LBMA Assaying & Refining Conference 2025
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Programme of sessions and speakers
Day 1
Monday
17 March
Moderator: Neil Harby - Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
Daniela Manara
Laboratory Manager Trace Analysis & Metallurgy, Metalor Technologies
Hannah Coakley
Physical & Technical Services Officer, LBMA
Moderator: Mike Hinds, Consultant, MHinds Analytical Consulting
Stefan Zorn
Head of QM - Laboratory, Agosi AG
Daniel Kusterer
Team Leader - Laboratory, Agosi AG
Moderator: Vijayacitta Harvey, Head of Good Delivery, LBMA
Alexandra Levesque
Innovation and Development Department Manager, PX Precinox SA
Kamlesh Melana
Vice President - Global Sales and Applications, emew Clean Technologies
Moderator: Barbara Badiello, Laboratory Manager, MKS PAMP
John Fairley
Good Delivery and Sponge Accreditation Lists Pro-Active Monitoring, LPPM
Day 2
Tuesday
18 March
Session 5: Keynote Speech
Moderator: Michael W. Hinds, Consultant, MHinds Analytical Consulting
Moderator: Hannah Coakley, Physical & Technical Services Officer (LBMA)
Ann-Marie Carey
Associate Professor, School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University
Neil Harby
Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
Mike Hinds
Consultant, MHinds Analytical Consulting
Moderator: Sandra Ratsoma, Senior Manager Technical Assurance and Laboratory, Rand Refinery SA
Barbara Beck
Manager, Geoforensic LLC
Alessia Sironi
Head of Laboratory, Valcambi
Amanda Hefer
Senior Manager - Technical Assurance, Rand Refinery Limited
Moderator: Simone Marsan, Head of the Analytical Laboratory, Argor-Heraeus SA
Session 9: Assaying 4
Moderator: Alessandro Ruffoni, former LBMA Referee on behalf of Argor-Heraeus SA
Dirk Wuestkamp
Senior ICP-Product Specialist, SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH
Session 10: Summary, and Question & Answer
Moderator: Neil Harby - Chief Technical Officer, LBMA
Simone Marsan
Head of the Analytical Laboratory, Argor-Heraeus SA
Barbara Badiello
Head of Analytical Techniques, PAMP SA
Daniela Manara
Laboratory Manager Trace Analysis & Metallurgy, Metalor Technologies
Hitoshi Kosai
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan
Madeleine Theron
Manager of Data Science and Analytics, Rand Refinery SA
