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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