WHAT WE DO
From technological change to strategic understanding
WHAT WE DO
From technological change to strategic understanding
Research emerging technologies
We conduct academic and applied research on how emerging technologies reshape industries and organizations, helping leaders identify the developments that deserve strategic attention.
Prepare the next generation
We involve highly selected ESSEC students in research and corporate projects at the technological frontier, combining rigorous inquiry with direct exposure to the people building these technologies and the executives deploying them.
Help organizations respond strategically
Through thought leadership and close collaboration, we help organizations interpret emerging technologies, assess their implications and respond with greater clarity.
LEARNING THROUGH ACCESS
Direct access to the people shaping technology
Students engage with technology builders, senior executives, entrepreneurs and public decision-makers through applied projects, expert sessions and selected learning expeditions.
Recent encounters have connected students with global technology companies, frontier ventures, financial institutions and public organizations. These experiences help students understand emerging technologies in the contexts where they are developed, deployed and governed.
Quantum Business Risk Project · Awarded 2025 Best Chair Project Award
Zalando CMO's Fireside Chat · Berlin Chair Trip · 2026
Google Singapore AI & Career Fireside Chat · 2026
FOR STUDENTS
Build a career ready for what comes next
The Chair brings together small, highly selective cohorts in France and Singapore. Students contribute to applied research, work on strategic questions with partner organizations and learn in direct contact with the people making consequential technology decisions.
The Chair is designed for students who want to go beyond observing technological change. Students are expected to investigate it, test assumptions, work across disciplines and communicate what they learn to decision-makers and the wider public.
Academic Rigor
Coursework, research seminars and practical workshops give students the frameworks needed to understand how emerging technologies develop, scale and reshape industries.
Pioneering Insights
Expert sessions, field engagement and selected learning expeditions bring students into direct conversation with technology builders, industry leaders and public decision-makers.
Applied Mastery
Through Chair projects developed with partner organizations, students investigate live strategic questions and turn evidence into clear recommendations and deliverables.
IDEAS AND PUBLIC DEBATE
Research and perspectives on technological change
Beyond its Digital Disruption Matrix which is released annually, the Chair regularly publishes original analysis of emerging technologies and contributes to public debate through articles, interviews and expert commentary.
LATEST WORK
A selection of our latest substack articles
Stablecoins promised to democratize money. What they are really doing is forcing a reckoning over who controls it
13 May 2026 · Read the article
Sovereignty and inference taking a central role, the world turns cloud-bound AI to its pocket-sized version: explore the new AI infrastructure.
10 February 2026 · Read the article
From LLMs to World Models, the Race to go Beyond Language.
13 May 2026 · Read the article
THE CHAIR IN THE PRESS
A selection of our latest features in french and international press
Why leaders must learn to see beyond the tech hype
By Jan Ondrus and Jeremy Beaufils
13 August 2025
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« Détroit d'Ormuz : ce que l'IA doit apprendre de l'aviation civile »
By Jeremy Beaufils
7 May 2026
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« L'énergie devient le nouveau goulot d'étranglement de l'innovation »
Interview with Jeremy Beaufils
5 May 2025
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CONTACT THE CHAIR
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For partnerships, research and media inquiries, speaking opportunities and questions about student applications, contact the ESSEC Digital Disruption Chair.
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