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Conference hosted by:Daleen HASSAN, Anchor & Founder, CHAIR GOBAL MEDIA

8:00 Registration of participants & welcome coffee

9:15 Opening remarks

Bruno LE MAIRE, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
Laurent SAINT-MARTIN, CEO, Business France

09:45 Keynote Speech  

Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, President of The French Agency for AlUla Development (Afalula)

10:00 Sharing views on 2030: milestones in national strategies

Bruno BONNELL, CEO, France 2030
Safa Sharif A. KHALIQ, CEO, Export Bahreïn
Sulaiman AL MAZROUAI, CEO, NIDLP
Sherif SHAWKI, Egypt, Libya & Kuwait Tax Leader, PWC
Marc LHERMITTE, Senior Partner, EY

Moderated by: Cornelius MATTHES, CEO, Desert Dii Energy

11:05 Unveiling the future of infrastructures and transports corridors

Patrice BERGAMINI, Diplomatic Adviser to the Chairman & CEO CMA-CGM
Charles-Emmanuel de BEAUREGARD, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Qatar National Bank
Zahi SABEH, Product Director for Mainline Platform, ALSTOM
Abdullah AL MUNIF, Vice President of Commercial Business, MAWANI (Saudi Ports Authority)
Gérard MESTRALLET, Special Envoy of the French President, IMEC

Moderated by: Ali ITANI, Head of Arab News en Français

11:50 Powering tomorrow: the sustainable energy, waste management and resources revolution following COP 28

Sheikh Dr. Soud K. AL-THANI, Green Development and Environmental Sustainability Department Director, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Qatar)
Yves RANNOU, COO Recycling & Recovery Division & Executive Vice-President, Suez
Julien POUGET, President Middle-East & North Africa, Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies
Frank BRICHAU, Managing Director Customer & Digital, ENOWA-NEOM
Ahmed ALGHAMDI, CEO, Artificial Intelligence Global Co (AIGC)

Moderated by: Jeremy GHEZ, Academic Director of the Sustainable and Disruptive Innovation Track in the HEC Paris MBA program and of the HEC Paris Center for Geopolitics

12:35 Cocktail & networking lunch

14:30 Keynote Speech:

Jaleela SAYED JAWAD HASAN JAWAD, Minister of Health, Bahrain

14:40 Navigating healthcare challenges in France and the GCC: charting the Course to Excellence

Amr METWALLY, Assistant Executive Director, ITQAN (Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center), Hamad Medical Corporation
Clément PACAUD, CEO, Visiomed
Jean-Pierre BOFFY, CEO, STEAM France and President of French Healthcare
Jérôme Christian CABANNES, CEO, SPIMACO

Moderated by: Johanna LERFEL, Executive Director, French Healthcare

15:30 Artificial intelligence: from fiction to reality

DR Ramzi BEN OUAGHREM, Director of Research Development and Partnerships, Mohammed Bin Zayed University of AI
Prof. Olivier OULLIER, Co-founder & CEO, Inclusive Brains and Chairman, Institute for Artificial Intelligence by Biotech Dental
Caroline COMET-FRAIGNEAU, VP France& Benelux & Africa, OVHcloud
Hani AL HEMSI, Director of Technology Development Ministry of communications and IT, KSA
Reem Al Mansouri, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Qatar (TBC)

Moderated by: Valérie HAWLEY,Director, Sorbonne Center for AI


16:15 Keynote Speech:Universæ Analysis: Art and Tech as Engines for Strategic Investments in the Gulf

Thierry RAYER, President, LE CERCLE D’ETUDES SCIENTIFIQUES PIERRE RAYER

The “Universæ Analysis: Art and Tech as Engines for Strategic Investments in the Gulf” conference presents the intersection between art and technology and their investment potential in the Gulf.

16:25 Consumer goods: what opportunities for French brands in the GCC?

Her Highness Princess Noura Bint Faisal AL SAUD, CGEO Consultant, Al Othaim Investment
Amal AMEEN, Founder, Amal Ameen Group
Patrick F. BOUSQUET-CHAVANNE, Abu Dhabi Retail Program Lead, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)
Geoffroy BUNETEL, Chief of Staff, Chalhoub Group
Hugo WEBER, VP Corporate Affairs & Impact, MIRAKL

Moderated by: Aby THOMAS, Editor-In-Chief, Entrepreneur Middle East

17:10   Closing remarks

19:00    Networking cocktail “French night on the Seine”