Speaker of the day: Gilles Babinet — Economy and Finance

Every day we spotlight one voice from the UnoMe network. Today: Gilles Babinet, Economy and Finance — one of the keynote speakers we recommend for corporate events and conferences in Hawalli, Sohar and across the GCC.

Who is Gilles Babinet?

Gilles Babinet is an expert in the digital environment.

After passing his baccalaureate as a private candidate, he founded numerous companies in diverse fields such as consulting (Absolut), construction (Escalade Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave, sold for 139 million euros), co-creation (Eyeka, whose co-creator community is the largest in the world with 340,000 members), decision-making tools (CaptainDash)…

In April 2011, Gilles Babinet was elected as the first President of the National Digital Council (Conseil national du numérique - Cnnum). The Cnnum is responsible for informing public authorities about the challenges of the digital economy and improving dialogue between the government and the internet sector. Under his presidency, Gilles Babinet directed the Cnnum towards state reform and competitiveness initiatives. In particular, the Cnnum committed to the development of e-education, innovation financing, digital taxation, and open data.

In June 2012, he was appointed Digital Champion by the then Minister Delegate for Digital Affairs, Fleur Pellerin. In this capacity, he represents France's digital interests to the European Commission.

Gilles Babinet is the author of numerous works focused on the consequences and understanding of digital transformation. Gilles also collaborates with the Institut Montaigne on various projects related to competitiveness and digital technology. In October 2016, Gilles also published for the 3rd year, in partnership with Les Echos, the barometer of digital agility of CAC40 players, the eCAC40.

Languages spoken by the speaker

English
French

Gilles Babinet offers conferences throughout French-speaking Switzerland and worldwide in English. With UnoMe, you can benefit from the expertise of this top-level digital specialist in fascinating conferences:

Economic paradigms in the digital age
Understanding big data
Digital transformation in companies
Public administration and digital technology
General principles of the digital revolution in economics, AI and Digital

December 2016 "Digital Transformation; the platform event".
"Stories of unicorns, data and new barbarians", which discusses the operational challenges of the most successful startups and digital transformation models for traditional companies.
"The Digital Age, a new age of humanity", published in January 2014, in which he highlights the impact of technologies, concepts, and modes of thought from the digital sphere on the world as it exists today, and
"Big Data, rethinking man and the world differently", specifically on the topics of massive data.

Topics on stage

Economy and Finance
Future and Digital

Who is this keynote for?

A talk by Gilles Babinet fits annual kick-offs, leadership days, industry conferences and talent programmes. The format usually runs 45 to 60 minutes, with an optional Q&A or a closed-door executive workshop.

Booking in the UAE and the Gulf

UnoMe, the Swiss Speakers' Bureau in Dubai, handles everything: selection, negotiation, travel and preparation with your team. Contact us to check Gilles Babinet's availability for your date.

Speaker of the day: Gilles Babinet — Economy and Finance

Who is Gilles Babinet?

Topics on stage

Who is this keynote for?

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