With 30-years of expertise, Philippe Blanchard is a leading expert in Technology and
mega-events. He has founded Futurous, the Games of the future, which first
disciplines were staged in Russia in 2024: new competitions associating male and
female, athlete and para-athlete, sports and esports, mankind and robots and offering
education and interactivity between competitors and fans.
Mr. Blanchard was the senior Advisor to Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of
State and Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai. Philippe was in charge of the Bid
Dossier and has then been pivotal to the success of Dubai Expo: strategic planning,
Technology and Innovation master plans. His mission was to ensure Expo 2020 Dubai
operates as an advanced smart city, harnessing the power of Technology for better
services and stakeholder experience.
Prior Dubai Expo, Philippe served as Director for the International Olympic
Committee: he was appointed in the perspective of the IOC reorganisation and he set
the new business intelligence, records and knowledge management practices for
mega-events, helping bidding and Organising committees in their Olympic ambitions.
His department was also responsible of the Olympic Legacy and the interface with the
Academic world. He launched the award winning multimedia asset management
platform and the restoration/digitalisation of the Olympic Film (Berlin 1936, Grenoble
68…).
He previously served as Director general of La Cité Apprenante, a Think tank on ICT
and as a consultant with Accenture in strategy and organisation.
On a personal level, he is an active member of several United Nations working groups
(e-governance, smart cities), of the US and European Chapters of the Internet Society
(ISOC)... He is a co-founder of the Alliance for Responsible Artificial intelligence.
He holds a Master of Science in business administration (EDHEC Business School) and
post-graduated in Innovation & Technology management (Ecole Centrale Paris).
Philippe is also an alumnus of the Executive trainings of IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland).
He regularly gives lectures and conferences worldwide on the future of sport and
technology.