ESCP Blockchain & Crypto Society x Alumni Association "Metaverse Roundtable & Networking Event"

Co-organised by the MBA Digital Transformation Club, the ESCP Blockchain and Crypto Society and the Alumni Entrepreneurs Group of ESCP Business School, this conference will be the opportunity to get expert insight on what use cases are really delivering value in the Metaverse for 2 key industries: Retail Banking + DeFi, and the Luxury Fashion + Beauty Industry.

• 18:30 Keynote speaker: Joel PALIX (ESCP 83), serial entrepreneur and investor, previous CEO of Feelunique (sold to Sephora) and CEO of CLARINS Fragrance Group
• 19:00 Presentation of 2 use cases by MBA students with Ilyass RAMDANI and Julien KELLER, co-founders of the Metaverse startup SOCIETHY

Round-table (in English) animated by two students: Mathilde DEGLIN, Head of Wholesale LEDGER, ex-Nike and Amazon Fiona DISEGNI (MMK 13), Partnerships Director EMPERIA, ex Innovation Principal FARFETCH Nicolas DIACONO, Technology & Digital Trends Manager at Echangeur BNP Paribas PF (just back from CES 2023 and NRF2023) Anthony HYMES, Global Client Partner - Luxury at META

• 20:00 Networking Cocktail (in person only)

This conference will take at the Parisian ESCP campus (Salle Europe). It will also be streamed live (the link will be shared on our Linkedin pages). Societhy demos will be organised over the cocktail, and Nicolas GUYON (ESCP 2005) will be there with his book "La Formule NFT". Registration: https://www.escpalumni.org/en/agenda/is-the-metaverse-a-fad-what-does-the-future-hold-for-luxury-and-banking-retail-4884