March 22. – 24. 2026
Kap Europa, Frankfurt am Main
ZukunftsForum Edelmetalle
PRECIOUS METALS FUTUREFORUM
March 22 - 24, 2026 - Save the Date
Following the successful first event at the end of March, the FutureForum Precious Metals 2026 is entering its second round.
High-class and inspiring presentations, great locations and interesting participants to get to know and network with: Be there when investors, banks, traders, analysts, industry representatives, product providers, journalists and many other stakeholders meet again in Frankfurt in 2026 to discuss the future of precious metals with each other
The German-language conference and exhibition format, held for the first time in 2025, will once again take place over two days at the "Kap Europa" congress center in Frankfurt am Main.
Join us in shaping the future of precious metals!
Join the ZFE 2026 as a partner company now
Join the ZFE 2026 as a partner company now
The ZFE is also an excellent opportunity to advertise your services and products.
Take the opportunity and make it your advertising platform - as a sponsoring partner, as an exhibitor in our exhibition area or as an advertiser in our Gold & Weiss magazine.
Please contact us for more information.
Thanks to everyone who was there in 2025!
Thanks to everyone who was there in 2025!
In March 2025, Frankfurt was the center for the precious metals industry from the DACH region for two and a half days for the first time. Around 270 experts from numerous companies met with investors, analysts, journalists and representatives from associations and authorities at Kap Europa in Frankfurt. They discussed the situation on the precious metals markets in the face of record gold prices, strong demand from central banks and investors, a growing deficit in silver, the impact of e-mobility on platinum metals and the growing conflicts in global trade.
In the end, the participants agreed that a bright future for precious metals is not necessarily a foregone conclusion and that a format such as the ZFE offers a good platform for mutual exchange.
Our vision
The center of Europe with Germany, Switzerland and Austria has always been an important global center for precious metal processing, precious metal trading, precious metal investments and the industrial use of precious metals.
With the Precious Metals FutureForum, we want to create a unique platform where the most diverse groups from our region involved with precious metals can meet once a year in Frankfurt, exchange ideas and work together on a positive future for gold & co.
In this way, we want to ensure that precious metals continue to stand for a technology-driven, sustainable future and that they contribute to strengthening progress and prosperity in our region on a wide variety of levels.
The center of Europe with Germany, Switzerland and Austria has always been an important global center for precious metal processing, precious metal trading, precious metal investments and the industrial use of precious metals.
With the Precious Metals FutureForum, we want to create a unique platform where the most diverse groups from our region involved with precious metals can meet once a year in Frankfurt, exchange ideas and work together on a positive future for gold & co.
In this way, we want to ensure that precious metals continue to stand for a technology-driven, sustainable future and that they contribute to strengthening progress and prosperity in our region on a wide variety of levels.
Speakers
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Invest in gold & co. today
Sven Ritter
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Raw materials strategy in the DACH countries
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Blockchain is changing the precious metals markets
Dirk Unger
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Our moderator
Our keynote speakers
Dr. Holger Schmieding
Berenberg Bank
Challenges for the economy, financial markets and investors against the backdrop of a new world order
Ralf Schuster
Helaba
50 days of Trump, 30 days of Merz: Europe between Trump, Putin and XI - Challenges for politics in the 2nd half of the 2020s
Ronald-Peter Stöferle
Incrementum AG
So what does the new world order mean for the precious metals markets?
Our moderator
Our keynote speakers
Dr. Holger Schmieding
Berenberg Bank
Challenges for the economy, financial markets and investors against the backdrop of a new world order
Ralf Schuster
Helaba
50 days of Trump, 30 days of Merz: Europe between Trump, Putin and XI - Challenges for politics in the 2nd half of the 2020s
Ronald-Peter Stöferle
Incrementum AG
So what does the new world order mean for the precious metals markets?
Our speakers
Matthias Baier
DEKSOR
There must be order! The tasks of DEKSOR and the rules for gold (and other commodities).
Florian Bulling
FEM Research Institute
Precious metal applications, including renewable energies:
New technological trends in silver and platinum metals.
Ruth Crowell
LBMA
Greeting: The work of the LBMA.
Michael Eubel
BayernLB
Prefer physical, prefer non-physical? Silver and the platinum metals as investors' stepchildren.
Philipp Goetzl-Mamba
Tradium GmbH
And then there is lithium, rare earths, etc. Just fashionable or a real topic for institutional investors?
Christian Hiller
from Gaertringen
Africa Partners
Africa as a secure supplier of precious metals and raw materials? What is the current situation, what role do Russia and China play and what does the future hold?
Dr. Michael Liesegang
BGR
Raw materials strategy and raw materials policy. How are Germany and Europe strategically positioned in the battle for scarce raw materials now and in the future?
John Mulligan
World Gold Council
Gold's ESG and Sustainability Impacts.
Johan Palmberg
World Gold Council
How do you value Gold?
John Reade
World Gold Council
Gold investment trends - The global picture.
Rüdiger Schmitt
Reisebank AG
Gold investment trends in Germany - Only German Boomer fear or how to reach Generation Z?
Nicky Shiels
MKS PAMP SA
When will the shine come back? The supply and demand situation for silver.
Dominik Sperzel
Heraeus Precious Metals
Recycling trends: Will recycling make gold greener?
Eduard Stefanescu
C.Hafner
The main thing is complicated! The bureaucracy surrounding precious metals Supply Chain Act, REACH etc.: the current situation.
Philipp Stockinger
aXedras
Gold and the digitalization of the world: Who is driving which trend in precious metals, what are investors and industrial consumers looking out for?
Wilma Swarts
Metals Focus Ltd.
How is the demand situation for platinum metals currently changing?
York A. Tetzlaff
Precious Metals Association
Greeting and presentation of the Fachvereinigung Edelmetalle e.V.
Christoph Wild
ASFCMP
Is there enough? The situation in global gold production.
Peter Zöllner
LBMA
New love, new happiness? Gold and the central banks.
Diversity, expertise, need for information - what characterizes the participants
The world of precious metals is more diverse than almost any other industry in the world. The world of gold, silver and the six platinum metals ranges from mining companies all over the world, which extract the ore from depths of up to 4,000 meters, to processors, industrial users and recycling companies, to banks, traders, financial product developers, stock exchanges and investors. In addition, there are other stakeholders such as central banks, universities, public authorities, journalists and NGOs.
In the industrial and financial sector, the spectrum ranges from global corporations with hundreds of thousands of employees to medium-sized, owner-managed companies and small, private but highly specialized companies.
The DACH region plays an extremely important role in the context of the global precious metals industry and we have created the Precious Metals FutureForum as a platform for networking, learning from each other and discussing for all those who live here and are involved with precious metals in some way.
Diversity, expertise, need for information - what characterizes the participants
The world of precious metals is more diverse than almost any other industry in the world. The world of gold, silver and the six platinum metals ranges from mining companies all over the world, which extract the ore from depths of up to 4,000 meters, to processors, industrial users and recycling companies, to banks, traders, financial product developers, stock exchanges and investors. In addition, there are other stakeholders such as central banks, universities, public authorities, journalists and NGOs.
In the industrial and financial sector, the spectrum ranges from global corporations with hundreds of thousands of employees to medium-sized, owner-managed companies and small, private but highly specialized companies.
The DACH region plays an extremely important role in the context of the global precious metals industry and we have created the Precious Metals FutureForum as a platform for networking, learning from each other and discussing for all those who live here and are involved with precious metals in some way.
See you soon!
Hear more from our partners and keynote speakers.
Rick Ostheimer
Head of Precious Metals Trading Hessisch-Niedersächsische Landesbank
For me as head of precious metals trading at a leading branch bank, the Future Forum Precious Metals certainly offers new insights into the trends in our industry. The networking aspect is also extremely important to me.
Prof. Christiane Eckert
Geologist and professor,
Bergakademie Freithal
As a representative of Germany's oldest mining university, I am delighted with Fragold Connect GmbH's initiative to establish a platform in Germany where all interested parties can engage in a serious exchange on the subject of precious metals and learn from each other.
Friedel Baron von Gleichenstein
Managing Partner
VG Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
In asset management for our clients, gold has always played an important role in the question of sensible risk diversification. I expect the Precious Metals Forum to provide answers to future trends in the precious metals sector and beyond.
Petra Wibbeke
Owner Pro Precious Edelmetallhandelsgesellschaft mbH
As the owner of one of the industry leaders in the precious metals trading sector, I see the ZukunftsForum Edelmetalle as a good new opportunity for industry-relevant discussions, networking and also the initiation of new business opportunities.
Ludger Teister
CEO
Calgary Gold Mining Corp.
We have been in close contact with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where our gold mining company is also listed, for years. I expect that the ZFE in my home city of Frankfurt will give me the opportunity to meet potential new investors in German-speaking countries.
Partner of the FutureForum Precious Metals 2026
Take a look at our various partnerships and find out how you too can become part of the Precious Metals FutureForum yourselves.
Partner of the FutureForum Precious Metals 2026
Take a look at our various partnerships and find out how you too can become part of the Precious Metals FutureForum yourselves.
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