Agenda

The energy transition is intensifying demand for critical minerals, yet markets still struggle to distinguish cleaner production from better marketing. This panel asks what evidence can make the 'cleanest ton' visible and valuable, linking emissions and traceability with water, biodiversity, labor conditions and community benefit.

What if compliance assessments were based on 100% of available data rather than a small sample? As traceability systems become ubiquitous and AI-powered analytics mature, supply chains are approaching a fundamental shift in how trust is established and verified. This session examines the emergence of shared compliance ecosystems that connect traceability data, operational records, and third-party assurance into a continuous model of risk monitoring. Attendees will explore real-world examples showing why compliance failures often originate far upstream of where they are detected and how AI-enabled assurance can help organizations identify risks earlier, improve audit effectiveness, reduce compliance costs, and create strategic value from trusted supply chain data.

Standards bodies are under pressure to digitize assurance without weakening the judgment and trust on which certification depends. Using leather manufacturing as a practical case, this session examines where digital assessment and automated evidence add value, and which decisions still require expert scrutiny and a clear line of accountability.

Forest supply chains generate growing volumes of satellite, certification and operational data, yet the evidence remains scattered across institutions and formats. This session asks how protocols, verification and governance can turn those signals into accountability at scale while preserving local knowledge and the authority of established standards.

Satellite imagery can reveal land-use change and environmental risk at a scale field audits cannot match, but remote signals still need interpretation and corroboration. This case study examines how geospatial, operational and human evidence can be combined, and what governance is required before nature-tech insights support credible claims.

Digital claims are useful only when counterparties can verify who issued them, what evidence supports them and whether they remain valid. This closed-door session examines the registrar architecture behind CommonID, including identity, permissions, assurance and interoperability, and how institutions can share rails without surrendering authority.

Europe has built an ambitious framework for traceability, product information and circularity. The harder task is turning those rules into functioning markets rather than layers of cost and paperwork. This discussion asks where regulation is creating investable demand, where implementation is fragmented and whether European standards can shape global commerce.

Circularity has no shortage of promising technologies, but too few reach commercial scale. This session examines how investors, corporations and venture builders can match capital to the distinct risks of adoption, industrial expansion and market creation, and which evidence can distinguish durable opportunity from an attractive but unproven narrative.

Compliance is shifting from supplier questionnaires toward product-level evidence and continuously updated data. This workshop examines how companies can organize information for ecodesign, traceability and regulation, where collaborative workflows and AI can reduce repeated work, and what must be standardized to keep faster compliance reliable.

Trusted commerce requires AI workflows that can operate across organizations without obscuring responsibility. This demonstration shows how permissions, evidence, escalation and human review can be combined in multi-stakeholder processes, testing whether shared infrastructure can deliver speed while preserving auditability, control and the right to challenge decisions.