8th World Copper Conference
31 March - 2 April 2009
Grand Hyatt, Santiago, Chile

08:30 Welcome to the Conference
Nick Morgan, CEO - CRU Group
Nicola Coslett, CEO - CRU Events

Chairman for Day 1
Jorge Bande, Director, CESCO

Inauguration by Santiago Gonzalez, Minister of Mines

Keynote Presentation
Crisis in the Copper Industry: Codelco’s Vision
Jose Pablo Arellano, President & CEO - Codelco-Chile

Chilean Copper production, capacity and competiveness
Diego Hernández, President, BHP Billiton Base Metals

Keynote Presentation
Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman - Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.

Copper Consumption - Structurally Vulnerable?
Jon Barnes Principal Consultant – Copper Fabricating - CRU Analysis

Ins and Outs of the Current Mining & Smelting Markets
Javier Targhetta, Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales/President
Freeport McMoRan Gold & Copper/Atlantic Copper

COFFEE BREAK Hosted by: FINNING CAT

Global Copper Recycling Trends
Carlos Risopatron, Head of Environment and Economics - International Copper Study Group

Declaring Force Majeure on the Supercycle
Adam Rowley, Executive Director, Commodities Research
Macquarie Securities (Europe) Ltd

Seeking Sanity in an Uncertain World
Jeremy Goldwyn, Business Developer Sucden UK Ltd

Risk Management and Performance Reporting: A Holistic View for the
Mining Industry
Rodrigo Andai, Director of Product Strategy, Mincom

Strategies in Times of Crisis
Juan Ignacio Guzman, Senior Consultant, CRU Strategies, Santiago

LUNCHEON IN THE MARQUEE ON THE HOTEL TERRACE
HOSTED BY: MINCOM

COCKTAIL RECEPTION IN THE MARQUEE ON THE HOTEL TERRACE
HOSTED BY: EKA 

Thursday 2 April

SESSION TWO: MANAGING THE CRISIS

08:30 Chairman for Day 2
Isabel Marshall, Partner and CEO, GS3 Consultants

Vice President of the Republic - Opening Address 
Keynote Presentation: The Copper Downturn and its Impact on the Domestic Economy
Andres Velasco, Minister of Finance

Keynote presentation
Identifying Hidden Opportunities in the Crisis 
Marcelo Awad, CEO, Antofagasta Minerals S.A.   

Keynote Presentation
Robert Friedland, Chairman - Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum Ltd. (Ivanplats)

The African Copperbelt – An Overview of Recent Copper Project Activity
Tim Smith, Vice President, Copper - SNC-Lavalin

COFFEE BREAK Hosted by: FINNING CAT

Chile’s Copper Industry: Reaction to the Crisis and Future Challenges
Ana Zúñiga, Research and Policy Planning Director - Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO)

CRU PRM Copper Price Component Analysis – How Effective Were the
2008 Simulation Results
Jim Southwood, President - CRU Price Risk Management

HERO TO ZERO! - From valuable raw material to waste disposal, which way forward for Sulphuric Acid in the Copper industry?
Joanne Peacock, Research Manager - British Sulphur Consultants

Copper: A Demand and Supply Situation for Over 100 Years
Gianni Kovacevic, Corporate Development Strategist- Global Opportunities

The Shipping Cycle - Ocean Transportation Trends for Copper Cathodes, Concentrates and Sulphuric Acid
Eric Garrison, Commercial Director – Latin America - C. Steinweg (Brasil ) Ltda

Keynote Closing Remarks
Hans Timmer, Manager, Development Prospects Group, World Bank

13:00: Summing up and Close of Conference

13:15  LUNCHEON IN THE MARQUEE ON THE HOTEL TERRACE
HOSTED BY: FLUOR

There is simultaneous Spanish and English interpreting throughout the
whole conference
 

For more information on this conference, please contact: 
Sabine Sebode, CRU Events,
31 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AD, UK
Tel: +44 20 7903 2167
Fax: +44 20 7903 2432
Email: sabine.sebode@crugroup.com