On the occasion of its renewal, the "Family Businesses and Long-Term Investment" Chair at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, supported by the Fondation Dauphine and linked to the "Corporate Financial Management" Master's programme, brings together researchers, business leaders and partners around a major issue for the French economy: the succession of family businesses, a key factor for France's economic sovereignty.
Building on several years of research and dialogue with business leaders, the "Family Businesses and Long-Term Investment" Chair at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, backed by its Fondation, is renewing its partnership with the support of the ACTIA, BNP PARIBAS, DENTRESSANGLE, FAMILY BUSINESS NETWORK, SEPTODONT and SISLEY groups. This new cycle will strengthen the Chair's work on the long-term dynamics of family businesses, their succession challenges, and their contribution to the French economy.
- Date: October 7, 2026
- Venue: Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
- Welcome: 5:15 pm
Detailed programme
5:15 pm – Welcome
5:30 pm – 5:40 pm: Introduction and presentation of the renewed patrons' circle
By Bruno Bouchard, President of Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, and Pauline Leroux-Colin (Fondation Paris-Dauphine).
5:40 pm – 6:05 pm: The Chair's research, Succession: an imperative for sovereignty
By Edith Ginglinger and Farid Toubal, Professors at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, co-scientific directors of the Chair.
6:05 pm – 6:40 pm: Panel discussion 1, Succession: the challenges for the next decade
- Sonia Adam-Ledunois, Director of Dauphine's House of Entrepreneurship
- Marine Drumain-Dentressangle, Co-President, Dentressangle
- Philippe Grodner, President, Family Business Network France
- Pierre de Pellegars, Senior Advisor, BNP Paribas Banque Privée
Moderator: Sophie Schiller, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine.
6:40 pm – 7:15 pm: Panel discussion 2, Sovereignty: investing for the long term
- Catherine Mallet, Chief Executive Officer, Actia
- Philippe d'Ornano, President, Sisley, President of METI
- Clotilde Quilichini, Director of Corporate Clients, BNP Paribas
- Olivier Schiller, Chairman of the Board, Septodont
Moderator: François Belot, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine.
7:15 pm: Cocktail reception