Emerging and existing digital technologies – such as Deep Learning and Blockchain – are fast evolving, technically complex and often lack business cases. Yet, these also present many opportunities for skilled and informed organisations and individuals ready to embrace them.
TECH TALKS at INSEAD are dedicated to exploring these digital technologies and their applications as well as the impact these have on management, business and society.
TECH TALKS are both technical and business talks presented by leading technologists, thought leaders, industry practitioners, innovators, entrepreneurs and academics.
TECH TALKS span a wide spectrum of topics on both emerging and existing technologies and provide technology specific insight as well as management, business and societal perspectives.
Designing Human-Centric Organizations in the Algorithmic Age
Phanish Puranam (INSEAD) and Joanna Gordon (JG Consulting)
12 December 2024 – Webinar
Blockchain Meets AI: Building Trust & Accountability in the Digital Age
Mona Tiesler (tokentus investment AG), Jacob Guedalia (Jiritsu), Jennifer Dodgson (KIP Protocol) and Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
20 November 2024 – Webinar
Understanding Bias: In Humans, AI & When They Collaborate
Anton Ovchinnikov and Khushbu Anand (INSEAD)
13 November 2024 – Webinar
Navigating AI Innovation Ecosystems: Insights on Co-Innovation & Organizational Transformation
Siddhartha Chaturvedi (Microsoft), Dean Carignan (Microsoft) and Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
23 October 2024 – Webinar
Large Language Models (LLMs) & Their Insights into Global Attitudes
Asher Lawson and Robin Holloway (INSEAD)
16 October 2024 – Webinar
AI & GenAI as Accelerators of Business Sustainability
Kaixiang Lin (Chemix), Paul Manwell (TC Labs), Karel Cool and Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
10 October 2024 – Webinar
AI & Automation in Marketing & Consumption: Insights from Leading Academics
Stefano Puntoni (The Wharton School), Klaus Wertenbroch (INSEAD)
3 September 2024 – Webinar
INSEAD AI: Perspectives
Robert Maciejko (WOW Infinite), Nils Wickman (INSEAD AGI student Club), Savita Yelamanchili (INSEAD AGI student Club), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
10 July 2024 – Webinar
GenAI & Foundation Models: Key Innovations & Open Questions
Percy Liang (Stanford University), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
24 June 2024 – Webinar
Global AI Development & Governance: A view from China
Xue Lan (Tsinghua University), Annet Aris (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
19 June 2024 – Webinar
Augmenting People & Organisations with AI
Chwee Foon Lim (Ekso Bionics, INSEAD), Francois Candelon (Seven2), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
12 June 2024 – Webinar
Open Source AI, Ecosystems & National Adaptation: A View from the UAE
Merouane Debbah (Technology Innovation Institute), Reda Nidhakou (VentureOne, Abu Dhabi Advanced Technology Research Council), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
6 June 2024 – Webinar
Beyond the Digital Core: GenAI’s Impact on Traditional Industries
Chris Ware (Rio Tinto), Lauchlan L. Wallace (Woodside Energy), Rohin Wood (BCG X), Felipe Monteiro (INSEAD)
15 May 2024 – Webinar
AI Pioneers: How Europe Is Driving Innovation & Regulation
Cedric O (Mistral, Artefact), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
7 May 2024 – Webinar
Western Australia: From Mining to Startup Hub
Kate Kirwin (She Codes Australia), Stephen Dawson (Western Australian Government), Intan Oldakowska (Earflo), Steve Knight (INSEAD, Art of Comms)
30 April 2024 – Webinar
From Research to Impact: Half a Century Shaping the AI Frontier
Amnon Shashua (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mobileye), Tomaso Poggio (MIT), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
18 April 2024 – Webinar
The Promise & Peril of Deep Tech Venture Building
Sara Nunez Garcia (Forty51 Ventures), Ash Ravikumar (CERN), Gaurav Tomar (MathWorks), Bill Magill (INSEAD), Adrian Johnson (INSEAD)
27 March 2024 – Webinar
From Chess to Career: Unlocking GenAI’s Training Potential
Henning Piezunka (INSEAD)
20 March 2024 – Webinar
When Good Intentions Go Awry: The AI Bias Paradox
Anton Ovchinnikov (INSEAD), Virginie Simon (INSEAD)
6 March 2024 – Webinar
A Conversation with Joe Lubin, CEO & Founder, Consensys
Joe Lubin (Consensys), Patrick Bouffartigue (Paris Blockchain Society), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
14 February 2024 – Webinar
Regulating NFTs: Balancing Business Innovation & Risks
Ian Rogers (Ledger), Frederic Godart (INSEAD), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
7 February 2024 – Webinar
AI vs. Human Judgement
Miguel Sousa Lobo (INSEAD), Savita Yelamanchili, MBA’24J (INSEAD)
31 January 2024 – Webinar
AI & Data Analytics: Enhancing Livelihoods & Forest Conservation in Subsistence Agriculture
Dan A. Iancu (Stanford, Graduate School of Business), Nils Wickman (INSEAD)
24 January 2024 – Webinar
Unlock Business Value with GenAI
Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
12 January 2024 – Live TECH TALK
A Journey through Product Management and Entrepreneurship with Sachan S. Saxena
Sanchan. S Saxena (Super.com), Noak Askin (University of California), Lovish Gidwani (INSEAD)
7 December 2023 – Webinar
A Manager and an AI Walk into a Bar: Does ChatGPT Make Biased Decisions Like We Do?
Anton Ovchinnikov (INSEAD), Virginie Simon (INSEAD)
30 November 2023 – Webinar
The Future of Crypto
Ben Cousens (Zebedee), Anne Maréchal (De Gaulle Fleurance), Mathias Imbach (Sygnum), Andrei Kirilenko (University Cambridge Judge), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
28 November 2023 – Webinar
How Will GenAI Shape Product & Product Management?
Sudheera Vanguri (Google), Karin Schoefegger (LatticeFlow), Raphael Leiteritz (Peak Product), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
15 November 2023 – Webinar
AI and Its Implications for the Human Labor Market: Evidence from Research and Practice
Burcu Bicakci (Egon Zehnder), Fernando Lucini (Accenture), Karli Kalpala (Digital Workforce Services), Vikas Aggarwal (INSEAD)
4 October 2023 – Webinar
Web3 and the Future of the Internet: A Conversation with Alex Tapscott
Alex Tapscott (Ninepoint Partners), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
21 September 2023 – Webinar
Doing Well by Doing Good: The Knix Success Story with Founder Joanna Griffiths
Joanna Griffiths (KNIX), Peter Zemsky INSEAD
13 September 2023 – Webinar
How to Regulate AI? Lessons from the Financial Sector
Elizabeth McCaul (European Central Bank), Francois Candelon (BCG), Ludo Van der Heyden (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
6 September 2023 – Webinar
Organisation Designs of the Future: Lessons from DAOs
Phanish Puranam (INSEAD), Vivianna Fang He (University of St. Gallen), Sebastian Buergel (HOPR)
28 June 2023 – Webinar
AI & Democracy: Balancing Defence & Democratic Values Amidst Rising International Tensions.
Antoine Bordes (Helsing), Judith Dada (La Famiglia VC), Juri Schnoeller (Cosmonauts & Kings), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
22 June 2023 – Webinar
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Business Education with XR Technology
Niron Hashai (Reichman University), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Steven Timothy King (UNC Blue Sky Innovations), Victoria Woo (INSEAD)
5 June 2023 – Webinar
Bias, Information, Noise: The Central Forces of Forecasting
Ville Satopaa (INSEAD)
10 May 2023 – Webinar
Scaling Innovation in Genetics and Precision Medicine
Francois Paillier (CircaGene), Julien Rey MBA’14J (FBB Biomed), Konstantinos Theofilatos (InSyBio), Stephen Chick (INSEAD)
3 May 2023 – Webinar
An Analytics Playbook for Supply Chain Performance
Angela Qu (Iveco Group), Stephan de Barse (o9 solutions), Guillaume Roels (INSEAD)
12 April 2023 – Webinar
Web3 Technologies and their Impact on Industries: Insights from Insiders
Bryn Davies (Proximie), Emma Ridderstad (Warpin), David Shamash MBA’20J (Outlier Ventures), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
5 April 2023 – Webinar
The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank: What comes next?
Huw van Steenis (Oliver Wyman), Antonio Fatas (INSEAD)
21 March 2023 – Webinar
Digital Twins: A Powerful Tool to Unlock Business Performance
Mark Enzer (Mott MacDonald Digital Ventures), Pierre Sames (DNV Maritime), Stefano Sperimborgo (Accenture), Enver Yucesan (INSEAD)
15 March 2023 – Webinar
ChatGPT: How Will the Next-Generation of AI Systems Shape Business, Society & Employment?
Morten Olsen (University of Copenhagen), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD), Geraldine Ee (INSEAD)
1 March 2023 – Webinar
Metaverse: A Revolution in the Making?
Bella Thornely (Accenture), Gianluca Malagoli (Accenture), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
21 February 2023
How Does Hiring Women as Leaders Change Gender Stereotypes? Some Insights from Machine Learning
Asher Lawson (INSEAD), Thy-Diep Ta MBA’17D (UNIT Network)
15 February 2023 – Webinar
The Future of Venture Capital in the Next Digital Era: The Poker Capitalist Approach?
Kamal Hassan MBA’93D (Loyal VC), Claudia Zeisberger (INSEAD)
18 January 2023 – Webinar
Building a Safe Digital World
Julie Inman Grant (Australian eSafety Commissioner), Kaifu Zhang (Alibaba Group), Yoel Roth (Twitter), Theodoros Evgeniou (INSEAD)
13 December 2022 – Webinar
The What, Present & (Near) Future of Product Management
Raphael Leiteritz MBA’04J (Peak Product), Mark Krymalowski (Egon Zehnder), Noah Askin (INSEAD)
15 November 2022 – Webinar
Ethereum – Future and Present
Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Jason Davis (INSEAD)
7 November 2022 – INSEAD Asia Campus
AI as a Force for Good in International Organisations
Tina Ambos (University of Geneva), Katherine Tatarinov (University of Geneva), Marija Novkovic (UNICEF), Phanish Puranam (INSEAD)
2 November 2022 – Webinar
The Future of Food: New Tech to Save the World
Carrie Chan MBA’08D (avant), Jagannathan Doraiswamy MBA’14J (TechCamellia), Tim Van Vliet MBA’19J (inseact), Chengyi Lin (INSEAD)
26 October 2022 – Webinar
Women in Tech – Marcelle Speller: From dot-com Pioneer to Philanthropy Disruptor
Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Marcelle Speller (Brevio)
30 September 2022 – Webinar
DeFi, a Digital Revolution in Finance?
Alex Tapscott (Ninepoint Partners), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Cherrie Liu MBA’22D (INSEAD TMT Club)
7 July 2022 – Webinar
The Upsides & Downsides of NFTs and Fractional Ownership
Katherine A. Foster (Social Alpha Foundation), Marina Niforos MBA’99D (EU Blockchain Observatory), Sunny Kumar GEMBA’22 (Carbon27), Bart Yueshen (INSEAD)
6 July 2022 – Webinar
Circular Fashion: Accelerating New Business Models for Circular Growth
Josefine Olsson (Accenture), Christiane Dolva Törnberg (H&M Foundation), Annie Gullingsrud (EON), Atalay Atasu (INSEAD)
23 June 2022 – Webinar
France in the Eyes of Google: How “Big” Search Data Reveals the Fabric of a Country
David Dubois (INSEAD), Fanny Potier-Koninckx MBA’01D (BCG)
18 May 2022 – Webinar
DBS: Taking Banking out of Banking
Annet Aris (INSEAD), Bidyut Dumra (DBS Bank), Robin Speculand (Bridges Business Consultancy), Vinika D. Rao (INSEAD)
20 April 2022 – Webinar
How to Get More Women in Tech?
Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD), Jad Masri MBA’22J (INSEAD)
7 April 2022 – Webinar
Thales: Embracing Uncertainty in Leading Digital Transformation
Hamilton Mann (Thales), Nathan Furr (INSEAD)
22 March 2022 – Webinar
Women in Tech: Maya Hari, 20 Years in Tech
Maya Hari MBA’05D (Aviva Singlife Holding), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Amanda Michel MBA’22J (INSEAD)
15 March 2022 – Webinar
Demystifying NFTs
Isabelle Bonnet (Blockchain Solutions), Nathalie Braz (Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi), Peter C. Evans (Platform Strategy Institute), Pavel Kireyev (INSEAD)
23 February 2022 – Webinar
Deep Dive into Deep Tech
Robyn Brazzil (FedTech), Sophie Cahen (Ganymed Robotics), Brittany Corsi (EarthXYZ), Michaël Bikard (INSEAD)
7 December 2021 – Webinar
Twin Transformation: How to Master Both Digital and Sustainable Transitions?
Marco Cesareo (Intesa Sanpaolo), Stefano Sperimborgo (Accenture), Chengyi Lin (INSEAD)
16 November 2021 – Webinar
Investing in Digital Transformation: What Goes Wrong and How to Fix It
Dominik Krimpmann (Accenture), Sebastian Drews (SUSE), Hyunjin Kim (INSEAD)
13 October 2021 – Webinar
Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World
Ron Adner (Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
6 October 2021 – Webinar
Making Sense of Quantum Computing for Business
Denise Ruffner (IonQ Inc.), Kevin Eversmann (Accenture), Andrew Shipilov (INSEAD)
22 September 2021 – Webinar
EdTech Hyper Scaling: A Founder’s Perspective on a $650M Funding Round
Chaitanya Kalipatnapu MBA’06D (Eruditus/Emeritus), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Nivedita Todi MBA’21D (INSEAD)
16 September 2021 – Webinar
FinTech from Wall Street to Main Street
Simon Paris MBA ’98J (Finastra), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Nikita Pillai MBA ’21D (INSEAD)
7 July 2021 – Webinar
Women in Tech: Lucy Cooper – Head of Innovation, Accenture Europe
Lucy Cooper (Accenture), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
29 June 2021 – Webinar
Supply Chain 4.0: Challenges, Opportunities and Quick Wins
Anne Hofmann (Bristol Myers Squibb), Evren Ozkaya (Supply Chain Wizard), Prashant Yadav (INSEAD), Atalay Atasu (INSEAD)
23 June 2021 – Webinar
Profiting from the Subscription Economy – What Executives Need to Know
Amy Konary (Zuora), Michael Mansard (Zuora), Johan Trip (Philips), Wolfgang Ulaga (INSEAD)
10 June 2021 – Webinar
Webinar Series: Career Decisions, Management, and Leadership in a Data and AI World. Part 3/4 Enabling Data-Guided Leadership and Decision-Making
Daragh Kelly (Burberry), Joyce Weng (Bulgari UK), Caroline Zimmermann (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
18 May 2021 – Webinar
The Rise and Limits of AI in Recruiting Talent
Steward Black (INSEAD), Pascale Balze (INSEAD)
29 April 2021 – Webinar
Perform & Transform with Data and AI: Key Lessons from a European Blue-Chip
Patrick Berard (Rexel Group), Jean Francois Lahet MBA’07J (Boston Consulting Group), Joerg Niessing (INSEAD)
26 April 2021 – Webinar
Algorithms under Attack
Kojin Oshiba (Robust Intelligence), Yaron Singer (Harvard), Georgina Hall (INSEAD), Pavel Kireyev (INSEAD)
21 April 2021 – Webinar
Webinar Series: Career Decisions, Management, and Leadership in a Data and AI World. Part 2/4 Leading an Impactful Data Team
Sanjeevan Bala (ITV Plc), Gilad Lotan (Buzzfeed), Caroline Zimmermann (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
14 April 2021 – Webinar
Webinar Series: Career Decisions, Management, and Leadership in a Data and AI World. Part 1/4 Setting Yourself up for Success
Katia Walsh (Levi’s), Jeff McMillan (Morgan Stanley), Caroline Zimmermann (INSEAD), Theos Evgeniou (INSEAD)
16 March 2021 – Webinar
REBEL Foods: The World’s Largest and Fastest Growth Internet Restaurant Platform
Jaydeep Barman (REBEL Foods), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), Kriti Agarwal (INSEAD)
8 March 2021 – Webinar
INSEAD Global VC and Founder Sentiment Survey: Viewpoints from MENA
Dina el-Shenoufy (Flat6Labs), Laila Hassan (500 startups), Roberto Croci (Microsoft for Startups MEA), Victor Kiriakos MBA’11D (Careem), Vikas Aggarwal (INSEAD)
4 March 2021 – Webinar
The Changing Labor Market: The Role of Automation and Globalization in Shaping Employment
Morten Graugaard Olsen (University of Copenhagen), Pascale Balze (INSEAD)
24 February 2021 – Webinar
Hyper scaling in Europe’s logistics industry: A founder’s perspective
Peter Zemsky (INSEAD), David Nothacker (sennder GmbH)
8 December 2020 – Webinar
Marketing Utopia or Marketing Dystopia?
Klaus Wertenbroch (INSEAD)
10 November 2020 – Webinar
Blockchain for Supply Chains: Hype vs Reality
Aly Madhavji (Blockchain Founders Fund), Dmitry Sumkin (INSEAD), Philippe Blaettchen (INSEAD), Sameer Hasija (INSEAD)
5 November 2020 – Webinar
Where to Next with BlaBlaCar?
Nicolas Brusson (BlaBlaCar), Frédéric Mazzella (BlaBlaCar, France Digital), Peter Zemsky (INSEAD)
13 October 2020 – Webinar
Fintech, Financial Inclusion and Competition
Thomas Philippon (NYU Stern and CEPR), Aaron Klein (Brookings)
30 September 2020 – Webinar
Distributed Ledger Technologies and Financial Markets
Hanna Halaburda (NYU Stern), Raphael Auer (BIS and CEPR)
15 September 2020 – Webinar
Digital Currencies and Payments
Christian Catalini (Libra), Tara Rice (BIS)
2 September 2020 – Webinar
Is AI the Silver Bullet Against COVID 19?
Pavel Kireyev (INSEAD), Manoj Saxena (CognitiveScale, AI Global), Joanna Gordon MBA’04D (Transform.ai)
8 July 2020 – Webinar
Overcoming COVID 19 Together
Philip Bahoshy (MAGNiTT), Vikas Aggarwal (INSEAD), Katia Kachan (Brandquad MENA), Tarek Kabrit (Seez), Elie Habib (Anghami), Lucy Chow (Women’s Angel Investor Network), Karim Hussein (Algebra Ventures), Walid Mansour (MEVP)
29 June 2020 – Webinar
The Phoenix Against the Black Swan
Sameer Hasija (INSEAD), Benjamin Kessler (INSEAD)
24 June 2020 – Webinar
Safety vs Privacy: Do We Have to choose?
Aly Madhavji MBA’16D (Blockchain Founders Fund), Matt McGuire (The AML Shop), Andrea Canidio (INSEAD)
17 June 2020 – Webinar
Leading a Data-Driven Transformation: How to Build the Right Mindset, Skillset and Processes to Effectively Create Customer Value
Alain Bejjani (Majid Al Futtaim Holding), David Dubois (INSEAD), Joerg Niessing (INSEAD)
4 June 2020 – Webinar
Startups Against Corona – How Corporates and Startups Could Collaborate Better to Find Quick Solutions
Joerg Niessing (INSEAD), Gregor Gimmy (@27 pilots), Christian Heinrich (scoutbee), Mario Pieper (BSH)
19 May 2020 – Webinar
Careem: Selling Rides or Selling Tech? Strategic Agility & Scope in a Platform Business
19 February 2020 – INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi
Superstar Economy
27 January 2020 – INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi
Customer Centricity in the Digital Age: When and Why Big data can Yield Big Insights
David Dubois (INSEAD)
Tech Talk, INSEAD Asia campus, Singapore
21 January 2020
The Future of Digital Money
8 December 2019 – INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi
Master Class: The Future of Digital Money
13 November 2019 – INSEAD Asia Campus, Singapore
The potential of the data economy in the GCC
27 November 2019 – INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi
TECH TALK @ Google: How organizations use crowdsourcing to innovate?
23 October 2019 – Google Dubai
Training with AI, Winning Against Humans – Evidence from Chess Computers
21 October 2019 – INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi