SPONSORS

Thought Leader

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is a global energy technology leader, driving efficiency and sustainability by electrifying, automating, and digitalizing industries, businesses, and homes. Its technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, enhancing performance, resilience, and sustainability. The portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-defined architectures, AI- powered systems, digital services, and expert advisory.

With 160,000 employees and one million partners in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric is consistently ranked among the world’s most sustainable companies. www.se.com/ca/en/

Session Leader

Torys

Torys is an international business law firm known for its sophisticated counsel, best-in-class client service and the most cohesive cross-border team in the market. With offices in Toronto, Calgary, Montréal, New York and Halifax, we bring together the sharpest legal minds to solve clients’ toughest problems and help them stay ahead of the curve. 

Defence investment is expanding rapidly. In this new environment, we help clients navigate the unique complexities of the defence sector and promoting Canada’s sovereignty, including financing and procurement processes, project development, regulatory compliance, data security, national security considerations and export controls. Our experience working with both private sector participants and governments gives us a robust perspective: we guide private sector clients across every dimension of their public‑sector dealings and are trusted by governments on complex defence transactions and related mandates.

With experience and perspective in the increasingly complex mining industry, we create commercially minded solutions to realize our clients’ strategies, offering counsel on financings, M&A, commercial arrangements, Climate Change strategy, Indigenous engagement and more. We address the complexities of transactions through the combined strengths of our mining knowledge and our leading M&A, corporate finance, lending and capital markets experience. 

We are proud of the breadth of our experience across the mining and renewable energy sectors. Our clients are leaders in the transition to a low-carbon energy future. We act on the most significant renewable energy projects in the market, offering strategic advice to the world’s largest renewable energy companies on the development of projects that displace GHG-intensive generation. We are also market leaders on negotiating agreements for virtual and physical renewable energy supply and for the purchase and sale of carbon credits.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS

Supporting Organisation

SUSSEX STRATEGY GROUP

Established in 1998, Sussex Strategy Group is Canada’s leading government relations, strategic communications, digital advocacy and business advisory agency. With proprietary offices in Toronto and Ottawa, and a network of expert affiliates in major centres across the country, Sussex excels at helping our clients manage their issues at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government, as well as in the media and within communities.

Canadian-owned and operated, Sussex offers a variety of public affairs services, including government relations, corporate and crisis communications, issues management, management consulting, auditing and performance measurement, legislative and media monitoring, policy analysis and development, procurement facilitation, research and grassroots mobilization, digital advocacy and social media strategy. 

We believe that working with government and the media requires specialized tools and a unique skill-set that can only be developed with front-line experience. Our consultants have decades of direct working experience with and within government and the media. Sussex clients include corporations, associations and non-profit organizations. Our dynamic and growing team thrives on the challenges presented by clients’ issues. 

The Sussex philosophy is best articulated in the firm’s mission statement: To be the most respected public affairs consulting firm in Canada by offering superior value to our clients, our team, and our stakeholders while conducting our business with integrity and a dedication to excellence.

Supporting Organisation

CIM MAGAZINE

CIM Magazine provides critical information on the extractive industry’s issues, trends, technology and best practices. The publication has a diverse audience of mining professionals located around the world, ranging from executives to equipment operators.

Supporting Organisation

CEMI

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization focused on accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies and practices that improve safety, productivity and environmental performance in the mining industry. Founded in 2007, CEMI was established to help bridge the gap between innovation and commercialization, ensuring that promising ideas move beyond pilot stages into real-world mining operations.

CEMI works across the full mining value chain, supporting innovation in exploration, underground and surface mining, and operational performance. Its approach emphasizes practical, commercially viable solutions that deliver measurable improvements at mine sites. By facilitating technology validation, demonstration and deployment, CEMI helps reduce risk for mining companies while accelerating industry uptake.

Through strong collaboration with mining companies, technology developers, academia and government, CEMI plays a central role in advancing Canada’s mining innovation ecosystem and supporting a more competitive, sustainable and modern mining sector.

Supporting Organisation

VOSAVIS

Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy is a defining moment for how we build, sustain, and secure the military capabilities our future demands. It reshapes procurement, reframes industrial priorities, and signals a new era of partnership between government and industry.

At VOSAVIS, we break down what this strategy really means—where it creates opportunity, where it raises risk, and how it will shape Canada’s defence and innovation landscape for years to come.

Supporting Organisation

CANADIAN GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

The Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CGCIC) is a not-for-profit organization that has been supporting German and Canadian companies in international trade for over 50 years. As a member of the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad, CGCIC is recognized by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, acting as the official representative of German trade and industry in Canada. It is the primary contact for Canadian and German companies wishing to do business in each other's countries. CGCIC provides services – such as consulting, office solutions, and support in initiating business – as well as networking and education to help businesses thrive.

Supporting Organisation

Arctech Accelerate

Arctech Accelerate is a Canadian management consulting and government relations firm headquartered in Ottawa. Our mandate is to transform Canadian capabilities into real participation within defence programs, research initiatives, workforce development activities, and Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) transactions.

Supporting Organisation

CANADIAN DEFENCE REVIEW

Canadian Defence Review magazine is Canada’s leading defence and military journal, serving the information needs of Canada’s defence community. Readers of CDR include senior officers in the Canadian military, senior government officials and parliamentarians as well as executives in the defence, aerospace, security and related industries.

Supporting Organisation

CDA INSTITUTE

The CDA Institute is a non-partisan registered charity organization with the mission to advance informed debate on national security issues, particularly those that pertain to national defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. We aim to foster a fact-based and rational approach to dialogue regarding Canadian defence, security, and foreign policy.

Supporting Organisation

ONTARIO MINING ASSOCIATION

The Ontario Mining Association (OMA) was established in 1920 to represent the mining industry of the province and is one of the longest-serving trade organizations in Canada. We have a long history of working constructively with governments and communities of interest to build consensus on issues that matter to our industry and to the people of this province. 

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES

The Ontario Critical Minerals Forum offers unparalleled and unique access and to those making decisions and building project partnerships across the critical minerals ecosystem in Ontario and beyond. 

If you see your service or solution assisting or advancing critical minerals projects let’s connect to discuss opportunities for you at this event.

NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION AREA