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Of the Field

Lead Innovation Day 2026

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ead Innovation Day is an annual executive event at EDHEC Business School, Paris, bringing together 80 innovation leaders (Director-level and above) from leading organizations to accelerate AI transformation through keynotes, company stories, and hands-on workshops. The 2026 edition focuses on leading with AI across four themes: Business Model & Value Creati…

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17Voices
7Underwriters
0Exhibitors
21On the bill · sessions
15Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Lead, in alphabetical order.
Andriy Mandyev
Head of Data Factory · Decathlon
Carlos Diaz
Host & Founder · Silicon Carne
Carly Stanway
Change & Transformation Executive · Solvd Group
Christian Auriach
Gabriel Hubert
CEO & Co-founder · Dust
Hafedh Messaoudi
Jasper Verbeek
Laurent Bouchoucha
VP Business Development · Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Luca Stornaiuolo
Engineering Leader · Italian Ministry of Labour
Ludovic Cinquin
Marie Lacroix
Co-fondatrice — Docteure en neurosciences · COG'X
Matthieu Vetter
Lead, 2 years scaling GenAI · Pierre & Vacances
Mohamed Senhadji
Digital Innovation Lead · ENGIE
Mohamed Touzi
Paul Nicolas Taisne
Sebastian Hermeling
Stephen Parkins
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AI Partners
Coachissime
Dust
EDHEC Business School
Forward
ITONICS
WhereWeGo
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The Programme

Selected from 21 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:30

    Opening Conversation — what AI is really doing in Silicon Valley, and what European leaders are missing

  • 10:00

    Keynote — AI at Work: What Building Enterprise AI Teaches About Leading the Shift

  • 10:45–12:15

    Build Your AI Roadmap

    Co-facilitated workshop on structuring an AI roadmap — from opportunity mapping to prioritization and governance.

    Exec Rooms — Workshops
  • 10:45–12:15

    Decathlon — The skills AI won't cover — what leaders need beyond the Data Factory

    Amphi
  • 10:45–12:15

    Hu-Ma Shift — 21 days to shift AI behavior — designing an adoption program that actually works

    Amphi
  • 10:45–12:15

    Scaling Innovation: From Signals to Ideas with AI-Powered Workflow Mastery

    From emerging signals to testable ideas — a repeatable AI-powered workflow connecting foresight to execution.

    Exec Rooms — Workshops
  • 10:45–12:15

    The human side of AI transformation — what adoption actually looks like from the people perspective

    Amphi
  • 13:45–15:15

    AI & predictive maintenance — a product owner’s REX

    Amphi
  • 13:45–15:15

    Culture & Leadership: Control or Transformation?

    Your CEO says "we're AI-first." Your teams say nothing has changed. Do you need better governance, or a deeper shift in culture?

    Exec Rooms — Discussions & Workshops
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 15 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Fifteen companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
1All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
8Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Dust

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

24% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite16%
  • Founder / Owner16%
  • VP-level16%
  • Director / Head of16%
  • Manager / Lead212%
  • Other roles1165%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01DustSp1V
  2. 02AI PartnersSp
  3. 03CoachissimeSp
  4. 04EDHEC Business SchoolSp
  5. 05ForwardSp
  6. 06ITONICSSp
  7. 07WhereWeGoSp
  8. 08Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise1V
  9. 09COG'X1V
  10. 10Decathlon1V
  11. 11ENGIE1V
  12. 12Italian Ministry of Labour1V
  13. 13Pierre & Vacances1V
  14. 14Silicon Carne1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
unspecified7
100% of 7