Monday 8th February 2010 - Venue: London Metal Exchange

Optional LME Education course

Introduction to the LME and Hedging course. The course will  cover, the LME and the services that it offers, the basics of trading and hedging and will include practical examples and workshops on hedging with futures. For further details click here.

08:30 : Registration and refreshments
09:00 : Course start
17:00 : Course finish

Tuesday 9th February 2010 - Venue: London Metal Exchange

Optional LME Education course (for delegates that have registered for this course) - details as above

Cocktail Reception

You are invited to join the LME and its members at a cocktail reception to celebrate the launch of the minor metals contracts. Held on the LME’s trading floor known as the ‘Ring’ you will have the opportunity to meet with key individuals from the broader metals community as well as key decision makers in the cobalt and molybdenum markets.

18:00 Delegate registration

18:30 - 20:30 Cocktail reception

Wednesday 10th February 2010 - Venue: Glaziers’ Hall

Cobalt and Molybdenum Conference

08:30 - 09:00 Registrations & refreshments

Managing minor metals risk with the London Metal Exchange

09:00 Welcome and keynote address,  Martin Abbott, Chief Executive Officer, London Metal Exchange

Regulation and transparency  

09:30 Keynote address - Regulation at the London Metal Exchange, Diarmuid O’Hegarty, Deputy Chief Executive, London Metal Exchange

10:00 Panel Discussion - The role of the speculator

Diarmuid O’Hegarty, Deputy Chief Executive, London Metal Exchange
Peter Koken, Managing Director, ThyssenKrupp Metallurgie GmbH
Gonzalo Cuadra, Managing Director, Chile Copper

10:30 Morning refreshment break

Physical delivery masterclass

11:00  Introduction - Chris Evans, New Product Manager, London Metal Exchange

11:20 The role of the broker in LME warehousing, Andrew Silver, Account Executive, Natixis Commodity Markets

11.50  Presentation & discussion - Physical delivery issues and mechanisms, Mike Cotterill, Consultant to the London Metal Exchange & Chris Evans, New Products Manager, London Metal Exchange

12:30 Lunch

The transition to an exchange market

13:30 Keynote address - The benefits of the LME from a producer perspective, Gonzalo Cuadra, Managing Director, Chile Copper Limited

14:00 Using the LME - consumer perspective, Deborah Stott, Purchasing Director UK and Europe, Firth Rixson

14:30 Price discovery and the LME - Chris Evans, New Product Manager, London Metal Exchange

15:00 Why companies hedge?, Catherine Markey, Head of Education, London Metal Exchange  

15:30 Coffee break

The role of hedging

16:00 Hedging minor metals risk - a banker's perspective, Par Melander, Head of Commodity Sales, Handelsbanken Capital Markets

16:30 Panel discussion : Hedging

Panellists include:          

Nick French, Operations Manager, SFP Metals UK    
Iain Paterson, LN MetalsPär Melander, Head of Commodity Sales, Handelsbanken Capital Markets                
Deborah Stott, Purchasing Director UK & Europe, Firth Rixson
Catherine Markey, Head of Education, London Metal Exchange

17:00 Closing Remarks

Cocktail Reception - Metal-Pages' 10th Anniversary

17:30 - 20:30 All delegates are invited to a cocktail party to celebrate Metal-Pages' 10th anniversary

Thursday 11th February 2010 - Venue: London Metal Exchange

Optional LME Education course (for delegates that have registered for this course) - details as above