GRX26 opens with a Welcome to Country followed by a ministerial fireside chat exploring Australia's policy priorities for the resources sector and the role of innovation in global competitiveness.

An opening keynote exploring how strategic partnerships drive Australia's competitive edge in the global resources landscape. Speaker and topic to be announced.

The global race for critical minerals leadership is accelerating. Industry leaders explore how Asia-Pacific nations must drive breakthrough innovation, deploy automation at scale and forge new partnerships to compete.

What if AI could find deposits that decades of exploration missed? Earth AI and two global innovators reveal breakthrough technologies spanning three segments of the value chain. One question: how will they shape your next decision?

AI investment is accelerating across the industry, yet many initiatives stall. Mikko Tepponen from BHP unpacks what separates execution from experimentation and shares practical insights from delivering digital change at scale.

Over $20 billion in government funding supports Australian innovation, but competition is fierce. Learn which programs suit METS and mining companies, what makes applications stand out, and common mistakes that sink strong projects.

Underground operations face the same costly compromise: stop production to inspect, or accept data gaps. Learn how persistent autonomy removed 12 workers from fatal-risk exposure across Pilbara operations.

Build, buy or integrate? Every mining operation faces a defining technology architecture choice that shapes performance for decades. Join mixed tables to solve real scenarios and leave with tools you can apply immediately.

This is not a roadmap. It is a field report. Battery-electric locomotives, electric excavators across multiple sites, electric drills in production, and the most comprehensive renewable energy buildout in global mining. Speaker to be announced.

This session will explore how Australian critical minerals projects can be delivered at pace, examining the strategies, partnerships and regional investment models that accelerate timelines. Speaker and details to be announced.

Mining’s pursuit of zero harm has reached an inflection point. CSIRO and SAPHI confront why life-saving technology still takes years to reach operational settings, and what must change to accelerate zero-entry safety at scale.

This session will explore how multi-party collaboration between miners, contractors and Traditional Owner groups can generate meaningful economic outcomes and create replicable partnership models. Speaker and details to be announced.

Australia is producing more mining tech startups than ever, yet very few cross from seed stage to institutional capital. A venture investor and government strategist reveal what separates companies that scale from those that stall.

Mining generates vast data but analyses less than 5%. The BHP-Curtin Trailblazer collaboration turned a GPS calibration proof-of-concept into a production tool delivering $962K annual savings across 55 rigs.

Australia’s sovereign capability is built through partnerships, not isolation. Leaders actively designing JVs, R&D collaborations and trade frameworks share what’s working, and what’s at stake for our strategic future.

Seventy percent of people believe mining is negative to the planet. Mark Cutifani delivers an uncomfortable truth: we talk to each other instead of engaging with those most critical of us. It’s time to change.

Critical minerals are now diplomatic instruments reshaping international engagement. The Hon Julie Bishop delivers a diplomatic briefing, then joins a panel where the audience interrogates the new rules of resource diplomacy. Panel to be announced.

GRX's flagship applied innovation platform culminates live on stage. Global finalist solutions for critical minerals challenges, presented, tested and accelerated toward real-world application. This is where innovation moves from concept to implementation.

Big tech has mastered fleet automation, predictive maintenance and workforce AI adoption at global scale. A leading miner and technology partner explore the real challenges and breakthroughs of deploying AI at enterprise scale.

Session details announced soon!

Underground autonomy requires navigation without GPS, beacons or pre-existing maps. Through BHP’s Deep Mining Open Call, Advanced Navigation achieved sub-0.1% error at 1.4km depth. outperforming surface GPS underground.

The conversation has moved beyond electric trucks. Today’s mining energy transition is about integrated whole-of-mine systems, renewable microgrids, hydrogen, AI-driven energy management and tackling the 80-95% of emissions in processing.

Jason Crusan led NASA’s team that discovered water ice on the Moon, then solved an impossible logistics problem: stop bringing everything from Earth. The parallel to mining’s remote operations is striking.

This session will showcase how major miners and venture studios are systematically bringing startup innovation into operational mining, from first pitch to deployed technology. Speaker and details to be announced.

Mount Isa Mines operates one of Australia’s most complex multi-commodity operations across 35+ stockpiles. Learn how they unified material tracking and connected shift data from mine to mill.

The conversation has moved beyond electric trucks. Today’s mining energy transition is about integrated whole-of-mine systems, renewable microgrids, hydrogen, AI-driven energy management and tackling the 80-95% of emissions in processing.

Twenty years of underground benchmarking data reveal an uncomfortable truth: Australia’s productivity gains are being outpaced by rising costs and complexity. AMC quantifies the gap and outlines a pathway to restore our edge.

Bellevue Gold proves sustainability embedded at the design phase delivers commercial advantage, not just compliance. Hear how one of Australia's newest gold mines achieved net zero status ahead of schedule.

This concurrent session will feature deployment-ready technology innovation proving itself at operational scale. Full details including speaker and topic will be announced shortly.

What happens when Australia’s largest mining companies stop competing for talent and start building it together? The MiEX initiative proves what’s possible. 500+ applications, 60%+ female representation, and growing.