ESCP Business School & EMC events

The ESCP Energy Society and ESCP Alumni Energy Group are proud to launch the inaugural Watts & Waves Forum — an exclusive event dedicated to advancing strategic dialogue on the Water–Energy Nexus and its defining role in the energy transition.

Taking place on 27 April at ESCP Montparnasse Campus and supported by ESCP's Energy Management Centre, the forum brings together global perspectives from policy, industry practice, and innovation to explore how water constraints and energy transition objectives interact—and how practical solutions can be delivered at scale.

With climate change, tighter regulations, and growing demand, the interdependencies between water and energy are becoming major operational constraints for most economic activities.

The Watts & Waves Forum explores the water–energy nexus, i.e. the fact that these two resources are fundamentally linked: there is no water without energy (capture, treatment, transport, desalination, agriculture, etc.), and no energy without water (cooling, hydroelectricity, hydrogen, mining, etc.).

Scientists, business leaders, and stakeholders from finance, agriculture, and industry, alongside innovative start-ups, will discuss the current state of play and explore solutions to address these challenges.

Objectives of the Forum

• To take a systemic approach to two increasingly interdependent resources;
• To examine the topic first from a physical perspective (geology, chemistry, flows) in order to build a deeper understanding, before addressing economic and governance dimensions at a subsequent forum;
• To bring together scientists, industrialists, financiers, water and energy operators, and innovative start-ups.

Programme

09:30 – 10:00 | Arrivals 

10:30 – 10:45 | Keynote Speech
                       Gorgi Krlev, Associate Dean of Sustainability at ESCP Business School

10:15 – 11:00 | Defining the Water-Energy Nexus in Today’s Context
                        Anne Jourdain, Delegate of ESCP Alumni Energy Group & Founder and Chairwoman of France Asia Boost
                        Kassim Abdul Malak, President of ESCP Energy Society & MSc in Energy Management Candidate 

11:00 – 11:45 | Water Cycles and Open Q&A
                        Anne Coudrain, Honorary Director of Research at IRD & Head of Research at CNRS

11:45 - 13:00 | Panel 1: Water-Energy Challenges in the Industry: An insider Perspective 
                       Bikramjit Sengupta, Global Asset Management Consultant at GE Vernova & ESCP MSc in Energy Management Alumnus
                       Barthelemy Boillot, Chief of Staff at Engie & ESCP MSc in Energy Management Alumnus  
                       Darrell Leroux, Energy & Climate Affairs at FNSEA

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:45 | Water Meets Energy: An Operator's View
                        Arnaud Bazire, Executive Vice-President at SUEZ

14:45 – 15:00 | Data, Resources, and Resilience Underground
                        Philippe Négrel, Director of Water at BRGM

15:00 – 16:00 | Panel 2: Global Water-Energy Challenges, Local Nexus Solutions
                        Philippe Négrel, Director of Water at BRGM
                        Marie-Anais Berline, Founder of Look4Impact
                        Senior Representative of Banque Populaire Rives de Paris

16:00 – 17:00 | ESCP Blue Factory and Start-up Segment on Concrete Solutions

17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks 

17:15 - 19:00 | Networking Cocktail

How to register

Tickets are available via the ESCP Alumni website. 

• €20 - ESCP MSc in Energy Management Students
• €30 -  ESCP Alumni Members
• €40 - Non ESCP Alumni Members
• €50 - Externals

To register, click here.