Provisional Programme
Sunday 31 October
12:00 – Registration Opens
13:30 – MDC Technical Committee
15:30 – Visit to Table Mountain
18:00 – Welcome Cocktail Reception at Life Grand Café, Waterfront
Monday 1 November – Global Challenges
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Session 1: Welcome and Keynote
09:00
Conference Opening
Honey Mamabolo, Managing Director
South African Mint (South Africa)
09:10
Welcome to South Africa
Alan Winde, Premier Western Cape
(South Africa)
09:25
Introduction and Conference Overview
Ross MacDiarmid, Secretary General
Mint Directors Conference (Australia)
09:40
Keynote Speaker
Brett Scott, Campaigner and Author
Heretics Guide to Finance (UK)
10:10
Coins and Minting in the Cashless Society
Ross MacDiarmid, Secretary General
Mint Directors Conference (Australia)
10:25
Cash versus Cashless: Separating Fact from Fiction
Andrea Nitsche
International Currency Association (Germany)
10:45
Q&A and Panel Discussion: Global Challenges Facing Cash and Coins
Marc Schwartz (Chair)
Monnaie de Paris (France)
11:15 – Morning break
Session 2
Stream A: Coin/Note Boundary
12:00
The Benefits of Replacing the 200 Tenge Banknote with a New Coin
Aziya Ibrayeva
Kazakhstan Mint (Kazakhstan)
Zhomart Kazhmuratov
Kazakhstan Mint (Kazakhstan)
12:30
How the Coin/Note Structure Affects Coin Circulation
Jon Cameron
Cameron Associates (USA)
Stream B: Collector Coins
11:45
Olympic and Paralympic Coin and Medal Programmes
Japan Mint
(Japan)
12:00
Customer Insights and Success in Numismatics
Tom Froggatt
Royal Canadian Mint (Canada)
13:05 – Lunch break
Session 3: Workshops (repeated in Session 7)
15:30 – Afternoon break
Session 4
Stream A: Circulating Coins
16:00
Circulating Coin: The Changing Eco-System in Supply and Front-End Demand for Coins in South Africa
South African Reserve Bank
(South Africa)
16:15
Coins and Banknotes: A European Perspective
Speaker TBC
16:30
New Solutions for Coin Circulation
Ron Delnevo
Cash Learning Partnership (formerly ATMIA) (UK)
Stream B: Technologies
16:00
Incorporating Biology into Minting
Peter Dimitrov
Bulgarian Mint (Bulgaria)
Hristo Dimitrov
Bulgarian Mint (Bulgaria)
16:15
Alternative Methods for Producing Dies
Richard Robidoux
US Mint (USA)
16:30
Automated Coin And Blank Inspection
Siemowit Kalukiewicz
Mint of Poland (Poland)
18:30 – Dinner at GOLD, City Centre
Tuesday 2 November – New Horizons
08:00 – MDC Internal Affairs Meeting (closed session)
Session 5: Opening and Keynote
10:00
Introduction and Summary of Previous Day
Honey Mamabolo
South African Mint (South Africa)
10:15
Keynote Speaker: Back to the Future
Mark Sham
Entrepreneur (South Africa)
11:00
MDC Customer Task Force
Dieter Merkle
Schuler Group (Germany)
12:00
Future Opportunities for Coins in a Digital World
Marc Schwartz
Monnaie de Paris (France)
12:30 – Lunch break
Session 6
Stream A: Security
(Closed meeting for MDC members, other state mints and central banks)
Stream B: Precious Metal Coins
13:30
Using the Courts and IP Law to go After Counterfeiters
Lior Lichtmann
Bank of Israel (Israel)
13:45
Security Features of Coins Handbook: An Update
Ingmar Gruendel
Crane Payment Innovations (Germany)
Xianyao Li
Royal Canadian Mint (Canada)
14:00
Coin Design Handbook: Sensor Sensitivity Study
Ingmar Gruendel
European Vending Association (Belgium)
14:15
Future Enhanced Technology in Coins: Three-Component Coins
Pascal Rencker
Monnaie de Paris (France)
13:30
Panel Discussion: The Interface Between Bullion and Proof
Moderator TBC
14:00
The New European Regulation on Ethical Gold
Ruth Crowell
London Bullion Market Association (UK)
14:15
The Krugerrand: Past, Present and Future
Richard Collocott
Prestige Bullion (South Africa)
14:50 – Afternoon break
Session 7: Workshops
17:00 – Drinks in the Reception Area, then Free Evening
Wednesday 3 November – Future Opportunities
Session 8: Opening and Presentations
08:45
Introduction and Summary of Previous Day
Honey Mamabolo
South African Mint (South Africa)
08:55
Environmental Best Practice Case Studies
Speaker TBC
Royal Australian Mint, and others
09:40
Benchmarking
MDC Benchmarking Team
Peter Huber (State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg), Manfred Matzinger-Leopold (Austrian Mint), Günther Waadt (Bavarian State Mint), Patrick Gimmi (Wertli) (Germany/Switzerland)
10:10 – Morning break
Session 9: Presentations, Keynote, Closing
10:40
Future Opportunities Panel Discussion: Where will the Mint Industry be in 10 Years’ Time… and is This Where We Want to be?
Panel of Mints
11:40
Janine Murphy Scholar of 2018-2019 (the Next Generation)
Nattawut Sangsawang
Royal Thai Mint (Thailand)
11:55
MDC Future Plans
Ross MacDiarmid
(Australia)
12:10
Summary of Four Workshops/Action Plan
Ross MacDiarmid
(Australia)
12:40
Keynote Speaker
Lesetja Kganyago, Governor
South African Reserve Bank (South Africa)
12:55
Closing Remarks
MDC/SA Mint
13:30 – Lunch break
16:00 – Scenic Coastal Drive and Dinner at Cape Point Vineyards, Noordhoek
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