PhD in Material science. Fabien has spent all his carreer in Research and Development in material domains, 13 years as a researcher at CNRS (Centre National Recherche Scientifique) in Nancy university and 14 years within the R&D Michelin Group at different positions. Since 2017, Fabien is Material Research Director, with responsability of developing disruptive material innovations for tyre applications but also for the new division of high tech materials, in particular within the domaines of hydrogen, medical and flexible composites. On the 1 July 2023, Fabien is appointed to start as Senior Vice-President - Solutions for Materials Circularity for the Michelin Group.
Fabien Gaboriaud will talk about Michelin’s approach to circularity. He will discuss how the organization works with the different typologies of partners to support sustainable ecosystems. Fabien will share insights on:
- The collaboration vision – how to help emerging value chains for a sustainable ecosystem in multi-partnership alliances (eg competitors, actors from from non tire applications)
- Supporting startups in building new technologies – working with a startup to mature their technology and being inventive with financial intelligence to find the right momentum for deployment
- Onboarding employees, stakeholders, suppliers, and others to authenticity of environmental impact claims – and leveraging the mass balance approach with specific criteria to ensure positive environmental impact beyond material renewability and recyclability
- Changing the linear mindsets internally – breaking silos and enabling circular initiatives
- Lessons learned including the need to play on technological, industry, and financial fronts, and more
- Innovation for Sustainability, Circularity & Net Zero
- Startup Collaboration, Open Innovation & Ecosystems