ChangeNOW 2024 | ChangeNOW | 24 March 2024 | Grand Palais Éphémère, 2 Pl. Joffre, 75007 Paris, France

This is the story of the idea that a new generation of entrepreneurs, citizens, artists, etc… would find ways to respond to the major environmental and social challenges of the century.
This summit brings together the World’s most innovative minds and sustainability leaders committed to deploying of solutions for the planet to make progress and to help them scale and spread across industries and geographies.
Carried by a visionary, humanistic and action-oriented spirit, the summit federates and creates opportunities for thousands of key actors of change since 2017.

2024 Speakers

Andrew Kassoy
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, B Lab

Vandana Shiva
Founder, Research Foundation For Science

Timothée Parrique
Researcher in Ecological Economics, University Of Lund

Daniela Fernandez
CEO and Founder, Sustainable Ocean Alliance

Bren Smith
Co-Executive Director, GreenWave

Margaret Kim
CEO, Gold Standard

Nina Hajikhanian
General Manager, Patagonia

Alain-Richard Donwahi
President, COP15 Desertification

Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy
CEO, Global Nomad Services

Hannah Prins
Climate Activist

Hugo Clement
Journaliste, Producteur, France Télévisions, Éditions Fayard

FRANÇOIS GEMENNE
Researcher, Professor and Academic Director of The Master in Sustainability and Social Innovation (SASI), HEC Paris

Francesco Bellino
Managing Director and Partner, BCG Boston Consulting Group

Business leaders
Accelerate the Ecosystem

Antoine Clement
Secretary of WoC, SAP France Works Council

Victor Meesters
Coordinateur Projet, ROTOR ASBL

Paul Turner
Education Lead, Ministry Of Eco Education

Sabine Flechet
Co-Founding Partner, Masawa

Florent Kaiser
CEO, Global Forest Generation

Harry Waters
Founder , Renewable English

Derek Walker
Commissioner , Future Generations Commissioner For Wales

Emma Haziza
Founder & Chairwoman, Mayane Labs

Isabelle Verguin
Co-Founder, Jeen

Nicolas Dhers
CEO, Fluctuations

Guila Clara Kessous
Unesco Artist for Peace, Peace Ambassador, Executive Coach, Unesco

Bruno Bonnell
Secretary general for Investments, France2030

Antoine Vanlaeys
Chief Operations Officer, L'Oréal

María Neira
Director Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization

Quentin Bordet
Co-Founder & President, Les Collectifs

Isabelle Spiegel
Global Head of Environment, VINCI

Even Tangen Heggernes
General Manager Europe, Getaround

Géraldine Vallejo
Sustainability Programme Director, Kering

Shiva Dustdar
Director, EIB Institute,EIB

Guillaume Le Cunff
CEO, Nestle Nespresso SA,Nespresso

Charlotte Virally
Investment Director, SWEN Capital Partners

Emmanuel Parmentier
Managing Partner, INDEFI

Jasmine Manet
CEO, Youth Forever

Maxime De Rostolan
Directeur, Sailcoop

Marie José Ayoub
Mural artist, Mjay

Joss Ford
Founder, Enviral

Elena Doms
Head, Earth Plus

Monica Nthiga
Regional Director, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Kate Williams
CEO, 1% For The Planet

Pierre Louette
CEO, Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien

Caryn-Ann Allen
Sustainability, Associate Director, Geopost

Oumar Abdoulaye Ba
DG

Ion Leahu-Aluas
CEO, Driveco

Ulrike Sapiro
Chief Sustainability Officer, Henkel

Elizabeth Corse
Climate Communicator, DisCom & Impact Hustlers

Jean-Michel Scheuren
Co-Founder - CEO, Novobiom

Jean-Philippe Courtois
Executive VP and President, Microsoft

Elise Van Middelem
Founder & CEO, SUGi

Aaron Stevenson
CEO & Cofounder, Ashored Innovations

Kelsey Leonard
Water Scientist, University Of Waterloo

Cédric Ringenbach
Président, Fresque Du Climat

Isabelle Grosmaitre
Founder, CEO, Goodness & Co

Pascal Eveillard
Director, Sustainable Business Development, Saint-Gobain

Sébastien Bazin
Chairman and CEO, Accor

Joana Freitas
Executive Board Member, EDP

Anu Ja Kimmo Harkki
Ambassador, European Climate Pact Ambassador

Frédéric Dufour
President, Ruinart

Adrienne Horel-Pagès
Chief Sustainability Officer, La Banque Postale

Guillaume Lopez
Entrepreneur CEO, ZENNO SAS

Marion Waller
Director, Pavillon De L'Arsenal

Emmanuelle Bérenger
Forest Lead, Rainforest Alliance

Ana Oliveira
President & CEO, The New York Women's Foundation

Sebastien Thiéry
Artiste, Navire Avenir

Marijn Wiersma
Director Community and Innovation, 2X Global

Helena Wasserman
Founder, Climate Angel Investor, Unstoppable

Marine Hadengue
CEO, Higher Education For Good Foundation

Erinch Sahan
Business & Enterprise Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab

Anne Ravanona
Founder & CEO, Global Invest Her

Jacquelyn Omotalade
Climate Investments National Director, Dream.Org

Marie-Claire Daveu
Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering

Francisco Veloso
Dean, INSEAD

Susanne Gløersen
Founder, The Future Is Fungi Award

Maud Sarda
CEO & Co-founder, Label Emmaüs

Azadeh Farajpour Javazmi
CEO, BetterSoil - For A Better World

Nicolas Heuzé
CEO, Sweetch Energy

Julie Gautier
Author, Director, Model, Watertales

Axelle Lemaire
Global Head of Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility, Sopra Steria

Lucie Basch
Co-Founder, Too Good To Go

Fernando Rodriguez-Mata
Director General, New ERA

Säbeen Fatima Haque
Co-Founder, DoctHERs

Jean-Christophe Tellier
CEO, UCB

Bonnie Burnham
President, Cultural Heritage Finance Alliance

Ivonne Bojoh
CEO, Circle Economy Foundation

Heela Yoon
Founder, CEO, Afghan Youth Ambassadors For Peace

Valy Phommachak
Co-founder and CEO, Econox Laos

Alexander Dale
Director, Global Challenges, MIT Solve

Bertrand Dumazy
Chairman & CEO, Edenred

Benjamin Joffe
Partner, SOSV

Benedikt Bösel
Founder and Managing Director, Gut Und Bösel

Allon Zeitoun
Global Leader & Managing Director, Quantis

Emmanuel Hondré
Directeur Général, Opéra National De Bordeaux

Laurence Monnoyer-Smith
Head of Sustainable Development, CNES

Keme Nzerem
Founder, Opening Up The Outdoors

Camille Mommer
Co-Founder, Natura Mater

Nick Mcgirl
Co-Founder, ChangemakerXchange

Pascal Asselin
Co-Founder, MORFO

Paul Polman
Business Leader, Campaigner, Co-Author of Net Positive, Net Positive

Mathieu Carlier
CEO & Founder, Everimpact

Boris Spassky
CEO & Co-Founder, GreenPods

Luigi Cani
Professional Skydiver and Stuntman, After Dream Producoes LTDA

Sherry Madera
CEO, CDP

Sandrine Sommer
Chief Sustainability Officer, Moët Hennessy

Katell Le Goulven
Executive Director, Hoffmann Institute, INSEAD

Ali Waters Galán
Chief Pick-up Officer, Kids Against Plastic

Lalao Aigrette Ravaoarinorotsihoarana
Blue Carbon Project Manager, Bondy International

Benjamin Rombaut
CEO, Sand To Green

John Mccalla-Leacy
Head of Global and Vice Chairman ESG, KPMG

Clara Chappaz
Director, French Tech ,Mission French Tech

Nicole Redvers
Co-Founder, Western University

Hala Hanna
Executive Director, MIT Solve

Kim Buisson
CMO, Whooden/Studios + Funding The Commons

Leonardo Nicoletti
Data Visualization Reporter, Bloomberg News

Charlotte Degot
Founder & Ceo, Co2 Ai

Fabrice Barthélemy
CEO, Tarkett

Benjamin Enault
Co President, Music For Planet ,The Sense Activist,Pixelis

Victoria Herrmann
Executive Director, Preserving Legacies

Tessa Wernink
Founder, Co-founder, The Undercover Activist,Fairphone ,Undercover Activist=

Santiago Gowland
Chief Executive Officer, Rainforest Alliance

Cyril Garcia
Head of Global Sustainability, Capgemini

Raphaele Leyendecker
Managing Director , Croix Rouge,Techstars Sustainability

Guillaume De Vesvrotte
Co-Founder, We Don't Need Roads

Anne-Claire Pache
Associate Dean Global Sustainability, ESSEC Business School

Akira Nakahara
Chief Executive Officer , Imperative 21

Imogen Napper
Research Fellow, University Of Plymouth

Eva Morel
Co-Founder, QuotaClimat

Anne-Charlotte Gimenez
Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Tabiya

Antoine Petit
CEO and Chairman, CNRS

Yannick Servant
Co-founder, Climate Enterprise Convention

Gnanli Landrou
CEO, Co-Founder, Oxara AG

Mathilde Mignot
Director Nature & Technology Based Solution, EcoAct

Brune Poirson
Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Accor

Business leaders
Corporate Responsibility, Clémence Meunier, Vice-President and Co-Founder, Music Declares Emergency

Florence Rizzo
Co-Founder, Ecolhuma

Olga Dubey
CEO, AgroSustain

Anne-Lucie Werquin
Head of Innovation, CITEO

Mathieu Wallich-Petit
Partner - ExCom Member - Head of Clients & Markets, KPMG

Gabriela Ramos
Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

Bertha Dlamini
President, AWEaP

Meghan Sapp
Co-Hub Leader, Hub Del Norte

Charlène Descollonges
Hydrologist, Author and Speaker, Independant

Nicolas Occhiminuti
President, Waves Of Change

Elisabeth Moreno
Founder and President, LEIA PARTNERS

Rosario Del Pilar Diaz Garavito
Founder and Executive Director, The Millennials Movement

Monica A. Altamirano De Jong Phd
Director, Climate Impact, WaterEquity

Francisco Vera
Founder, Guardianes Por La Vida

Patrick Scheyder
Pianist and Author, L'ecologie Culturelle

Daniel Epstein
CEO, Unreasonable Group

Pierre-Olivier Brial
Chief Executive Officer, Manutan

Michel Scholte
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Impact Institute & True Price

James Bidwell
CEO, Springwise

Helen Watts
Executive Director, Student Energy

Alexandre Mars
President & CEO, EPIC Foundation,Blisce,INFIИITE,Epic Foundation, Blisce/ & INFIИITE

Kamna Hazrati
Founder, AndPurpose

Alizée Lozac'hmeur
Co-founder, Makesense

Bálint Pataki
Member of the European Parliament, European Parliament

Yasmina Khadra
Écrivain

Elisabeth Hamdouch-Fuehrer
Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission,Copernicus

Dagur B. Eggertsson
Deputy Mayor of Reykjavik, City Of Reykjavik

Jahawi Bertolli
Film maker, Conservationist, East African Ocean Explorers

Maïa Alexaline
Partner and Chief Scientific Officer, Lyv Healthcare

Thorsten Kiefer
CEO, WASH

Christine Levêque
Vice President Collection & Recycling, Tetra Pak

Lucie Lucas
Actor, Moli Production

Romain Lucken
CEO, Share My Space

Florian Kapmeier
Professor of Strategy, MIT Climate Pathways Project

Theo Scubla
Co-founder and CEO, Each One

Cléa Martinet
Vice President, Sustainability, Renault Group

Tom Lémofil
Artist, Lémofil

Nora Leon
CMO, Nightgoes

Olivier Tran
Founder & CEO, Biscornu

Theo Alves Da Costa
Head of AI for Sustainability & Climate at Ekimetrics, Ekimetrics,Data For Good

Gilles Vermot-Desroches
Corporate Citizenship SVP, Schneider Electric

Nancy Mahon
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies

Clover Hogan
Climate activist and founder of Force of Nature, Force Of Nature

Jean-Philippe Bahuaud
CEO, The Future Is NEUTRAL

Amandine Roche
Humanitarian & Author, UN

Mayada Adil
Young Leader for SDGs, United Nations

Sammy Fry
Head of Climate, Tech Nation

Gautier Quéru
Managing Director, Natural Capital, Mirova

Alain-Olivier Desbois
Chief Finance & Impact Officer, Oneka Technologies

Josephine Fubara
Chief Science Officer, Sanofi CHC

Isabella Iglesias
CEO and Founder, Bosque Foods

Johannes Trüby
Partner, Economic Advisory, Deloitte

Stefanie Hauer
Member of the Board, NatureRe Capital AG

Benoit Bazin
CEO, Saint-Gobain

Maike Kauffmann
Co-Lead, Purpose Foundation

Patrick Knodel
Founder & CEO, Pandion Innovation for Impact GmbH

Astrid Leyssens
Founder, We Are Impact Collective

Adrienne De Malleray
Co Founder, Genesis

Audrey Herblin-Stoop
Head of Global Public Affairs, Mistral AI

Edward Bouygues
Deputy CEO, Bouygues

Koen Timmers
Director, Take Action Global

Kelsey Russell
Media Literacy Creator, KELSCRUSS LLC

Reniera O'donnell
Food Initiative Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Michaël Ghyoot
Project manager, Rotor

Flavia Neves Maia
President of Filha do Sol, Filha Do Sol

Fanny Lange
Partner Sustainability, Deloitte

Leanne Cullen-Unsworth
CEO, Project Seagrass

Bahar Koyuncu
Senior Policy Officer, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Christopher Guerin
CEO, Nexans

Ashu Martha Agbornyenty
Founder & Executive Director, For Mom And Baby Foundation

Arthur Campredon
Director Biodiversity Footprint Measurement, CDC Biodiversité

Théo Le Vigoureux
Artiste Musicien, Fakear

Imène Maharzi
Senior Advisor, INDEFI

Bourhan Yassin
CEO, Rainforest Connection

Jean-Pierre Goux
President, OneHome

Romain Diaz
General Partner, Satgana

Morgane Yvergniaux
Global Head of Sustainable Terroirs, Pernod Ricard

Michelle Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Research UK

Fionn Ferreira
Inventor, Scientist & Change-Maker, Fionn & Co.

Jess Pepper
Founder & Director, Climate Café® CIC -Climate Café® Network Hub

Sandy Snoeck
Host, moderator, keynote speaker, Sandy Snoeck

Christian Sigmund
CEO, WILDPLASTIC®

Barbara Trachte
Brussels Secretary of State for the Economic Transition and Scientific Research, Brussels Capital Region,Brussels Capital Government ,Brussels

Ananta Vangmai
CEO, Revive

2024 Partners

OFFICIAL PARTNERS:
• Kering
• KPMG
• The Future is Neutral
• Republique Francaise
• Deloitte
• Moet Hennessy
• Saint Gobain
• Microsoft
• Capgemini
• CITEO
• BCG Quantis

MAJOR PARTNERS:
• The Climate Reality Project
• CDP
• Doughnut Economics Action Lab
• Spring Wise
• Lab
• Force of Nature
• The Earthshot Prize
• Earth 4 All
• Presencing Institute
• Solar Impulse Foundation
• Who Cares
• The Club of Rome
• Ashoka
• Clean Tech Open
• Jane Goodall Institute
• IUCN
• Unesco

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Renault Group
• Republique Francaise
• La Poste Groupe
• BNP Paribas
• UCB
• Insead
• HEC Paris
• Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
• Nexans
• RATP Group
• Schneider Electric

INVESTORS PARTNERS:
• BPI France
• Eban
• Indefi
• GSG Driving Real Impact
• Impact Europe

ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS:
• Accelerate 2030 Impact Hub
• Paris & co
• Rockstart
• Circul'R
• Yunus & Youth
• Clean Tech Open France
• FAMAE
• France Digitale
• Live for Good
• Make Org
• Spark
• Ticket For & Change
• BSR
• Ship2B
• Bosch Alumni Network
• Bridge for Billion
• Change Maker XChange
• Green Tech Alliance
• Kickstart
• Endeavor
• Leaders for Climate Action
• Start-up Chile
• Impact France
• Ubuntoo
• Sustainable Workspaces
• Fast Forward 2030
• Euclid Network
• For the Planet
• Acumen
• Count Us In
• Ceres
• Solutions Program
• Jokkolabs
• Start Up Energy Transtion
• UNDP
• Make Sense
• C3D
• Women Tech
• Les Pepites Vertes
• SHE Changes Climate
• Craix-rouge francaise
• Impact Hustlers
• WWF
• Hello Tomorrow
• La Ruche
• Respect Ocean
• Waves of Change
• Impact City
• Global Invest Her
• Sustainable Ocean Alliance
• Blue Oceans Partners
• COP 15 Presidence
• United Nations Global Impact
• 1903
• Startupbootcamp
• Kofi Annan
• MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
• Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy Europe
• Techstars Sustainability Paris
• Groupe sos
• One
• R20
• FMDV
• Global Shapers Community Paris
• 1000 Ocean Startups
• CNRS
• The Shift Project

PARTNERS:
• Grand Palais
• Mirova Foundation
• ClimateSeed
• Terres De Cafe
• Paper on the rocks
• Cyclope
• Castalie
• Smart Back
• NV Gallery
• Greenmood
• LEET
• Maximum
• Ephemere Square
• Jash Parteneire
• Muto
• Aremacs
• Love your taste
• Linkee
• Living School
• ApilDV
• Brella
• Service Mana
• Kombo
• Revolugo
• Trenitalia France