Sylvie Blanco holds a PhD in business administration. Her thesis deals with strategic intelligence in the face of technological disruptions. She is senior professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management, specializing in technology management and innovation. She has successfully founded and run different activities within the scope of applied research and collaborative projects with the industry and the public sphere. She is also GEM' s representative within the local ecosystem of technology and innovation and particularly the innovation campus GIANT and the NANOELEC institute of research and technology as scientific advisor for training programmes. Since 2015, she has been developing a new campus for GEM, dedicated to Business Innovation for Society and articulated upon a collaborative platform-based approach for teaching and research.