The LBMA Precious Metals Conference 2006

25-27 June

The Raffles Palace Hotel - Montreux, Switzerland

Session 1: Opening Session

Session 1 - all speeches (358k)
Opening Remarks Jeremy Charles, LBMA Chairman (63k)
Keynote Address: Reflections on the Gold Market - Philipp M. Hildebrand, Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank (115k)
Keynote Address: Going Back to Gold? Historical Perspectives - Professor Niall Ferguson, Harvard University (270k)
Questions and Answers (64k)

Session 2: Investment

Session 2 - all speeches (299k)
Introduction by the Session Chairman Katharine Pulvermacher,
Managing Director, Investment Research & Marketing, World Gold Council (58k)
Investing in Commodity Indices and Baskets Arun Assumall,
European Head of Investor Sales, Goldman Sachs International (99k)
Gold Equity Fund Management - Cyrille Urfer,
Head of Fund Research & Multi Management, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (209k)
Emerging Strength and Sentiment in the North American Retail Investment Gold Market
Albert C Johnston III, Precious Metals Broker (70k)
Questions and Answers (63k)

Session 3: Mining

Session 3 - all speeches (956k)
Introduction by the Session Chairman Paul Burton, Editor & Publisher, World Gold Analyst (109k) Areas of Future Growth in Gold Mine Supply David Cox, Vice President Sales, Metals Economics Group (232k)
Access to Land: Key Social and Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century - Pierre Lassonde, President, Newmont Mining Corporation (471k)
Future Silver Production in China Jin Haiming, Beijing Antaike Information Development Co., Ltd (172k)
Managing Political Risk in Mining Operations Ben Cattaneo, Practice Leader, Mining & Metals, Control Risks (183k)
Questions and Answers (54k)

Session 4: Debate: The Importance of Jewellery vs. Investment to the Gold Market

Session 4 - all speeches (886k)
Introduction by the Session Chairman Stewart Murray, LBMA Chief Executive (68k)
Kelvin Williams Former Executive Director, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (87k)
Andy Smith Analyst, Bracteà Asset Management (The Ridgefield Capital Group) (648k)
Paul Walker, Chief Executive Officer, GFMS Ltd (219k)
Chris Thompson Ex-Chairman, World Gold Council (66k)

Session 5: Fabrication & Industrial Demand

Session 5 - all speeches (537k)
Introduction by the Session Chairman Kevin Crisp,
Manager, Precious Metals Department, Mitsubishi Corporation UK (60k)
New Applications for Silver Michael DiRienzo, Executive Director, The Silver Institute (214k)
The Small Gold Bar Market Mehdi Barkhordar, Managing Director, PAMP SA (76k)
The Use of Precious Metals in the Watch Industry Martin Bless, Head of Watches and Jewellery Division, Metalor Technologies SA (307k)
Platinum Group Metals: Rare Metals for a Wide Variety of Industrial Uses
Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach, Head of Sales & Marketing, Heraeus Metallhandelgesellschaft m.b.H. (81k)
Questions and Answers (81k)

Closing Session

Closing Session - all speeches (493k)
Chairman’s Closing Remarks Jeremy Charles, LBMA Chairman (49k)
Demographics and Economics: the Twin Pillars of Precious Metals Demand
George Magnus, Senior Economic Adviser, UBS Investment Bank (144k)
Gold – Commodity, Currency, Store of Value Anthony S Fell, Chairman, RBC Capital Markets (90k)
Questions and Answers (64k)
Conference Summary and Close Kamal Naqvi, Director, Institutional Fund Sales, Barclays Capital