Speakers & Moderators

Participants in the Positive Biodiversity Families Challenge

Associate Researcher at IRIS and Managing Director of Club Demeter

Director General of France Silver Eco

Co-founder of AQUAMOUR, President of Sensi Ateliers Arts & Sens, Author of Creative Attitude (Dunod Editions)

Sociologist, Researcher at CNRS, Member of the Internet and Society Center, and Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris

Director of the Division of Water Sciences and Secretary of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, UNESCO

Medical & Marketing Director at ZEISS Meditec France

Journalist

Sample Embroiderer at Maison Montex

CEO of WWF France

Director of Member Needs and Innovation at Macif

Writer

Managing Director of Financial Stability and Operations and Chair of the Climate Change Center at the Banque de France

CEO of the Alliance for Forest Conservation

Partner at Bain & Company

Deputy Director General for Societal Mobilization at the French Biodiversity Agency

Co-founder of Team for the Planet

Founder of Zèta

Entrepreneur and Co-president of the National Digital Council

Photographer, diver, and naturalist biologist

Chief Sustainability Officer- Hermès

Co-founder of Bindly – ESME Graduate 2024

Researcher at the CNRS at the Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station

Co-President of the Student COP3 and Energy Transition Engineer

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Saint-Gobain

Deputy Governor at the Banque de France

Mayor of Laval, President of Laval Agglomération, Delegate President of France Villes et territoires durables

Nutritionist, Specialist in Systemic Issues of Food

Winemaker

Comic Book Author and Director

President of Val de Garonne Agglomération, Vice President of the Lot-et-Garonne Departmental Council & Mayor of Fourques-sur-Garonne

Farm Manager at Ferme du Grand Laval, Naturalist and Ornithologist

Impact Journalist | Committed to Social & Environmental Justice

President of Hennessy

Director of Vine and Wine at Hennessy

Sociologist, Senior Consultant at Mighty Earth

CEO of ESME

Director of Sustainable Development & Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) at the Bouygues Group and President of the College of Sustainable Development Directors (C3D)

Expert in Agriculture and Food, President of Planet Score

Head of the Climate and Nature Division, French Development Agency (AFD)

Founder of the Green IT Association

Co-founder and President of LES COLLECTIFS

President of the League for the Protection of Birds

Anthropologist, Motivational Speaker, Extreme Ultra-marathoner, and Founding President of LES 42

President of Publicis France

Founder of the National Tree Surveillance Group, Arborist

Activist Fisherman

Founder of collective in the energy sector

Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences

Psychosociologist, practitioner, and researcher at the consultancy Kairos Accompagnement & Recherche.

Doctor in climatology and glaciology

Sociologist Specialized in Third Places

Farmer and Author

CEO - Les Alchimistes

Lawyer, Co-founder and President of Wild Legal

Scientific Director of Environment at INRAE

Cardiologist and President of the Pour une France en forme Collective

Author and Speaker

Founder of the Maison de la Conversation

Aspiring explorer

Marketing & Communication Director at ZEISS Vision Care France

Creative Director of Boucheron

Co-founder and President of Bindly – ESME Graduate 2024

Deputy Director in charge of branches and editorial strategy at "Ici"

Journalist, advisor, author, speaker

Explorer-Researcher, Founder and CEO of the Human Adaptation Institute

Author, composer, performer

President of the French Competition Authority

Senior AI Project Manager at Mila, Host of the Podcast "The World We Are Building"

Secretary General of the UNESCO Chair on World Food Systems, L'Institut Agro Montpellier

CSR Director at Bouygues Immobilier

Starred Chef

Member of the Citizens' Convention on Climate, Mayor of Souvigné-sur-Sarthe, Regional Councilor of Pays de la Loire

Journalist, Presenter, Media Training Coach, Writer

Speaker, filmmaker, journalist

Research Director at CNRS, Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology (IMBE)

President of the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation

Author of La Santé Bleue, director of Aqua, and speaker on the connections between Nature & Health

Founder and CEO of the Ocean Purpose Project

Founder of the podcast Demain N'attend Pas (Tomorrow Doesn’t Wait)

Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Director at Kering

Repeat-entrepreneur, founder of Impactus

Chief Impact Officer at EDF and Vice-President of C3D

President of Phitrust

Journalist at La Croix

Farmer, Co-author of the Biodynamic Calendars and "Cheminer avec le vivant", Speaker on These Topics

Eco-Adventurer and Speaker

Coach, journalist, speaker, and consultant

In videoconference - UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Co-chair of IPES-Food, and Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and Sciences Po

Director of Ecological and Earth Sciences division, UNESCO Natural sciences Sector

Co-founder and CEO of Metacar Mobility Systems

Leader, co-founder of Symbiotic Enterprise, and writer

Member of the executive board of the French Committee of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

Ethologist and Cetologist

President of the Palais de Tokyo

Anthropologist

Hydrologist Engineer

Chief Executive Officer of Bouygues Immobilier

Co-founder of Alenvi and Co-chair of the Communauté des Entreprises à Mission

Philosopher & Writer

Mayor of Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Les Arcs

Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Sorbonne University and Researcher at CNRS

Director of the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy

Associate at Bain & Company, Managing Director France

CEO of Macif / DGD Iard & Vie Aéma

Director

Mayor of Lyon

Director of Patient Experience and Solutions Novo Nordisk France

Co-founder of Les Petites Cantines

Co-founder of Picture

Sustainable Transformation Facilitator and Committed Project Manager

Founder of the CEC (Convention of Companies for the Climate)

Sudanese Climate

Co-founder of Vert

Director, Sustainable Business Development & Responsible Construction at Saint-Gobain Group

Co-founder of the Action for the Protection of Internally Displaced People and Environmental Migrants in Africa

Professor of Neurosciences at Aix-Marseille University, President of the TranceScience Research Institute

Co-Director of Missions Publiques

Digital Project Manager at The Shift Project

General Delegate of the Health Promotion Federation

Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, Professor of the "Humanities and Health" Chair at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (Cnam)

Honorary President of the Atmospheres Festival

Director of Police and Hunting Licenses at the French Biodiversity Agency

Vice President of Innovation, Services, and Growth at Nexans Group

President and Publisher of Mediapart

Biophysicist, Naturalist, and Writer

Researcher at CNRS

AI Project Manager, Ecolab, General Secretariat for Sustainable Development - Ministries of Territory, Ecology, and Housing

Apprentice chef

Co-founder of Nemo's Garden

Co-president of B-Lab France

Director of the National Federation of SCoT

Chief Architect and Urban Planner of the State, In charge of architectural conservation of the Palace of Versailles, World Heritage Referent, Palace of Versailles

Corporate Regeneration – Governing with Nature

Freediver, Director, Choreographer, and Dancer

12-year-old student in 7th grade

CEO of Egis

Vice-president of Apivia Macif mutual

Director of TSE School

Director of Engagement at Macif

Co-founder and Director of L214

Scientific Director of Saint-Gobain Research Paris

Deputy Director of Sustainable Development at Hennessy

Committed Entrepreneur, Writer and Speaker, President of OneHome and Biosphere Economics

Founder and president of Ecoalf

Outgoing Director and Founder of the Mental Health, Humanities, and Social Sciences Research Laboratory at GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neurosciences

CEO of Ofi Invest

Essayist, consultant, and advisor on AI at Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

President of Macif

Deputy Director of Circular Economy at ADEME

Member of the Finansol-FAIR Label Committee, a solidarity finance label with social and environmental impact.

Sociologist specializing in aging issues, intergenerational relations, social innovation, and health.

CEO of Nexans

Director of La Fenêtrière & Vice President of the French Building Federation, responsible for ecological transition & CSR

President of La Fabrique Écologique

Executive Director of Group Communications at Orange

CEO of France Travail

Founder of Poiscaille

5th-year student at SupBiotech

Botanist and biologist, specialist in trees and tropical forests

Philosopher

Researcher - Biologist / Director of the Michel Serres Institute

President of ESS France, Former Minister

Impact journalist, author, and speaker

President and Founder of Mayane Education France, Hydrologist

Climate activist

Executive Director of Planète Urgence

National President of the Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants (CJD)

Partner at Bain & Company

Producer of Entendez-vous l’éco? on France Culture.

Editorial Director of Les Echos

Engineer, Professor at Mines ParisTech, Partner at Carbone 4, President of The Shift Project.

Director of Sustainability and Corporate Engagement at Egis Group

President and Founder of the National Collective of Obesity Associations

General Manager of Marie-Claire Academy

President of UMANAO, host, and speaker

Geographer, consultant, explorer of interstitial spaces

EVP in charge of Operational Excellence, Innovation and Procurement at EQUANS

CEO of Nature & Découvertes

Director of Circular Economy at Saint-Gobain

Head of Ethics of AI Unit, Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO

Founder and President of Toutes à l'École

Founder of the Climate Hub Tanzania

Arctic Navigator and Writer

Architect and Anthropologist

Mayor of Stockholm from 2018 to 2022

Political analyst and journalist

Editor-in-chief of The Good and Ambassador of the European Climate Pact

Symphonic concert - original creation

Journalist and environmentalist

Mayor of Châtel-en-Trièves and Vice President of the Association of Rural Mayors of France

Entrepreneurship for the Living

Teacher and Educational Area Facilitator

Executive Secretary of IPBES

Deputy Director of Information at Radio France | Digital & AI

Economist and Researcher at the French Economic Observatory (OFCE)

Co-founder of Youth for Climate in France

Director of Transformation & Digital at Egis

Director of Social Engagement at Macif

Chief Executive Officer of Entourage

Editorial Director of L'ADN

Co-founder and President of the Spero Mare Association

Manager of Relations with Local Authorities - France Ville Durable

General Secretary of CFDT

Glaciologist and author

Doctor in Microbiology and Founder of M et Moi

Author of the Ecofrugal Guide and Founder of monatelier-ecofrugal.fr

Founder and CEO of Parangone

Director of CSR and Communication at Ecotone, President of the Ecotone Foundation

Senior reporter at We Demain

Architect and Writer - Atelier Philippe Madec

Researcher at the CNRS

Experiential facilitator, founder of Tribaleo

General Delegate of France Sustainable Cities and Territories

CSR expert (teaching, strategy, partnerships), former company executive

Researcher at the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

General Delegate of the Alliance for Mental Health

Head of Citizen Engagement and Media Service at ADEME

Impact Journalist and Filmmaker

Public Health Doctor

Producer and Director

President of the Sustainable Health for All Foundation

Sustainability Director at Balenciaga

Ecologist and Evolutionary Biologist

Secretary General of QuotaClimat

Scientific Director of the "Entrepreneurship, Territory, and Innovation" Chair - IAE Paris-Sorbonne, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Philosopher, Writer, and Lecturer at the University of Aix-Marseille

Chief Executive Officer of Mouvement Impact France

Director of the AI Program Group, SopraSteria

Honorary Inspector General of Social Affairs and President of the Monitoring Committee of PNNS 4

Emeritus Researcher in Ecology and Geosciences at the National Institute for Space Research in São Paulo

Founder and CEO of BLOOM

President of the Espinhaço Institute

Anthropologist

Founder of Agence MIEUX

Researcher at the University of Lausanne

Chief Sustainability Officer & Transformation at the Hôtel Ritz

Philosopher

Trainer in Peace Education

Co-CEO of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation

Philosopher and Novelist

Co-founder of La Maison Perchée

Founder of the publishing house La Salamandre

Administrator of the C3D

Editor-in-Chief of La Croix

Principal Project Manager, AI for Humanity

Author, Speaker, Mediator

Chief Executive Officer Boucheron

General Director of Sup'Biotech

Low-tech lifestyle explorer

Journalist and President of Vert

Facilitator of a mission-driven ambassador community for a consulting firm

Futurist, Essayist, and Advisor

General Director & Co-founder of CEEBIOS

Economist and author of the book "Doughnut Economics"

Founder and President of NewCorp Conseil and Biomim'expo

Co-founder and General Director of Réseau Vrac et Réemploi

Photographer

Buddhist Monk, Humanitarian, Author, and Photographer

Water Sommelier

Director General - French Development Agency (AFD) Group / President - Finance in Common Executive Committee

Author and Journalist

Product Manager at Notpla

Underwater Photographer and Explorer

Founder of Echosophia, Coach at CEC on Regenerative Practices and at GIECO

President of the Fondation de la Mer

Executive Director of Energy & Sustainable Cities, Egis

Michelin-starred Chef - Guy Savoy Restaurant

Co-founder & CEO at LA VIE™

Professor at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris

CNRS Research Director at the Political Research Center of Sciences Po

Medical Researcher in Health-Environment-Climate

President of ZEISS France

Director of Commitments at Nature & Découvertes and Director of the Nature & Découvertes Foundation

Glaciologist

Zero Waste Project Manager and Facilitator

Comedian

Writer and Co-founder of the TranceScience Research Institute

Chief Sustainability Officer of Moët Hennessy

Founder of Living School, trainer, speaker, and author of "Thriving at School" (Robert Laffont)

President of the Learning Planet Institute

Public Relations and Press Officer for the Les Femmes de la Diaspora Tchadienne Association

Economist in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics

Director General of the French Office for Biodiversity

Founder of Eklore

Founder and President of Gestia Solidaire & Co-President of Mouvess

Director and Traveler (Nus et Culottés)

Coordinator of the Tous Dehors France collective

General Manager of Novo Nordisk France

Author, Biologist, and Forestry Engineer

Traveler and director of Nus & Culottés

Executive coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) and Legal Advisor to the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo (APOINME)

Director of "Agriculture & Food, Mobility, and Biodiversity Programs" at the Foundation for Nature and Mankind (FNH).

Author and speaker on mobility

Explorer by profession / content creator

Fine Fragrance Designer at Lancôme Perfumes

Senior Manager for Biodiversity, I Care by BearingPoint

Ph.D., founder Global Footprint Network

Professor at the Faculty of Education at UCO, where he serves as Dean. Member of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG)

Lecturer

Environmental activist and founder of the organization Sea Shepherd

Forestry engineer and author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

President of the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Artistic Director of Maison Montex - Chanel

Master 1 Student at the École Supérieure du Parfum et de la Cosmétique in Grasse, specializing in Perfume Creation Management

Forestry Engineer, Doctor of Science, Emeritus Professor, and Wood Science Researcher