Official programme

Paloma Aba Garrote, Director, CINEA

Sylvain Waserman, President, ADEME

Moderated by: Alexandre Kouchner, Journalist, Political analyst, Editor in Chief, L'ADN-Le Shift

Regulations are one of the first investment factors. CSRD, bio-waste management, greenwashing directive, Green Funds... How do regulations transform business models and uses ? How to move from a constraint to an incentive to do better ? 

Brune Poirson, Chief Sustainability Officer,  Accor

Bénédicte Heindrichs, General Director, SPW ARNE

Pascal Demurger, General Manager, MAIF and Co-president of Impact France

Moderated by: Nathalie Croisé, Green Univers

Biodiversity can no longer be seen as a resource. What brings the last COP 16  to global biodiversity regulation? Artificialisation of soils, invasive species, imported deforestation, what can company do to better integrate biodiversity in their business models? 

Patrizia Gatti Gregori, Chief Environment, Decarbonation & CSR Officer, BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION

Maud Lelièvre, President, French Committee IUCN

Lina Dechamp, Sustainability Manager, MICHELIN​

Michael van Cutsem CEO and Founder, BEEODIVERSITY

Moderated by: Sylvie Gillet, Head of Biodiversity & Economy, OREE

Air, water, land, minerals, biodiversity - The resource is everywhere and yet finite. It is our mission to protect it, and to limit our impact on it.

Catherine Lagneau,  CEO, BRGM

Philippe Bihouix, General Director, AREP​

Moderated by: Alexandre Kouchner, Journalist, Political analyst, Editor in Chief, L'ADN-Le Shift

Circular Economy has been identified as a comprehensive solution to the problem of over depending on natural resources. It can be declined it all sectors and uses, from fashion to water, from waste to construction. If it seems to be easy, and yet the application of circular economy are still at the margins. How can it become the new standard? 

Elin Bergman, Co-Founder, NORDIC CIRCULAR HOTSPOT

Isabelle Kocher de Leyritz, Chairman & CEO, BLUNOMY

Moderated by: Natacha Girard, Content & Programme Manager, POLLUTEC

How does stand a balanced energy-mix in the ecological planification of Europe? Is the all electricity achievable? How can biogas & biomass bring local response for national uncertainties? Have we started integrating sobriety? 

Matthieu Auzanneau, Executive Director, THE SHIFT PROJECT

Pascal Charriau, CEO, ENERDATA

Laurent Bataille, President, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC FRANCE

Roxane BENEDETTI, Director, EVEN CONSEIL

Moderated by: Nathalie Croisé, Green Univers

Whilst we have moved from 50 years to increasingly efficient transports, they still represent the 2nd cause of ghg in the world. How far will innovation take us to reduce our transport emissions ? What role public institutions can play to transform our usage of transport and accompany us to do differently ? How do transport companies plan and support this transformation?

Muriel Signouret, CSR Director, SNCF Group

Marc Hamy, Special adviser to the CSR and Communication Director, AIRBUS

Guillaume Legrand, CEO, TOWT

Moderated by: Emilie Esparon, Head of Impact, VIVATECH

Finance role can be larger than financing the economy. Through this channel, financers can beget change within companies to be more in line with biodiversity, climate and social components. How can economic actors integrate ESG components to add value to their companies? What’s the role of finance in driving this change? 

Marie Ekeland, Founder & CEO, 2050

Marta Sjögren, Co-founder & Co-CEO, PAEBBL

Pia Erkinheimo, Director, THE FINNISH CLIMATE FUND

Mathieu Garnero Head of Economy and Finance, ADEME

Moderated by: Gianmarco Panone, Investment Manager, EIT InnoEnergy

Dr. Heidi Sevestre, Glaciologist,  The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Pitchs of 10 nominated projects

Re-industrialization of Europe will not be possible without people and workers. But how to train the workers we need to make the environmental transition happen? What skills will be needed and how to increase the volume of employees in industrial sectors?

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin, PDG, CARBON

Julien Einaudi, Chief Operating Officer, ORTEC

Antoine Garibal, Director of Strategy and Development, Siemens France

Moderated by: David Ascher, Actu Environnement

Pierre-Yves Burlot, Sustainable Development Director, SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT

Charlotte Migne, Vice-President Sustainable Development, SUEZ GROUPE

Karine Vernier, EIT InnoEnergy

Jean-Guillaume Peladan, Sycomore Asset Management

MAXIME BLONDEAU, Author, speaker, entrepreneur