2024 Executive Forum on Digital Innovation & Analytics

Professor Xitong Li, a professor at HEC Paris and research fellow at Hi! PARIS, is organizing the first edition 2024 Executive Forum on Digital Innovation & Analytics.

*All registration includes a FREE signed copy of "Thrive: Maximizing Well-Being in the Age of AI" by Professor Anindya Ghose from NYU Stern and co-authored with Professor Ravi Bapna from Univ. of Minnesota. THRIVE has made it to Amazon best seller status in three different categories. (1) AI & Semantics, (2) Social Aspects of Technology and (3) General Technology.

*A shuttle bus will be provided in the morning at 8:15 am from the HEC Jouy campus to the HEC Alumni House for students and faculty. Please check the registration to sign up.

Program
 

9h20 – 9h50 Registration & Welcome Coffee

9h50 – 10h Opening Words
Andrea Masini Dean of Faculty & Research @ HEC Paris

10h – 10h45 Academia Pre 1 
Anindya Ghose Professor @ NYU Stern
“Thriving with AI – Deploying the House of AI for Competitive Advantage”

10h45 – 11h Coffee Break

11h – 11h30 Company Pre 1
Alex Rykhva Head of Data Science and Analytics @ Louis Dreyfus Company
“Harnessing Data and AI for the Future of Agriculture”

11h30 – 12h Company Pre 2
Ruben Viscaino, Data Lead @ Easy24
Etienne Cassuto, Open Innovation & Global Strategic Partnerships Manager @ Pernod Ricard

"Data & AI in the Wines & Spirits Industry"

12h - 12h15 Group Photo Shooting

12h15 – 13h45 Light Lunch (Finger Foods & Coffee / Soft Drinks)

13h45 – 14h30 Academia Pre 2
Lynn Wu Professor @ The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania
“The AI-stack in Gen AI”

14h30 - 14h45 Coffee Break

14h45 – 15h05 Company Pre 3
Nicolas Guy Partner CoE Data / IA @ Jakala / SoyHuCe
“Conversational BI: Breakthrough or Just Another Tool?”

15h05 – 15h25 Company Pre 4
Qihua (Mia) Wang EVP Strategy & AI @ Lagardère Travel Retail

 "Gen AI in Action: Real-World Insights and the Roadmap from Strategy to Impact"

15h25 – 15h45 Company Pre 5
Peter Pernot-Day Strategic and Corporate Affairs / The SHEIN Group
“Conversational Data: How Audience Engagement Technology is Driving the Future of Retail”

15h45 - 16h00 Coffee Break

16h00 – 16h15 Academia Pre 3
Haris Krijestorac Assistant Professor @ HEC Paris
“Voice Analytics for Understanding Human-AI Interaction”.

16h15 – 16h30 Aymeric Penven Company Pre 6 
Director of HEC Paris Deep Tech Centre
“Integrating New Technologies into the Corporate World"

16h30 – 16h45 Academia Pre 4 & Closing Words
Xitong Li Professor @ HEC Paris & Hi! PARIS                                                                                                 

"Business and Social Impacts of AI-driven Applications"

16h45 – 17h00 Coffee Break

17h00 – 17h30 New Book Signing by Prof. Anindya Ghose

(Anindya Ghose & Ravi Bapna)

17h30 - 18h30 Cocktail & Social Networking

19h – 21h Dinner (Invitation Only)

Registration