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Simon Granberg

Senior Deep-Sea Mining Policy Officer

Seas At Risk

Simon Granberg is an ex-MP from Finland who for three years have served as a Senior Deep-Sea Mining Policy Officer with the European umbrella organisation Seas At Risk in Brussels. He also serves a steering group member of the EU Raw Materials Coalition.

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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

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

13:30 - 14:15

Breakouts round 1

14:15 - 15:00

Breakouts round 2

14:15 - 15:00

This house believes: The critical minerals supply gap makes deep sea mining inevitable

Seas At Risk

This house believes

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

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

13:15 - 14:45

14:45 - 15:00

Roundtable key takeaways and closing remarks

Independent | Innovation Forum

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Emilia Colman

Project Manager

Emma Goodyer

Partnerships Manager

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