The next IFP School Voices webinar will be hosted by Mr. Romain RIVIÈRE, Chief Technology Officer at bobine, on November 23, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. (Paris time).
His presentation is entitled: "Disruptive Innovation to Decarbonize the Petrochemical Sector".
Biography of Romain RIVIÈRE (POLY, Class of 2013)
Chief Technology Officer
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With a strong background in Process and Chemical Engineering at the ENSIC engineering school and a specialization at IFP school, Mr. Rivière occupied various positions as Process Operation in Polymer Production (Michelin) but also as Start-Up and Operation Engineer in oil&gas industry (Saipem). He then joined Arkema in 2016 as BU Process Safety Leader in speciality chemicals, evolving for seven years in various fields and positions such as Process Improvement, Product Industrialization, and Project Engineering. He finally joined bobine at its creation in 2023 to manage the technology scale up and industrialization and consolidate the value proposal of the company as Chief Technology Officer.
About his presentation
Petrochemical industry is now facing challenges related to both decarbonization and circularity from a worldwide perspective and moreover in Europe.
New regulations are now on-going to impose trendlines on carbon footprint but also on recycled content, that requires disruptive changes to reach the targets.
Indeed, incremental optimization will not be able to address drastic carbon emission, adaption to variable feedstocks such as plastic wastes or biomass, and potential economic viability.
bobine is developing an innovative technology that can address these challenges, based on catalytic reaction activated by induction.
Every disruptive innovation is based on technology that is not already derisked and not proved.
In order to industrialize such a solution, a clear strategy and a robust process need to be in place in order to solve the various technological challenges, including scale up process, IP protection and market evaluation.
This will ensure to ensure market fit, risk management and clear pathway on all fields of the project.