Agenda
Day 1
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
Plenary
9:20am - 10:00am
Shared risk, shared resilience: What are the characteristics of genuinely successful and business-benefitting partnerships?
Outokumpu | Skanska | IXM
Plenary
10:00am - 10:30am
Security of supply and operational reality: How to manage geopolitics and concentration risk
UK Department for Business & Trade | Anglo American | Critical Minerals Association
Plenary
10:30am - 11:00am
11:00am - 11:45am
Visibility has a limit: An honest reckoning with what traceability can and cannot deliver
Cisco | HSBC | Fairphone | Airbus | International Tin Association
Plenary
11:45am - 12:30pm
Making projects bankable: How to plug funding gaps to ensure (sustainable) supply keeps up with demand
Barclays Investment Bank | Redwheel | BMO | Societe Generale
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 2:15pm
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Artisanal mining: Why responsible engagement so often falls short - and what it takes to make it stick
Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) | Cobalt Institute
Breakout
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakout
2:15pm - 3:00pm
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakout
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Beyond tier one: What visibility do companies really have past smelters and refiners and where can they drive change?
Sky | ABB | SLR Consulting | Responsible Minerals Initiative
Breakout
12:00am - 12:45am
This house believes
3:00pm - 3:30pm
3:30pm - 4:15pm
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Mining standards: How to implement for real impact, not just compliance
The Copper Mark | BHP | Southern Peaks Mining
Breakout
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Procurement under pressure: Can buyers balance CSDDD, price volatility and security of supply?
Aurubis | Umicore | BASF
Breakout
4:15pm - 5:00pm
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Too little, too late: How to make community engagement meaningful from the start
Volvo Construction Equipment | Initiative for Responsible Mining (IRMA)
Breakout
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Increasing demand, facilitating supply: Can AI reshape the critical minerals landscape for good?
Trafigura
Breakout
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Day 2
Wednesday 14th October 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 10:00am
9:00am - 9:30am
Plenary
9:45am - 10:15am
From commitment to action: Partnerships and business models closing the circular economy gap
AT&S | Volvo Construction Equipment | Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Global Electronics Association
Plenary
10:00am - 10:30am
10:30am - 11:15am
Nature’s social license: Is the human impact of biodiversity loss the business case for action?
Kenmare Resources | Hitachi Energy | Schneider Electric | Shift
Plenary
11:15am - 12:00pm
Plenary
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Roundtable
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Roundtable
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