Welcome to our 9th edition:
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Forum location:
City Town Hall, 1 Place Stanislas,
54000 Nancy, France

6 July – Opening speech (Town hall)

8.30 AM > 8.50 AM

Philippe Varin,Chairman World Materials Forum (France)

6 July - Welcoming Speech (Town hall)

8.50 AM > 9.10 AM

Mathieu Klein,Chairman Grand Nancy

6 July - Opening Session : Criticality Assessment for 2025 and 2050 (Town hall)

9.10 AM > 10.20 AM

Rebecca Gordon, CEO CRU Consulting (UK)
> WMF2023-Opening-Rebecca-Gordon-CRU-Consulting.pdf
Christophe Poinssot, CEO BRGM (France)
> WMF2023-Opening-Christophe-Poinssot-BRGM.pdf
Frank Bekaert, Senior partner, Metals&Mining, McKinsey (Belgium/Germany)
> WMF2023-Opening-Frank-Bekaert-McKinsey.pdf
Moderator : Victoire de Margerie, Vice-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2023-Opening-Victoire-de-Margerie-Key-Takeaways.pdf

6 July – Special Keynote (Town hall)

10.20 AM > 10.50 AM



Janez Potocnik, Co Chair International Resource Panel (Poland)
> WMF2023-Special-keynote-Janez-Potocnik-International-Resource-Panel.pdf

10.50 AM > 11.20 AM

6 July - Plenary Session 1 : Decarbonation of iron and steel (Town hall)

11.20 AM > 1.00 PM

Shunichi Miyanaga, Chairman MHI (Japan), Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS1-Shunichi-Miyanaga-MHI.pdf
Tadeu Carneiro, Chairman & CEO Boston Metal (USA), Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS1-Tadeu-Carneiro-Boston-Metal.pdf
Lifeng Zhang, Pdt North China University of Technology (China)
> WMF2023-PS1-Lifeng-Zhang-North-China-University-of-Technology.pdf
Bernd Schäfer, CEO EIT RawMaterials (Germany)
> WMF2023-PS1-Bernd-Schafer-RawMaterials.pdf
Henrik Henriksson, CEO H2 Green Steel (Sweden)
> WMF2023-PS1-Henrik-Henriksson-Green-Steel.pdf
Moderator : Philippe Varin, Chairman World Materials Forum (France)


6 July - Lunch (Opéra National de Lorraine)

1.00 PM > 2.30 PM

6 July – Plenary Session 2 : Building and construction materials (Town hall)

2.30 PM > 4.00 PM

Thierry Le Henaff, CEO Arkéma (France), Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS2-Thierry-le-Henaff-Arkema.pdf
Guy Sidos, CEO Vicat (France), Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS2-Guy-Sidos-Vicat.pdf
Hembert Penaranda, Architect (Colombia/Italy)
> WWMF2023-PS2-Hembert-Penaranda-Architect.pdf
Laurent Musy, CEO Terreal (France)
> WMF2023-PS2-Laurent-Musy-Terreal.pdf
Olivier Vassart, CEO Steligence at Arcelor Mittal (Luxembourg)
> WMF2023-PS2-Olivier-Vassart-ArcelorMittal.pdf
Philippe Hoffmann, EVP Industry Constellium (Switzerland)
> WMF2023-PS2-Philippe-Hoffmann-Constellium.pdf
Moderator : Carlos de Los Llanos, Recycling Expert (France)
> WMF2023-PS2-Introduction-Carlos-de-Los-Llanos.pdf


6 July – Scientific keynote: Green rubber and tires (Town hall)

4.00 PM > 4.30 PM

Liqun Zhang, Pdt South China University (China)
> WMF2023-scientific-keynote-liqun-Zhang-South-China-University.pdf


6 July - Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony (Town hall)

8.00 PM


7 July - Plenary Session 3 : EV batteries, which chemistries for fast Scale up and optimum performance (Town hall)

8.30 AM > 10.20 AM

Peter Carlsson, CEO Northvolt (Sweden) - Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS3-Peter-Carlsson-Northvolt.pdf
Vincent Yang, CEO ProLogium (Taïwan) - Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS3-Vincent-Yang-ProLogium.pdf
Maxime Picat, EVP Supply Chain Stellantis (France)
> WMF2023-PS3-Maxime-Picat-Stellantis.pdf
Karim Zaghib, Concordia University (Canada)
> WMF2023-PS3-Karim-Zaghib-Concordia-University.pdf
Hervé Beuffe, CEO Tiamat (France)
> WMF2023-PS3Hervé-Beuffe-Tiamat.pdf
Michael Liedtke, CCO Zeta Energy (USA)
> WMF2023-PS3-Michael-Liedtke-Zeta Energy.pdf
Moderator : Victoire de Margerie, Vice Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2023-PS3-Victoire-de-Margerie-Key-Takeaways.pdf

10.20 AM > 10.50 AM

7 July - Plenary Session 4 - Plenary session, recycling of electronic wastes (Town hall)

10.50 AM > 12.30 PM

Mathias Miedreich, CEO Umicore (Belgium) - Co Chair
> WMF2023-PS4-Mathias-Miedreich-Umicore.pdf
Preston Bryant, Founder & CCO Momentum Technologies (USA), Co-chair
> WMF2023-PS4-Preston-Bryant-Momentum-Technologies.pdf
Jean-Christophe Gabriel, CEA/NTU (France/Singapore)
> WMF2023-PS4-JC-Gabriel-CEA-NTU.pdf
Chien Yung Ma, ex CEO Solar Applied Materials (Taiwan)
> WMF2023-PS4-Chien-Yung-MA-SOLAR.pdf
Moderator : Kevin Kramer, CCMO ATI (USA)

7 July - Lunch (Musée des Beaux-Arts)

12.30 PM > 2.00 PM

7 July - Roundtable on Scope 3 emissions (Town hall)

2.00 PM > 3.20 PM

7 July - Critical Materials for Renewable Energies (Town hall)

3.20 PM > 3.50 PM

Exchange of views with : Patrick Pouyanné, CEO TotalEnergies (France)

3.50 PM > 4.20 PM

7 July - Closing Session: Technologies for Sustainable Mining (Town hall)

4.20 PM > 6.10 PM

Robert Friedland, Chairman Ivanhoe Mining/Electric (USA), Co Chair
> WMF2023-Closing-Session-Robert-Friedland.pdf
Mikael Staffas, CEO Boliden (Sweden), Co Chair
>WMF2023-Closing-session-Mikael-Staffas-Boliden.pdf
Corinne Gendron, University of Quebec UQAM (Canada)
> WMF2023-Closing-Session-Corinne Gendron-UQAM.pdf
Matti Hietanen, CEO Finnish Minerals Group (Finland)
> WMF2023-Closing-session-Matti-Hietanen-Finnish-Minerals-Group.pdf
Michael Sedoy, CFO GoGreen Investments (USA)
> WMF2023-Closing-session-Michael Sedoy-GoGreen-Investments.pdf
Roger Pettman, CEO Cycladex (USA)
> WMF2023-Closing session-Roger-Pettman-Cycladex.pdf
Moderators :Victoire de MARGERIE, Vice-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2023-Closing-session-Victoire-de-Margerie-Key-Takeaways.pdf
Vincent Bamberger, MD Arthur D Little (France)

7 July - Closing Speech (Town hall)

6.10 PM > 6.30 PM

Philippe Varin, Chairman World Materials Forum (France)