Welcome to our 8th edition:
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Forum location:
City Town Hall, 1 Place Stanislas,
54000 Nancy, France

16 June – Opening speech (Town hall)

1.15 PM > 1.30 PM

Philippe Varin,Chairman World Materials Forum (France)

16 June - Plenary Session 1 - Criticality Assessment (Town hall)

1.30 PM > 3.00 PM

James Litinsky, CEO MP Materials (USA) , Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS1-James-Litinsky.pdf
Mikael Staffas, CEO Boliden (Sweden), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS1-Mickael-Staffas-Boliden.pdf
Rebecca Gordon, CEO CRU Consulting (UK)
> WMF2022-PS1-Rebecca-Gordon-CRU.pdf
Christophe Poinssot, COO BRGM (France)
> WMF2022-PS1-Christophe-Poinssot-BRGM.pdf
Frank Bekaert, Senior partner, Metals&Mining, McKinsey (Belgium)
> WMF2022-PS1-Frank-Bekaert-McKinsey.pdf
Moderator : Victoire de Margerie, Vice-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2022-PS1-Victoire-de-Margerie-Key-Takeaways.pdf

16 June – Roundtable: Financing of mining investments for electrification (Town hall)

3.00 PM > 4.00 PM

Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)
Brian Menell, CEO Techmet (UK)
Bernd Schaefer, CEO EIT Raw Materials (Germany)
Sam Riggall, WMF Steering Committee (Australia)
> WMF2022-Financing-of-mining-investments-for-electrification-Sam-Rigall.pdf


4.00 PM > 4.30 PM

16 June – Roundtable: Progress on Plastics Recycling (Town hall)

4.30 PM > 5.45 PM

Jean Hornain, CEO Citeo (France)
> WMF2022-Plastics-Recycling-Jean-Hornain.pdf
Keiran Smith, CEO Mr. Green Africa (Kenya)
> WMF2022-Plastics-Recycling-Keiran-Smith.pdf
Hartwig Michels, President Petrochemicals Division BASF(Germany)
> WMF2022-Plastics-Recycling-Hartwig-Michels.pdf
Jean Sentenac, WMF Steering Committee (France)
> WMF2022-Plastics-Recycling-Jean-Sentenac.pdf
> WMF2022-Plastics-Recycling-Key-Takeaways.pdf


16 June – Special Keynote (Town hall)

5.45 PM > 6.45 PM

Pascal Lamy , Chairman Paris Peace Forum (France)


16 June - Innovation dinner (announcement of Start Up Challenge awards) (Town hall)

7.45 PM

17 June - Plenary Session 2 - WMF KPIs along the supply chain (Town hall)

8.15 AM > 10.00 AM

Mark Cutifani, CEO AngloAmerican (UK/Australia), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS2-Mark-Cutifani.pdf
Ludger Rethmann, Member of the Board Rethmann Group, CEO Remondis Group, Vice-President Transdev Group (Germany/France), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS2-Ludger-Rethmann.pdf
Christophe André, CEO Vynova (Belgium)
> WMF2022-PS2-Christophe-Andre.pdf
Cedric Dever, Global Materials Science Expert L'Oreal (France)
Bodil Sonesson, CEO Fagerhult (Sweden)
Antoine Rostand, CEO Kayrros (France)
> WMF2022-PS2-Antoine-Rostand.pdf
Moderator :Vincent Bamberger, MD Arthur D Little (France)

10.00 AM > 10.30 AM

17 June - Plenary Session 3 - BioMaterials (Town hall)

10.30 AM > 12.15 PM

Ilham Kadri, President of the Executive Committee and CEO Solvay (Belgium), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS3-Ilham-Kadri.pdf
Thierry Le Hénaff, CEO Arkema (France), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS3-THierry-Le-Henaff.pdf
Nikolai Zaepernick, Chief Business Officer, Managing Director, EOS (Germany)
> WMF2022-PS3-Nikolai-Zaepernick.pdf
Yelena Kann, Founder and CTO Radical Plastics (USA)
> WMF2022-PS3-Yelena-Kann.pdf
Rich Altice, CEO NatureWorks (USA)
> WMF2022-PS3-Rich-Altice.pdf
Chris Housmekerides, SVP R&D, Reckitt - Hygiene (NL)
> WMF2022-PS3-Chris-Housmekerides.pdf
Moderator :Cynthia Arnold, Board Director Fluence Energy & Milliken (USA)

17 June - Lunch (Opéra national de Lorraine)

12.15 PM > 2.00 PM

17 June - Special Keynote (Town hall)

2.00 PM > 2.30 PM

Mathieu Klein, Chairman of the Grand Nancy Metropole

17 June - Plenary Session 4 - Recycling of EE Wastes (Town hall)

2.30 PM > 4.15 PM

Brian Leen, CEO Gopher Resources, (USA), Co-chair
> WMF2022-PS4-Brian-Leen.pdf
Maxime Picat, Chief Global Purchasing & Supply Chain Officer Stellantis (France)
Preston Bryant, CEO/Founder Momentum Technologies, (USA)
> WMF2022-PS4-Preston-Bryant.pdf
Benoit Lemaignan, CEO Verkor (France)
> WMF2022-PS4-Benoit-Lemaignan.pdf
Herwart Wilms, Chair Raw Materials Policy BDI (Germany)
> WMF2022-PS4-Herwart-Wilms.pdf
Jean-Christophe Gabriel, Co-chair NTU-CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (France/Singapore)
> WMF2022-PS4-JCGabriel.pdf
Moderator :Kevin Kramer, WMF Steering Committee (USA)
> WMF2022-PS4-Kevin-Kramer.pdf

4.15 PM > 5.00 PM

17 June - Scientific Debate (Town hall)

5.00 PM > 6.00 PM

Eric Fullerton, UC San Diego (USA)
Luc Julia, Chief Scientific Officer Renault (France)

17 June - Gala dinner (announcement of Scale Up Grand Prix) (Town hall)

7.30 PM

18 June - Plenary Session 5 - Decarbonation of Bulk Materials (steel, cement and aluminium) (Town hall)

8.45 AM > 10.30 AM

Shunichi Miyanaga, Chairman MHI (Japan)
> WMF2022-PS5-Shunichi-Miyanaga.pdf
Guy Sidos, CEO Vicat (France)
> WMF2022-PS5-Guy-Sidos.pdf
Cody Finke, CEO Brimstone Energy (USA)
Vincent Christ, CEO Elysis (Canada)
Eric Niedziela, Vice President Climate Action ArcelorMittal Europe (France)
> WMF2022-PS5-EricNiedziela.pdf
Moderator : Carlos de Los Llanos, Recycling expert (France)
> WMF2022-PS5-Carlos-de-Los-Llanos.pdf

10.30 AM > 11.00 AM

18 June - Plenary Session 6 - WMF Top 10 Technologies (Town hall)

11.00 AM > 12.45 PM

Patrick Koller, CEO Forvia (France), Co-chair
> WMF2022-top10-Patrick-Koller.pdf
Robert Friedland, Chairman Ivanhoe Mining and Ivanhoe Electric (USA/Canada/Singapore), Co-chair
Robert Bjekovic, University of Ravensburg-Weingarten (Germany)
> WMF2022-top10-Robert-Bjekovic.pdf
Rohit Makharia, President & COO SES (USA/China/S.Korea)
Shirley Meng, University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab (USA)
> WMF2022-top10-Shirley-Meng.pdf
Karim Zaghib, Mc Gill University/Concordia University (Canada)
> WMF2022-top10-Karim-Zaghib.pdf
Moderators : Prof. Victoire de MARGERIE, Vice-Chairman World Materials Forum
> WMF2022-top10-Victoire-de-Margerie-introduction.pdf
> WMF2022-top10-Victoire-de-Margerie-key-messages.pdf
Stéphane Mangin, WMF Steering Committee

18 June - Concluding Speech (Town hall)

12.45 PM > 1.00 PM

Philippe Varin, Chairman World Materials Forum (France)

18 June - Lunch (Musée des Beaux Arts)

1.00 PM