Critical Minerals Innovation Forum

13th - 14th October 2026

London, UK

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

Anna Dziuba Bergfors 

Volvo Construction Equipment

Head of Social Sustainability & Reporting

Speaker
Davidzo Muchawaya 

Initiative for Responsible Mining (IRMA)

Regional Lead, Africa

Speaker
Ana Žbona 

Business and Human Rights Centre

Co-Head of the Civic Freedoms and Human Rights Defenders Programme

Moderator

Previous session:

Is your board ready? A working session on legal exposure in critical minerals supply chains

Next session:

Continued: Is your board ready? A working session on legal exposure in critical minerals supply chains

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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
AI in critical minerals due diligence: where it works, where it doesn't 
Trafigura
Lightning talk
10:10am - 10:40am
Break
10:40am - 11:25am
Procurement under pressure: Can buyers balance CSDDD, price volatility and security of supply? 
Aurubis | Umicore | BASF
Plenary
11:25am - 12:15pm
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
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch break
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Roundtables 
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable key takeaways and closing remarks 
Independent | Innovation Forum

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Emilia Colman

Project Manager

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Emma Goodyer

Partnerships Manager

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