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

8:00 am Welcome Coffee

9:00 am Opening remarks

Louis MARGUERITTE, CEO, Business France
Roland LESCURE, French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty, France
Nicolas FORISSIER, French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and France’s Attractiveness

Ministerial Keynote Speech: Shaping the Future of Mining: Policy Momentum and Sovereign Ambitions in Saudi Arabia

H.E Eng. Khalid bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer, Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Mining Affairs in Saudi Arabia

9:30 am Keynote Speech :

Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Former French Minister, Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for Lebanon and the Middle East, and President of AFALULA

9:45 am Fireside chat “Investing in France and Saudi Arabia – Opportunities, Perspectives and Business Insights with:

Sophie SIDOS, President of the Foreign Trade Advisors of France
Eng. Sultan Al Musallam, Secretary General of The Federation of Saudi Chambers

10:00 am Gulf in Transition: Strategic France – Gulf Partnerships for Investment and Growth

Martin TRICAUD, Group Head of Wholesale Banking, FAB
Basel SHADDAD, Holding CEO – Estithmar
Dr. Mohamed BEN LADEN, President, FRENCH-SAUDI BUSINESS COUNCIL (CAFS)
Julien POUGET, President, MENA Exploration & Production – TotalEnergies
Khalid SHARAF, Senior Director – Corporate Sales & Business Development, DMCC (The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)
Yousef ALSANEA, Managing Partner, DR. YAQOUB ALSANEA & PARTNERS

Hosted by : Aby THOMAS, INC. ARABIA

10:45 am Water security, Decarbonation and sovereignty : integrated strategies for circular models management

Christophe TANGUY, General Director, SAUR INTERNATIONAL
Iheb TRIKI, Co-fondateur & CEO KUMULUS WATER
Abdullah BIN TUWAYM, Chief Transaction Officer, SAUDI WATER PARTNERSHIP COMPANY – SHARAKAT
Mohammed AL-ZUABI, CEO, MARAFIQ

Hosted by : Zeina ZBIBO, Website Editor & Journalist, ARAB NEWS

11:35 Keynote Speech : Xavier PEREIRA, Chief Growth Officer, QUANDELA

11:45 am AI and Emerging Tech: Building Franco-Gulf Leadership in the Global Innovation Race

Julien MALAURENT, General Director, ESSEC EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Inge KERKLOH-DEVIF, Senior executive director Institut Innovation & Entrepreuneuriat, HEC PARIS
Massimo MORETTI, CEO and Co-founder, SOLAYA
Paul SAYAR, Project Management Officer, Campus IA
Eng. Anas ALQAHTANI, CEO, WA’ED VENTURES
Xavier PEREIRA, Chief Growth Officer, QUANDELA

Hosted by : Sarah SADDOUK, Director of Innovation, ENTREPRENEUR MIDDLE EAST

12:30 pm Cocktail & Networking Lunch

2:00 pm Strategic resilience in space and defence: France-Gulf perspectives

Olivier BADARD, CEO, ARMADA HOLDING
Marc CHIESA, CEO, CGX AERO
Christophe HINTZY, Major General, NATO MISSION COMMANDER
Olivier GUILBERT, Export Sales Vice President, THALES ALENIA SPACE
Adel HADDOUD, CEO, INFINITE ORBITS
Dr. Hamdullah MOHIB, Acting CEO, ORBITWORKS

Hosted by : Oscar WENDEL, MEA Lead for Karrier One & Founder and Chairman of GLOBAL STRATALOGUES

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Signing Ceremony:

Bruno MASCART, Group Managing Partner, ALTIOS
Martin TRICAUD, Group Head of Wholesale Banking – United Arab Emirates, FIRST ABU DHABI BANK

3:00 pm Strategic corridors : enhancing connectivity and resilience in global logistics

Gérard MESTRALLET, Special Envoy to the President of the Republic, IMEC
Charles-Emmanuel de Beauregard, Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking, QNB
Alexandre JOSEPH, Vice President – BAHRI
Poul HESTBAEK, CEO, FOLK MARITIME SERVICES COMPANY

Hosted by : Ali ITANI, Region Head, ARAB NEWS JAPAN & FRANCE

3:40 pm Fireside chat: Reindustrializing at Scale: KSA as a Global Manufacturing Powerhouse & Eng. Saleh AlSolami, CEO, National Industrial Development Center NIDC

3:55 pm France-GCC: Forging Partnerships for Global Manufacturing

Olivier MATHEY, CEO, SPARE PARTS 3D
Nasser AL KUWARI, CEO, MBK GLOBAL
Eric SIMON, CEO, APAVE INTERNATIONAL
Christophe LEBRUN, EMEA Sales Director, EVOLIS
Eng. Majed AL-ARGOUBI, CEO, MODON

Hosted by : Silvia LAMBIASE, Head of Business Development, The Business Year

4:35 pm Shaping Human Capital: French-Gulf Partnerships in Skills, Education and Lifelong Learning

Julien MALAURENT, Deputy Dean in charge of Executive Education, ESSEC
Nathalie MARTIAL-BRAZ, Vice-Chancellor, SORBONNE UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI
Prof. Omar KNIO, Vice President, Academic Affairs, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science
and Technology)
Marc CHIESA, CEO, CGX AERO
Xavier PEREIRA, Chief Growth Officer, QUANDELA
Thierry CLOUTET, Head of Business Growth, Africa & Middle East, AIRBUS

Hosted by : Lionel RABIN, Founding and Managing Director, HALTIQA – BRIDGING ENERGIES

5:15 pm Closing Remarks

7:00 pm Exclusive Networking cocktail “French Night” – Palais Galliera

Louis MARGUERITTE, CEO, BUSINESS FRANCE
Pascal MORAND, Executive President, FÉDÉRATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODEHH Princess Noura Bint H.R.H. Princess Noura Bint Faisal AL SAUD, CEO, JAY3LLE & Founder, CULTURE HOUSE

B2B Meetings will take place on Thursday, June 18th from 10:40 am to 6:00 pm

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

8:00 am Welcome Coffee

9:00 am Opening Remarks

Didier BOULOGNE, Chief Operating Officer, Export Division, BUSINESS FRANCE
Paul TEBOUL, Advisor for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Affairs, OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
Damien LORAS, Director for Economic Diplomacy, Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs 
Alexandre RATLE, Vice-President and Chair of the Southern Mediterranean, Near East and Middle East Commission, CCEF

9:20 am Ministerial Keynote Speech: Advancing Strategic Partnerships: Strengthening Economic Ties Between the UAE and France – H.E Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Hawi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Investment in the UAE

9:30 am Keynote Speech “Bahrain’s Financial Leadership in the Gulf: Partnerships, Innovation, and Future Opportunities” – HE Mr. Khalid Ebrahim Humaidan, Governor of Central Bank of Bahrain

9:35 am Keynote Speech : Basel SHADDAD, Holding CEO, ESTITHMAR

9:45 am Unlocking Bilateral Trade and Investment Between France and the GCC

Flavie PAQUAY, Middle East Country Manager, ALTIOS
Azza AL HABSI, Vice-Présidente – Recherche économique et tendances émergentes, OMINVEST
Khalifah AL-YAQOUT, Managing Partner, AL YAQOUT & AL FOUZAN LEGAL GROUPT
Mael MBAYE, Head of MENA, Türkiye & Central Asia, BPIFRANCE
Marc LHERMITTE, Senior Partner, EY CONSULTING

Hosted by : Georges EID, Head of News, AL MASHHAD TV

10:30 am Fireside chat:

Semmaris (Stéphane LAYANI, CEO)
Abu Dhabi Food Hub (Jens Michel, CEO)

10:45 am Food Security and Agri Supply Resilience: Strengthening Franco-Gulf Value Chains

Dr. Suleiman ALRSHUDI, CEO, GULF UNION
Hassan HALAWI, Group CEO, ELITE AGRO HOLDING
Khalid Ali AL AMEEN CEO, MIDWAY SUPERMARKET
Jens MICHEL, CEO, ABU DHABI FOOD HUB

Hosted by : Raffaele TRAPASSO, Senior Advisor, MENA Competitiveness Programme Middle East and Africa, OCDE

11:30 am Smart Cities and Urban Resilience: Designing the Cities of Tomorrow Together

Dr. Mohamed ALJARALLAH, VP of Real Estate Development, KING SALMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Ramez ALFAYEZ, Chief Information Technology Officer, KAFD
Mohammed ALSHARIF, Senior Smart City Director – Business Development, THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOR RIYADH CITY (RCRC)
Aurélien CLÉDIÈRE, Strategy & Development, RATP DEV MOBILITY CAIRO

Hosted by : Jack DUTTON, Chief Business Correspondent, AL-MONITOR

12:10 pm Healthcare Excellence and Mobility: Building Trust and Value Between France and the Gulf

Stéphane RAHARIJAONA, Senior Manager – Sales Development, Middle East and Africa
Joseph HAZEL, CEO, APEX HEALTH
Dr. Fadi ALBUHAIRAN, CEO, LIFERA
Baptiste de CLARENS, General Director – Greater Gulf Vaccines, SANOFI

Hosted by : Johanna LERFEL, Regional Counsellor for Global Health in the Middle East

12:55 pm Cocktail & Networking lunch

1:45 pm Crafting the Future of Luxury: France Meets Gulf Innovation in Retail

Rony MOURANI, CEO, ASSETS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Yasser ZEIN, CEO, AURA GROUP
Emilie VIARGUES, Deputy CEO Auditore MENA, President French Touch Middle East
Muhammad AFIFI, CEO, ONYX GLOBAL PARTNERS
Florence LAFRAGETTE, President and Artistic Director, PETRUSSE
Pierre-François LE LOUËT, President & CEO, NELLYRODI

Hosted by : Jonathan SIBONI, Founder & CEO, Data Intelligence for Luxury Leaders, LUXURYNSIGHT

2:30 pm Culture as Soft Power: Franco-Gulf Synergies in Heritage and Creative Economies

Nabil BOUHAJRA, Director, TV5 MONDE Maghreb–Middle East
Mohamed A. AL AYED, Vice-Chairman, ATHAR FESTIVAL, and CEO, TRACCS
Christophe PIETTE, CEO, GROUPE NOVELTY
Jacques MAIRE, President, COMPAGNIE FRANÇAISE DES EXPOSITIONS (COFREX)
Samuel TAIEB, Secretary General, FRANCE MUSÉUMS
Adam OUBUIH, CEO, ATOUT FRANCE

Hosted by : Richard BARNES, SAFE

3:10 pm Closing Remarks

Axel BAROUX, Managing Director Near & Middle East, Business France

5:00 pm End of the event

B2B Meetings will take place on Friday, June 19th from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm