Bullion Integrity Forum 2026

Connecting and Digitalizing the Precious Metal Industry Listen to experts and network with other stakeholders from the industry!

Information about the Forum:

Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026

Venue: Lake SideBellerivestrasse 170, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Registration: Tickets are on sale

AGENDA

08:30  Registration & Welcome Coffee

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09:00  Welcome Note

             Urs Röösli, CEO at aXedras

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09:10  Keynote 1: Presentation

            Ruth Crowell, Chief Executive of the LBMA

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09:35  WGC strategy on ASGM and the role of xTrace

            Andrew Hayes, Senior Advisor to WGC

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10:00  Enhancing Integrity with xTrace: Perspectives from the Early Adopters

             Panelists: Robin Kolvenbach (Co-CEO at Argor-Heraeus)

            Daniel Misiano (COO at Dynacor

Vanessa Hungerbühler (Head of Legal and Compliance at OCIM Metals

& Mining         

Madeleine Theron (Manager of Data Science and Analytics at Rand Refinery)

           Moderator: Dario Biedermann Product Manager – aXedras

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10:45  Coffee Break

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11:15  End-Customer App: Combined Authenticity Check & Integrity Certificate Lookup

            Diana Noecke, Corporate Development Manager at Argor-Heraeus

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11:35  Launch of the Swiss Precious Metals Transparency Platform: An ASMP Initiative Developed by aXedras

             Sabrina Karib, Executive Director at ASMP

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11:55  Shaping Switzerland’s Digital Precious Metals Future in a Competitive Environment

            Panelists

            Phaedon Stamatopoulos (Managing Director at MKS PAMP Ticino)

            Roger Hafner (Head Surveillance at Precious Metals Control)

    Alexandre Fellay (Group General Counsel at Metalor)

            Moderator: Sabrina Karib, Executive Director – ASMP

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12:30  Lunch

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14:00  Advancing Precious Metals Excellence: Insights into Primorum Initiative​​​

            Dirk Steinhoff, CEO at BFI Bullion

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14:20  Showcase: How the security feature FeaturePrint® is applied for refined precious metal products 

            Philip Derbyshire, Head of Customer Integration (GM Europe) at Alitheon

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14:40  Presentation of selected software solutions from aXedras' product suites for dealers and vaults

            Marco Persi, CPTO at aXedras AG​

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15:00  How AI (Artificial Intelligence) will impact our near future: Showcases of different industries 

André Bieri, Markets Leader Switzerland & Liechtenstein at EY Switzerland​

Adrian Ott, Partner - Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at EY Switzerland

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15:45  Closing remarks

 Urs Röösli, CEO –  aXedras

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16:00  Apéro