On Sunday, September 10, 2023, three consecutive hybrid seminars will be conducted – in person and simultaneously live streamed – in the Giotto B Room at the Vicenza exposition centre.
Prepared by the CIBJO Gemmological Commission, headed by Hanco Zwaan, the report previews the presentation of the first edition of a gem materials list, including accepted variety names, with detailed defintions for each.
Prepared by the CIBJO Ethics Commission, headed by Tiffany Stevens, the report provides an overview of intellectual property (IP) rights in the jewellery industry, the means available for protecting them and how they differ from country to country.
Prepared by the CIBJO Coloured Stone Commission, headed by Charles Abouchar, the report warns that the current high demand for coloured gemstones in the jewellery market could be threatened by heat-treated and irradiated stones, often corundum, making their way into the distribution chain.
Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report looks at how changes in industry standards and nomenclature are affected by developing geopolitical situations, technological developments and shifting consumer sentiment.
The protection of individual creativity in the jewellery and watch industries, be it related to the design of jewellery, watches or gemstone cuts, or to the branding of collections and companies, came under the spotlight during a CIBJO Jewellery Industry Voices seminar, which took place on July 18, 2023, as part of Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 13th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference in New York
Prepared by the CIBJO Precious Metals Commission, headed by Huw Daniel, the documents provides a comprehensive overview of the gold, platinum, palladium and silver markets in 2022 and thus far in 2023, also looking at regulatory issues in the United States.
Prepared by the CIBJO Sustainability Development Commission, headed by John Mulligan, its considers the increasing demands upon the jewellery industry to respond appropriately to the world’s unprecedented environmental and social challenges.
With fewer than 10 weeks to go to the opening of the 2023 CIBJO Congress in Jaipur, India, on October 3, 2023, the first of the pre-congress Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Marketing and Education Commission, headed by Jonathan Kendall, it reviews the changes that have taken place in the way jewellery is marketed, and provides pointers about what will be required moving forward.
Speaking this morning to the High-Level Segment of the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Gaetano Cavalieri, President of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), emphasized the potential that the jewellery industry has as a force for positive societal development, particularly during the period following the COVID pandemic. Among the leaders in attendance during the gathering was UN Secretary General António Guterres.
