IMD Tech Community

Tech Community Upcoming Events

Thursday 15 January – 16h00 – 17h00 CET
AI Bubble or Real Shift? How Leaders Can Prepare for What’s Next

Interactive Panel and Q&A with IMD Professor for Digital Strategy José Para Moyano, IMD Professor of Finance Karl Schmedders, and Agentic Automation industry leader Christophe Meili. Moderated by Juan Martin, Head of Innovation at Cartier.  

Is the AI surge a bubble near its peak that will burst, or it the engine for the next economic cycle? This session strips out the noise and shows where the real shifts are—and how leaders should act now. 

What you will learn 

• Learn where AI is creating durable value—and where expectations are overheated. 

• See how leading firms are adjusting strategy, investment, and talent. 

• Identify high-impact actions leaders can take before competitors move. 

Immediate Takeaway: Attendees leave with a clear Framework for assessing the AI landscape, including key indicators for bubble status and outlook, plus Practical Advice on how to proactively prepare and manage the transformation 

Agentic Sessions

These sessions will explore hands-on how genAI and tools built on LLM models can be used to increase our day-to-day productivity significantly. The aim is to give us insights and techniques that can be applied immediately after the webinar in our professional (and personal) lives under the motto it is not AI that will replace us in our jobs, but rather people who use AI.

This series will be followed by another one on Agentic AI for organizations. How is AI automation already contributing to the productivity of organizations across industries and business domains and how can we as business decisions makers, make informed choices about it? Here again, we will give you hands-on insights in interactive webinars that will help you become an active decision maker in agentic AI.

Led by IMD alumni Christophe Meili & John Joyce + industry experts

Perfect for: Leaders, managers, and professionals ready to move beyond basic AI tools to intelligent automation that drives real business impact.

Register for the upcoming sessions : 

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Blockchain and Crypto Series

Centralized finance is failing you as debt-fueled money printing erodes your wealth, inflation eats away at your savings, and trust in traditional authorities continues to collapse. At the same time, a new global decentralized system is emerging—reshaping how you manage money, data, identity, and even luxury assets.

From Bitcoin as a new store of value, to DeFi innovations in lending and investing, to crypto alternatives like stablecoins, and luxury brands using tokenization, decentralization is creating a new era of wealth, value, and opportunity.

Learn how to protect your wealth and seize opportunities in the decentralized economy. We will invite crypto and blockchain experts to show how organizations are using these technologies to drive efficiency, transparency, and innovation.

Led by IMD alumni Sabrina Boudefar, Olivier Gaillard, Juan Martin Ortiz + industry experts

Perfect for: Leaders and professionals ready to harness blockchain and crypto to protect wealth and create real business impact.

Register for the upcoming series : 

Thursday, 22 January, 12:00-13:00 CET| From Volatility to Value: Crypto in Portfolio Strategy, dialogue with Charles-Henry Monchau, CIO Syz Group