Tech Diplomacy Forum Speaker 2025

Dr Saman Sarbazvatan

Vice Dean and COO, École des Ponts Business School

Prof. Saman Sarbazvatan is the COO and Vice Dean of École des Ponts Business School of École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and the Founding Director of ReTech Center. As an Industry 5.0 thought leader with over two decades of leadership and managerial experience spanning diverse industries, geographies, and institutional contexts, Saman collaborates with investors, innovators, and decision-makers across the public and private sectors. His work focuses on shaping the emerging futures of businesses, societies, and markets at the intersection of Digital and Responsible Innovation.
He serves as the Senior Advisor of Technology and Innovation at the Circular Economy Research Center (CERC) and the Center for Policy and Competitiveness (CPC-Paris), and as an external expert on Digital and Green Transition at the European Commission. Saman also chairs the Harvard European Chapter of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) network and is the founding lead of the Industry 5.0 Special Interest Group at the Poster’s Institute.
Passionate about leveraging technology and innovation for a Digitally Empowered Responsible Economy, Saman is dedicated to driving the emerging desirable futures of markets and societies toward Industry 5.0.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samansarbazvatan