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)
> WMF2024-Opening-Christophe-Poinssot.pdf |
| Rebecca Gordon, CEO CRU Consulting (UK)
> WMF2024-Opening-Rebecca-Gordon.pdf |
| Frank Bekaert, Senior partner, Metals&Mining, McKinsey (Belgium/Germany)
> WMF2024-Opening-Frank-Bekaert.pdf |
| Vincent Bamberger, Managing Partner, Arthur D Little (France)
> WMF2024-Opening-Vincent-Bamberger.pdf |
| Moderator : Victoire de Margerie, Co-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2024-Opening-Victoire-de-Margerie-key-messages.pdf |
Plenary Session 1: How to " Pick and Start " Green Breakthrough Technologies for the Energy Transition
3.10 PM > 4.30 PM
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Robert Friedland, Chairman Ivanhoe Mining/Electric (USA)
> WMF2024-PS1-Robert-Friedland.pdf |
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Brian Menell, CEO Techmet (UK)
> WMF2024-PS1-Brian-Menell.pdf |
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Vincent Yang, CEO ProLogium (Taïwan)
> WMF2024-PS1-Vincent-Yang.pdf |
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Patrick Koller, CEO Forvia (France)
> WMF2024-PS1-Patrick-Koller.pdf |
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Hideo Ohno, Former President Tohoku University (Japan)
> WMF2024-PS1-Hideo-Ohno.pdf |
| Moderators : Victoire de Margerie, Co-Chairman World Materials Forum (France)
> WMF2024-PS1-Victoire-de-Margerie-key-takeaways.pdf |
| 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)
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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)
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| Moderators : Philippe Varin, Chairman WMF (France)
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| Corinne Gendron, WMF Steering Committee (Canada)
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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) |