Gaspard KOENIG - A World Under Surveillance: What of Individual Liberty?
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Pass Sanitaires/Vaccinales exigés à la Porte - Nous nous attendons à ce que tous les participants aient reçu leur rappel de vaccins et ne présentent aucun symptôme - Le dîner aura lieu dans le Grand Salon de la Maison des Polytechniciens avec un nombre limité de convives -Merci de votre compréhension.
La rencontre se déroulera en français.
Ivy Plus European Leaders
in partnership with HEC International, IMD and Alumni Alliance
is delighted to invite you to a
very topical and stimulating Dinner-Talk
on
Individual Liberty and The Rule of Law Worldwide
with renowned philosopher, author,
founder of think tank Generation Libre
found political movement Simple
French Presidential Candidate
Gaspard Koenig
In these times of upheaval and change, how do people across the world challenge, preserve, uphold or save their Individual Liberty?
Globalization, Increasing Governmental Rules, Controls & Regulations,
Big Data, Social Networks, Invasive Algorithms, Facial Recognition,
Is Individual Freedom in Danger?
Wednesday 19 January 2022 – 7:00 pm
Maison des Polytechniciens
In the past ten years, Philosopher and Author Gaspard Koenig has travelled across the world several times to meet leading actors of civilization changes, inventors, innovators, hackers, geeks, startup founders, AI gurus, political figures at opposite side of the spectrum, and the everyday individual, reflecting on the challenges of our modern world, its virtues and its threats. His journeys have taken him from the Silicon Valley to China, from India to Africa, from Peru to Finland, from Canada to Israel, throughout Europe, and last year, on horseback, across France, Germany and Italy.
Gaspard Koenig
A graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure and Columbia University, philosopher Gaspard Koenig taught at University of Lille and worked for Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy of the French Government, before joining the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Gaspard Koenig teaches philosophy at Sciences Po University (IEP) and writes a regular column in Les Echos and Le Point. In 2013, he founded the liberal think-tank Generation Libre to promote liberalism. In 2017, it was ranked among the top European think tanks. He has recently founded the political movement Simple.
He is the author of numerous novels and essays, among which La Fin de l'Individu - Voyage d'un philosophe au pays de l'intelligence artificielle (The End of the Individual – Journey of a Philosopher to the Land of Artificial Intelligence), Un Philosophe aux Pays des Libertés (A Philosopher in the Lands of Liberties), The Revolutionary, the Expert and the Geek, Adventurers of Freedom.
In 2021, Gaspard Koenig published the dystopian novel L'Enfer (Hell), a mirror held up to mass surveillance, uniformness, materialism, globalization, planned obsolescence, interchangeable humans, places and things, Notre Vagabonde Liberté, A cheval sur les traces de Montaigne (Our Roaming Freedom - On horseback on the tracks of Montaigne), a journal of his "slow" trip across Europe on horseback in the quest for liberty, and an essay Simplifions-nous la Vie (Let's Simplify our Lives).
He is a Young Leader of the French-American Foundation.
Venue : Maison des Polytechniciens, 12 rue de Poitiers, Paris 75007
Date & Time: Wednesday 19 January 2022 – 7:00 p.m.
Price Talk and Dinner with Champagne and Wine: Early Bird till January 10, 2022 - Members Ivy Plus European Leaders, HEC, Alliance Alumni 69€, Non-Members and Guests: 79€
After January 10th, IPEL, HEC, IMD, Alliance Alumni 75€, Guests 85€
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