24 – 25 June 2026, Bandung, Indonesia Invited to contribute to the Indonesia pilot workshop on Investment-Ready Minerals Project Promotion, supported by the World Bank’s RISE initiative and the ASEAN Secretariat, I presented global practices in mineral investment promotion and… Read More »World Bank–ASEAN Workshop: Making Mineral Projects Investment-Ready
19 March 2026, Singapore Invited by Professor Brett Saraniti, Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences of the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), who previously taught me at INSEAD, I had the pleasure of speaking to MBA and Executive… Read More »Entrepreneurship in Critical Minerals, Kellogg School of Management
2 – 5 June 2025, Jakarta This month in Jakarta, I had the opportunity to moderate three distinct but deeply interconnected panels on ESG, sustainability, and strategic materials across two flagship industry events: the ESG Forum hosted by APNI and… Read More »Bridging ESG Ambitions and Market Realities: Insights from Jakarta’s Critical Minerals Week
27 March 2025, BRS (Battery Recycling Summit) Presentation, Shanghai The battery industry sits at the crossroads of geopolitical fragmentation and economic necessity. This presentation examines black mass trade restrictions, capex deployment challenges, and how businesses can navigate policy uncertainty without… Read More »Fragmenting Borders, Unified Needs: The Reality of Battery Recycling Amidst Slow-balisation
8 November 2024 It was a pleasure to speak to Julienne Raboca from Fastmarkets on the challenges of traceability in mining and their supply chains. By Fastmarket: “Ahead of COP29, the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals (CETM)… Read More »Experts give guarded support for UN-recommended global tracking system for critical energy transition minerals
CBRW Presentation of 22 April 2024 A Lithium-ion battery recycling company has the potential today to become an integrated solution provider from raw materials to pCAM. As such it can compete with mining and processing companies at different steps of… Read More »Elements Of An Antifragile Batteries Recycling Business
CBRW Presentation of 5 December 2023 Market analysts forecast the global lithium-ion battery manufacturing industry to grow at a CAGR of ca.15% between 2023 and 2032. Only a handful of industries have sustained double-digit growth in the recent past (health… Read More »Recycled Battery Materials: How To Catch The Green Wave (And Stay On It). A User’s Perspective
30 August 2023, Singapore Convention Week, Singapore It was a privilege to join the LCIA panel on commodities arbitration alongside such inspiring voices, here is the event’s summary page: “The LCIA Director General, Professor Dr Jacomijn van Haersolte van Hof,… Read More »Commodities Arbitration: A Concise Survey of the Latest Procedural and Substantive Developments. By the LCIA Asia Pacific Users’ Council and the LCIA Director General
Co-authored with Guillaume Feld. ASA Bulletin, Vol. 40, 4/2022 (December), Switzerland. Over the last decade, commercial arbitration undeniably progressed towards more diversity on its arbitral tribunals. Mainly geared towards gender, ethnic and age, increased diversity was the result of a… Read More »Parité n’est pas diversité ! Loin de la favoriser, la parité fait en réalité obstacle à la diversité en matière d’arbitrage commercial
ICC Magazine: Echanges internationaux, Paris, France, October 2021 Up until a decade ago, the risks surrounding processing and supply of rare earths were overlooked by a large part of the world. With the advent of high tech and clean technologies… Read More »Les terres rares, nouvelle “frontière” de l’arbitrage international