LBMA Assaying and Refining Conference 2017
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Programme of sessions and speakers
Day 1
Monday
20 March
Moderator: Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
Ruth Crowell
Chief Executive, LBMA
Moderator: Mike Hinds, Assay Chemist, Royal Canadian Mint
Moderator: Dr Alessandro Ruffoni, Analytical Techniques Manager Argor-Heraeus SA
Robert Lawrence
Evaluation Manager, Johnson Matthey
Katsuji Kobayashi
Technical Advisor, Asahi Refining
Ankur Goyal
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd
Pankaj Deshmukh
Senior Manager MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd
Moderator: Madeleine Theron, Chief Chemist, Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd
Neil Harby
Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
Day 2
Tuesday
19 March
Session 5
Moderator: Dr Stewart Murray, Good Delivery Consultant, London Bullion Market Association
Moderator: Mike Hinds, Assay Chemist, Royal Canadian Mint
Lyudmila Gorbatova
Head of the Central Analytical Laboratory
Elena Anchutina
Head of Reference Material Group, Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant
Konstantin Shatnykh
Section Manager for Industrial Appliances and Reference Materials Production
Alexandra Gavrilova
International Relations Manager, Krastsvetmet
Moderator: Jonathan J. Jodry, Head of Laboratories, Metalor Technologies SA
Thomas Brodmann
Head of the Central Office for Precious Metals Control, Swiss Precious Metals Control
Moderator: Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
John Fairley
Good Delivery and Sponge Accreditation Lists Pro-Active Monitoring, LPPM
Alan Gibbon
Consulting Partner, Wallace Trading Ltd.
Ilonka McDougal
Senior Manager - Fabrication, Quality Control, Finished Goods and Dispatch, Metrology, Rand Refinery Pty Ltd
Session 9: Standards
Moderator: Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, London Bullion Market Association
Dr Jonathan J. Jodry
Head of Laboratories & New Business Development, Metalor Technologies SA
Session 10: General
Moderator: Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, London Bullion Market Association
Daniela Manara
Head of Laboratory, PAMP SA
Roland Zils
Expert on Minting and Counterfeit Coins, Deutsche Bundesbank
Neil Harby
Chief Technical Officer, LBMA