Meet the speakers
Meet the speakers
Hear from world-leading industry experts at Critical Minerals 2026 – with more keynote speakers to be announced soon.
Gain insight from across the entire critical minerals supply chain, exploring demand and investment drivers, mineral economics, the role of government, ESG priorities, discovery and development, processing and manufacturing, emerging technologies and more.
Keynote speakers
Click through to read biographies for each #CMC2026 keynote speaker.
Opening address speakers
The Honourable David Crisafulli MP
Queensland Premier and Minister for Veterans
The Honourable Dale Last MP
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development
Stephen Durkin
FAusIMM
CEO
AusIMM
Featured speakers
Paul Holden
AAusIMM
Lead
Critical Minerals QLD
Annaliese Eames
Chief Legal & External Affairs Officer
Australian Strategic Materials
Rob Williamson
Managing Director
Alpha HPA
Phoebe Whattoff
Director
Minviro
Robert Wulff
Principal
Griffith Hack
Donna Kitsos
Director
Rata Group
Prof Sara Couperthwaite
MAusIMM
Professor
Queensland University of Technology
Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Technical and Innovation Lead-Geoscience
KCB
Govind Goenka
Principal
Pacific Continental Resources