executive Director, ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Trump 2.0 Beyond Borders: Geopolitical Risks and Opportunities for Business and Investors
🗓️ April 17th, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business in Singapore
🎙️ Guests:
- Steven OKUN, CEO of APAC Advisors
- Deborah ELMS, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation
- Moderation - Prof. Cédomir NESTOROVIC, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
French Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific in Times of Global Disruptions
🗓️ April 14th, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business in Singapore
🎙️ Guests:
- Jean-Noël BARROT, French Minister for European and Foreign Affairs
- Moderation - Prof. Cédomir NESTOROVIC, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Europe, Defense, Economy: Poland’s Defining Moment
🗓️ April 4th, 2025
📍 Webinar by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
🎙️ Guests:
- Ambassador Daniel JOUANNEAU, Diplomatic Advisor to ESSEC IRENÉ
- Ambassador Pierre BUHLER, Former Ambassador of France to Poland
- Maciej WITUCKI, President of the Lewiatan Confederation and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Orange Polska
- Moderation - Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Integrating New Technologies in Modern High-Intensity Naval Warfare: the Clemenceau example
🗓️ March 3rd, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business in Singapore
🎙️ Guests:
- Opening Remarks - Ambassador Stephen MARCHISIO, Ambassador of France to Singapore
- Rear Admiral Jacques MALLARD, Commander of the French Carrier Strike Group
- Dr. Michael RASKA, Assistant Professor in the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
- Asha HEMRAJANI, Senior Fellow at the Centre of Excellence in National Security at RSIS
- Moderation - Dr. Paco MILHIET, Post-doctoral Researcher at RSIS
- Closing Remarks - Professor Reetika GUPTA, Deputy Dean of ESSEC Asia Pacific
International Companies Facing Sanctions
🗓️ February 2nd, 2025
📍 Webinar by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
🎙️ Guests:
- Ambassador Pierre SELLAL, Ambassador of France, Senior Counsel at August & Debouzy
- Aude LONDERO, Counsel at August & Debouzy
- Ambassador Daniel JOUANNEAU, Diplomatic Advisor to ESSEC IRENÉ
- Moderation - Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Geopolitical Rivalries and the Global Economy: What Priorities for the European Union?
🗓️ February 6th, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
🎙️ Guests:
- Opening Rermarks - Prof. Vincenzo VINZI, Dean & President, ESSEC Business School
- Enrico LETTA, President of the Jacques Delors Institute, former Prime Minister of Italy
- Closing Remarks - Prof. Anne-Claire PACHE, Dean for Strategy, Sustainability and Alliances, ESSEC Business School
- Moderation - Prof. Aurélien COLSON, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
Navigating the Global Supply Chain Shift: Mexico's Strategic Position in the Current Landscape
🗓️ January 23rd, 2025
📍 Conference by ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business in Singapore
🎙️ Guests:
- Luis CORONADO, EY Global Controversy Leader and Chairman of the Singapore-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
- Wilfredo RAMOS, President of UPS APAC Region
- Ms Gabriela VALDEPENAS, Congresswoman of the National Assembly of Mexico
- Moderation - Prof. Cédomir NESTOROVIC, Co-academir director of ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
10th Anniversary of ESSEC IRENE EUROPA
🗓️ December 2nd, 2024
📍 Conference by ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotation & Mediation, Brussels
🎙️ Guests:
- Ambassador Philippe LEGLISE-COSTA, Permanent Representative of France to the European Union
- Vincenzo VINZI, Professeur, Dean & President, ESSEC Business School
- Aurélien COLSON, Professor of Political Science at ESSEC, Director of ESSEC IRENÉ, Coordinator of the “Geopolitics & Negotiation” and “Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership” academic tracks at ESSEC
- Linda BENRAÏS, Affiliate Professor, Program Director for Governance at ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation
- Marie-Pierre SCHIECKEL, Director-General, ESSEC Alumni
Where does Iran go?
🗓️ November 26th, 2024
📍 Webinar by ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation🎙️ Guests:
- Bernard HOURCADE, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS
- Fahimeh ROBIOLLE, Vice-President of the France-Iran Club
- Aurélien COLSON, Professor of Political Science at ESSEC Business School, Director of IRENÉ
- Daniel JOUANNEAU, Senior Adviser for Diplomatic Affairs at ESSEC/IRENÉ
Women, Peace & Security
🗓️ October 10th, 2024
📍 Webinar by ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation
🎙️ Guests:
- Pauline AMBROGI, PhD in Contemporary History, writer and poet, former representative of the NGO Make Mothers Matter at UNESCO, author of Mother and Peace
- Fanny BENEDETTI, Founder of RISE Conseil, gender and inclusion expert with UNHCR, Co-author of Feminist Struggles Around the World
- Fahimeh ROBIOLLE, Vice-President of the France-Afghanistan Club, Lecturer at ESSEC and in Kabul, Author of Women, Life, Freedom: Let’s Talk About It
- Moderation - Linda BENRAÏS, Affiliate Professor at ESSEC IRENÉ
Geopolitics - A High-Stakes New Season
🗓️ September 26th, 2024
📍 Webinar by ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation
🎙️ Guests:
- Vincent BARRAILLER, Professor of Geopolitics (Management Practice) at ESSEC, Academic Coordinator in the Global BBA Program
- Frédéric CHARILLON, University Professor of Political Science, Defense Advisor to ESSEC IRENÉ, Co-Director of the “Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership” Center at ESSEC
- Aurélien COLSON, Professor of Political Science at ESSEC, Director of ESSEC IRENÉ, Coordinator of the “Geopolitics & Negotiation” and “Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership” academic tracks at ESSEC
- Jean-Marc FENET, Former Minister-Counsellor at the French Embassies in India and China, Senior Fellow at ESSEC IRENÉ
- Philippe LE CORRE, Professor of Geopolitics (Management Practice) at ESSEC, Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy at the Asia Society Policy Institute – Center for China Analysis, Head of the Asia Program at ESSEC IRENÉ
- Joseph MAÏLA, Former Director of the Center for Analysis, Planning and Strategy at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Program Director
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