Day 1

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 9:20am

Where do we stand? An honest assessment of progress, pressure and what comes next

Plenary

9:20am - 10:00am

Shared risk, shared resilience: What are the characteristics of genuinely successful and business-benefitting partnerships?

Outokumpu | Skanska | IXM | International Tin Association

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

Break

11:00am - 11:45am

Visibility has a limit: An honest reckoning with what traceability can and cannot deliver

Cisco | HSBC | Fairphone

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

Plenary

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch break

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Breakouts round 1

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

Digital battery passports: Product lifecycle data that delivers compliance and impact

Verkor

Breakout

12:00am - 12:45am

This house believes - Some ground should never be mined

This house believes

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Breakouts round 2

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Growth and decarbonisation: What gives when mining companies are pushed to deliver both?

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 | Responsible Minerals Initiative

Breakout

12:00am - 12:45am

This house believes - Mining should be delayed until social license to operate is secured

This house believes

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Coffee and networking break

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Breakouts round 3

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

Breakout

12:00am - 12:45am

The Other room - Can responsible mining truly exist?

The other room

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Breakouts round 4

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

12:00am - 12:45am

The Other Room - Can responsible mining truly exist?

The other room

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Networking drinks

Day 2

Wednesday 14th October 2026

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 10:00am

Closing the loop

9:00am - 9:30am

From extraction to efficiency: How mine design, resource recovery and circular practice are changing the upstream picture

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

Coffee and networking break

10:30am - 11:15am

Nature’s social license: Is the human impact of biodiversity loss the business case for action?

Schneider Electric | Kenmare Resources | Shift

Plenary

11:15am - 12:00pm

Beyond disclosure: How climate and nature reporting are driving strategy

Vale Base Metals | WE Soda

Plenary

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch break

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Roundtables

1:00pm - 2:30pm

New supply reality: Why projects stall and what it would take to move them forward

BHP

Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:30pm

ASM at scale: Can responsible sourcing survive commercial pressure?

Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Traceability that works: What data is actually decision-useful?

Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Collaboration vs competition: Can the industry act collectively when it matters most?

Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Water stress and resource scarcity: How to balance production, communities and local ecosystems

Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Beyond carbon accounting: How to integrate climate, nature and water into evolving reporting frameworks

Roundtable

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Tuesday 13th October 2026

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