PROGRAM FUTURE FORUM PRECIOUS METALS
PROGRAM PRECIOUS METALS FUTUREFORUM
March 23 - 25, 2025
Kap Europa Congress Center, Frankfurt am Main
Sunday, March 23, 2025
09.00 - 18.00
Registration at the Congress Hotel nhow
Program
10.00 - 15.30
Optional: visit to the Fortuna mine in Obersolms
Separate registration - price per person 80 EUR - required to:
organisation@zukunftsforum-edelmetalle.de
17.00 - 19.00
Cocktail reception (drinks and finger food)
NFT Skybar, 47th floor, 360-degree panoramic view of the skyline from the roof terrace.
Monday, March 24, 2025
08.00 - 09.00 a.m.
Registration at Kap Europa
Moderator: Michael W. Tschugg (Journalist, former press spokesman Degussa AG)
PROGRAM
09.00 - 09.10 a.m.
Welcome and information from the organizer
Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Roßbach, Fragold Connect GmbH
09.10 - 09.20 a.m.
Welcome address - York Tetzlaff, Managing Director of the Precious Metals Association, Pforzheim
09.20 - 09.30 a.m.
Welcome address - Ruth Crowell, Chief Executive, London Bullion Market Association
09.30 - 10.15 a.m.
Keynote speech (focus on business andfinance)
Challenges for the economy, financial markets and investors against the backdrop of a new world order
Dr. Holger Schmieding, Chief Economist Berenberg Bank, Hamburg/London
FOCUS ON GOLD
10.15 - 10.45 a.m.
Keynote speech (focus on gold)
So what does the new world order mean for the precious metals markets?
Ronald-Peter Stöferle, Managing Partner, Incrementum AG, Vaduz
10.45 - 11.30 a.m.
Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
FOCUS ON GOLD: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SUPPLY SIDE
11.30 - 11.50 a.m.
Recycling trends: Will recycling make gold greener?
Dominik Sperzel, Head of Precious Metals Trading, Heraeus Precious Metals, Hanau
11.50 - 12.10 hrs
Is there enough? The situation in global gold production.
Christoph Wild, President of the Swiss Association of Precious Metal Manufacturers and Traders (ASFCMP), Zurich
12.10 - 12.30 p.m.
There must be some order!
The tasks of DEKSOR and the regulations for gold (and other commodities)
Matthias Baier, Head of the German Control Body EU Due Diligence in Commodity Supply Chains (DEKSOR), Hanover
12.30 - 12.50 p.m.
Panel discussion
How can gold mining be made more sustainable
Is this even an issue for investors?
Participants include Christoph Wild, Matthias Baier
12.50 - 14.00
Lunch break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
FOCUS ON GOLD: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DEMAND FOR GOLD
14.00 - 14.30
New love, new happiness? Gold and the central banks
Peter Zöllner, London Bullion Market Association, London/Vienna Former member of the Executive Board of the Austrian National Bank, Vienna and BIS, Basel
14.30 - 15.00
Gold investment trends in Germany
Just German Boomers' Angst and how are we going to reach Generation Z?
Rüdiger Schmitt, Head of Communications, Reisebank AG, Expert Steinbeis gold market study for Germany
15.00 - 15.30
After the price records is before the price records?
What role gold (still) plays in institutional asset management and in what form.
Speaker will be published next week
15.30 - 16.15
Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
MAIN TOPIC: THE FUTURE OF GOLD (LARGE HALL)
16.15 - 16.45
Gold investment trends - the global picture
John Reade, Senior Market Strategist, World Gold Council, London
16.45 - 17.15
Gold and the digitalization of the world:
Who is driving which trend in precious metals, what do investors
and industrial consumers pay attention to?
Philipp Stockinger, Head of Business Development, aXedras, Zug
17.15 - 18.00
Sundowner Reception
Kap Europa, catering area
18.45 - 19.15
Guided tours of the Senckenberg Museum
Number of participants limited, on registration "first come, first serve"
19.15 - 20.00
Reception at the Senckenberg Museum and...
20.00 - 22.30
Conference dinner among dinosaurs at the Senckenberg Museum
Number of participants max. 220 persons
By invitation of sponsor C. Hafner or organizer
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Moderator: Michael W. Tschugg (Journalist, former press spokesman Degussa AG)
PROGRAM
09.00 - 09.15 a.m.
Welcome and information from the organizer
Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Roßbach, Fragold Connect GmbH
09.15 - 09.45 a.m.
Keynote speech (focus on politics)
50 days of Trump, 30 days of Merz: Europe between Trump, Putin and XI - Challenges for policymakers in the 2nd half of the 2020s
Ralf Schuster, Geopolitical Expert, Helaba, Frankfurt
FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY FOR PLATINUM METALS (LARGE HALL)
09.45 - 10.15 a.m.
Precious metal applications, including renewable energies:
New technological trends in silver and platinum metals.
Florian Bulling, Engineer, FEM Research Institute, Schwäbisch-Gmünd
10.15 - 11.00 a.m.
Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
MAIN TOPIC: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PLATINUM GROUP METALS
11.00 - 11.25 a.m.
How is the demand situation for platinum metals currently changing?
What are the prices doing, what is the outlook?
Wilma Swarts, Metals Focus Ltd, London
11.25 - 11.50 a.m.
Africa as a secure supplier of precious metals and raw materials?
Using the example of West Africa for gold and South Africa and Zimbabwe for the indispensable platinum metals: what is the current situation, what role do Russia and China play, what does the future hold?
Christian Hiller von Gaertringen, Journalist, Africa Partners GmbH, Frankfurt
11.50 - 12.30 h
Man, it is complicated! The bureaucracy of precious metals
Supply Chain Act, REACH etc.: the current situation.
Eduard Stefanescu, Sustainability Officer, C. Hafner, Pforzheim
For participants primarily interested in gold: Workshop on gold topics by the World Gold Council, especially for institutional investors, asset managers, family offices, private banks (small hall)
11.00 - 11.25 a.m.
The Case of Gold in an Institutional Portfolio
John Reade, Chief Strategist, World Gold Council, London
11.25 - 11.50 a.m.
How do you value Gold?
Johan Palmberg, Senior Quantitative Analyst, World Gold Council, London
11.50 - 12.30 h
Gold's ESG and Sustainability Impacts
John Mulligan, Director Sustainability Strategy, World Gold Council, London
12.30 - 13.45
Lunch break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
MAIN TOPIC: SILVER
1.45 - 2.15 pm
When will the shine come back?
The supply and demand situation for silver.
Nicky Shiels, MKS PAMP SA, New York
14.15 - 14.45
Prefer physical, prefer non-physical?
Silver and the platinum metals as investors' stepchildren.
Michael Eubel, Director/Head of Precious Metals Department, BayernLB, Nuremberg
14.45 - 15.15
Panel discussion
Metals full of future - Does an investment in silver and platinum metals make sense and if so, how?
Participants include Michael Eubel
15.15 - 15.45
Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
MAIN TOPIC: ALTERNATIVE RAW MATERIALS
15.45 - 16.10
And then there is lithium, rare earths, etc.
Just a fad or a real issue for institutional investors?
And what does the industry think about investors getting involved here?
Philipp Goetzl-Mamba, Senior Manager Trading, Tradium GmbH, Frankfurt
16.10 - 16.35
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?
Dr. Michael Liesegang, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Berlin
16.35 - 16.45
Farewell by organizer
16.45 - 17.30
Sundowner Reception
Kap Europa, catering area
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Following the FutureForum Precious Metals:
19.00 - 21.30
Event for private and institutional investors at the nhow hotel with expert presentations on precious metals followed by drinks.
The venue is Hotel "nhow", Brüsseler Straße 1-3, 60327 Frankfurt.
The event room is located on the 2nd floor.
Participation is free of charge, but prior registration is required
https://www.zukunftsforum-edelmetalle.de/en/privatanleger-registrierung/