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Masterclass, Discussion & Networking
Leadership in the Age of AI: Decision-Making, Adaptation & Competitive Dynamics
Wednesday, April 15th
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (KST)
THE PLAZA Seoul | Autograph Collection® Hotels
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Join us in Seoul for an exclusive event organized by ESSEC Business School:
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Wednesday, April 15th |
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6:00 PM - 9:30 PM (KST) |
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The Plaza |119 Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04525, Korea |
This executive event combines a masterclass and a panel discussion including Q&A, exploring how leadership and decision-making are evolving in today’s rapidly changing environment, and how organizations adapt to technological and competitive shifts.
Highlights of the Masterclass & Panel
- Masterclass by Prof. Julien Salanave: insights on leadership today — navigating uncertainty and leading transformation in a changing world.
- Executive panel discussion + Q&A: cross-perspectives from academia and industry on decision-making, organisational adaptation and emerging competitive dynamics.
- Academic & practitioner dialogue: combining strategic insight with real-world business experience and operational leadership challenges.
- Moderated by Prof. Julien Salanave, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, ESSEC Business School.
Agenda of the Evening
| 6:00 – 6:30 PM | Welcome & Registration By the ESSEC Executive Education team and partners |
| 6:30 – 6:40 PM | Opening Remarks ESSEC Business School and the French Chamber of Commerce in Korea |
| 6:40 – 7:00 PM | Introduction & Masterclass — Leadership in the Age of AI: Decision-Making, Adaptation & Competitive Dynamics Prof. Julien Salanave (ESSEC Business School) |
| 7:00 – 8:00 PM | Executive Panel Discussion & Q&A Leadership & Decision-Making in a Changing Environment Moderator: Prof. Julien Salanave (ESSEC) Panelists: Prof. Kang (Seoul National University) | Additional Speaker (TBC) |
| 8:00 – 9:30 PM | Networking Cocktail Informal discussions with peers and speakers |
Note: Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
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7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
7 550
étudiants en formation initiale, dont 38.32% d’étudiants internationaux
Leadership in the Age of AI: Decision-Making, Adaptation & Competitive Dynamics
Masterclass & Panel Insights
Bringing together academic expertise and executive experience, this session will explore how leadership and decision-making are evolving in an increasingly complex and technology-driven environment. Through both the masterclass and the panel discussion, participants will gain strategic perspectives as well as practical insights from real-world leadership situations.
Key Takeaways
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Understand how leadership roles are evolving in response to uncertainty, technological change and shifting organisational expectations. |
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Explore how leaders approach decision-making in complex environments combining strategic judgment, data and experience. |
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Gain perspectives from both academic research and industry practitioners on adapting organisations to evolving competitive dynamics. |
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Learn how leadership, strategy and execution intersect in real-life transformation contexts. |
Julien Malaurent
Executive Vice-President of Post-Experience Programs and Corporate Relations, Professor of Information Systems and Expert in Artificial Intelligence
ESSEC Business School
Julien Malaurent is a Professor of Information Systems at ESSEC Business School, where he also serves as Co-Academic Director of the METALAB and Academic Director of ESSEC's online programs. With a PhD from ESSEC, his research explores how users in large multinational organizations circumvent information systems. His work is widely published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Management of Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, and Journal of Information Technology. Julien is also an editor for the Information Systems Journal. He teaches courses on digital transformation and AI management across ESSEC's pre- and post-experience programs.
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Professor - Speaker
Professor Nestorovic, PhD, is a professor at ESSEC Business School with over 15 years of experience teaching geopolitics and international marketing. He is Co-Academic Director of ESSEC's Geopolitics & Business Center and was Academic Director of the MSc in Marketing Management and Digital from 2018 to 2021 at ESSEC France. Based at the Asia-Pacific campus in Singapore, he continues to teach there while also directing the Executive MBA in the region. He authored the book Marketing in an Islamic Environment (2007), which has been translated into several languages, and is a founding keynote speaker of major conferences on Islamic Marketing and Branding in Kuala Lumpur, London, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.
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