Programme Highlights & Outline

The programme has a specific theme on each of the three days – starting with Global Challenges, moving to New Horizons, and then debating Future Opportunities.

The structure of the programme will be modular, with plenary sessions on each day covering the big issues, streamed sessions focusing on the collector, circulation and bullion markets, and then interactive break-out sessions (workshops) diving even deeper into specific topics. This format provides the opportunity to cover a multitude of topics relating to coins and the minting industry, with plenty to excite the interest and appetites of everyone.

Topics covered will include:

Collector coins – innovation, legal tender status, designs and trends, creating a successful secondary market
Bullion – creating an ethical business model, the investment case
Circulating coins – the note/coin boundary, seigniorage, optimising the denomination mix
Technology and innovation – in materials, design and production, quality control and inspection, processing, authentication, marketing
Tools and techniques for creating the next generation of coin enthusiast
Case studies of successful coin campaigns
Corporate social responsibility – making the industry and its products clean, green and ethically responsible
The full programme will be published in mid-February.

Friday 24 April

Day

Pre-conference tour (optional) of South African Mint (Pretoria)

Sunday 26 April

Day

City and mountain tour

PM

Registration

Evening

Welcome Cocktail Reception

Monday 27 April

Day

Global Challenges – Plenary sessions and technical and marketing breakout sessions

Evening

African Dinner

Tuesday 28 April

Day

New Horizons – Plenary sessions and technical and marketing breakout sessions

Evening

Cocktail Reception and then Free Evening

Wednesday 29 April

Day

Future Opportunities Plenary sessions and technical and marketing breakout sessions

PM

Scenic drive to Farewell function

Evening

Farewell Dinner – Coin and Packaging Competition Awards

Thursday 30 April

Day

Post-conference tour (optional) of South African Mint (Pretoria)