On April 1, 2026, the Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty were pleased to bring together 50 participants from a dozen different sectors. Representatives from finance and insurance, industry, energy, transport, technology and telecommunications, and defence, as well as from public institutions, regulatory bodies, and academia, exchanged perspectives to further define and assess sovereignty at the organisational level.
The discussions were structured around five main components:
Each group mapped out the key functions, actionable levers (human capital, critical resources, processes and technologies), and major obstacles associated with each component, before exploring concrete indicators for assessing a company’s economic and financial sovereignty.
These contributions have helped identify valuable initial insights for developing a systemic understanding of sovereignty (through value chains, ecosystems, and interdependencies), while highlighting several structural tensions (regulation as both a protective framework and an unavoidable burden; the “tragedy of horizons” between short-term economic imperatives and long-term strategic planning, etc.).
The Chairs of Advanced Studies for Sovereignty would like to thank all participants for their contributions, which will serve as key points of focus for the exploratory work to be conducted in the coming months.
Further work is already underway to refine these initial analytical frameworks through upcoming research activities and events. For more information, please feel free to contact us and stay tuned!
The organisations that attended:
