Welcome to our 10th edition:
Risky DeepTech and Social Acceptability: the Winning Pair
 

Forum location:
Musée des Arts et Métiers
270 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris

One-to-one with nominated start-ups and buffet lunch

11.30 AM > 1.45 PM

Visit and discussion around the booths of our 13 nominated Start Ups with coffee, soft drinks and snacks buffet.

Opening speech (Musée des Arts et Métiers - Amphithéâtre Abbé Grégoire )

1.45 PM > 2.00 PM

Philippe Varin, Chairman World Materials Forum (France)

Opening Session : Facts and figures on Critical Minerals

2.00 PM > 3.10 PM

Christophe Poinssot, Deputy CEO & CSO, BRGM (France)
Rebecca Gordon, CEO CRU Consulting (UK)
Frank Bekaert, Senior partner, Metals&Mining, McKinsey (Belgium/Germany)
Vincent Bamberger, Managing Partner, Arthur D Little (France)
Moderator : Victoire de Margerie, Co-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)

Plenary Session 1: How to " Pick and Start " Green Breakthrough Technologies for the Energy Transition

3.10 PM > 4.30 PM

Robert Friedland, Chairman Ivanhoe Mining/Electric (USA)
Peter Carlsson, CEO Northvolt (Sweden)
Brian Menell, CEO Techmet (UK)
Vincent Yang, CEO ProLogium (Taïwan)
Patrick Koller, CEO Forvia (France)
Hideo Ohno, Former President Tohoku University (Japan)
Moderators : Victoire de Margerie, Co-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
Johan Menckel, WMF Steering Committee (Sweden)

Pitch by each of the 5 Scale Up Nominees

4.30 PM > 4.50 PM

Moderators : Victoire de Margerie, Co-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
Stéphane Mangin, WMF Steering Committee (France)

Coffee break

4.50 PM > 5.20 PM

Plenary Session 2: How to Ensure Social Acceptance for major projects required by the Energy Transition ?

5.20 PM > 6.40 PM

Shunichi Miyanaga, Chairman MHI (Japan)
Mikael Staffas, CEO Boliden (Sweden)
Guy Sidos, CEO Vicat (France)
Hartwig Michels, President Petrochemicals BASF (Germany)
Jean Hornain, CEO Citeo (France)
Christel Bories, Chair & CEO Eramet (France)
Moderators : Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)
Corinne Gendron, WMF Steering Committee (Canada)



Plenary Session 3: How can Listed Companies get Support from Shareholders to Finance and Scale Up these major projects ?

6.40 PM > 7.40 PM

Thierry Le Hénaff, Chairman and CEO Arkema (France)
Stephane Michel, President Renewables and Power TotalEnergies (France)
Mathias Miedreich, Ex-CEO Umicore (Belgium)
Gervais Jacques, CEO 5N Plus (Canada)
Moderators : Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)
Sam Riggall, WMF Steering Committee (Australia)

Closing Speech

7.40 PM > 7.50 PM

Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)

Drinks, Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony (Musée des Arts et Métiers - Église Saint Martin des Champs)

8.00 PM > 11.30 PM

Start Up Awards Ceremony
- Victoire de Margerie, Jury Chairman - WMF Start Up/Scale Up Challenges (France)
- Stéphane Mangin, Jury Vice Chairman - WMF Start Up/Scale Up Challenges (France)

TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER JURY MEMBERS:
- Bronwyn Fox, Chief Scientist CSIRO (Australia)
- Laurent Frescaline, Founder & Head of Technology I Pulse (France)
- Ilse Henne, Member of Executive Board Thyssen Krupp (Germany)
- Martina Merz, Member of Supervisory Board Siemens, Volvo and Rio Tinto (Germany)

Scale Up Awards Ceremony
- Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)
- Franck Leroy, President Grand Est Region (France)
- Victoire de Margerie, Jury Chairman - WMF Start Up/Scale Up Challenges (France)

TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER JURY MEMBERS:
- Bernard Pinatel, President Refining and Chemicals TotalEnergies (France)
- Shirley Meng, University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab (USA)