From critical minerals supply and geopolitical disruption to AI adoption, the sessions at Commodity Trading Week Europe in London this May reflect the pressures that are reshaping metals trading right now. And attendance is free for commodity traders.
Here’s a closer look at what’s on offer over 6-7 May, and why it’s worth joining us there.
Agenda Highlights
From Concept to Competitive Edge: AI in 2026
Gen10 CEO Richard Williamson will be joining the panel From Concept to Competitive Edge: AI in 2026, alongside experts from JPMorganChase, JLR, and Louis Dreyfus Company.
The panel builds on a broader industry conversation that’s been running for the past 12 months, moving from “should we adopt AI?” to “how do we make it actually work?”
At CTW APAC in January, live audience polling found that 89% of attendees already have an AI strategy, are building one, or are planning to. The London panel picks up where that left off, with a focus on real-world implementation: where firms have seen the fastest wins, what separates the projects that stick from those that don’t, and how to manage the organisational change that meaningful AI adoption requires.
Richard will bring a practical, grounded perspective to the discussion, one that reflects what we’re seeing with our own clients as they embed AI into their commodity management workflows.
AI and Digital Transformation
Beyond Richard’s panel, the DigiCom stream covers a broad range of digital and AI topics that will resonate with anyone thinking seriously about technology in 2026.
Leading through Digital – The Next Chapter for Commodity Tech Leaders looks at what the C-suite is prioritising this year: which digital investments are making the cut, how automation and AI are being used, and how firms are building the data infrastructure to support it all.
Elsewhere, Boosting Data Analysis with New AI Tools addresses a challenge that’s front of mind for many trading firms: data quality. As AI models become more embedded in trading decisions, questions of data provenance, model integrity, and bias control are becoming business-critical rather than technical footnotes.
And Balancing Opportunity and Exposure: AI Through the Risk Lens takes a governance-first view, covering how AI is reshaping risk models in volatile markets, its role in stress testing and scenario planning, and what responsible AI frameworks should look like across trading, procurement, and risk teams.
Navigating Supply Chain and Geopolitical Shocks
Supply chain disruption and geopolitical risk run through the CTW Europe agenda as a consistent thread, with multiple sessions dedicated to how commodity traders are adapting.
Commodities at a Crossroads: Security, Strategy, and Supply makes a bold argument: that commodities are no longer simply market assets, but instruments of geopolitical power. The session looks at how trade routes, resource access, and supply chains are being reshaped, and whether market efficiency can survive in an era of strategic control.
Other sessions cover the current geopolitical outlook and its knock-on effects for European markets, including how inflation, interest rates, and instability are influencing commodity flows and pricing strategies.
Shockproof Sourcing: Building Supply Chains That Endure focuses on the practical side of resilience: supplier diversification, lessons from recent disruptions, and how procurement teams can evolve from reactive to anticipatory.
For metals traders in particular, the critical minerals outlook will be a key draw, with multiple sessions exploring responsible sourcing, how the energy transition is reshaping demand, and sourcing risk across industrial metals and beyond.
Interactive Discussions: Deep Dives and Huddles
Some of the most valuable conversations at any conference happen away from the main stage, so CTW Europe has built two new formats to create that discussion space.
The Interactive Deep Dives bring expert panellists off the stage and directly to the table. Each panellist will lead a focused audience group discussion on a set theme. After two rounds of discussion, panellists will return to the stage to share key findings with the full audience. There will be three Deep Dive sessions exploring:
- Critical technology matters – CTRM modernisation, real AI use cases, mastering data management, and more.
- Critical risk areas in commodity trading today – from geopolitical risk, trade barriers, and compliance, to asset diversification and capital deployment strategies.
- Utilising trading intelligence – including sustainability in mining and metals, portfolio diversification, and the use of weather and alternative data in trading models.
The Huddles take a different approach: informal, participant-led conversations held in the exhibition area over coffee. The format is designed for candid exchanges: sharing war stories, comparing approaches, and building the kind of professional connections that outlast the event itself.
Five Huddle topics have been confirmed:
- AI Beyond the hype – Practical implementation in 2026
- The new geopolitical map – Conflict, sanctions, tariffs, and trade flows
- Liquidity and resilience in trade finance
- Navigating physical supply chain disruption
- Strategic diversification – Hedging the macro storm
Both formats reflect a fascinating shift in how commodities events create value: it’s not just about who’s on stage, but what the people in the room know.
Meet Us at the Exhibition
The Gen10 team will be at the exhibition throughout both days. Join us at the Gen10 stand to explore how we are incorporating AI into our leading Commodity Management System, CommOS, right now.
If you’d like to see how CommOS can streamline and automate your commodity logistics, trading and risk, as well as see how AI could help you manage one of your actual contracts, get in touch with us now and we can set up a personalised demo.
We’ll also be in London throughout the week, so if you’d like to arrange a meeting outside of the main conference, get in touch and we’ll make it happen.
To arrange a personalised CommOS demo based on your own scenarios, at the event or at a different time that works for you, get in touch now.
