emlyon business school hosts the 2nd edition of the iForm Paris
On June 17, 2026, emlyon business school welcomed the second edition of iForm Paris — Workshop on Operations-Finance Interfaces and Risk Management at its Paris campus. Co-organized with ESSEC Business School and supported by CY Cergy Paris Université, this one-day research event gathered leading international scholars to discuss the evolving interplay between operations and finance.
Workshop on Operations-Finance Interfaces and Risk Management
The workshop offered a rich and timely program, addressing key challenges at the intersection of global supply chains and capital markets. Discussions covered a wide range of topics, including:
The workshop offered a rich and timely program, addressing key challenges at the intersection of global supply chains and capital markets. Discussions covered a wide range of topics, including:
- consumer liquidity and Buy Now Pay Later contracts,
- commodity pricing and inventory management under uncertainty,
- production planning with capacity hedging,
- deep-tier supply chain finance,
- digital traceability technologies,
- supply chain resilience financing,
- incentive design in private market investing.
emlyon business school was proud to host an outstanding lineup of speakers from renowned institutions worldwide, including Volodymyr Babich (Georgetown University), Onur Boyabatli (Singapore Management University), Agostino Capponi (Columbia University), Jussi Keppo (National University of Singapore), Panos Kouvelis (Washington University in St. Louis), Florian Lücker and ManMohan Sodhi (Bayes Business School), and Danko Turcic (UC Riverside).
This successful second edition reflects the strength of collaboration between partner institutions and the continued relevance of research on operations-finance interfaces. emlyon business school warmly thanks the organizing committee — Benoît Chevalier-Roignant (emlyon business school), Andrea Roncoroni, Felix Papier, Sara Rezaee-Vessal, and Roméo Tedongap (ESSEC Business School), as well as Danko Turcic (UC Riverside) — for their commitment and contribution.
Building on this momentum, emlyon business school looks forward to supporting future editions of the workshop and fostering further dialogue on these critical issues shaping today’s global economy.