March 28, 2024 will mark an unmissable event for those passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, with the Lead Innovation Day being held on the EDHEC Paris campus. Formerly known as Lean Startup Day, this event promises a day rich in learning, exchanges and practices around innovation methods and the world of startups.

About Lead Innovation 🚀

Lead Innovation is much more than just a conference. It's a day entirely dedicated to exploring innovation methods, agility and transformation. Its main objective is to create a space for meeting and exchange where participants can share their experiences, learn new methods and discover effective ways of creating new business or products, whether in a company or a startup.

The event aims to enrich everyone's knowledge so that they can contribute effectively to shaping the future. With a mixed audience of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs expected from France and Europe, Lead Innovation Day aims to become a major European event in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation by 2030.

Immerse yourself in an immersive exploration of the latest trends and tools shaping tomorrow's world, alongside a dynamic community of passionate professionals and experts.

The rich and varied programme will cover a wide range of themes:

Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Design Sprints, creativity, and other innovation techniques and tools.

Case studies from startups and large companies on their use of these approaches.

Topics such as Customer Discovery, Growth Hacking, Marketing Sprint, Sustainable Business Models and Artificial Intelligence.

And much more besides! Over 60 renowned speakers, including 16 EDHEC alumni, will share their experience and expertise at conferences, workshops, case studies and round tables.

Discover some of the speakers who will inspire you:

- Benoit Rosier (EDHEC Msc 2021), Co-founder and CPO of Hubvisory, will talk about building responsible products.

- Adrien Deslous-Paoli (EDHEC Master 2014), expert in Textile Reuse & Recycling, will guide you towards a more sustainable fashion industry.

- Caroline Aumeran (EDHEC Master 2014), Change-maker and specialist in energy and the circular economy, will share her keys to building an impactful economic model.

- Olivier HEIM (BBA EDHEC 2014), Co-founder & Business Designer @6freedom, will take you through the Design Sprint to design virtual reality solutions.

- Cédric Bouré (MBA 2018), Head of Design @Linxo, will invite you to a fun workshop to solve problems and innovate with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.

- Jean-Baptiste Vincent (EDHEC Master 2002), Founder of Sketch and co, will introduce you to Visual Thinking, a powerful method for communicating and clarifying your ideas.

- Thomas Schwartz-Dreyfus (EDHEC Master 2008), a experienced VP digital and marketing who has worked for Amazon and Nike, will explain the keys to success in his talk "Creating partnerships to accelerate growth".

- Claire Trachet (EDHEC Master 2010),Founder of Trachet and CFO at YesWeHack, will give you some sound advice on how to optimise the management and development of your business in her workshop entitled "When you’re flying in the dark, what should be on your radar?"

- Laurence Boyer (EDHEC Master 2002), Director of Risk & Contract Management for Faurecia Clean Mobility, will share her expertise in risk and contract management in a dedicated case study.

- Chris Lucas (EDHEC Master 1988), CEO and founding partner of GWSC Ltd and Nihco, will guide you in managing major upheavals in your ecosystem during a practical workshop.

- Olivier Lefevre (EDHEC Master 1994), Design Manager, will explore the often neglected links between design and development in his lecture "Design / Dev: looking for the lost connexion". 

- Nicolas Petitjean (EDHEC AMP 2015), Founder of collectivehoood, will lead a captivating round-table discussion on a topical subject: "Why will design leadership supplant strategy in a world of perpetual change?

- Zahid FADLI (MBA 2017)Director of Product Technology Engineering and Technical Marketing Engineering at Dell, will give you a better understanding of the evolution of customer feedback in his workshop "Evolution of Alpha & Beta".

- Marie Maurin EDHEC Master GE 2008), Change Leader and Innovation Trainer, et Lionel Exposito (EDHEC Master 2008), Experienced Entrepreneur, will be co-leading a workshop on cultural discovery and external innovation. 

And there will be many more exceptional speakers to discover!

Don't miss this unique opportunity to :

• Develop your skills and knowledge in a rapidly expanding field.
• Meet and talk to seasoned professionals and visionary entrepreneurs.
• Forge lasting links with a dynamic community and share your experiences.
• Find inspiration and new ideas to boost your career or launch your entrepreneurial project.

For more information and to register, please visit the website

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As an alumni, you benefit from a 25% discount thanks to the promotional code EDHECFriends.

This event was created by the Lean Startup Experience association, which was set up in 2016 and has organised over 100 events.

Mission: To help entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs turn their idea into a business.

The association brings together a community of 12,000 entrepreneurs