PROGRAM FUTURE FORUM PRECIOUS METALS
PRECIOUS METALS FUTUREFORUM
March 22 – 24, 2026
Kap Europa Congress Center, Frankfurt am Main
PREPROGRAM (optional)
SUNDAY, 3/22/2026
Registration at the conference hotel N-how
9.00 - 18.00 h
Tour of the visitor mine Grube Fortuna in Obersolms with lunch
10.00 - 15.30
Maximum number of participants 20 persons
Alternative:
Visit to the Tradium storage bunker for strategic and precious metals with lunch in the Klassikstadt
12.00 - 15.30
Maximum number of participants 20 persons
Cocktail Reception above the clouds (drinks & finger food), NFT Skybar, 47th floor, Tower One
17.00 - 19.00
Maximum of 200 participants
PROGRAM (as of 2/13/2026)
MONDAY, 3/23/2026
Focus - Investment + Markets
Moderation through the day
Jessica Schwarzer, financial journalist and blogger
9.00 a.m. Welcome and opening
Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Roßbach, Fragold Connect GmbH
Greeting and report on the state of the international precious metals trade *
Ruth Crowell, CEO, London Bullion Market Association
Session: Economy and finance
Who sees the light at the end ...? The situation in the country and in the world
Jürgen Michels, Chief Economist, BayernLB
A look at the current situation from the perspective of the leading asset manager
Philipp Vorndran, Partner, Flossbach von Storch SE
The current situation on the gold market *
John Reade, Senior Market Strategist, World Gold Council
10.45 - 11.15 a.m. Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Session Investment in precious metals and other tangible assets
Investment keynote speech: Gold on paper - an alternative?
Dierk Schaffer, Managing Director, Boerse Stuttgart Commodities GmbH
Investment keynote speech: Forest as an alternative asset and what does forest have to do with gold?
Constantin Prinz zu Salm-Salm, Managing Partner, Salm-Salm Vermögensverwaltung
Investment keynote speech: Gold mining shares and funds:
a successful investment alternative in the precious metals sector. How successful fund managers act.
Speaker will be published soon
Panel discussion: Investment in gold and other tangible assets for institutional investors
12.30 - 13.45 Lunch break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Session: Top issues for gold investors
Keynote: The Bundesbank's view of the financial markets and gold
Dr. Karsten Stromborn, Head of Central Markets, Deutsche Bundesbank
The 4 Ws: When international institutional investors bet on gold and commodities: Why, when, how and where?
Speaker will be published soon
The tokenization of gold - Is this the future?
Dr. Philipp Reisert, Managing Partner, C.Hafner GmbH & Co. KG
Session: Silver and the platinum metals
Silver - the current market situation and what are the superpowers USA and China planning? *
Junlu Liang, Analyst, Metals Focus Ltd.
15.30 - 16.00 hrs Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Platinum metals - the current market situation and an outlook for the future *
Beresford Clarke, Managing Director, SFA (Oxford) Ltd.
Panel discussion: Silver and platinum metals as investment alternative
Sundowner Reception
17.00 - 18.00 Foyer Kap Europa
Conference dinner
Dinner Skyline Cruise on the Main, MS Nautilus
TUESDAY, 3/24/2026
Thematic focus - Prospects for trade + industry
Moderation through the day
Jessica Schwarzer, financial journalist and blogger
Greetings and situation report of the precious metals industry in Germany/Europe
York A. Tetzlaff, Managing Director, Fachvereinigung Precious Metals
Session: Germany's raw materials strategy between China and the USA
Finished? Germany and its raw materials situation
Stefan Müller, CEO
DGWA GmbH
A look at the USA
Erik Kirschbaum, correspondent and columnist
Los Angeles Times / WELT
A look at China
Dr. Christoph Hein, Journalist
Head of FAZ PRO World Economy, former FAZ correspondent SEA/China/Australia
Panel discussion on global raw materials policy and the consequences for (precious) metals
10.45 - 11.15 a.m. Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Session: Mining and recycling
Earth Mining - Are there enough new precious metals for the pipeline? An example from Canada *
Peter Tallmann, CEO
Klondike Gold Corp.
Urban Mining - So that not an ounce is lost: Recycling, not a fashionable topic, but a must!
Speaker will be published soon
Space mining - A topic calculated in years or in
decades?
Speaker will be published soon
Panel discussion: Germany, a global success story in recycling
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Session: Trends in precious metals trading and the industry
Industry: The management of precious metal risks at Volkswagen AG
Tim Schwerdtfeger, commodities and foreign exchange trader
Volkswagen AG
Industry: The situation in the jewelry industry in the face of high prices and crazy volatility
Joachim Dünkelmann, Managing Director
BV der Juweliere, Schmuck- und Uhrenfachgeschäfte e.V.
Industry: How important is ESG really for industrial customers and investors at the moment, and what should product providers pay attention to?
Hans-Werner Grunow, Managing Director
Capmarcon GmbH
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break/networking/visit to exhibition stands
Session: Future topics for the precious metals and financial sector
Germany without a bullion coin: Do we need a Krugerrand Made in Deutschy?
Speaker will be published soon
World without print: The future of marketing for the precious metals and financial sector as well as banks and asset managers
Rüdiger Schmitt, journalist and communications consultant
A world without cash: trends in precious metals logistics
Speaker will be published soon
Panel discussion on future topics for the precious metals and financial sector
Summary and farewell
Sundowner Reception
17.00 - 18.00 Foyer Kap Europa
* Lecture in English
Subject to change without notice
PROGRAM
Partner stage
BayernLB
Michael Eubel, Head of the Foreign Exchange & Precious Metals Department
Cinovo
Harry Fix, Managing Director
Precious metal trading: those who scale win the game, those who don't move with the times move with the times.
Scheer IDS
Stephan Koob, Product Manager
Are we still optimizing processes - or already skills? - Precious metal hedging as an example in the AI reality check - process logic vs. skill maturity level: where AI scales - and where it fails
Solit Management
Tim Schieferstein, Managing Director
Tera Automation
Tradium
World Gold Council
Claire Lincoln, Global Head of Institutional Investor
The role of gold within institutional portfolios and allocation trends *