Entrepreneur, Author & Professor; French Representative in Digital Champions Group of the EU; Co-chair, Conseil National Du Numérique.
Gilles Babinet Biography
Gilles Babinet is a French multi-entrepreneur, born in 1967 in Paris. He represents France in the Digital Champions group built by the European Union since 2013. He is also co-President of the Conseil National du Numérique, a body advising the French Government on digital matters.
After passing his baccalaureate as a free candidate, he founded numerous companies in fields as diverse as consulting (Absolut), construction (Escalade Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave, sold for €139 million), co-creation (Eyeka, whose co-creator community is the largest in the world with 540,000 members), decision-making tools (CaptainDash)... Since then, Gilles Babinet has helped many startups to develop.
In April 2011, Gilles Babinet was elected the first President of the Conseil national du numérique. After a 14-month mandate, he is appointed Digital Champion by the French Minister for Digital Affairs, Fleur Pellerin. In this position, he represents France's digital challenges to the European Commission. He will return to the Conseil national du numérique in September 2018 as Vice-President and is again elected Co-President in 2021.
Gilles Babinet also collaborates with the Institut Montaigne on various projects related to competitiveness and digital technology. He writes in various newspapers on these themes and teaches in various schools in France (Sciences Po Paris, INSP, HEC in particular) and abroad (UM6P in particular) for which he offers training in digital transformation. Each year, he participates in the eCAC40 barometer of digital agility of CAC40 companies. He also sits on the board of EY from 2013 to June 2019 as well as on the board of the EDF foundation and also advises several Fortune 500 CEOs.
Finally, Gilles Babinet has published several books, including Transformation digitale; l'avènement des plateformes. Histoires de licornes, de données et de nouveaux Barbares (2016) in which he discusses the challenges of operating the most successful startups and digital transformation models for traditional companies, and Refondre les politiques publiques avec le numérique (2020). In March 2024, he published his latest book entitled "Green AI - L'intelligence artificielle au service du climat" (Green AI – Artificial Intelligence at the service of the climate).
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Gilles Babinet Speaking Topics
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Digital transformation of companies
This conference looks at the origins of the digital revolution and its consequences on large organisations (changes in the production model, the management model, etc.). It can be presented in several ways depending on the type of activity of the client. This is Gilles' main conference, which is constantly being improved in line with societal changes.
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Public administration and digital
Focusing more on the intertwining of public policy and digital technology, this conference discusses the political issues related to the emergence of digital technology as well as the challenges of the digital transformation of the public administration through numerous examples. In particular, it deals with the cultural and managerial changes that digital transformation brings about.
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Gilles Babinet is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Digital transformation of companies , Public administration and digital, Big data and artificial intelligence, Work and economy in the digital age, Digital and emerging countries and Smart City . The estimated speaking fee range to book Gilles Babinet for your event is available upon request. Gilles Babinet generally travels from Paris, France and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Brett StClair, Christina Shim, R "Ray" Wang, Mike Walsh and Ray Kurzweil. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Gilles Babinet for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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