The Worldwide Mining and Sources Convention + Expo (IMARC) returns to Sydney in 2025 with a broader viewers and bolder ambitions, catering for choice makers and key personnel throughout the sources trade — from CEOs and traders to frontline operators and technical innovators, organisers say.
Held from October 21-23 on the ICC Sydney, IMARC 2025 will welcome greater than 10,000 delegates from over 120 nations, making it essentially the most bold and globally linked occasion in IMARC’s historical past. It is going to have greater than 450 professional audio system, over 500 exhibitors and 20,000 sq.m of expo house.
“Whether or not you’re closing offers on the expo ground, problem-solving at a roundtable, or gaining insights within the plenary, IMARC 2025 is about actual conversations, actual outcomes, and actual affect,” Anita Richards, Chief Working Officer at IMARC, mentioned.
In what it says is a significant transfer to convey extra operational leaders into the fold, IMARC has expanded its free Mining Visitor Go program. This yr, eligible on-site workers of mining and power firms in addition to contract miners can entry the breadth of the occasion — together with the complete convention program, exhibition, day by day networking capabilities and an unique miners’ occasion.
Model new in 2025, the Mining Operators Collection focuses on the folks driving outcomes on the bottom. With technical shows, miners-only networking, CPD factors and guided expo excursions, this can be a must-attend for frontline professionals.
This yr IMARC places R&D within the highlight, with a zone devoted to breakthrough applied sciences poised to remodel the sector. Innovators, start-ups, analysis groups and expertise builders will showcase standout options that drive productiveness good points and sustainable outcomes.
On the coronary heart of the Alley, the Innovation & Funding roundtables create intimate, high-value alternatives for connection between innovators and funding sources. Traders, enterprise capitalists and potential purchasers will collect with the internet hosting firm to debate alternatives, challenges and pathways to commercialisation.
With a packed agenda throughout six completely different streams, IMARC 2025 will discover the important thing alternatives and points going through the trade globally. The six streams are:
- Mining Innovation [sponsored by Continental];
- Digital Transformation [sponsored by Convergio Industrial Tech];
- Mine & Undertaking Improvement [sponsored by DRA Global];
- Power Transition & Decarbonisation;
- Funding [sponsored by Fender Geophysics]; and
- World Alternatives.
Confirmed audio system embody Thiess CEO, Michael Wright; Minister for Sources, the Hon Madeline King, Vale Base Metals Chair, Mark Cutifani; Idemitsu CEO, Steve Kovac, BHP Group Procurement Officer, Rashpal Singh Bhatti; Glencore Group Lead Social Efficiency and Human Rights, Catherine Pattenden’ Australian Strategic Supplies, CEO Rowena Smith; and European Fee Director for Decarbonisation, Joaquim Nunes de Almeida.
