During this 3rd edition, we will focus on the "make it happen" with a demonstration on how to decouple economic growth and use of materials while creating value for all actors involved with special sessions on IoT and data analytics, on lightweighting and recycling, on new mobility solutions and on standards and regulations.

Philippe VARIN, Chairman World Materials Forum
Prof. Victoire de MARGERIE, Vice-Chairman World Materials Forum

Join us in Nancy to explore the key of issues affecting the world of resources and materials for tomorrow

CEOs FROM LEADING INDUSTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD

Robert FRIEDLAND
Chairman Ivanhoe Mining
(Canada)

Gilles MICHEL
CEO Imerys
(France)

Shunichi MIYANAGA
CEO Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries
(Japan)

Jean-Pierre CLAMADIEU
CEO Solvay
(Belgium)

Thierry LE HÉNAFF
CEO Arkema
(France)

Egil HOGNA
CEO SAPA
(Norway)

Patrick KOLLER
CEO Faurecia
(France)

Christophe CABARRY
CEO SpecialChem
(France)

Andy Reynolds SMITH
CEO Smiths Group
(UK)

Binh Truong GIA
Chairman FPT
(Vietnam)

Pierre-André
de CHALENDAR
CEO Saint-Gobain
(France)

Jean-Louis CHAUSSADE
CEO Suez
(France)

SPEAKERS FROM INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC CIRCLES

Prof. Sunan DING
(China)

Prof. Vijay GURBAXANI
Prof. Margarethe WIERSEMA
(USA)

Prof. Sung HA
(Korea)

Prof. Reinhold DAUSKARDT
(USA)

Prof. Arnold TUKKER
(NL)

Prof. Bruno OBERLE
(Switzerland)

Will also be joigned by senior executives from Airbus, Peugeot Citroen, Volvo, Blue Car as well as CEOs from breakthrough Start Ups.

6 PLENARY SESSIONS

- Update on world status and trends for critical raw materials

- Which KPIs for more growth and more value creation with less materials?

- From Light weighting or Recycling to Light weighting and Recycling

- From ownership to mobility services for better materials efficiency

- IoT & data analytics for new materials solutions

- Which Norms, Standards, Regulations and Voluntary Initiatives for materials efficiency

THE START-UPS CHALLENGE

For this first edition of the WMF Start Up Challenge, 35 applications have been received from around the world (Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, USA) and they encompassed a variety of superb innovation projects that fitted with the WMF objective of decoupling materials consumption from sustainable growth while creating value for all involved stakeholders.

The winner of the award will be selected from the nominees and announced in Nancy in June.

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