Paris Resilience Summit 2026 — The Unaddressed Issues We Need to Solve
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Critical Materials, Water & Energy · "The Geopolitical Game Nobody Is Winning"

Date
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Time
12:15 – 13:00 (Europe/Paris)
Related Topic
Critical Materials & Resource Security
Format
debate
Room
Main Auditorium
Venue
École des Ponts Business School, Paris 12e
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Summary

Lithium, cobalt, rare earths, aquifers, LNG routes: who controls the resources your organisation needs?

Description

Lithium, cobalt, rare earths, aquifers, LNG routes. Who actually controls the resources your organisation needs to survive, and what leverage do they hold? David Rubens, Executive Director of the Institute of Strategic Risk Management; James Hermanson, Advisor in the Office of the OECD Director for Global Relations and OECD Sherpa to the G7, G20 and APEC; and Emmanuel Arrey Mbianyo, Senior Political, Risk and Security Analyst at the United Nations, join this panel. The discussion is chaired by Giorgos Demetriou, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at École des Ponts Business School.

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