SPEAKING

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

  • 4th Platform Strategy Research Symposium, Poster Session, Boston, USA, 14 July, 2016.

  • 14th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB), Fort Worth, USA, 12 December, 2015.

  • 17th International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC), Seoul, South Korea, 3-5 August, 2015.

  • 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’15), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2015.

  • 11th Workshop on e-Business (WeB2012), Orlando, USA, 15 December 2012.

  • 14th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Singapore, 7-8 August, 2012.

  • 1st International Cashless Society Roundtable (ICSR’12), Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-19 April, 2012.

  • 10th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB’11), Como, Italy, 20-21 June, 2011.

  • 16th Conference of the Association Information and Management (AIM), Ile de la Réunion, France, 25-27 May, 2011.

  • 8th Workshop on eBusiness (WEB 2009), Pre-ICIS workshop, Phoenix, USA, 15 December 2009.

  • 41th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’09), Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January, 2009.

  • Everyday Digital Money: Innovation in Money Cultures and Technologies, Workshop at UC Irvine, USA, 18-19 September, 2008.

  • 6th AIM Pre-ICIS Workshop, UQAM, Montreal, Canada, 8 December, 2007.

  • DBTA Workshop on Mobile Information: Architectures and Technologies, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7 September, 2007.

  • 6th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB’07), Toronto, Canada, 9-11 July, 2007.

  • 15th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2007), St-Gallen, Switzerland, 7-9 June, 2007.

  • 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2006), Acapulco, Mexico, 4-6 August, 2006.

  • 5th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB’06), Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-27 June, 2006.

  • Helsinki Mobility Roundtable 2006, Helsinki, Finland, 1-2 June, 2006.

  • 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’06), Hawaii, USA, 4-7 January, 2006.

  • FIP TC8 Working Conference on Mobile Information Systems (MOBIS’05), Leeds, UK, 5-6 December, 2005.

  • MICS Scientific Conference 2005, Loewenberg, Switzerland, 21-23 September, 2005.

  • 4th International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB’05), Sydney, Australia, 11-13 July, 2005.

  • International Workshop on Context Modeling and Decision Support (Context’05), Paris, France, 5 July 2005.

  • 13th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2005), DC, Regensburg, Germany, 23-25 May, 2005.

  • 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’05), Hawaii, USA, 3-6 January, 2005.

  • IADIS International E-Commerce 2004, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-16 December, 2004.

  • MICS Annual Workshop 2004, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 6-7 July, 2004.

  • 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS’03), Hawaii, USA, 6-9 January, 2003.

RESEARCH SEMINARS

University of Neuchâtel

  • "In the endless search for the F and H factors in academia", keynote, CHAIS Doctoral Consortium, 4 September 2022.

ESSEC Business School

  • “Digital Transformation of Business Ecosystems: Evidence from the Korean Pop Industry”, Brown bag, Singapore, 17 February 2021.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

    • "The Need for Alternative Qualitative Research Genres to Investigate Cybercrimes: The Case of Avalanche as a French Nouveau Roman" (presented by co-author), Singapore, 14 February, 2020.

ESSEC Business School

    • “When technological superiority is not enough: The struggle to impose the SIM as the Secure Element for NFC-enabled Mobile Payment Platforms”, Singapore, 25 January, 2017.

Korea Development Institute (KDI)

    • “Multi-sided Platforms and Openness”, Research Seminar, Sejong, South Korea, 6 April, 2016.

National University of Singapore (NUS)

    • “The Impact of Openness on the Market Potential of Multi-sided Platforms”, Singapore, 18 July, 2014.

Seoul National University (SNU)

    • “The Impact of Openness on the Market Potential of Multi-sided Platforms”, Seoul, South Korea, 23 May, 2014.

Case Western Reserve University

    • “Towards an Explanation of the Systematic Failures of Mobile Payment Initiatives”, Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, USA, 26 October, 2011.

CNAM

    • “Designing IT artifacts for technology forecast”, Research seminar, Paris, France, 22 April, 2009.

Washington State University

    • “Mobile Technology and Services”, Pullman, USA, 4 March, 2009.

Helsinki School of Economics

    • “Towards a better understanding of the mobile payment phenomenon”, Helsinki, Finland, 13 June, 2008.

ESSEC Business School

    • “A Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Approach for Technology Assessment and Foresight”, Cergy, France, 21 November, 2007.

University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

    • “Electronic Payment Systems”, Manno, Switzerland, 13 June, 2007.

Helsinki University of Technology

    • “A Multi-actor Multi-criteria Approach for Technology Assessment and Foresight”, Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland, 13 November, 2006.

University of Lausanne

    • “A Systematic Approach to Assess the Mobile Payment Industry in Switzerland”, INFORGE Doctoral Workshop 2006, Ecole des HEC, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2006.

University of Lausanne

    • “Disruption Analysis and MCDM in the Mobile Payment Market”, INFORGE Doctoral Workshop 2005, Ecole des HEC, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2005.

INDUSTRY EVENTS (KEYNOTE, PANEL, INVITED TALK)

SICC-ESSEC Leadership Series | Moderator

  • SGInnovate with Dr. Jui Lim, 21 April, 2021.

ESSEC MBA Day and Postgrad Career Forum | Moderator

  • Panel: How an MBA in Strategy & Digital Leadership can pivot your career, 3 April, 2021.

Innovfest Unbound 2020 | Panelist

    • Future of Money, Singapore, Cancelled

ESSEC-Flywire Fireside Chat | Moderator

    • Digital Payments and the Impact of Covid-19, 30 September, 2020.

Move Asia 2020 | Panelist

    • Blockchain: The future of transport payments?, Singapore, 10 September, 2020.

SICC-ESSEC Leadership Series | Moderator

    • The Future isn't Digital with Neal Cross , 15 July, 2020.

ESSEC APAC VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE | Moderator

    • Digital Business Platforms: Opportunities and Challenges Unveiled, Singapore, 22 February, 2020.

ASCP Industry Roundtable: Digital Innovation & Sustainability (with Cap Gemini Invent) | Panelist

    • "Is digital innovation sustainable?", ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 11 December, 2019.

WTO-Singapore Workshop On E-Commerce, organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore | Keynote

    • "E-commerce platform business models: developments and implications, Singapore, 6 November, 2019.

Platform Innovation meetup group, BLOCK71 Singapore - NUS Enterprise | Keynote

    • "Openness & Platforms", Singapore, 21 August, 2019.

United Conference of Internet Money (UCIM) | Panelist

    • “The tipping point for mass adoption of cryptocurrencies”, Singapore, 26 November, 2018.

Milken Institute | Private Roundtable Participant

    • “Payments in the 21st Century”, Singapore, 14 November, 2018.

Singapore FinTech Festival | Moderator

    • “Globalization of Domestic Payment Networks”, Singapore, 12 November, 2018.

FUTR | Panelist

    • “From Basket to Check-out - E-commerce is nothing without a payment!”, Singapore, 24 October, 2018.

SIGEF 2018 - Social Innovation and Global Ethics Forum | Panelist

  • , Smart cities & Future technology: Furthering Urban Sustainability and Inclusion, 13 September 2018.

One-North Festival 2018 | Speaker

  • "Going Cashless in a Tap and Go World", A*STAR, Singapore, 7 September, 2018.

ESSEC EMBA Speakers Series | Moderator

    • “Economics of Mutuality”, Bruno Roche (Chief Economist, Mars Inc.) and Yassine El Ouarzazi (Mars Catalyst), ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 28 August, 2018.

Responsible Business Forum | Masterclass Speaker

    • “Deploying Mutuality in business through ecosystem based management practices”, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, 18 May, 2018.

ESSEC Institute of Health Economics and Management Asia Pacific Workshop | Keynote

    • “Digital revolution and impact on strategy and organization of companies: a cross sectorial overview”, Building New Perspectives Workshop, Singapore, 20-21 April, 2018.

Singapore FinTech Festival | Keynote@The Sandbox

    • “The struggle to light a wet match: why mobile payment platforms are so difficult to launch?”, Singapore, 15 November, 2017.

Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce | Panelist

    • Cyber Security Seminar, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 11 October, 2017.

Responsible Business Forum | Masterclass Speaker

    • “Management in Economics of Mutuality”, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, 12 May, 2017.

ANVIE | Organizer

    • 3- day conference days on Internet of Things, Paris, France 19 May, 4 June, 23 June, 2015.

Cap Gemini Consulting | Panelist

    • Roundtable on Paylib, Chantilly, France, 21 November, 2014.

Tata Consultancy Services Executive Roundtable | Panelist

    • How the financial services industry is and should be responding to the Government’s framework for digital – opportunities for the Industry, Enterprise Digital Strategy: Vision, Policy, ROI and Risk, Paris – 25 October, 2012.

Copenhagen Finance IT Region | Keynote

    • “The Future of Payments”, Future of Finance – research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18 April 2012.

Mobile Payment Expo | Keynote

    • “Google, Amazon, Apple, and NFC: Another Clash of the Titans? “, Paris, France, 18-19 May, 2011.

MASTERCLASSES

Masterclass Headhunt Postgrad

    • “Digital Platform Business Models”, Brown Bag Lunch Series, Singapore, 13 March, 2019.

Masterclass EMBA, ESSEC Open House

    • “Driving Purposeful Business through Digital Innovation”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 25 February, 2019.

Masterclass Headhunt Postgrad

    • “Digital Platform Business Models”, Brown Bag Lunch Series, Singapore, 7 November, 2018.

Masterclass EMBA

    • “Driving Purposeful Business through Digital Innovation”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 2 August, 2018.

Masterclass GMBA, ESSEC Open House

    • “Innovative Business Models for the Digital Age”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 10 March, 2018.

Masterclass GMBA

    • “Digital Platform Business Models”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 12 September, 2017.

Masterclass EMBA

    • “Digital Platform Business Models”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 18 May, 2017.

Masterclass MiM

    • “Digital Transformation”, University of Waikato, New Zealand, 7 May, 2017.

Masterclass MiM

    • “Digital Transformation”, Masterclass, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 6 May, 2017.

Masterclass EMBA/GMBA

    • “Business Model Innovation in the Age of Digital Disruption”, ESSEC Business School, Singapore, 21 March, 2017.