LBMA Assaying and Refining Conference 2013

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Programme of sessions and speakers

Day 1

Monday
11 March

Session 1: Introduction and the Work of LBMA


Stewart Murray
LBMA CEO (September 1999 - December 2013)

Rebecca Adamson
Good Delivery List Officer, LBMA (Former)

Dr Jonathan J. Jodry
Head of Laboratories & New Business Development, Metalor Technologies SA

Chris Hall
Product Manager, PAMP SA

Session 2: Weighing

Dr Mike Hinds
MHinds Analytical Consulting Inc., Canada

Luke Thorn
Supervisor, Bank of England

Session 3: Bar Production

Peter Tews
Production Manager, Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt AG

Giovanni Faoro
Chairman and Head of Strategic R&D, IKOI

Dave Murray
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd., Canada

Stefano Ghiringhelli
Functional Manager, Argor-Heraeus SA

Raul Montero
Technical Director, SEMPSA JP

Robert Sargent
Director Refining and Inventory Management, Royal Canadian Mint

David Woodford
Chief Commercial Officer, The Perth Mint Refinery

Day 2

Tuesday
12 March

Session 4: Assaying

Thomas Brodmann
Head of the Central Office for Precious Metals Control, Swiss Precious Metals Control

Robert Lawrence
Evaluation Manager, Johnson Matthey

Alessandro Ruffoni
Analytical Techniques Manager, Argor-Heraeus SA

Satomi Tabuchi
Japan Mint

Madeleine Theron
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Session 5: Reference Materials & Proficiency Testing

Aelred Connelly
PR Officer, LBMA

Kate Wilkinson
FAPAS

Dirk Hofmans
Umicore

Dr Mike Hinds
MHinds Analytical Consulting Inc., Canada

Hiroshi Sawai
TKG Laboratory Center Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Session 6: Due Diligence for Gold

Ruth Crowell
Chief Executive, LBMA

Lynton Richmond
KPMG

Neil Harby
Rand Refinery

Simon Houghton-Dodd
Johnson Matthey

Session 7: Forensic Applications of Assaying

Roger Dixon
Pretoria University

Closing Panel and Concluding Remarks

Moderator: Stewart Murray, London Bullion Market Association

Dr Jonathan J. Jodry
Head of Laboratories & New Business Development, Metalor Technologies SA

Hitoshi Kosai
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan

Alessandro Ruffoni
Analytical Techniques Manager, Argor-Heraeus SA

Neil Harby
Rand Refinery