ProgrammeSessionList
Agenda

Wednesday, 9th June 2010

09:00
Chairman’s welcome
Chris Flood, Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

09:10
Keynote address – Overview of the global Silver market
  • How has Silver performed during the credit crisis?
  • Non industrial uses for silver – the size of the market
  • Key drivers of the silver investment market
  • Where is the market heading?

Senior Representative from HSBC


09:40
Investment in Silver
Philip Klapwijk, GFMS with an introduction by The Silver Institute

10:10
Charting institutional investor appetite for Silver
  • The impact of supply and demand on investor behaviour
  • Asset allocation
Suki Cooper, Precious Metals Analyst, Barclays

10:40
REFRESHMENTS

11:10
Panel: Investing in Silver – Practical issues
  • How to get exposure to Silver ETF’s
  • Where are the future investment opportunities going to be?
  • Risks of investing in Silver – dealing with volatility
  • Spot Silver
  • Mutual funds
  • Comparing Gold and Silver investing
  • The attractions of investing in physical silver
Moderator:
Chris Flood, Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times

Panelists:
Egon von Greyerz, Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG, GoldSwitzerland

Bayram Dincer, LGT Capital Management

12:00
How Mining Companies can lead the Economic Recovery
  • The macro view
  • The silver market
Dennis Wheeler, Chairman and CEO, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp

12:30
Fundamentals of Silver and how to gain access from an investors perspective
  • History of ETF Securities
  • AUM of our silver holdings
  • Fundamentals of silver
  • ETFS Silver offering
Shamim Mansoor, Precious Metals Analyst, ETF Securities

13:00
LUNCH

14:20
Silver Mining Panel: Diggers challenges
  • What are the challenges facing the industry?
  • Solutions
  • Prospects for Silver
  • New frontiers
Moderator:
The Silver Institute

Panelists:
Jaime Lomelin, CEO, Fresnillo

Dennis Wheeler, Chairman and CEO, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp

Geoff Burns, President and CEO, Pan American Silver Corp

15:10
Silver mine supply – Growth strategies
  • Silver mine supply
  • Future production
  • What does it mean for the silver market?
  • Growth strategies for a primary silver mining producer
  • Main aspects
Jaime Lomelin, CEO, Fresnillo

15:40
REFRESHMENTS

16:10
Managing political risk in Latin America
  • Political risk and mining assets
Geoff Burns, President and CEO, Pan American Silver Corp

17:15
DRINKS RECEPTION



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