The International Extractive Resources and Energy Exhibition will host two recognized specialists in energy and commodity markets. Invited as "Guest Speakers," Daniel Yergin and Philippe Chalmin will bring to the Abidjan event several decades of experience in analyzing the major transformations of the global economy.
The second edition of the International Extractive Resources and Energy Exhibition (SIREXE), scheduled from 18 to 22 November 2026 at the Abidjan Exhibition Center, is reaching a milestone in its international ambition. Alongside numerous business leaders, public officials, and investors, the event will welcome two global references in energy and commodities: Daniel Yergin and Philippe Chalmin.
Invited as "Guest Speakers," the two experts will speak during the inaugural conference dedicated to "geopolitical tensions and international oil and gas logistics." A strategic theme for African economies, whose prospects depend as much on their resources as on their ability to decipher power dynamics, trade flows, and the transformations of global markets.
The choice of these two personalities thus reinforces the scope of the Abidjan event. It allows the SIREXE to associate the operational concerns of industrial players and investors with a broader reading of the mutations shaping the international economy.
Daniel Yergin is among the most influential personalities in the international energy debate. A historian and economist by training, he is Vice Chairman of S&P Global, a global group specializing in economic, financial, and sectoral information.
He also chairs CERAWeek, which has become one of the leading global conferences dedicated to energy. His expertise extends far beyond the analysis of oil and gas prices.
For several decades, Daniel Yergin has studied how energy shapes economic growth, public policy, and relations between powers. His work puts industrial mutations, technological disruptions, energy security challenges, and major geopolitical movements into perspective.
His books have contributed to making complex issues accessible and to informing the choices of governments, business leaders, and international institutions. This ability to link history, economics, and strategy gives him a unique place in global debates on the future of energy.
Daniel Yergin has notably served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board under four presidencies.
He also participates in the work of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and the MIT Energy Initiative. A senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, he is also a member of the Energy Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
His career has earned him several international distinctions, including the first James Schlesinger Medal for energy security awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the first Carnot Prize from the University of Pennsylvania for his contribution to energy policies.
His participation in the SIREXE therefore constitutes a strong signal. It offers African decision-makers direct access to expertise regularly sought after in the highest global economic and institutional circles, at a time when producing countries must arbitrate between energy security, the valorization of their resources, and the recomposition of international markets.
Facing this expertise centered on energy and geopolitics, Philippe Chalmin brings a complementary reading of global markets. A French historian and economist, he has been analyzing commodities, international trade, and major economic transformations for nearly half a century.
He is best known as the founder and president of the Cercle CyclOpe, a research structure relying on a network of around fifty experts. His field of analysis covers agricultural products, metals, minerals, oil, energy, industrial products, and maritime freight.
This transversal approach allows him to study the relationships between raw materials, financial markets, trade routes, and international logistics. A particularly relevant analytical framework for African countries that seek to better valorize their resources while remaining highly exposed to price fluctuations, transport tensions, and supply chain disruptions.
Author or director of several dozen books, Philippe Chalmin has devoted his work to the history of global trade, economic crises, agricultural markets, and the evolution of extractive industries. His presence will thus allow for expanding the reflection beyond the sole sect