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