Events

At the 5th India International Bullion Summit (IIBS -5), the World Gold Council’s CEO Aram Shishmanian will be delivering the key note speech.

At the IFN World Leaders Summit - the World Gold Council’s Andrew Naylor, Director, Central Banks & Public Policy will be participating in a panel discussion with Islamic Finance industry leaders about gold’s prominence as of late in the Islamic world.

At African Mining Indaba 2018, the World Gold Council will again be highlighting gold’s value as a strategic asset and its positive contributions to economies and society, focusing specifically on the outlook for demand and the factors that drive gold performance.

Officially endorsed by the China Gold Association, Shanghai Gold Exchange and organised by IGVision, the 12th China Gold & Precious Metals Summit 2017 will be held in Shanghai China. As China's largest precious metals conference for knowledge-sharing and partnership opportunities, over 300 professionals representing producers, dealers, brokers, central bank and shippers will gather together to pay close attention to China's efforts to secure steady mine production, precious metal demand prospects and market development, and international cooperation by leading Chinese gold producers.

Roland Wang, Managing Director, China, World Gold Council will be presenting a session on global gold demand and supply while also exploring trends in product development in gold trading and investments.

IIFM pre-conference day seminar at WIBC 2017. "Gold in Islamic finance and products standardization", Thuraya Ballroom, Art Rotana Hotel, Amwaj Islands, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Co-hosted with the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and the Central Bank of Costa Rica

Co-hosted with the Deutsche Bundesbank the expert panel is aimed at central bank employees who are involved in accounting and banking supervision. The course aims to discuss current issues in international accounting, mainly – but not only – related to problems in the accounting of financial instruments from the perspective of central bankers and banking supervisors.

Following the launch of the Shari’ah Standard on Gold on 5 December 2016, a roadshow was held across the Middle East and South East Asia. This series of events brought together Islamic finance market practitioners, investors, product development teams and Shari’ah scholars to discuss how to apply the Standard, increase the role of gold in the Islamic finance system and develop new Shari’ah compliant gold products.

After a successful couple of years at UC Berkeley, the World Gold Council brought its flagship Executive Programme in Reserve Asset Management to the University of Cambridge in 2016.