Program - Les Entretiens d'Abu Dhabi 2022
9am-9.25am - Opening Session
- Welcome note: Geoffroy Bunetel, President - CCI France UAE
- Opening speech: H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade (Video Message)
- Keynote address: Jean-Baptiste Chauvel, Regional economic counsellor for the Arabian Peninsula - Embassy of France
- Keynote address: Jean-Yves Le Drian, Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France (In French)
9.25am-10.10am - Roundtable 1: Transition to a Knowledge Economy
Keynote speech
- H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh - Cultural Advisor to H.H. President of the UAE and Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University
Roundtable
- Ismail Abdulla Director - UAE Clusters, Chief Executive Officer Strata Manufacturing’s - STRATA
- Elias Kassis, President - TotalEnergies EP UAE & TotalEnergies Country Chair in the UAE
- Moderator: Chavan Bhogaita, Managing Director and Head of Market Insights and Strategy - First Abu Dhabi Bank
10.10am-10.55am - Roundtable 2: Higher and righteous Education & Digitalization of learning
- Benoit Jeannin, President - Learn & Go; Script & Go
- Marcos Muller Habig, CEO 42 Abu Dhabi
- Professor Ahmed Murad, Professor & Associate Provost for Research - UAE University
- Professor Silvia Serrano, Vice-Chancellor Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
- Moderator: Valerie Hawley, Director Corporate Partnerships Sorbonne Centre for Artificial Intelligence
11.15am-12pm - Roundtable 3: Creating an innovation ecosystem
- Nayef Abdulla, Director of Innovation & Knowledge (COAD) - Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
- Mona Alhashmi, Acting Division Director – The Authority of Social Contribution - Ma’an
- Dr. Khadija Al Ameri, Founder - Ingfit
- Dr. Ebtesam Al Mazrouei, Director Artificial Intelligence Cross-Center Unit - TII
- Moderator: Alexis Lecanuet, Regional Managing Director Accenture Middle East
Pitch
- Richard Forest, Founder & CEO - SEAir
12.05pm - 12.50pm - Roundtable 4: Corporates, a key to Hiring and Promoting talents
- Felicie De Gonfreville, HR Regional Director - Societe Generale Middle East
- Florence Bulte, Chief Sustainability Officer - Chalhoub Group
- Nabil Almessabi – Chief Human Resources Officer - TAQA
- Francois Regnier, Head of Country UAE & CEO Abu Dhabi & Dubai branches - BNP Paribas UAE
- Moderator: Marwa Al Mansouri, Board member Abu Dhabi Business Women Council and CEO Prosper Partners Consultancy
12.50pm - 1pm - Closing Remarks
- Jerome Chartier, Founder of “Les Entretiens de Royaumont”
1pm - Lunch
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