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Day 1

Tuesday 13th October 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

09:00 - 09:20

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

Plenary

09:20 - 10:00

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

Outokumpu | Skanska | IXM

Plenary

10:00 - 10:30

Security of supply and operational reality: How to manage geopolitics and concentration risk

UK Department for Business & Trade | Anglo American | Critical Minerals Association

Plenary

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

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

Cisco | HSBC | Fairphone | Airbus | International Tin Association

Plenary

11:45 - 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

18:00 - 18:50

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

09:00 - 09:20

Q&A - TBC

09:20 - 10:00

Procurement under pressure: Can buyers balance CSDDD, price volatility and security of supply?

Aurubis | Umicore | BASF

Breakout

10:00 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 11:20

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

Rio Tinto | Hitachi Energy | Schneider Electric | Kenmare Resources | Shift

Plenary

11:20 - 12:20

Break

12:20 - 13:50

Roundtables

More speakers to be announced