Paris School of Business is proud to announce the launch of its new lecture series, “Beyond Management – Paris School of Business Lecture Series”, a flagship event open to students, faculty, alumni, and partners of the school. This series aims to foster reflection on major contemporary issues at the intersection of management, society, and culture.
Leading voices at the microphone of the school
For the launch of the 2025–2026 edition, the first lectures will focus on geopolitics, featuring three prominent figures of the public debate who will share their insights and engage in conversation with the Paris School of Business community:
- Tuesday, November 5, 2025 – Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate for European Affairs
Theme: “Toward a Powerful Europe?” - Thursday, December 10, 2026 – Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister, former Minister of the Interior, former Minister for Overseas Territories
Theme: “France in All Its States!” - Wednesday, February 5, 2026 – Audrey Azoulay, former Minister of Culture, former Director-General of UNESCO
Theme: “Is Culture a Global Priority?”
Additional dates are currently being scheduled.
According to Olivier Aptel, Dean and Director General of Paris School of Business:
“With Beyond Management – Paris School of Business Lecture Series, our goal is to create a space for intellectual openness and dialogue that rises to the challenges of our time.
The idea is simple: to allow our students, and a wider audience, to meet and exchange with personalities shaping today’s world, whether they come from politics, economics, culture, or international affairs.”
The series will be introduced by Frédéric Encel, Professor of Geopolitics at Paris School of Business, Corresponding Member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, a renowned expert in international relations, and author of numerous reference works. He will introduce each guest before giving the floor to the students.
According to Professor Encel:
“Within a business school, it is essential to move beyond the confines of management or strategy to reflect on the meaning of action, the place of Europe, culture, democracy, and power. In short, on what structures our collective future.
Training responsible leaders also means helping them understand the world they will act in. That is precisely the spirit of this lecture series: going beyond the boundaries of management to think about the world, together.”
A format designed for exchange
Each lecture will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Paris School of Business auditorium.
The interactive format will unfold in two parts:
- 30 minutes of presentation by the guest speaker to share their vision and experience,
- followed by 45 minutes of open discussion with the audience.
A series that goes beyond the boundaries of management
Through Beyond Management – Paris School of Business Lecture Series, the school reaffirms its mission to shape enlightened leaders, capable of understanding the world in all its complexity and acting with discernment.
This initiative lies at the heart of the school’s mission: to broaden students’ intellectual horizons and encourage ongoing dialogue between the academic, political, economic, and cultural spheres.