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Doha, Qatar – 27 January 2026: As more than 30,000 founders, investors, developers, and innovators gather at the Doha Exhibition & Convention Center for Web Summit Qatar 2026, HEC Paris, Doha will contribute to the global dialogue on technology and organizational decision-making through a masterclass addressing one of the most critical leadership challenges of today’s digital economy.</p>
<p>Titled Leading in the Age of AI: Building Digital Intelligence, the masterclass will take place on 3 February 2026 and will be led by Professor Seungah Sarah Lee, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organizations at HEC Paris, Doha. While Web Summit highlights cutting-edge developments in technology and innovation, HEC Paris, Doha’s contribution places the spotlight on the human dimension of AI - how leaders think, decide, and shape organizations in an AI-driven world.</p>
<p>Professor Lee’s research focuses on entrepreneurship, organizational design, and innovation, with particular attention to how global models can be adapted to local and regional contexts. The session challenges a common misconception: that AI adoption alone is sufficient to deliver competitive advantage.</p>
<p>Instead, the masterclass emphasizes that sustainable value creation depends on leadership capabilities - how leaders set priorities, manage risk, shape culture, and enable teams to experiment and execute responsibly. Participants will gain a practical framework for building digital intelligence, defined as the combination of strategic clarity, human judgment, and organizational routines that allow AI to be deployed confidently, ethically, and at scale.</p>
<p>Joshua Kobb, Chief Growth and Impact Officer at HEC Paris, Doha, said:<br />
“Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept; it is a present reality. Yet technology without leadership is simply acceleration without direction. At HEC Paris, Doha, we believe that the true driver of impact in the age of AI is the leader who applies technology with purpose, responsibility, and judgment. Our participation at Web Summit Qatar reflects our commitment to developing leaders who can navigate complexity while creating sustainable value for the region.”</p>
<p>The HEC Paris, Doha presence at Web Summit Qatar reflects its long-standing commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship across the GCC. Through its degree programs and executive education portfolio, the business school integrates applied learning through capstone projects in which participants work on real-world challenges at the intersection of strategy, technology, and growth. Several ventures emerging from these capstone projects have successfully scaled across the GCC, contributing to the region’s growing innovation ecosystem.</p>
<p>Attendees can join Professor Seungah Sarah Lee’s masterclass on 3 February 2026 from 12:30 to 13:15 at DECC, 3rd floor, and connect with HEC Paris, Doha representatives throughout the summit to learn more about the institution’s executive education offerings.<br />
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HEC Paris, Doha Brings AI Leadership Intelligence to Web Summit Qatar
Doha, Qatar – 27 January 2026: As more than 30,000 founders, investors, developers, and innovators gather at the Doha Exhibition & Convention Center for Web Summit Qatar 2026, HEC Paris, Doha will contribute to the global dialogue on technology ...
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<p>In an increasingly complex and fast-evolving world, today’s professionals are called to lead with agility, purpose, and vision. Whether you're looking to accelerate your career or pivot into a new industry, strengthening your leadership capabilities is key to navigating what lies ahead.</p>
<p>Join us for an engaging online session to explore the Executive MBA designed for ambitious professionals ready to assume greater leadership responsibilities in their executive journey.</p>
<p>Throughout the session, you will gain insight into the program’s structure and global relevance, experience a live classroom session led by one of our world-class professors, and hear directly from two alumni as they share how HEC Paris, Doha transformed their careers and perspectives.</p>
<p>Register now to explore how the Executive MBA can accelerate your professional growth and expand your leadership potential.<br />
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Event: Info Session<br />
Format: Online<br />
Date: 28.01.2026 (Wednesday)<br />
Time: 17:30 – 18:30 (Riyadh time)<br />
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<td>Program overview by Yousra</td>
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<td style="width: 594px;"><strong>Dr. Wolfgang Amann<br />
Professor of Strategy and Leadership at HEC Paris</strong><br />
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He has been directing degree, custom, open, and certificate programs for HEC Paris since 2014 and for 25 years overall. He earned four doctorates in international strategy, psychology. educational leadership, and philosophy exploring what wisdom means in today's complex world. He is a graduate of key faculty development programs at Harvard, IESE, EFMD and IMD.<br />
Next to designing and delivering executive education seminars worldwide, he advises senior leaders and holds several board assignments. He held several director positions in academia and industry. He published 50+ books for executives and compiled more than 100 case studies for his executive education seminars.<br />
He is certified to administer a number of psychometric tests for strategic leaders. He received a number of research, teaching, book as well as case writing, and academic impact awards along with honorary professorships. Most notably, he won five best course awards at university level and received repeatedly the prestigious CEMS teaching award for best course in top business schools worldwide. Next to his academic initiatives, he founded several ventures. In his free time, he participates in long distance running and Ironman races.</td>
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Info Session "Transform your career with the HEC Paris Executive MBA.”
In an increasingly complex and fast-evolving world, today’s professionals are called to lead with agility, purpose, and vision. Whether you're looking to accelerate your career or pivot into a new industry, strengthening your leadership capabilities ...
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<!--StartFragment -->AI is becoming real with every new application and meaningful use case transforming how organizations create value, make decisions, and innovate. This Masterclass empowers leaders to understand what’s behind this transformation and how to leverage it strategically and responsibly. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) work, uncovering their potential to enhance performance, productivity, and customer engagement. The session then explores the AI frontier with Agents and agentic AI—systems capable of reasoning, planning, and acting autonomously toward defined business goals. These new frontiers represent a shift from AI as a tool to AI as an active collaborator in strategy execution and operations. Finally, the Masterclass highlights how these technologies are reshaping organizational structures, leadership roles, and workforce capabilities.<br />
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<li>Date: 25.11.25 (Tuesday)</li>
<li>Time: 6.00 – 8.00 PM, doors open at 5.30 PM</li>
<li>Venue: HEC Paris, Doha, 1st floor, classroom 102 and Lounge https://maps.app.goo.gl/MBTwTcg3MNy4GFhT7 </li>
<li>Parking: We recommend using your GPS application to search for Galleria East Parking, which will direct you to the nearest parking near our building. You can take any spot at the B3 level.</li>
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<p>David Restrepo is the director of the Smart Law Hub and a Fellow at the Hi! Paris Center of Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. He serves as Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Group (SIG) of the American Academy of Legal Studies in Business, and co-convenes the Law, Society and AI Seminar Series at HEC Paris IP Paris.</p>
<p>His teaching portfolio includes courses on Policy and Regulation of Digital Finance, Blockchain, Innovation and Policy, Data Analytics and AI, and Data Law and Technology Compliance, delivered jointly with the Stockholm School of Economics (CEMS). Ecole Polytechnique (MSc Data Science for Business), and the MIT (LLM), and standalone in the MSc in International Finance, and the Major in Digital Business in Executive Education, he manages the Deloitte</p>
<p>program on AI and Data, and has led tailored-made programs for leading firms and public organizations, including trainings for central banks and high public officials. He is also the director of the Certificate on the Future of Money and Payments.</p>
<p>His research analyses the strategies of organizations to navigate digital innovation and the role of regulations in shaping the fields of privacy, finance, international business transactions, and corporate social responsibility He combines approaches from strategy, computer science and informatics, law, sociology, and science and technology studies He conducted R&D projects with public partners such as the French Cour de cassation and European Commission, and private partners such as Atos, Baker McKenzie, Dechert LLP, Natixis, BNPP, AXA.</p>
<p>He accompanies digital transformation in the private sector and co funded several Tech startups He advises governments across the world in legal reform in the areas of data and technology.</p>
<p>He is a panel member of the EU ERC Grants and co-chair of the CRN ‘Law and Development’ at the American Law and Society Association and at the RCSL He is a member of the editorial boards of AI and Law, European Journal of Risk Regulation and the World Arbitration and Mediation Review, and an Associate editor of Frontiers in Sociology.</p>
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The Next AI Frontier for Business Leaders
AI is becoming real with every new application and meaningful use case transforming how organizations create value, make decisions, and innovate. This Masterclass empowers leaders to understand what’s behind this transformation and how to leverage ...
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This interactive masterclass empowers women entrepreneurs and leaders to embrace innovation as a future-oriented leadership capability. By combining personal purpose, futures thinking, systems mapping, and collaborative innovation design, participants will learn to anticipate change, lead inclusively, and shape sustainable ventures. While the content is gender-inclusive, the discussion highlights the unique strengths women bring to entrepreneurship as catalysts for shaping the future.<br />
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Throughout the session, you will gain insight into the program’s structure and global relevance, experience a live classroom session led by one of our world-class professors, and hear directly from two alumni as they share how HEC Paris, Doha, transformed their careers and perspectives.<br />
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<td>Welcome and Altamayyuz Overview by Buthaina Aldosari </td>
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<td>Masterclass ‘Designing Futures – Innovation as a Catalyst for Women’s Leadership’ by Professor Seungah Sarah Lee</td>
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<td style="width: 562px;"><strong>Seungah Sarah Lee is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organizations at HEC Paris, Doha. </strong><br />
Her research broadly explores how global models, scripts, and norms become transmitted and adapted to influence organizational forms, practices, and change. She is particularly interested in how nation-states and organizations negotiate the changing demands of a globalized world and adapt models for sustainable development to foster (social) entrepreneurship and innovation in their local contexts. More recently, she has been involved in collaborative research partnerships that examine how quasi-governmental organizations broker and facilitate collaborative opportunities between startup ventures and beneficiaries for societal impact. <br />
Her work has been funded by the Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, and the Stanford Abbasi Program on Islamic Studies and published in journals such as the Academy of Management Perspectives, Scientific Reports, World Development, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, in numerous book chapters, as well as policy research reports. <br />
Seungah also has extensive experience working in the Middle East, the US, and East Asia. She has led and advised on organizational strategies, designed adaptive leadership programs, developed impact evaluation frameworks, and provided policy research and advisory services. She also worked as the interim director of a corporate philanthropic foundation, overseeing foundation strategy, board governance, and grant project development. </td>
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<strong>Date</strong>: 17 November 2025 (Monday)<br />
<strong>Time</strong>: 19:30 - 21:30 (Saudi Time)<br />
<strong>Location</strong>: AlTamayuz Academy</p>
<p>Register now to explore how the Executive MBA can accelerate your professional growth and expand your leadership potential.</p>
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