Critical Minerals Innovation Forum

13th - 14th October 2026

London, UK

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Francesca de Meillac

Senior Advisor

Shift

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Day 1

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:40
Shared risk, shared resilience: What are the characteristics of genuinely successful and business-benefitting partnerships? 
Outokumpu | Skanska | IXM
Plenary
09:40 - 10:20
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
10:20 - 10:50
Break
10:50 - 11:40
Visibility has a limit: An honest reckoning with what traceability can and cannot deliver 
Cisco | HSBC | Fairphone | Airbus | International Tin Association
Plenary
11:40 - 12:30
Making projects bankable: How to plug funding gaps to ensure (sustainable) supply keeps up with demand 
Barclays Investment Bank | Redwheel | BMO | Societe Generale
Plenary
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:15
Breakouts round 1 
14:15 - 15:00
Breakouts round 2 
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee and networking break
15:30 - 16:15
Breakouts round 3 
16:15 - 17:00
Breakouts round 4 
17:00 - 18:00
Networking drinks
Day 2

Wednesday 14th October 2026

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:50
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
09:50 - 10:10
AI in critical minerals due diligence: where it works, where it doesn't 
Trafigura
Lightning talk
10:10 - 10:40
Break
10:40 - 11:25
Procurement under pressure: Can buyers balance CSDDD, price volatility and security of supply? 
Aurubis | Umicore | BASF
Plenary
11:25 - 12:15
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
12:15 - 13:15
Lunch break
13:15 - 14:45
Roundtables 
14:45 - 15:00
Roundtable key takeaways and closing remarks 
Independent | Innovation Forum

Previous speaker:

Ana Žbona

Business and Human Rights Centre

Next speaker:

Simon Granberg

Seas At Risk

Contact

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Emilia Colman

Project Manager

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Emma Goodyer

Partnerships Manager

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