SPEAKERS
World-renowned international speakers at the World Emerald Symposium include representatives from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC), Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC) and major global luxury brands such as Van Cleef & Arpels and LVMH. Please find further details about our speakers below.
The three-day event will address the challenges and opportunities facing by the emerald industry, with presentations from over 60 speakers and experts, panel discussions, working groups and hands-on training.
Topics at the WES2 will focus mainly on challenges related to mining and geology, gemology and laboratory testing, harmonization of color names and practices, consumer education and awareness, corporate social responsibility, traceability, compliance, ethics, sustainability, branding and marketing. There will also be discussions about new technologies such as blockchain that are already having an impact on the emerald industry.
The world’s major trade associations will also be in attendance, including the International Colored Gemstone Association, World Jewellery Confederation, Thai Gem & Jewelry Traders Association, China’s National Gemstone Testing Center, Gemstone Association of China, India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Council, and many more.
Leading gemological laboratories will also be represented.
Ahmed Bin Sulayem – KeyNote Speaker
Executive Chairman, DMCC
Doug Hucker – SPEAKERS
CEO, AMERICAN GEM TRADE ASSOCIATION
Shri Pramod Agarwal – KeyNote Speaker
President, GJEPC
Clement Sabbagh – KeyNote Speaker
President, ICA
Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri – KeyNote Speaker
President, CIBJO (WORLD JEWELLERY CONFEDERATION)
Cathelijne Klomp – SPEAKERS
Environmental Project Manager RAW MATERIALS & SUPPLY CHAIN, LVMH
Edward Johnson – SPEAKERS
Director, Business Development, RESPONSIBLE JEWELLERY COUNCIL
Tony Brooks – SPEAKERS
Vice President, TGJTA
Daniel Nyfeler – SPEAKERS
PHD, Managing Director, GUBELIN GEM LAB LTD
Alan Hart – SPEAKERS
CEO, GEM A
MSc, Olivier Segura – SPEAKERS
Scientific Director, L’ECOLE DES ARTS JOAILLIERS supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Shane Mc Clure – SPEAKERS
GIA Senior, Gemologist, GIA
Ph.D. Taijin Lu – SPEAKERS
Chief Researcher, NGTC
Gagan Choudhary – SPEAKERS
Director, GEM LABORATOTY JAIPUR
Prida Tiasuwan – SPEAKERS
Chairman, PRANDA GROUP
Bryan Lees – SPEAKERS
Owner and President, COLLECTORS EDGE
Edward Mendelson – SPEAKERS
MBA, Project Lead - Sustainable Supply Chain, EVERLEDGER
Ph.D. Gaston Giuliani – SPEAKERS
Faculty, CRPG NANCY
Ph.D. Gian Carlo Parodi – SPEAKERS
Professor, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Warren Boyd – SPEAKERS
BSc, FGA. FCGmA, FGAC, Gemologist & Geologist, President R.T. Boyd Limited
Ph.D. Lee Groat – SPEAKERS
Ph.D. University of Manitoba
Dev Shetty – SPEAKERS
CEO, FURA
Jack Cunningham – SPEAKERS
Sustanibility Director, GEMFIELDS
Vincent Pardieu – SPEAKERS
Field Gemologist & Consultant, Emerald Field Gemology in Madagascar, DANAT - Bahrain Institute for Pearls and Gemstones
Thierry Falise – SPEAKERS
Photographer and Author
Richa Goyal Sikri – SPEAKERS
Curator, Content Creator
Ioannis Alexandris – SPEAKERS
CEO, GEMOLITHOS high end antique jewelry
Ronald Ringsrud – SPEAKERS
The gem business
Andy Lucas – SPEAKERS
Education: the Path to the Chinese Market
Minister Of Mines Colombia – KeyNote Speaker
Minister of Mines
APRECOL Colombia – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Asociación de Productores de Esmeraldas de Colombia
ANM Colombia – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Agencia Nacional Minera
FEDESMERALDAS COLOMBIA – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Federacion Colombiana de Esmeraldas, FEDESMERALDAS
ASOCOESMERALDAS COLOMBIA – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Asociación Colombiana de Comerciantes de Esmeraldas
Guillermo Galvis – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
PRESIDENT OF ACODES
Ph.D Tiajin Lu – SPEAKERS
Chief Researcher, Testing Center (NGTC)
Md Luca Maiotti – SPEAKERS
Policy Analyst at OECD - OCDE, Responsible mineral supply chains, OCDE
Charles Burges – KeyNote Speaker
Director, Director, Muzo MTC
CDTEC Gabriel Angarita – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
CEO, Naturalys the next step in Emerald Fillers, CDTEC GEMLAB
SSEF Jean-Pierre Chalain – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
The cleaning process of large and valuable emeralds, SSEF
Ph.D Claudio Milisenda – SPEAKERS
Director, Gemmological characteristics of emeralds from Ethiopia, DSEF German Gem Lab
DANAT Kenneth Scarratt – SPEAKERS
DANAT
MUZO Carlos Contreras – SPEAKERS
Mine Director, Muzo MTC
Ph.D Laurent Cartier – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Core Team, Gemstone Hub
Charles Chaussepied – SPEAKERS
Chief Board, RJC
IBGM Sergio Martins – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
IBGM
GAC Zhao Xin Huo – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Deputy Director of International Cooperation Departament, GAC
FGA, Joanna Hardy – SPEAKERS
Emerald 21 centuries of jewelled opulence, Independent fine jewellery specialist
Gerard Martayan – SPEAKERS
Gérard Martayan (b. 1961)
Danny Arteaga – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
CMO, New opportunities of the emerald industry using blockchain technology, Gemera
GACC Yi Liu – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Supervisor, GAC Capital
Clemencia Plazas – SPEAKERS
Clemencia Plazas - SPEAKERS
Dr Edwin Molina – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Colombian Emerald Producers Association
Sr Algy Strutt – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Gemfields
Sra Elena Basaglia – SPEAKERS
Gemfields
Jean Claude Michelou – MODERATOR
Gems and Jewelry resource strategists, ICA
Aurélien Delaunay – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Head of Department, Managing Director, Laboratoire Français de Gemmologie LFG
Adise Mekonnen – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Ethiopia Emerald Mining at Halo- Shakiso and Geology, Shakiso
VICE-MINISTER Carolina Rojas – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Vice Minister of Mines, Ministry of Mines Colombia
Gabriel Felipe Niño – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Gabriel Felipe Niño
Carlos Amaya – KeyNote Speaker
Governor of state of Boyacá, Boyacá State
Oscar Baquero – KeyNote Speaker
President, President, Fedesmeraldas
Alvaro Rojas – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
President, ASOCOESMERALD
Wilfredo Lopez Piedrahita – SPEAKERS
President CCRR, La Comisión Colombiana de Recursos y Reservas Minerales (CCRR), La Comisión Colombiana de Recursos y Reservas Minerales (CCRR)
Jaime David Rotlewicz Cohen – SPEAKERS
Gerente General, Gerente General, GEMTEC CI SAS
Philippe Boland – SPEAKERS
Advisor at GEMERA, Advisor at GEMERA, Gemera
Lucas Lu – SPEAKERS
Vicepresident IBC, Vice President of Shenzhen Shuibei Jewelry Co., Ltd., IBC International Business Center
Ph.D Assheton S Carter – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
The Dragonfly Initiative, CEO, The Dragonfly Initiative
Gerardo Vargas – SPEAKERS
CEO & Co-Founder EGREGOR, Director “Esmeralda de Colombiana- Protected Appellation of Origin Project”, EGREGOR Consulting Group
German Forero – SPEAKERS
General Manager, ESMERALDAS SANTA ROSA S.A.
Karoll García Pineda – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Karoll García Pineda
Silvana Habid Daza – SPEAKERS
President, President National Mining Agency, ANM
Jeffrey Bilgore – KEY NOTE SPEAKER
President AGTA, AGTA American Gem Trade Association, AGTA
Rodrigo Giraldo – SPEAKERS
CEO, Análisis de los reportes gemológicos de la esmeralda, por la presencia de residuos del proceso de la, RG Gam Lab
