Pascal Coppens
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Change
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Company Culture
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Creativity & Innovation
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Customer Experience
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Economy
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Entrepreneurship
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Future & Society
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Global Affairs and Politics
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Leadership
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New Technology
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Resilience
Pascal is a leading China expert, rooted in his deep understanding of the country as a sinologist and tech entrepreneur in China since 1999. He is a thought-provoking speaker and author on innovation, leadership & trends in China as well as the impact of China on business, technology and world affairs. Since 2018, Pascal travels the world to deliver keynotes, panel discussions, media engagements, strategic board advice and lectures at various business schools & NGOs.
Pascal Coppen’s most sought-after keynotes:
China’s New Normal
This eyeopener reveals how and why China has become an innovator of the 21st century, as well as what it intends to do about becoming a global leader for innovation. It’s a wakeup call moment!
Can we trust China?
This lecture will answer a number of questions and believes we have about China. Pascal’s looking deep into the Chinese reality that interests us all, with a lot of subtlety. It is a prerequisite to have openness in your mind!
Leadership in times of change
Pascal walks you through the rabbit hole of Chinese business and its team culture: team-mindset, agility, resilience, speed, customer centricity, trust, data and ecosystems. The perfect place to think out of the box!
A.I. behind the Great Wall
This keynote shows that in just 8 years China has become an AI laboratory, and plans to do the same but much faster when it comes to Generative AI. Pascal takes you on a fascinating journey to the AI driven future that China has created.
Pascal is the author of ‘China’s New Normal’ and ‘Can We Trust China?’. Both widely acclaimed books provide rare insights and valuable lessons into China’s innovation, future, and its potential impact on the rest of the world. Through his YouTube channel and monthly newsletter on Chinese innovation, he engages with a community of over 80,000 subscribers.
His extensive knowledge and 20 years of living in China, as well as his ability to deal with the complexities of the Chinese market, benefit Pascal’s audience and clients. In areas such as innovation, technology, digital, business leadership, customer experience, entrepreneurship, agility, ecosystems, geopolitics, trust and society, he offers a unique China perspective.
His passionate talks and China stories guarantee to captivate any audience as well as help them to understand this country. With his personal knowledge of the Chinese system and mindset, he creates unforgettable moments, giving food for thought & discussion.
Selected clients include Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce, Huawei, L’Oreal Paris, Walmart, Coca-Cola, P&G, and EY. Pascal teaches at CEDEP (INSEAD) and London Business School and moderates innovation tours to China organized by nexxworks.
Pascal has lived and worked in Brussels, San Francisco and Shanghai, giving him a unique East-West view on how to read and deal with China – a country in transition.
His China perspective and examples inspire business audiences to think differently, to become more resilient, to collaborate better and innovate faster, and ultimately, to accept that the future is now very often “made in China”.
Pascal now lives in Ghent, Belgium with his wife and daughter.
Testimonials:
“Pascal’s incredible presentation on technology advancement makes people understand today’s situation in China.”
“Pascal’s sessions are very inspiring. His incredible presentation on technology advancement makes people understand today’s situation in China and encourages us to use these insights in order to make the world a better working one.”
– EY Thierry Mortier, EY Global Energy Digital & Innovation Leader
“Pascal is an amazing storyteller. His sharp sense of communication, expertise and passion for China transformed what could have been a standard presentation into a real journey and an eye-opening session.”
“Pascal is an amazing storyteller. His sharp sense of communication, expertise and passion for China transformed what could have been a standard presentation into a real journey and an eye-opening session. Thank you Pascal for your presentation, our team was highly enthusiastic and is now looking forward to know more about China through your book!”
– Géraldine Verbrugghe, EuroCommerce Adviser SME Policy and competitiveness
“Pascal’s contribution to our Leadership Meeting was incredibly fruitful for bringing up for discussion the ‘never normal’ strategies of the world’s leading countries, in particular China, due to his vast experience with it.”
Pascal’s contribution to our Leadership Meeting was incredibly fruitful for bringing up for discussion the ‘never normal’ strategies of the world’s leading countries, in particular China, due to his vast experience with it. He has shown our company through a very engaging and interactive keynote that leadership is more than social skills and ambition, and that it is also about artificial intelligence, rapid development, solution-oriented thinking and taking risks. What most appealed to us during his speech were his applied examples to each argument and his guidelines that we could further implement within our own culture.
– Bridgestone: a Bridgestone EMIA leader
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