As a consultant, expert, speaker, lecturer, Sébastien Linden works with various French and worldwide actors of higher education, research and innovation (universities, schools, research centers, networks, embassies, companies), focusing on 2 thematics : the internationalization of higher education and the innovation ecosystems.
- The internationalization of higher education
Sébastien Linden works with French and worldwide institutions on their international developement.
- Consulting mission for a French world-class Business school on the design of is international strategy
- Support of a network of higher education institutions in Ontario (Canada) on student recruitment in France
- Consulting mission for a French Grande Ecole on its international recruitment strategy
- Consulting mission for a French Business school to organise international mobilities for its students
- Consulting mission for a network of higher education institutions in Ontario (Canada) on the foundation of its alumni network in France
- Consulting mission for a French local authority on its international education strategy
- Consulting mission for a network of higher education institutions in Québec (Canada) on the recognition of their diplomas in France
- Expertise mission on cooperation opportunities with French institutions of higher education for a foreign embassy in Paris
- Representation of Begin Group and Unibuddy in France
- Support of a private university in Central Asia in the search for worldwide strategic partners
- Consulting mission for a French University for a response to a call for tenders
- Several conferences for French and Canadian institutions on the internationalization of higher education (cf. for example talk for IMT Mines Albi on the impact of the covid-19 crisis on the internationalization of higher education, research and innovation, video, in French)
- Trainings and workshops for French higher education institutions
- Consulting mission for the organisation of an international career forum for a French Engineering school
- Organisation of learning expeditions (Tel Aviv and innovation, Stockholm and innovation and entrepreneurship, Barcelona and the pharmaceutical and agro-food sectors, Milano and its economic transformation, Paris and the preparation of the 2024 Olympic games, Marseille and the euro-mediterranean area, Lyon and gastronomy, Paris and industry 4.0)
- Co-supervision of students projects on the organisation of an international job fair and the development of the international alumni network (cf. the paper, in French, published by the Conférence des grandes écoles)
- Organization of a workshop on internationalization at home for the International relations Committee of the Conférence des grandes écoles
2. The innovation ecosystems
- Chair of a panel dedicated to artificial intelligence in a webinar on economic relations between the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region and Israel
- 24-hour seminar on innovation ecosystems for the Master in Management of clusters and territorial networks at Strasbourg University.
- Talk on “Innovation ecosystems and social impact” for Paris College of Art
- Chair of the Start-up Show & Contest of the HLF Connect briefing, organised by the High Level Forum, the international network of innovation ecosystems
- Report on the innovation strategies of business schools for a French school
- Organization of learning expeditions in innovation ecosystems (Israel for the Sciences Po Center for Entrepreneurship, Stockholm)
- Seminars and talks for students and companies (Sciences Po Paris, ESCP, GEM, Université Grenoble -Alpes, Strasbourg University, Région Sud)
