2013 Seminars and Fora

LBMA Responsible Gold Forum 2013 - Wednesday 1st May 2013

Westin Paris Vendôme, 3 rue de Castiglione, Cedex 75001, Paris, France

For further information about the LBMA click here to view the current brochure

Registration

Please email events@lbma.org.uk if you are interested in participating.

Programme

13:00-14:00 Forum Registration & Coffee - Napoleon Room

14:00 Forum Opening Session

Welcome
Ruth Crowell, LBMA Deputy Chief Executive

Introductory Remarks - LBMA Chairman
David Gornall, Global Head of Precious Metals Trading, Natixis

14:30 Session 1: Gold Industry Implementation: Challenges & Outreach

Panel Discussion:
Ruth Crowell, Deputy Chief Executive, LBMA
Fiona Solomon, Director, Standards Development, Responsible Jewellery Council
Edward Bickham, Consultant, World Gold Council
Michael Loch, Motorola, Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition - GeSI
Philip Olden, Consultant, Signet
Questions and Discussion

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Session 2: Coordination and Implementation of Key International Initiatives 

Panel Discussion:
Tyler Gillard, Head of Project, Legal Expert, OECD
Emilie Serralta, UN Group of Experts
Eileen Kane, Bureau of Economic Affairs, US Department of State
Jennifer Peyser, Resolve, PPA
Annie Dunnebacke, Global Witness
Questions and Discussion

17:00 Coffee Break

17:15 Session 3: Artisanal Mining: Dialogue on Implementation of the Gold Appendix

Panel Discussion:
Laura Barreto, Chair, Alliance for Responsible Mining
Olivier Demierre, MKS Switzerland SA
Hannah Poole & Karen Hayes, Pactworld
Didier de Failly, Manager, Bureau d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques (B.E.S.T)
Questions and Discussion

18:15 Close of Seminar followed by Drinks Reception

OECD Meeting 2-3 May, 2013

The 5th meeting of the ICGLR-OECD-UN GoE Multi-Stakeholder Forum on due diligence in the tin, tantalum, tungsten (3Ts) and gold supply chains, will be held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris on 2-3 May 2013 (9:00 - 18:00 each day).

The webpage for the meeting (http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/mne/multistakeholder-forum-may-2013.htm) will be regularly updated with further information, speaker presentations and reference documents as they become available.

We would like to remind everyone that registration is compulsory for those wishing to attend. Access to the events will be authorized only to registered participants. You are therefore asked to kindly send your name, title, organization and contact details to investment@oecd.org as soon as possible. Please email the same address if you require an invitation letter for travel purposes.