TEDxEMLYON

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

• Anouk Garnier

  Speaker, athlete, sports coach, and world-record holder for the longest rope climb ever achieved on the Eiffel Tower

  Suspended 100 meters above the ground beneath the second level of the Eiffel Tower, she etched her name in history. This overall world record — across both men and women — made her the first woman to achieve such a feat. A three-time world champion in obstacle course racing and an ambassador for the Paris 2024 volunteers, she is also a trained sports coach and a familiar voice to listeners of Europe 1 and RMC. 🗼🏃‍♀️🎙️

• Jérémy Cap

  Expert in Efficiency and Strategic Planning — Engineer, Speaker and Coach

  In 2019, he left his career as an engineer to travel the world. From working as a crêpe maker in Spain to becoming a diving instructor in French Polynesia, each experience brought him one step closer to the person he aspired to become. 🌍🥞🤿

• Kishan Patel

  Investment Banking Analyst - Real Estate

  Still a student, his journey has been shaped by action — first through sport, then very early on through entrepreneurship. He explored this world not out of opportunism, but out of a drive for independence and a desire to create rather than simply consume. 🚀

• Ludovic Bisot

  Master Cheesemonger – Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2015 – Chief Cheese Officer

  A 1987 graduate of the emlyon Business School Grande École Program, with a specialization in international business, he made a radical career change in his forties by taking over a small cheese shop. His taste for challenges eventually led him to earn the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 2015. 🧀🏅

• Lugan Flacher

  PharmD, CEO DrugOptimal

  A 2022 graduate of emlyon Business School’s Specialized Master’s program, and a pharmacist by training, he founded DrugOptimal, a French startup that has won more than fifteen awards and is transforming patient safety with the first artificial intelligence capable of preventing toxic drug interactions. 💊🤖🏆

• Sandrine Quetier

  Producer - Singer - Actress - Presenter

  First known as a host on French television — from 50 Min Inside to Dancing with the Stars — she has carved out a unique career rather than confining herself to a single role. An actress on stage and on screen, a singer in rock bands, a speaker, and a producer of programs and podcasts, she pursues a wide range of projects that resonate with her tastes and values. 🎤📺

• Sylvain Basillais

  Adventurer and globetrotter

  A free spirit and a travel enthusiast, he circled the world twice with his family over the last three years, and has embarked on many other adventures—alone or with others—by bike, on trekking trips, with a donkey or without, but never without his tent! ⛺🌍🚴‍♂️