Golden Hephaestus

Victor Kovalenko, EY Regional Director in Central Asia, Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus

Victor Kovalenko, EY Regional Director in Central Asia, Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus

OPENING WORDS

Zhenis Kassymbek, Minister of Investments and Development of Kazakhstan*

GENERAL MARKET TRENDS IN A MINING SECTOR GLOBALLY

Reichl Christian Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism, Austria
Tsuyoshi Adachi
Eduardo Ledsham

TOP-10 BUSINESS RISKS IN MINING THE SPEECH IS BASED ON EY’S ANNUAL REPORT ON THE TOP-10 BUSINESS RISKS FACING THE SECTOR IN 2018

Ksenia Babushkina, EY Advisory Leader for Central Asia and Caucasus, former Advisory executive from EY Canada

COFFEE BREAK

THE DIGITAL DISCONNECT IN MINING: PROBLEM OR PATHWAY?

Panel discussion with the following topics to cover:
Who will benefit most from the next wave of digital transformation?
Digital disruption: why miners should embrace change?
Robotics process automation (RPA)
Cyber security – one of thee key business risks for the mines of future
How to avoid the pitfalls - cases from industry players

Panelists:
Oberrauner Andreas Senior Mining Engineer from Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology
Claire Tuder, CEO of Micromine company and Advisory Council Member at METS Ignited Australia Ltd
Klebanov Dmitry Business development director of VIST Group
Zhanar Amanzholova
Bruce Gaston, CEO of the Darmen Technology and Solutions *
Sam Bose, Founder and CEO of the IntelliSense.io
Moderator: Heidi Vella, a journalist from the Mining Technology *

LUNCH

OPERATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY OF MINING COMPANIES

Dmitry Kovalev, Director Mining and Metals Advisory, EY

MINERALS AND CAPITAL: THE COMMODITIES OF THE FUTURE AND RAISING A CAPITAL TO MINE THEM

“HOW ECONOMIC FACTORS PREDICT METAL PRICES VOLATILITY?”
LI WENHUA, doctor of the Akita University of Japan

“INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF MINERALS IN KAZAKHSTAN. OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS THE NMC TAU-KEN SAMRUK PROPOSES TO THE MARKET”
Alibek Arshabekov, Chief Development Officer of NMC Tau-Ken Samruk

A panel discussion to cover the following topics:
M&A and capital raising in the mining sector: trends and outlook
What is the industry’s ability to satisfy the returns demanded from its investors?
What’s next for mining companies in area of capital raising?
What are the commodities of the future? What Kazakhstan could propose here to the world?

Panelists:
Michael Lynch-Bell, Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, KAZ Minerals
Dean McPherson Head of Business Development Global Mining, TMX Group (a parent company of the Toronto Stock Exchange)
Andrey Tsalyuk
Nurlan Saurambayev
Alina Aldambergen, Chairwoman of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange
Moderator: Henry Sanderson, a metals&mining reporter of the Financial Times *

COFFEE BREAK

PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE IN MINING POLICY REFORMS MADE UNTIL TO BE A COMPETITIVE MINING COUNTRY

Romulo Mucho, former Former Vice-Minister of Mines and Congressman of the Republic of Peru

FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR MINERS

Panel discussion with a QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS session. Topics to talk about:
The future of talent. People displacement and what this mean for talent management planning; the Future of Work and what should the business model look like in the future, etc.
Regime risk. Protectionism is rising, obviously the Trump effect etc.
Talking of cars. The expected rapid uptake (or not) of electric/battery vehicles (note Tesla market cap is now greater than Ford), good for battery products producers (lithium, cobalt, copper), interesting for base load energy generators like thermal coal (the batteries still have to be charged and wind/solar is not yet the answer).
Other thoughts. Apple announced that they want to move towards 100% recycled goods in their products going forwards, rather than out of the ground commodities. So, how do mining companies reinvent themselves if this is where consumers are going. The reality is they all need to keep an eye on end users – aluminium producers thought they were the obvious replacement to steel in the auto sector, but with lighter, driverless cars, more likely it will be neither of these materials.

Panelists:
Isabelle van Notten Member of the Advisory Council of the Responsible Mining Index
Riaz Rizvi
Michael Lynch-Bell, Deputy Chair and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, KAZ Minerals
Alexander Mashkevich, Chairman of ERG *
Paramjit Kahlon, CEO of ArcelorMittal CIS *
Henry Sanderson, a metals&mining reporter of the Financial Times

Moderator: Victor Kovalenko, EY Regional Director in Central Asia, Caucasus, Ukraine and Belarus