Europe in a disrupted world

Denis RANQUE

President of the Academy of Technologies, former President of Thales

Denis Ranque, born 1952, is a graduate of France's Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines ParisTech.

He began his career at the French Ministry for Industry, in the energy sector, before joining Thomson-CSF in 1983.

After having held various operational positions in this Group, in electron tubes and sonar systems, he had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of this group, renamed THALES, from 1998 to 2009.

He has been Chairman of the Board at TECHNICOLOR (2009-2012) and AIRBUS (2013-2020) and a director in Saint Gobain and CGG VERITAS, and now in CMA CGM.

He has also been Chairman of the board of Mines ParisTech, and Fondation de l’Ecole Polytechnique and Chairman of the Cercle de l'Industrie, an association which unites France’s biggest industrial companies.

He has been Chairman of National Academy of technologies of France since Janunary 2022.

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Speakers

Jean-Pierre
RAFFARIN

Alain
PICHON

Sumeet
ANAND

Jean-Paul
BETBEZE

Joachim
BITTERLICH

Pascal
BONIFACE

Jean-Louis
BOURLANGES

Patrick
BRANDMAIER

André
CHIENG

Jean-Marie
GUEHENNO

Fabienne
KELLER

Rachel
KHAN

Catherine
LUBOCHINSKY

János
MARTONYI

Denis
RANQUE

Vera
SONGWE

Tertius
ZONGO

Program
Friday, August 26th
Welcome Coffee	9h30 - 10h00
Welcome speakers Alain PICHON, President of the Vienne Departmental Council Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN Former Prime Minister, Honorary Member of the French Parliament, Chairman of the Foundation Prospective and Innovation	10h00 - 10h15
Keynote Speaker : Rachel KHAN, Lawyer, essayist and columnist	10h15 - 10h30
Video Interview between Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN and Tertius ZONGO, Former Prime minister of Burkina Faso, Senior Fellow and Director of the Sahel Chair at the FERDI	10h30 - 10h45
1 – Political ruptures : the end of the free-market cycle ? Fabienne KELLER, member of the European Parliament Jean-Louis BOURLANGES, member of Parliament, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission Jean-Marie GUEHENNO, former French diplomat, Professor at Columbia University, author of « The last 21rst century »	10h45-12h15
Lunch	12h15 - 13h45
2 - Economic changes: is this the Asian century ? Opening video of Jean-Paul BETBEZE, University Professor of Economic Sciences (em.) Denis RANQUE, President of the Academy of Technologies, former President of Thales Patrick BRANDMAIER, General Director of the franco-german chamber of commerce and industry Catherine LUBOCHINSKY, Professor of economic sciences, member of the cercle of economists, member of the scientific committee of the APCR Sumeet ANAND, President of the French-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Founder of Insight Growth Partner	13h45 - 15h00
3 - Geopolitical changes: Where are we heading ? Opening video of Vera SONGWE, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa János MARTONYI, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Joachim BITTERLICH, former ambassador, former european, diplomatic and political security advisor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl Pascal BONIFACE, Director of the IRIS	15h00 - 16h20

Keynote Speaker : Rachel KHAN, Lawyer, essayist and columnist	16h20 - 16h30
Closing Remarks by André CHIENG, Chairman and CEO of the Asian European Commerce (AEC) and Vice Chairman of the France-China Committee Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN Former Prime Minister, Honorary Member of the French Parliament, Chairman of the Foundation Prospective and Innovation	16h30 - 17h00