Master of Ceremonies
Rui Galopim de Carvalho, FGA DGA
Gem Education Consultant
Featured Speakers
Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri PhD
President, CIBJO
Susan Jacques
President and CEO - GIA
Sumed Prasongpongchai
Director General of The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand
Speakers
Dr. Aaron Palke
Senior Research Scientist, GIA
Prof. Dr. Adriano Mol
Head of the Center for Gemstone and Lapidary Design
Andrew Lucas
President & Co-founder, Guild Institute of Gemology
Ara Vartanian
Founder and Creative Director of Ara Vartanian
Armil Sammoon
CEO, Sapphire Cutters Ltd
Branko Deljanin
President and Head Gemologist at CGL Canadian Gemlab
Brecken Branstrator
Editor-in-Chief of the GemGuide
Brian Cook
Nature's Geometry
Carla Christina Fernandes Pinheiro
Vice President of Institutional Relations, IBGM
Çiğdem Lüle
AIJV (Association of Independent Jewelry Valuers)
Damien Cody
ICA President
Douglas Hucker
ICA CEO
Dr. Stella Bijos Guimarães
Geosciences Researcher
Dr. William Freire
Founding Partner of William Freire & Associates
Elle Hill
Founder and CEO, Hill & Co.
Gianluca Maina
Global Marketing Director, Fura
Marcos Vale
Executive for International Investments at ApexBrasil
Hermano Ferro
Auditor at National Export Control Division Federal Revenue and Customs of Brazil
Ioannis Alexandris
CEO, Gemolithos Group
Johanna Levy
Vice President of Environmental, Social and Governance Programs
José Silva Soares
Federal Deputy Minas Gerais
Joseph Menzie
Founder & CEO, GPS
Julevania Alves Olegário
Acting Director of the Department of Sustainable Mining Development
Manoel Bernardes
Vice President of Education and Innovation at IBGM
Manuela Soares
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at ArtOuro & Gemas
Marcelo Ribeiro
President - Belmont Emeralds
Clarissa Franco
Coordinator for Industry and Services, Apex-Brasil
Miriam Mimo Kamau Caplan
Founder and Director, Mimo Gem Trader
Prof. Giorgio de Tomi
Director at USP Centre for Responsible Mining
Rodrigo Rollemberg
Deputy Minister for Green Economy, Decarbonization, and Bioindustry
Roseli Duque
President - IBGM
Samuel Sabbagh
CFO - Ben Sabbagh Bros
Sara E. Yood, Esq.
JVC President, CEO & General Counsel
Tasso Mendonça Junior
Director at the National Mining Agency (ANM)
Tim Denning
Director of the Colored gemstone Division at Bonas Group
Vincent Pardieu
Field Gemologist
Wim Vertriest
Manager, Field Gemology - GIA
