Day - 1: Friday, August 03, 2018
THEME: Embracing Change
12:00 pm onwards
Room Check-ins and delegate registration
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Networking Lunch at CSM Hall, Exhibition at CSM Foyer, Ground Level)
Master Class (All sessions at Oman Hall, Level one)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Using Gold Options in bullion and jewellery business (case study) -
Mr Shivanshu Mehta, MCX -
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Mr Hemant Thukral, Aditya Birla Money
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Understanding building blocks of Block Chain Technology -
Mr Jitan Chandanani, IBM Blockchain Services -
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4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Update from gold mining countries
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Mr Joseph Yaw Aboagye, Director, Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Minerals Commission, Ghana (10 minutes) - Download PDF
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Mr Luis Miguel Cabello, Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Peru in India (10 minutes) - Download PDF
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Mr Marcus Loke, Senior Consultant, Myanmar Gold Development Public Co., Ltd. (10 minutes) - Download PDF
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Inaugural function
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Mr G Srivatsava, President, Foretell Business Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Shri Suresh Prabhu ji, Honourable Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Government of India
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Mr Mohit Kamboj, National President, IBJA
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Mr Pramod Agrawal, Chairman, GJEPC
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Mr Arjun Raychaudhuri, Managing Director & CEO, MMTC PAMP
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Mr P R Somasundaram, Managing Director-India, World Gold Council
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Mr Mrugank Paranjape, Managing Director & CEO, MCX
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Guest of honour: Shri Senthil Nathan S, IRS, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Keynote address - 1: Gold Markets in next five years: Opportunities and Challenges
Mr John Reade, Chief Market Strategist, World Gold Council
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6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Keynote address - 2: Some Reflections on Growth, Structural Change and Fiscal Policy in India
Dr. Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Special address - 1: "Mapping Gold Policy - Present to Future"
Prof. Arvind Sahay, Chairperson, India Gold Policy Centre
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
IIGC Excellence Awards
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cocktails and Dinner at CSM Hall
Day - 2: Saturday, August 04, 2018 (All sessions at Oman Hall, Level one)
THEME: Embracing Change
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Optional tour: Backwaters boating (within venue hotel)
7:00 am - 9:30 am
Breakfast for in-house guests
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Announcements
9:30 am - 10:10 am
Discussion - 1: The changing face of gold imports into India
Moderator:
Mr Rajesh Khosla, MMTC-PAMP Pvt Ltd -
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Panelists
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Mr Nirakar Chand, Diamond India Limited
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Mr Rashad Abelson, OECD
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Mr Johnson Lewis, Scotia Bank
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Mr Sunil Salunkhe, SJS Gold Pvt Ltd
10:10 am - 11:00 am
Discussion - 2: Niti Aayog Recommendation "Make in India in Gold"
Moderator:
Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan, Pahle India Foundation
Panelists
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Mr Vipin Raina, MMTC-PAMP Pvt Ltd
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Mr Karthik Raghupathy, Phonepe
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Mr K Srinivasan, Emerald Jewel Industry India
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Mr Harshad Ajmera, Indian Association of Hallmarking Centres
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Mr Abdul Nazar, Malabar Gold
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Mr Doug Henry, Birmingham Assay Office, UK - Download PDF
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Networking Break at Exhibition area
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Discussion - 3: Niti Aayog Recommendation "Proposed Bullion Exchange of India"
Moderator:
Mr P R Somasundaram, World Gold Council
Panelists
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Mr Prithviraj Kothari, RSBL
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Mr Chirag Thakkar, Amrapali
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Mr Dipesh Shah, GIFT City
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Mr Shivanshu Mehta, MCX
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Mr Sameer Patil, BSE
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Mr Nagendra Kumar, NSE
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Mr Sharad Jobanputra, Sequel Logistics
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Mr David Gornall, LBMA
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Discussion - 4: Niti Aayog Recommendation "Financialization of Gold"
Moderator:
Mr Mrugank Paranjape, MCX
Panelists
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Mr Jayant Pawania, Yes Bank
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Mr Amar Singh, J P Morgan
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Mr George Alexander Muthoot, Muthoot Group
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Mr Albert Cheng, SBMA
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Mr Sudheesh Nambiath, IGPC
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Mr Ashwini Kapoor, MMTC Limited
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Mr Gorakh Nath Yadav, India Government Mint
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Networking Lunch at CSM hall
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Discussion - 5: Niti Aayog Recommendation "Proposed domestic council, skill development and employability"
Moderator:
Mr S K Jindal, Jindal Group of CompaniesPanelists
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Mr Surendra Mehta, IBJA
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Dr. B Govindan, President, All Kerala Gold & Silver Merchants Association
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BIS Representative *
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Krastsvetmet - Download PDF
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Networking break at Exhibition area
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Discussion - 6: Niti Aayog Recommendation "Proposed tax reforms"
Moderator:
Mr Bhargava Vaidya, B N Vaidya & Associates
Panelists
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Mr Surendra Mehta, IBJA
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Mr James Jose, CGR Metalloys
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Price Outlook on gold and silver
Moderator:
Mr Chirag Sheth, Metals Focus - India Gold outlook -
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Panelists
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Mr Marcus Garvey, ICBC Standard - Global Gold outlook - Download PDF
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Mr Cameron Alexander, Thomson Reuters - Global Silver outlook - Download PDF
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Mr Vijay Murthy, Hindustan Zinc Limited - India Silver outlook
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Conference summary and valedictory function
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Optional tour: Backwaters boating (within venue hotel)
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Kerala Theme Dinner at CSM Hall sponsored by CGR Metalloys
Day - 3: Sunday, August 05, 2018
THEME: Embracing Change
07:00 am - 09:00 am
Optional tour: Backwaters boating (within venue hotel)
09:00 am - 10:00 am
Breakfast for in-house guests
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Check-out for in-house guests
