Sustainability and ESG International Summit
Honorary Patronage
June 2 – 3, 2025
Sheraton Cairo Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
Conference Program – Draft (Subject to Change)
Day 1: June 2, 2025
08:00 – 09:00 | Registration and Welcome
09:00 – 09:15 | Opening Remarks and Welcome Speech, Beatrice Ene, Managing Director and Head of Events, Industry Link
09:15 – 11:15 | SESSION 1
- Keynote Speech by Ahlam Farouk, Head of Central Dept. of Industrial Environment and Energy Improvements, Ministry of Environment
- Keynote Speech by Ahmed Assem, External Communications & CSR Manager, Lafarge Egypt
- Lafarge Egypt Pioneers Sustainable Practices, Alaa Basyouni, Marketing Communications Manager, Geocycle Egypt and Sustainability Committee, Lafarge Egypt
- Decarbonization, Resilience, and Value Creation: A Corporate Roadmap for Climate Leadership by Amr Nader, Co-Founder and CEO, A³&Co.
- Financing the decarbonization in hard to abate sectors by Sourajit AIYER, Global Programme Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Sector and Global Programmes Department, GIZ.
11:30 – 12:00 | COFFEE BREAK 1 & NETWORKING SESSION
12:00 – 14:00 | SESSION 2
- Towards Decarbonizing the Value Chain of Cement Industry by Amr Elkady, Strategy Planning and Development Director, TITAN Egypt
- Responsible Supply Chain Management to ensure Green Supply chain, by Sayed Dessouki, Procurement Director, Heidelberg Materials Egypt
- Economics of the Net Zero Initiative – by Prof. Dr. Salah ElHaggar, President of Egypt GBC
- Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Business: Building Trust, Collaboration, and Long-Term Value by Luciane Mello, Human and Organizational Development, Communication, and Sustainability Executive Manager, Cimento Apodi.
14:00 – 15:00 | LUNCH
15:00 – 16:30 | SESSION 3
- Sustainability in Smart Cities, by Ankur Bansal, Partner EY – Parthenon
- Post COP29: Key areas to watch out for the international carbon pricing by Luyue Tan, Research Specialist, Carbon, LSEG
- Panel Discussion | Sustainable Finance
Moderator: Yasmin Shokri, CEO, Ecosolis
Panelists:
- Sourajit AIYER, Global Programme Sustainable Economic Transformation and Sustainable Finance Sector and Global Programmes Department, GIZ
- Luyue Tan, research specialist, carbon, LSEG
- Alaa Basyouni, Marketing Communications Manager, Geocycle Egypt and Sustainability Committee, Lafarge Egypt
- Ayman Refaie (Ministry of Envirnoment)
16:30 – 17:00 | Networking Session + Working groups
END OF DAY 1
Day 2: June 3, 2025
09:00 – 10:00 | SESSION 4
- Waste Heat Recovery System project, a detailed presentation by Osama Abdelwahed, Heidelberg Materials Egypt
- Sustainable Innovation and Technology by Mohammed Fouad, Business Excellence Director, Riyad Cement
10:00 – 11:30 | SESSION 5
- Sustainability: A Cornerstone in the Cement Industry, by Eng. Hazem Moshir, Energy & Sustainability Manager of Arabian Cement Company.
- Alternative fuel challenges in Egypt by Mahmoud Mohsen, Sustainability General Manager – Misr Cement Group
- Closing Remarks
11:30 – 12:00 | NETWORKING & COFFEE
