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
Jewelry Designer
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
Kybele LLC
Damien Cody
ICA President
Douglas Hucker
ICA CEO
Dr. William Freire
Founding Partner of William Freire & Associates
Elle Hill
Founder and CEO, Hill & Co.
Francisco Valdir Silveira
Director of Geology and Mineral Resources, SGB/CPRM
Gianluca Maina
Global Marketing Director, Fura
Helena Bonna Brandão
Foreign Investment Manager at ApexBrasil
Hermano Ferro
Auditor at National Export Control Division Federal Revenue and Customs of Brazil
Ioannis Alexandris
CEO, Gemolithos Group
Johanna Levy
VP of Business Development and Head of Sustainability, GIA
José Silva Soares
Federal Deputy Minas Gerais
Joseph Menzie
Founder & CEO, GPS
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
Roseli Duque
President - IBGM
Rupak Sen
Chief Marketing Officer at Fura
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
