Showcase: Innovating for the Wellbeing of Humans and Ecosystems
Event details
| Date | 10.09.2025 |
| Hour | 09:00 › 17:30 |
| Speaker | Jean-Marc Jancovici, Founding Partner, The Shift Project - Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President, EPFL - Bruno Abhishek Jain, Director of Green Economy & Impact Innovations, CEEW Maria Neira, Director of Environment, Climate Change & Health, WHO Sophie Bacq, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, IMD Bastien Sachet, CEO, Earthworm Foundation |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | French, English |
AGENDA
08:30 – Exhibition opening and welcome coffee
09:30 – 11:15 Introduction and block 1: Facing reality – Wellbeing in a fragmented world
11:15 -12:15 Thematic workshops
Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Block 2: Transforming sectors – An economy for wellbeing
Afternoon Break
15:30 – 17:00 Block 3: Acting now – Showcasing innovation for impact
Closing by Julia Binder (Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, IMD) and Florian Hoos (Co- Director, E4S – IMD).
FORMAT: WHAT TO EXPECT
08:30 – Exhibition opening and welcome coffee
09:30 – 11:15 Introduction and block 1: Facing reality – Wellbeing in a fragmented world
- Welcome to Showcase – Julia Bory (Innovation Lead, E4S) and Jean-Philippe Bonardi (Co-Director, E4S)
- Setting the Stage: an Economy for Wellbeing – Christian Gollier (Professor of Environmental Economics, Toulouse School of Economics)
- Changing circumstances, changing priorities? – Simon Evenett (Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy, IMD)
- Policies for human and ecological well-being: between lucidity and ambition (FR) – Fire-side chat with Bruno Le Maire (Former French Minister of the Economy and Finance) and Timothée Parrique (Researcher in Ecological Economics, HEC-UNIL)
- Planetary health: a shared global concern – Maria Neira (Former Director of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation)
11:15 -12:15 Thematic workshops
Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Block 2: Transforming sectors – An economy for wellbeing
- Living well within planetary boundaries : how to plan the next 5 years ? (FR) – Jean-Marc Jancovici (President, the Shift Project)
- Decarbonizing construction – Karen Scrivener (Professor, Materials and Construction Laboratory, EPFL)
- Leveraging constraints: how higher education can lead change – Fire-side chat with Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (President, EPFL), Frédéric Herman (Rector, UNIL) and David Bach (President, IMD)
Afternoon Break
15:30 – 17:00 Block 3: Acting now – Showcasing innovation for impact
- Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st century – Sophie Bacq (Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, IMD)
- From watts to wellbeing: how decentralized energy sparks sustainable livelihoods – Abhishek Jain (Director of Green Economy & Impact Innovations, CEEW)
- Solutions for robust value chains (FR) – Bastien Sachet (CEO, Earthworm Foundation)
- Solutions for outdoor products (FR) – Adina Edme (Chief Transformation Officer, Decathlon Switzerland)
- Solutions for circular fashion – Nicholas Hänny (CEO, NIKIN)
- An SME’s journey of transformation for wellbeing – Stephanie Tauber Gomez (Deputy CEO, B Lab Switzerland)
Closing by Julia Binder (Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, IMD) and Florian Hoos (Co- Director, E4S – IMD).
FORMAT: WHAT TO EXPECT
- Inspiring Talks & Fireside Chats
- Thematic Workshops
- Immersive Solutions Exhibition
Links
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- The Enteprise for Society (E4S) Center