Biographies Bertrand V. Quelin Isaac Smadja Bertrand V. Quelin is the Bouygues Isaac Smadja is a Project Manager Chair holder of Smart City and the Officer for Invent for Society and Common Good at HEC Paris, where Digital Inclusion at Capgemini, where he is Professor of Strategy. he helps to develop solutions focusing on positive impact for society and the environment. He earned a PhD degree in Economics from the University He earned a Master of Sciences in Sustainability and of Paris, and his research areas are about the new inter- Social Innovation from HEC Paris, where he had the organizational forms, contracts between companies, and occasion to develop deep knowledge on various topics, the transaction cost economics. His recent publications from environmental sustainability to social impact. During cover hybrid organizations, public-private partnerships, his master’s degree, he also earned a certificate on Social strategic outsourcing and contractual disputes between and Inclusive Business. Before that, he spent few years companies. Bertrand V. Quelin has published numerous studying the impact of the implementation of Green Roofs academic articles, chapters in collective books and three in cities and developed a master thesis intitled ‘The Case of books. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of Green Roof: How can we build a model, based on green roof the Global Strategic Journal and Journal of Management implementations, that could help cities mitigate risk related Studies. In 2017, he co-edited a special issue on “Public- to climate change while contributing to a positive societal Private Collaboration, Hybridity and Social Value: Towards and environmental impact?’. New Theoretical Perspectives.” He is also really engaged on climate related topics and He has been twice a Visiting research scholar at the became a facilitator of the Climate Fresk to help raising University of California at Berkeley (USA). In 2012, he awareness about climate change. was Visiting Professor at Insper (São Paulo - Brazil) and Fundação Getulio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil). He has also lectured seminars, and participated in many conferences and workshops around the world. In parallel with his research and teaching activities, Professor Quélin was, at HEC Paris, Director of the HEC PhD program (1999-2005) and Academic Director of the MSc in Strategic Management (2006-2012). He has been Head of the Strategy and Business Policy Department (2013- 2018). To complement, he has served to the HEC Executive Committee, the Promotion and Tenure Committee and different Committees at HEC Paris. From 2013-2015, he has been an international expert to the National scientific qualification committee in Italy. Web: www.hec.fr/quelin https://www.hec.edu/en/faculty-research/chairs/smart-city- and-common-good 4 HQuEéCl iPnA aRnIdS S| mSMadAjRa T| HCIETCIE PSA |R TIhS e| sSuMsAtaRinTa CbIlTeI EprSo |g Trahme soufs stiaxi nleaabdlein pgr ocigtritaem s |o 2f 0s2ix1 leading cities | 2021