Critical Minerals Innovation Forum

13th - 14th October 2026

London, UK

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Beyond tier one: What visibility do companies really have past smelters and refiners and where can they drive change?

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What to expect from this type of session...

These focused, problem-solving sessions tackle critical business challenges and provide clear and practical outputs.

Farhath Mirza 

ABB

Head of Responsible Minerals

Speaker
Chrysantha Davis 

Cisco

Responsible Minerals Program, Supply Chain Sustainability

Speaker
Catherine Rubbens 

SLR Consulting

Project Director - Better Mining

Speaker
Adam Rolfe 

Responsible Minerals Initiative

Senior Director of Standards and Partnership

Moderator

Previous session:

This house believes: The circular economy for critical minerals is built on a recycling myth

Next session:

CSOs at risk: Has corporate sustainability taken a wrong turn?

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Day 1

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:40am
Shared risk, shared resilience: What are the characteristics of genuinely successful and business-benefitting partnerships? 
Outokumpu | Skanska | IXM
Plenary
9:40am - 10:20am
Security of supply and operational reality: How to manage geopolitics and concentration risk 
UK Department for Business & Trade | Anglo American | Verkor | Critical Minerals Association
Plenary
10:20am - 10:50am
Break
10:50am - 11:40am
Visibility has a limit: An honest reckoning with what traceability can and cannot deliver 
Cisco | HSBC | Fairphone | Airbus | International Tin Association
Plenary
11:40am - 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
Lunch break
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakouts round 1 
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakouts round 2 
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Coffee and networking break
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Breakouts round 3 
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Breakouts round 4 
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks
Day 2

Wednesday 14th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:50am
From commitment to action: Partnerships and business models closing the circular economy gap 
Vale Base Metals | AT&S | Volvo Construction Equipment | Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Global Electronics Association
Plenary
9:50am - 10:10am
Q&A with Earthly Strategies 
Earthly Strategies
Q&A
10:10am - 10:25am
AI in critical minerals due diligence: where it works, where it doesn't 
Trafigura
Lightning talk
10:25am - 10:55am
Break
10:55am - 11:40am
Procurement under pressure: Can buyers balance CSDDD, price volatility and security of supply? 
Aurubis | Umicore | BASF
Plenary
11:40am - 12:30pm
Nature’s social license: Is the human impact of biodiversity loss the business case for action? 
Rio Tinto | Hitachi Energy | Kenmare Resources | Schneider Electric | Shift
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtables 

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Emilia Colman

Project Manager

Contact Emilia 

Emma Goodyer

Partnerships Manager

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