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4YFN 2026: IA for Meaningful Impact

Humanising the role of AI: Esade’s challenge at 4YFN 2026.

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At Esade, we recognize that the sustainable success of an organization depends on its ability to align talent development with strategic objectives. Therefore, we design customized corporate training solutions that transform your teams, encourage innovation, and develop results-oriented leaders.

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They are clear about their future and find their own path. As entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders, they lead with purpose in organizations and companies around the world. They are shaping the future by creating positive change.

They are women with impact. Women like you.

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Esade Executive Education has consolidated its global leadership, reaching the top 5 position globally in terms of Open Programs, while its Custom Programs were ranked 11th, according to the Financial Times’ 2025 ranking. Esade’s Open Programs received an overall score of 9.76 out of 10 from participants, standing out as the 1st business school in the world in terms of guiding students after they graduate, the #2 in terms of acquiring new skills and #3 for faculty.

This recognition reflects Esade’s commitment to providing a transformative education, one that’s connected to the real challenges that companies and professionals face.

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    Tomas Waisman

    Participant, Esade Fusion Point, CBI 2023 Program and Esade MBA student

    "As an MBA student, I was given the opportunity to create, together with a team of engineers and designers, a prototype that empowers individuals and governments to prevent air pollution and improve air quality. This project goes beyond finance and economics and shows how to understand and create dynamic systems and maximize sustainable benefits".

  • George Chondrakis

    George Chondrakis

    Director, EEI - Esade Entrepreneurship Institute

    “Entrepreneurship is an art and a science. We study entrepreneurship to identify the best practices and the startup configurations that are most likely to survive”.

  • Irene Unceta

    Irene Unceta

    Academic director of the Bachelor of Business Administration & Bachelor in Artificial Intelligence for Business

    “This new degree is a great opportunity to have the best of both worlds. You study the business aspects and therefore consider the impact of your job – while also focusing on developing more technical skills. It offers a unique balance between both”.

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The AI industry has pursued a development path with high economic and ecological costs. However, recent market innovations show that a more sustainable formula is possible.

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Esade brings the crucial conversation about human criteria and leadership in the AI era to 4YFN 2026

Heralding the slogan “AI for Meaningful Impact”, Esade consolidates its mandate as the academic partner of 4YFN and Talent Arena, with an agenda targeting the importance of the human touch, criteria a...

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Wellbeing and early detection of needs: key factors for efficiency in very socially vulnerable schools

The report “Resilient schools: excellence in schools challenged by poverty” by EsadeEcPol, La Caixa Foundation and Save the Children, pinpoints the factors enabling schools in the Canary Islands and C...

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