27TH FEEG SYMPOSIUM. 30TH ANNIVERSARY

10.00 – 10.30 Registration of the participants

10.30 Welcome and Opening ceremony
Ilaria Adamo, Chairman of FEEG – Federation for European Education in Gemmology, Director of IGI – Istituto Gemmologico Italiano
Raffaele Maino, President of IGI – Istituto Gemmologico Italiano
Matteo Farsura, Director of Vicenzaoro
Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO – The World Jewellery Confederation

CONFERENCE MORNING SESSION

11.15: The Phenomenal world of Opal: a global view
Damien Cody, President of ICA – International Colored Gemstone Association, Managing Director of Cody Opal (Australia) and the National Opal Collection

12.00: The plastic deformation game: the link between olive, brown and pink to purple to red diamonds and their color origin
Thomas Hainschwang, director and co-founder of GGTL Liechtenstein – Gemlab (Liechtenstein) and GGTL Belgium – Gemlab (Belgium) in Antwerp

12.45 – 14.15 Lunch (Foyer 8.0)

CONFERENCE AFTERNOON SESSION

14.15: Jewelry Brand Jubilee Ring: where the centuries and magnificence of Rome come alive in a jewel
Alessio Boschi, founder & creative Director of ALESSIO BOSCHI
 

14.50: Tracing Humanity’s Past Through Gems: Archaeogemology and the Origins of Ancient Gem Materials
Çiğdem Lüle, founder of TheGemAppraiser℠ and Kybele LLC, Executive Director of the Association of Independent Jewellery Valuers

15.30:Impact of green fluorescence on diamond colors
Wuyi Wang, Vice President of Research & Development at GIA – Gemological Institute of America

16.10: Natural diamonds and deep water: a “precious” correlation
Fabrizio Nestola, Full Professor of Mineralogy, President of the University Museum Centre at the Department of Geosciences, University of Padova

17.00 FEEG Graduation Ceremony

18.00 Happy Hour (bar 7.1)

As special guest Rui Galopim de Carvalho as Master of Ceremony

Live event streaming on The Jewellery Connect
Please note the event is in English - simultaneous translation is provided