Series overview
Series overview
Digital Mines, Diverse Minds - Powering the Global Shift
This year’s theme is a powerful statement on the capability, contribution and opportunity ahead for the resources sector and its professionals.
The sector is rapidly developing, adapting and scaling technologies that are making operations safer, more sustainable and more sophisticated.
The mining industry and the professionals working across it are providing expertise that supports Australia’s broader science and industrial ecosystem. That expertise is enabling transformation across energy, defence, technology and advanced manufacturing, placing the sector at the centre of global economic and societal change.
The Series topics are designed to elicit the latest perspectives needed to ensure the industry can continue to deliver enduring social and economic value.
Discover Series Topics
In 2026, AusIMM's Thought Leadership Series will feature 5 events held around Australia.
Capability, technology and leadership
Perth | Available to watch now
Bridging the capability gap between rapid technology adoption and workforce readiness, with a focus on leadership, operating models and embedding innovation at scale.
Copper, growth and project delivery
Adelaide | Available to watch now
Exploring copper as the next major growth engine for global mining, and the increasing complexity of delivering major projects in competitive, capital-constrained environments.
Strategic resources and critical minerals
Melbourne | Watch online from 8 October
Examining the role of strategic reserves, supply chain resilience and policy design in strengthening sovereign capability and global competitiveness.
Building an innovation ecosystem
Brisbane | Watch online from 12 November
Why Australia struggles to scale mining technology, and what must change to move innovation from pilot to industrial adoption.
Global competitiveness
Perth | Watch online from 9 December
Assessing what must change for Australian mining to remain competitive, investable and globally relevant over the next decade.