The success of the conference in Greece 2015 and Spain 2016 has demanded that next year a third Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewellery Conference will be held.
The Mediterranean venue will be Syracuse, Italy on May 11-14, 2017 and is organized by IGL Greece, CGL-GRS Canada in conjunction with CERTILINE Italy and supported by NAJA USA.
The major theme of the Conference will be “Colored Diamonds” and six presenters will cover this topic. In addition, there will be four international speakers on gems, cutting and jewellery.
Pre-conference Workshops will be held by Alan Hodkinson (Scotland) - “Visual Optics (Hodgkinson Method) Basic Practical Workshop” and Claire Mitchel (Gem-A, UK) -”Use of Handheld Spectroscope in testing of Gems and Colored Diamonds”. Gemmologists, appraisers and dealers will receive hands-on experience with diamonds at two NEW workshops:
- Half Day Intermediate Diamond Workshop on “Screening and Identification of Mounted Small and Melee Synthetic Diamonds” by Branko Deljanin (CGL-GRS) and George Spyromilios (IGL).
- One Day Advanced Diamond Workshop on “Identification and Grading of Treated and Natural Coloured Diamonds” by Branko Deljanin (CGL-GRS) and Thomas Gelb (Natural Colored Diamond Association).
Major sponsors of MGJC 2017 is the diamond mining company Alrosa from Russia and Antora Jeweller from Italy.
About MGJC: The mission of the conference is to educate and to help people understand the properties of diamonds, gems and jewellery, providing members of the industry with networking opportunities and information that is essential in the creation of a sustainable business. This year the format has been fine-tuned to optimise direct interaction between guest speakers and participants via four workshops and round table discussion.
