Energy & Geopolitics · Trainer & Lecturer · Media Commentator · Communications

Romain
Blachier

Need a trainer for your energy or geopolitics programs? A speaker for your next TV panel? A keynote speaker who knows how to captivate an audience? You're in the right place.

Taipei Times
CommonWealth Magazine
Telos
Fondation Jean-Jaurès
Le Temps
Le Vif
New Bloom Magazine
Revue Conflits
Terra Nova — La Grande Conversation
University of Nottingham — Taiwan Insight

Organizations I train for

ENSAP Formation CNFPT Lefebvre Dalloz
Romain Blachier

Why work with me

Energy and geopolitics often look technical, distant, reserved for experts. My work is the opposite: making these subjects clear, lively and useful — for your students, your audience or your teams.

What I bring you comes down to one thing: I lived these subjects before talking about them. Eighteen years at the heart of a major French electricity operator, twelve years as an elected official in the Lyon metropolitan area. When I explain a market, a grid or a public decision, I'm not reciting theory — I'm telling you what I have practised.

I write on these issues almost every day — for think tanks and the press, in France and abroad. You get analysis that is well-sourced and direct, getting to the point without ever dumbing it down. I have a particular interest in scientific and technological cooperation as a lever of power.

And I have been teaching for fifteen years — at Sciences Po Paris, Grenoble École de Management, Université Lyon 1 and elsewhere, in French and English, with bespoke training for the public and private sectors alike. My real craft is conveying: making people understand, sparking interest, leaving a mark.

I also forged this perspective in the field, far from Lyon — in Cambodia, in Ukraine. Because you speak better about a world you have walked through.

Ultimately, I offer you both at once: the depth of an expert and the clarity of an educator. A course to build, a TV segment to prepare, a conference to lead, a strategy to design? Let's talk.

Services

What I can bring you

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Training & Teaching

Building a program in energy, geopolitics or public affairs? A trainer since 2010, I deliver at Grenoble École de Management, IEP Lyon, Université Lyon 1, ECAM Lyon, ILERI and HEIP. Bespoke training for organizations, turnkey courses for business schools — I adapt to your needs and audience.

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Media & Commentary

Preparing a segment on Taiwan, the energy crisis or nuclear power? I'm available for your TV panels, radio shows and podcasts. Well-sourced analysis, direct tone, ability to communicate to a broad audience.

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Conferences & Events

Your audience wants to understand energy and geopolitical challenges? I deliver keynotes, panel discussions and seminars. A speaker who masters the subject, in French and English.

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Communications & Public Affairs

Need seasoned insight on your communications strategy, institutional relations or online visibility? SEO, AI search optimization (GEO), crisis communications — 18 years of hands-on practice.

Topics

Topics covered

Energy markets Energy geopolitics Taiwan & Indo-Pacific Nuclear energy Energy transition Energy sovereignty
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Hydropower & renewables Public affairs Institutional relations Comparative political systems Crisis communications Religion & geopolitics Local governance Digital communications SEO & AI search optimization (GEO) AI & education Cultural policy Cultural economics Live music & festivals Cultural diplomacy Scientific cooperation
Track record

References

Teaching

  • Grenoble École de Management
  • IEP de Lyon
  • ECAM Lyon
  • ILERI
  • HEIP

Culture & civic engagement

  • President, France-Formosa Association
  • Board member, Mediatone / Reperkusound
  • Board member, Lyon La Duchère
  • Author, Guillotière(s)

Let's connect

One email is all it takes. Tell me about your needs — a training program to design, a course to build, a TV panel to prepare, a conference to organize, a communications strategy to craft — and I'll get back to you within 48 hours with a concrete proposal.