Business France - Vision Golfe 2024

REGISTER TO VISION GOLFE 2024!

Saudi companies, members of the Saudi French Business Council (CAFS) can register to participate in Vision Golfe 2024 for free of charge.

French companies & their subsidiaries must pay participation fees.

Program

4 June 2024

8:00 am – Registration of participants & welcome coffee
9:00 am – Opening remarks by Laurent SAINT-MARTIN, CEO, Business France
9:30 am – Introductory round table: The Gulf at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
10:15 am – Sharing views on 2030: milestones in national strategies
- Sheikh Ali Alwaleed Al-Thani, CEO, Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar
- Sulaiman AL MAZROUAI, CEO, NIDLP
- H.E. Jamal AL JARWAN, Secretary General, UAE International Investors Council (UAEIIC)
- Moderated by: Cornelius MATTHES, CEO, Desert Dii Energy
11:15 am – Unveiling the future of infrastructures and transports corridors
- Charles-Emmanuel de BEAUREGARD, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Qatar National Bank
- Nicolas PETROVIC, CEO, Etihad Rail
- Alstom, Speaker TBC
- Moderated by: Ali ITANI, Head of Arab News en Français
12:00 am – 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)
- Sabrina SOUSSAN, CEO, Suez
- Julien POUGET, President Middle-East & North Africa, Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies
- Frank BRICHAU, Managing Director Customer & Digital, ENOWA-NEOM
- 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
12:45 pm – Cocktail & networking lunch
2:00 pm – Navigating healthcare challenges in France and the GCC: charting the Course to Excellence
- H.E Dr. Noura ALGHAITHI, The Undersecretary, Department of Health – Abudhabi
- Amr METWALLY, Assistant Executive Director, ITQAN (Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center), Hamad Medical Corporation
- Clément PACAUD, CEO, Visiomed
2:45 pm – 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
- Moderated by: Valérie HAWLEY,Director, Sorbonne Center for AI
3:30 pm – 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.
4:00 pm – Consumer goods: what opportunities for French brands in the GCC?
- 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
- Moderated by: Aby THOMAS, Editor-In-Chief, Entrepreneur Middle East
5:00 pm – Closing remarks
8:00 pm – Networking cocktail “French night on the Seine”

5 June 2024

8:30 am – Welcome coffee
9:00 am – Opening remarks
9:15 am – Keynote Speech: H.E. Salim AL AUFI, Omani Minister of Energy and Minerals
9:30 am – How to invest and set up in the Gulf?
- Mishaal bin OMAIRH, CEO, OTHAIM Investment
- Khalifah AL YAQOUT, Managing Partner, Al-Yaqout & Al-Fouzan
- Jinane KABBARA, Regional Counsellor for Intellectual Property for the Middle East, INPI
- Gustave LAURENT, Senior Executive Officer, Tikehau Capital
- FAB (First Abu Dhabi Bank), Speaker TBC
- QADRAN, Speaker TBC
10:30 am – Raising the game – mastering mega-events in the GCC from a sports perspective
- HRH Prince Faisal Bin Bandar bin Sultan ALSAUD, President, Saudi E-Sports Federation
- Fabrice FAVETTO-BON, CEO, ON LOCATION
- Nicolas CHAVANCE, Deputy Managing Director, Groupe F
- Moderated by: Jack DUTTON, Chief Business Correspondent, Al Monitor
11:30 am – Explore & connect: tourism and leisure in the digital era
12:30 am – Cocktail & networking lunch
2:00 pm – B2B meetings
6:00 pm – End of the event