Fontainebleau (France), Singapore, Abu Dhabi (UAE), San Francisco (US) —  INSEAD, The Business School for the World, today announced the launch of the INSEAD Global AI Forum Series 2025, to be held across its key locations in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Fontainebleau and San Francisco.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the boundaries of human achievements. As AI begins to rival and surpass human intelligence across diverse tasks, it presents both extraordinary opportunities and significant risks. This makes the careful integration of human and machine intelligence critical to societal progress.

The INSEAD Human and Machine Intelligence Institute (HUMII) is a newly created think tank that will explore how human and machine intelligence can work together to improve societal outcomes in the age of intelligence. It focuses on building skills for future business leader, research insights into human and machine co-intelligence, and applying knowledge to enhance human agency.

Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Innovation at INSEAD, said, “As a leading global business school, INSEAD is uniquely positioned to lead discussions on the societal implications of human-machine co-intelligence, on AI's impact on people, businesses and society. While we leverage the huge potential of AI to create value, we must also safeguard the essence of human agency.”

INSEAD Global AI Forum Series 2025

Supporting HUMII’s vision, INSEAD will host four Global AI Forums in 2025.

Anchored by its faculty, each Forum will gather dignitaries, industry leaders, alumni, and students for vibrant discussions on AI's impact on business, society, and the economy.

These dialogues and debates will foster deeper insights into how AI and human cognition can complement and elevate each other. This understanding will help leaders harness AI to drive responsible, human-centric innovation, and shape organisations and societies that place people at their centre.   

Forum Dates, Locations and Programme Highlights:

23 April – 1 May: INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi

  • From Algorithms to Leadership: The AI Revolution in Management Education
  • Falcon, Open-Source AI, and the UAE’s Path to Global Leadership
  • AI Startups in MENA: Fuelling Innovation, Competing Globally
  • AI and the New Organisational Landscape: Innovation, Culture and Competitiveness
  • Empowering Digital Twins with AI for Real-Time Optimal Decision Making

30 May: INSEAD Asia Campus, Singapore

  • De-mystifying AI 
  • Navigating the AI Event Horizon: Strategic Responses to the Rise of AGI and ASI 
  • Geopolitics and the AI Race 
  • AI: A Window on China 
  • AI x Business: Building and Transforming at Scale

4 June: INSEAD Europe Campus, Fontainebleau

  • AI Forecasting for Business
  • Putting Human and Alien Intelligences to Work 
  • ASML – Building a Tech Leader 
  • AI and Organisations: Performance and People 
  • AI and Economic Growth 
  • Personalisation and Experimentation with AI 
  • AI: A Window on AI in China

July (date to be announced): INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation

Confirmed speakers include: 

Middle East

  • Ali Abbasi, Division Lead, Services, Mastercard Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa
  • Vikas A. Aggarwal, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD  
  • Mehdi El Amin Fichtali, Founder & CEO, FinaMaze
  • Frederic Godart, Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD
  • Mete Guney, Executive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa
  • Hakim Hacid, Chief Researcher, Technology Innovation Institute
  • Hamza Mudassir, Founder, Strategize.inc
  • Laurence Ouaknine, CEO, Sthrive
  • Sophie Smith, Founder and CEO at Nabta Health
  • Enver Yucesan, Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD
  • Peter Zemsky, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD

Asia

  • Guoli Chen, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD
  • Jason P. Davis, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD
  • Philipp Kandal, Chief Product Officer, Grab
  • Oliver Jay, Managing Director, OpenAI International
  • Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics at INSEAD
  • Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Innovation at INSEAD
  • Ming Liao, Professor of Practice in Business Analytics at CUHK
  • Hyunjin Kim, Assistant Professor of Strategy at INSEAD
  • Philip M. Parker, Professor of Marketing and the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science

Europe

  • Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics at INSEAD
  • Annet Aris, Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy at INSEAD
  • Theos Evgeniou, professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management at INSEAD
  • Lily Fang, Dean of Research and Innovation at INSEAD
  • Martin Gonzalez, Google DeepMind
  • Hyunjin Kim, Assistant Professor of Strategy at INSEAD
  • Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy at INSEAD  
  • Alexandra Roulet, Assistant Professor of Economics at INSEAD
  • Ville Satopaa, Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD
  • Fan Zhang, CTO, Zhipu AI, China
  • Spyros Zoumpoulis, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD
  • Ruben Lobel, Product and Data Scientist Lead, Waymo
  • Martin Tingley, Windows Experimentation Lead, Microsoft

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