You can download access slides from our GCCA CEO Gathering and Leaders Conference 2025 below. You can view the full conference programme here. Download the CEO report here.
Slides: Tuesday 3 June – Day 1
Session 2: Delivering for Society – Technology and Progress
- Message from Selwin Hart, United Nations
- Economic Context – Presented by Gernot Wagner, Colombia Business School and Faculty Director, Climate Ecologist
Innovation and Technology - Drivers and costs – Presented by Martin Schneider, Chief Executive, VDZ
- China Technology Update – Presented by Mr Zhu Bing, President, Sinoma Int’l
- Digital Journey – Presented by Dr. Antonis Kyrkos, Chief Digital and Strategy Officer, TITAN Group
- Digital Journey – Presented by Erkam Kocakerim, CEO, Limak Cement
- Calcined Clay Progress – Presented by Tomás Restrepo, Vice President of Future Strategy, Argos
- CCUS Progress – Brevik Breakthrough – Presented by Winston Beck, Vice President of Public and Government Affairs, Heidelberg Materials
Session 3: Global Collaboration to Achieve Enabling Policies
- USA engagement – Presented by Sean O’Neill, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, American Cement Association (ACA)
- COP30 Update: COP Presidency message – Presented by Dan Ioschpe, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP30, Brazil
- Cement Breakthrough: Minister Message – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry, Registrar General, Government of Canada
- Cement Breakthrough: Breakthrough Update – Presented by Presented by Patrick Hum, Director General of Economic Science and Economic Development, Government of Canada
- Border Mechanisms – Antoine Dechezleprêtre – Senior Economist, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
Session 4: Financing the Transition
- UNIDO Matchmaking – Presented by Riccardo Savigliano – Unit Chief, Energy System and Industrial Decarbonisation Unit, UNIDO
- Article 6 – Katie Sullivan – Global Managing Director, IETA
Slides: Wednesday 4 June – Day 2
Session 1: Circularity and the Built Environment
- Introduction: Circularity and the Built Environment – Presented by Andrew Minson, Concrete and Sustainable Construction Director, GCCA
- Perspective from the Worlds Largest Architecture Firm – Presented by Joseph Brancato – Managing Principal, Gensler
- Voice of the Customer – Presented by Amir Ehsaei – Senior Sustainability Manager Engineering, Amazon
Session 2: Circularity: Energy and Materials
- Case Study: Enabling use of demolition waste – Presented by Cedric de Meeûs, Vice-President, Group Public Affairs and Social Impact, Holcim
- Co-processing: Mexico experience of collaborative success – Presented by Ricardo Naya, Executive VP of Sustainability, Operations and R&D, Cemex
- Avoidance of methane emissions from landfill – Presented by Maria Jose Garcia, Executive Director, FICEM
- Water positivity – Presented by Raju Goyal, Executive President and Chief Technical Officer, UltraTech
- First steps towards a circular built environment (EMF Report) – Presented by Antonio Carrillo, VP Sustainability, Holcim
Session 3: Policy and Future Perspectives
- An Architects View – Presented by Enrique Norten, Principal and Founder, TEN Arquitectos
- US Green Building Council perspective – Presented by Peter Templeton, President and CEO, USGBC
Session 4: Climate Adaptation
- Resilience in Housing – Presented by Juan Caballero, Principal and Founder, TEN Arquitectos
- Responding to society’s need for resilience – Presented by Scott Dunn, Executive Committee Chair, Urban Land Institute
- Designing for Resilience – Presented by Humberto Armenta, Director of Operations, AECOM Mexico
- Concrete solutions to address socio-economic deprivation – Presented by Minor Rodriguez, Habitat for Humanity
Slides: Thursday 5 June – Day 3
Session 1: Nature Based Solutions
- Nature Based Solutions – Presented by Matt Haddon, Senior Parnter, Global Lead Biodiversity, Water and Nature, ERM
- Industry Perspectives
- Presented by Gina Lotito, Chief Sustainability Officer, GCC
- Presented by Martyn Kenny, VP Sustainable Business & Public Policy, CRH
- Presented by Julia Sobrevilla, Public Affairs and Sustainability Chief Officer, UNACEM
- Presented by Vicente Saiso, Vice President of Global Sustainability, Cemex
Session 2: GCCA Innovation Focus
- Importance of Innovation – Presented by Wolfgang Dienemann – Vice President Global R&D and Innovation, Heidelberg Materials
- Introduction of GCCRN Research Network: Keynote – Presented by Davide Zampini, Vice President CEMEX, Global R&D, CEMEX
- Presentation – PhDs representative of Core Projects – Sebastian Andres Quevedo Parra, GCCRN PhD student, POLIMI
- GCCRN Summary (Video)
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