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An unprecedented 13 awards were attributed by the HEC Foundation for outstanding academic work from the school’s students and professors in 2020. The March 23 event was the 44th edition of the annual event, but the first-ever digital ceremony. Highlights included the Honorary Award, given to the ...

Over the March 12 weekend, the Hi! Paris Center further marked its interdisciplinary research commitments through an inaugural hackathon, the Center’s first Data/AI event baptized Hi!ckathon. 35 teams, involving three to seven HEC and IP Paris students each, sought to build a business project around ...

Six months after opening, France’s new scientific research hub, Hi! Paris, launched its first-ever series of webinars with an uncompromising debate on the challenges of bias in machine learning algorithms, as well as the hotly debated issue of data privacy*. Four top researchers from HEC Paris and I ...

How has the COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social consequences shifted the boundaries of gender in the workplace?  In its third debate of the year, the HEC DiversiTALKS conference series involved 10 professionals and academics to discuss online this crucial and sensitive question. This ...

HEC Paris students and staff members were treated to a spectacular dance and parade as the weeklong HEC Asia Week reached its climax on February 25. The traditional outdoor show marked the Chinese New Year and brought together students from all the HEC community. Almost 400 people had followed the ...

With its challenges, 2020 has been a truly rich year for HEC in the UK - supporting the community, developing innovative and interactive actions with students & alumni, while achieving a digital transformation and adapting to an unusual context.  With 100 events offered to over 3000 alumni in the UK ...

We are delighted to announce our third annual Diversity@Work event, which will take place via Zoom Webinar on February 25th 2021, from 4pm to 6pm. Diversity and inclusion have become the key components of what tomorrow’s professionals and leaders are looking for in the workplace. HEC Paris ...

HEC’s third Impact Career Fair once again united students from all programs as leading companies highlighted potential career opportunities designed to impact society. This edition focused on sustainability and ways HEC graduates and firms can unite to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. 

The inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States today is a momentous ceremony after a tumultuous presidential election and its aftermath. The economic and health challenges facing the new administration are immense, and the vicissitudes of the election have obscured substantive ...

At the dawn of this New Year 2021, HEC Paris professors reflect upon the challenges of the past year and tell us why all is not lost despite the current health crisis. They express their reasons for hope and optimism, as we embrace a new future in the post-pandemic world.