DIGITAL FORUM DAY
PROGRAM
NOV 17, 2021

Moderator
Helga Nowotny Former President, European Research Council; Professor emerita of Science &Tech Studies, ETH Zurich

Speakers
Hermann Hauser Co-founder and venture partner, Amadeus Capital Partners
Michael Ong Founder & Chairman, Innovative Business Foundation, Hong Kong
Giulio Superti-Furga CeMM Scientific Director, Professor for Medical Systems Biology, Medical University of Vienna
Curt Carlson Professor of Practice at Northeastern University; Distinguished Executive in Residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Founder & CEO, The Practice of Innovation; Former CEO of SRI International
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The response to the Covid-19 pandemic showed what was possible from the global scientific community but also exposed serious barriers to making use of research discoveries. What changes could advance human progress?

Moderator
Jean-Francois Manzoni President of IMD

Speakers
Adrian Wooldridge Political editor and ‘Bagehot’ columnist, The Economist
Julian Nida-Rümelin Professor for Philosophy and Political Theory, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Stephanie Chasserio associate Professor, Skema Business School
Andreas Rosenfelder Head of feature section, Die Welt/Welt am Sonntag
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Organizations shouldn’t focus only on one measure of success - and neither can they focus on dozens at a time. In an age of stakeholder capitalism and increasingly digitized operations, what are the meters we should be watching most closely?

Moderator
Mark Esposito Professor, Hult International Business School; CLO, Nexus Frontier

Speakers
Valerie Hackl CEO, Austro Control
Fernando Benegas Partner at Bleett, former Secretary Transformation of Buenos Aires City Government
Marten Kaevats former National Digital Adviser for Estonia, Co-Founder at GovStack
Behnam Tabrizi Transformation expert, Senior Fellow Stanford University
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In the realm of policy making, we still rely on simplistic “Management 1.0” thinking. The real-world complexity of human and natural environments demand better.

Moderator
Delphine Paulet Head of Faculty, Mazars University

Speaker
Rita McGrath Professor of strategy, Columbia University
Yoshikuni Takashige Executive Director and Chief Strategist, Fujitsu Limited
Erhard Friedberg Professor emeritus of Sociology at Sciences Po Paris
Philippe Silberzahn Professor, EM Lyon Business School
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The history of human progress has been one of steadily expanding the realm of what is manageable. How far have we come – and how much more can we control?

Moderator
Michele Zanini Co-founder Management Lab TBA

Speakers
Kevin Nolan CEO GE Appliances
Tiziana Casciaro Professor of Organizational Behavior and HR Management, Marcel Desautels Chair in Integrative Thinking
Yury Alasheev Member of the Board of Directors, VkusVill
Steve Denning Senior Contributor Forbes
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We know what humans hate: mindless bureaucracy and dehumanizing hierarchy. But what kind of organization serves them well?

Moderator
Kirsten Weerda Partner, McKinsey

Speakers
Don Tapscott Digital theorist and author; Exec. Chairman, Blockchain Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, INSEAD; Chancellor Emeritus,, Trent University
David Weinberger Senior Researcher, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Wolfgang Lechner Assoc. Professor, Univ. Innsbruck; CEO, Parity Quantum Computing
Sierk Poetting Chief Operating Officer, BionTech
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New tools make it possible to bypass old power centers. But capitalizing on them demands a different mindset.

Moderator
Amy Bernstein Editor, Harvard Business Review & VP Harvard Business Publishing

Speakers
Hubert Joly Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School; former CEO, Best Buy
Claudio Fernández-Aráoz Executive Fellow for Executive Education, HBS
Maurice Lévy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Publicis Groupe
Patricia Pomies Chief Operating Officer, Globant
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Today’s globalized businesses operate on an inhuman scale, no longer embedded in communities or connecting with people in person. What’s being lost — and how do we get it back?

Moderator
Alex Osterwalder Entrepreneur and Business Model Innovator

Speakers
Steve Blank Adjunct Prof. at Stanford and Senior Fellow for Innovation at Columbia
Michael Jacobides Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, London Business School
Marcos Galperin Founder and CEO, MercadoLibre
Julia Hautz Professor of Strategic Management, University of Innsbruck
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The potential rewards of entrepreneurship – both psychic and financial — have always appealed to the human spirit. But are the risks and regulations driving too many away?

Moderator
Jenny Darroch Dean, Farmer School of Business, Miami University in Oxford

Speakers
Roger L. Martin Strategy advisor; former Dean, Rotman School of Management
Sara Mathew Non-executive Chair, Freddie Mac; former CEO Dun & Bradstreet
Elsbeth Johnson Senior Lecturer MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Managing Director, SystemShift
Michael Watkins Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at the Institute of Management Development and Co-Founder of Genesis Advisers
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In the midst of turmoil, some leaders choose to make sweeping change. Is a crisis the best opportunity for a “reset” – or time to give people continuity?

Moderator
Julia Kirby Senior Editor, Harvard University Press

Speakers
Luc Julia Chief Scientific Officer, Renault Group
Erik Larson Computer scientist and tech entrepreneur
Karim Lakhani Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Amy Webb Founder, Future Today Institute
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We’re in the midst of a boom in practical applications of AI and other cognitive technologies. Will the transformation live up to the hype – and where will it leave humans?

Moderator
Andrew Hill Associate Editor and Management Editor, Financial Times

Speakers
Emmanuelle Duez CEO, The Boson Project
Mickael Locoh VP Southern Europe & Africa, Steelcase
Ashok Krish Global Head, Digital Workplace Practice, Tata Consultancy Services
Christian Stadler Professor of Strategic Management, Warwick Business School
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Months of remote work have forged new habits, justified new systems – and suggested dangers if the trend goes too far. What traditional aspects of workplaces should return, and what new ways of working should endure?

Moderator
Ade McCormack Digital leadership expert

Speakers
Tal Ben-Shahar Co-founder & CLO, Happiness Studies Academy
Juan Enríquez Managing Director, Excel Venture Management
Rahaf Harfoush Digital Anthropologist; Visiting Policy Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
Peter G. Kirchschläger Professor of theological ethics, University of Lucerne, Director, Institute of Social Ethics ISE
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Management must be grounded in the human imperative. But is the human condition a constant?

Moderator
Arnaud Mourot VP Ashoka- Changemaker Companies Founder

Speakers
Philip Kotler “Father of modern Marketing”; Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
Judith Wiese CPSO and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG
Claudia Crummenerl Managing Director People & Organization globally and Head of People and Organization CE, Capgemini Invent
Thomas W. Malnight Professor of Strategy and General Management, Faculty Director of the Business Transformation Initiative (BTI) at IMD
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What do people need most deeply from their employers? Are they getting enough of it?

Moderator
Carlota Ribeiro Ferreira Founder and Executive Board Member at WIN World

Speakers
Daniel H. Pink American Author of books about business, work, creativity and behavior
Amy Bradley Professor of Leadership and Management, Hult International Business School
John Hagel Faculty Member, Singularity University; Member Board of Trustees, Santa Fe Institute
Jyoti Guptara Business Storytelling expert, novelist, and executive coach
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Emotions, both positive and negative, play a huge role in people’s motivation and performance. But for managers, they make for tricky territory.

Moderator
Rosanna Sibora Director, IT Innovation, Universal Music Entertainment GmbH

Speakers
Donald Allan Jr. President & Chief Financial Officer, Stanley Black & Deckerer
Simone Ahuja Author and Founder Blood Orange, a global innovation strategy firm
Robert I. Sutton Professor of Management Science, Stanford University of Engineering
Martin Reeves Chairman BCG Henderson Institute
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As companies try to raise their creativity game, some don’t get far beyond “innovation theater.” Others transform cultures, remove roadblocks, and cultivate a new breed of intrapreneurs.

Moderator
Margaret Heffernan Entrepreneur; Professor of Practice, University of Bath School of Management, England

Speakers
Paul J. H. Schoemaker Educator, researcher and entrepreneur in strategic management, decision making, innovation and leadership
Tom Davenport Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, Babson College; Senior Advisor to Deloitte U.S.
Gerd Gigerenzer Director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy, University of Potsdam
John Kay Economist; former Chair at LSE, LBS and Oxford
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In intensely competitive markets, many decision processes are being sped up or handed over to number-crunching machines. Where should we still be deeply deliberative?

Moderator
Ania Wieckowski Executive Editor, Harvard Business Review

Speakers
Tammy Erickson Leadership Advisor
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox CEO 20-first
Laura Morgan Roberts Professor of Practice, Darden School of Business
Gonzalo Brujó Global President Interbrand Group of Companies
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Organizations today are diverse in terms of race, religion, and gender – and also span generations and geographies. How can managers make the most of this vibrant mix?

Moderator
Carol Kauffman Leadership Advisor at Egon Zehnder

Speakers
Herminia Ibarra Professor of Organizational Behavior, London Business School
Rick Goings Chair emeritus, Tupperware Brands ; Chair, World Federation of Youth Club
Falco Weidemeyer Partner, Head of EYParthenon EMEIA
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management
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Rising generations see which leaders are celebrated an take their lessons accordingly. Are the right measures being used to gauge high performance? As a leader, what legacy should you leave?