2024 WMF Start Up & Scale Up Challenges: Prof. Victoire de Margerie announces the Awards

And the winners of our Start Up and Scale Up Challenges are :

 

GRAND PRIX START UP

Grand Prix to Aepnus Technology - Lukas Hackl and Bilen Akuzum, Ph.D.

 

 

COUP DE COEUR START UP 

Coup de Cœur to Pure Lithium Corporation - Emilie Bodoin

 

 

GRAND PRIX SCALE UP

Grand Prix to Brimstone Energy - Hugo Leandri

 

 

COUP DE COEUR SCALE UP 

Coup de Cœur to ZetaEnergy, LLC - Tom Pilette and Michael Liedtke

 

 

THE JURY

  • Tadeu Carneiro, Chairman & CEO BostonMetal (USA)
  • Laurent Frescaline, Founder & Head of Technology I Pulse (France)
  • Bronwyn Fox, Chief Scientist CSIRO (Australia)
  • Gervais Jacques, CEO 5N Plus (Canada)
  • Ilse Henne, Member of the Executive Board Thyssenkrupp AG (Germany)
  • Stéphane Mangin, Université de Lorraine (France) – Vice Chair
  • Victoire de Margerie, Founder & Vice Chair WMF (France) – Chair
  • Shirley Meng, University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab (USA)
  • Martina Merz, Supervisory Board Member Rio Tinto and Siemens (Germany)
  • Hartwig Michels, President Petrochemicals BASF (Germany)
  • Bernard Pinatel, President Refining & Chemicals Total Energies (France)
  • Alberto Salleo, Stanford University (USA)
  • Nick Stanage, CEO Hexcel (USA)
  • Karim Zaghib, Concordia University (Canada)