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Presentations from FinEx 2008
DAY 1: Wednesday 27th October
SESSION 1: Mining-financial framework in UK: achievements and challenges
Chair: Nigel Jackson CBI Minerals Group

Accessing finance for mining companies

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Claire Dorrian – Senior Manager, Product Management, AIM

Junior miners – is there life after debt?

Dr Tim Williams - Director, Global Mining and Metals, Ernst & Young

The international mining service sector in the UK and Ireland

Dr Clive Hallett - Principal, CRT Minerals; Project Manager, MIRO (Minerals Industry Research Organization)

The British Geological Survey’s (BGS) role in overseas mineral exploration

Prof. John Ludden – Director, British Geological Survey

SESSION 2: Supply and demand – foreseeing the future
Chair: Graham Brown Anglo American Corporation

Commodities – is there a Super-Cycle?

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Chris Watling – CEO & Chief Markets Strategist, Longview Economics

Meeting the world’s metals needs

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bill Scotting – Exec VP, Head of Strategy, ArcelorMittal

The uses and abuses of metal market analysis

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Phillip Crowson - Hon. Prof., Univ. Dundee; former Director, London Metal Exchange

SESSION 3: IR and PR – getting the message across
Chair: Tony Mahalski Chairman, LM Associates

The value of sponsored research to a plc

Gabriel Didham – MD, Objective Capital Research Ltd

To spin or not to spin?

Hugo de Salis – Principal, St Brides Media & Finance Ltd

How to get the market to work for you

John Meyer – Head of Resources, Fairfax ISL plc

SESSION 4: Markets and regulation – reward and risk
Chair: Iain Duncan – Simmons & Simmons

Technical reports – who needs them?

Christopher Hall – Mining Consultant, Grant Thornton

Minerals reporting standards in Europe

Dr Stephen Henley – Deputy Chairman, PERC (Pan-European Reserves & Resources Reporting Committee); MD, Resources Computing International Ltd

Environmental and social issues - what investors should know about the risks

Fergus Anckorn – Technical Director, AMEC Earth and Environmental (UK) Ltd

Mining scams – then and now, and how to spot them

Dr Chris Hinde – Editorial Director, Mining Journal, AspermontUK


DAY 2: Thursday 28th October
SESSION 1: Where do we go from here?
Chair: Richard Chase – Ambrian Partners

Mining financing in frontier countries

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr Sacha Backes – Investment Officer, Oil, Gas, Mining, & Chemicals, International Finance Corporation

Mineral commodities in 2010 – what are we exploring for and where?

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Laurence Robb – Univ. Oxford; Director, Savannah Gold Ltd

The new risk landscape

Tanya Costello – Associate Director, Control Risks

Future financing trends in the mining sector

Michael Lynch-Bell – Partner, Global Mining & Metals, Ernst & Young/td>

SESSION 2: BRICS jurisdictions and their long-term impact
Chair: Mark Parker – African Eagle Resources plc

China's mining sector: a macroeconomic perspective

Cedric Chehab – Head of Commodities Research & Strategy, Business Monitor International

China from a practical perspective

Roger Goodwin – President & Group Finance Director, Griffin Mining Ltd

Brazil: a major-company perspective on mining and exploration opportunities

Graham Brown - Group Head, Geoscience & Exploration, Anglo American

SESSION 3: Value-driven exploration
Chair: Dr Barry Lisle - President, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Adding value in gold exploration: beyond technology and drilling

SIR JULIUS WERNHER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Prof. Neil Phillips – Univ. Melbourne; Phillipsgold Pty Ltd

Valuing gold companies

Charles Gibson - Sector Head, Mining Research, Edison Investment Research Ltd

Medium- and long-term market influences: what is the equilibrium price for tomorrow's copper?

Paul Dewison– Research Manager, Bloomsbury Mineral Economics

Future sources of zinc - a geologist's perspective from Europe

Dr Duncan Large – Consulting Geologist

SESSION 4: The right ingredients
Chair: to be confirmed

The perfect mix – an advisor’s view

Richard Chase – Managing Director, Ambrian Partners

Why do some companies succeed and others fail? – Avoiding the pitfalls

Charles Kernot – Director, Metals & Mining, Evolution Securities Ltd

SESSION 5: The contribution of the university sector and CEPD
Chair: – Dr Iain McDonald – Cardiff University

Benefits of student placements with exploration companies as illustrated by the Cardiff University BSc in Exploration and Resource Geology

Dr Hazel Pritchard – Director, Exploration & Resources BSc, Cardiff University

Masters-level courses: experiences of working with the minerals industry

Dr Charlie Moon – Programme Leader, MSc Mining Geology, Camborne School of Mines

Training of economic geology PhD’s - a perspective from NERC facilities

Dr Adrian Boyce - Manager, NERC Isotope Community Support Facility, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Add another string to your bow

Liv Carroll – Senior Business Analyst, Gemcom Software International Inc.