Economic scenarios for AI & the future of work
Convened by
Philippe AghionFarhi Innovation Lab, Collège de France
Eric HazanArdabelle Capital
In partnership with the Windfall Trust
Before the day,
the briefing.
The pre-reading prepared for participants: the scenarios, the evidence and the open questions behind every session.
Economic Scenarios for AI & the Future of Work
How can France prepare for the economic, fiscal and labour-market consequences of AI, and lead the European conversation on the future of work?
The general impact of AI on work
The fog · Productivity · The physical frontier · The Luddite risk
How work itself is changing
Job bundles · The workforce divide · Inside the firm · The broken first rung · Sectors
What to do about it
France in perspective · Transforming the firm · A preparedness agenda
One day,
one conversation.
Thursday 17 September 2026 · Collège de France, rue d’Ulm, Paris. Conducted in English under the Chatham House Rule, except for the roundtable.
- 8:30
Welcome coffee
- 9:15
Opening remarks and framing
Eric Hazan, Ardabelle Capital and The Windfall Trust
- 9:30
Opening keynote
Yann LeCun — Founder, AMI Labs · Turing Award laureate
- 10:15
Scenario briefing
Presented by the Windfall Trust
- 10:30
Breakout discussion I — “If this scenario materialised, what would it imply?”
5 min introductions · 35 min discussion · 10 min plenary share
- 11:30
Break
- 11:50
Breakout discussion II — “What would we do about it?”
5 min introductions · 35 min discussion · 10 min plenary share
- 13:00
Lunch — buffet, and informal exchange
- 14:15
Address by Philippe Aghion
Professor, Collège de France & INSEAD · Nobel laureate in Economics
- 15:00
Panel 1 — AI, productivity and the future of work
With Antonin Bergeaud (HEC), Antoine Bozio (IPP), Fabien Curto Millet (Chief Economist, Google), Marine Boudot (Wonderful) and Charles Gorintin (Alan). Moderated by Eric Hazan.
- 16:00
Break
- 16:15
Panel 2 — AI and the transformation of work
Roles, organisations and ways of working. With Alex Richmond (OpenAI), Philippe Corrot (Mirakl), Julia Hobsbawm (author, The Nowhere Office), Gautier Cloix (H Company) and Xavier Jaravel (LSE). Moderated by David Djaïz.
- 17:15
Break
- 17:30
Closing political roundtable
A discussion on AI and the future of work between two to three candidates to the 2027 French presidential election.
- 18:30
Closing remarks
The full conversation,
chapter by chapter.
Move through the ideas shaping tomorrow’s organisations.
Inside the room,
Paris, 17 September 2026.
Moments from the day, in the order they unfolded.
The day,
in one document.
The workshop synthesis notes: key insights, a preparedness agenda for France and Europe, and the questions that remain open.
