Agenda

DAY 1: NOVEMBER 24, 2026

8:30-8:40‍

Territorial Welcome
Margaret Sault, Chief, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

8:40-8:45

Chair’s Remarks
Adrienne Baker, Director, Energy and Mines

EXECUTING ONTARIO'S CRITICAL MINERALS ADVANTAGE

8:45-9:00‍

KEYNOTE: ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY: PROGRESS, PRIORITIES, AND NEXT STEPS

9:00-9:15

KEYNOTE: BUILDING THE NEXT PHASE OF ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS VALUE CHAIN
Marc Bédard, Chief Operating Officer, Custom Metallurgical Assets, Glencore Canada

9:15-10:00

KEYNOTE PANEL: FROM STRATEGY TO EXECUTION: ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS ECONOMY

As global competition for critical minerals accelerates, Ontario is entering a new phase of execution. Mining projects, processing facilities, infrastructure investments, financing initiatives, and Indigenous partnerships are moving from planning toward delivery. This opening keynote panel brings together leaders from government, industry, and First Nations to examine what will determine whether Ontario can translate today's momentum into globally competitive projects, integrated supply chains, and long-term economic growth.

  • How is Ontario’s execution phase for critical minerals development progressing - and where are there still the biggest challenges or disconnects?

  • Where does Ontario currently have the strongest momentum across mining, First Nations partnerships, processing, infrastructure, financing, and supply chain development — and where does the province still risk falling behind?

  • As projects, infrastructure corridors, and processing plans move closer toward development, how are expectations around First Nations leadership, ownership, economic participation, and long-term partnership evolving?

  • What still needs to happen for larger pools of strategic, institutional, and long-term private capital to move more aggressively into Ontario critical minerals projects and supply chain infrastructure?

  • How is Ontario’s “One Project, One Process” framework working in practice so far, and what will determine whether it meaningfully improves coordination and timelines for major critical minerals and infrastructure projects?

  • What will determine whether the Ring of Fire successfully moves from long-term potential into large-scale execution?

  • As the United States, Europe, and allied countries accelerate efforts to secure critical minerals supply chains, what role can Ontario realistically play within emerging North American and Western-aligned industrial ecosystems?

Mark Selby, CEO, Canada Nickel

Linda Debassige, Grand Council Chief, Anishinabek Nation

Ahmad Ghahreman, CEO & Founder, Cyclic Materials

Alden  Greenhouse, CEO, Avenir Minerals and Vice President, Critical & Strategic Minerals, Agnico Eagle Mines

10:00-10:30

NETWORKING BREAK

NEW MODELS OF CO-DEVELOPMENT FOR CRITICAL MINERALS

8:45-9:00‍

KEYNOTE: ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY: PROGRESS, PRIORITIES, AND NEXT STEPS

9:00-9:15

KEYNOTE: BUILDING THE NEXT PHASE OF ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS VALUE CHAIN
Marc Bédard, Chief Operating Officer, Custom Metallurgical Assets, Glencore Canada

9:15-10:00

KEYNOTE PANEL: FROM STRATEGY TO EXECUTION: ONTARIO’S CRITICAL MINERALS ECONOMY

As global competition for critical minerals accelerates, Ontario is entering a new phase of execution. Mining projects, processing facilities, infrastructure investments, financing initiatives, and Indigenous partnerships are moving from planning toward delivery. This opening keynote panel brings together leaders from government, industry, and First Nations to examine what will determine whether Ontario can translate today's momentum into globally competitive projects, integrated supply chains, and long-term economic growth.

  • How is Ontario’s execution phase for critical minerals development progressing - and where are there still the biggest challenges or disconnects?

  • Where does Ontario currently have the strongest momentum across mining, First Nations partnerships, processing, infrastructure, financing, and supply chain development — and where does the province still risk falling behind?

  • As projects, infrastructure corridors, and processing plans move closer toward development, how are expectations around First Nations leadership, ownership, economic participation, and long-term partnership evolving?

  • What still needs to happen for larger pools of strategic, institutional, and long-term private capital to move more aggressively into Ontario critical minerals projects and supply chain infrastructure?

  • How is Ontario’s “One Project, One Process” framework working in practice so far, and what will determine whether it meaningfully improves coordination and timelines for major critical minerals and infrastructure projects?

  • What will determine whether the Ring of Fire successfully moves from long-term potential into large-scale execution?

  • As the United States, Europe, and allied countries accelerate efforts to secure critical minerals supply chains, what role can Ontario realistically play within emerging North American and Western-aligned industrial ecosystems?

Mark Selby, CEO, Canada Nickel

Linda Debassige, Grand Council Chief, Anishinabek Nation

Ahmad Ghahreman, CEO & Founder, Cyclic Materials

Alden  Greenhouse, CEO, Avenir Minerals and Vice President, Critical & Strategic Minerals, Agnico Eagle Mines

10:00-10:30

NETWORKING BREAK