CIBJO President to Open MGJ Conference

(IDEX Online News) – Dr Gaetano Cavalieri, president of the World Jewelry Confederation (CIBJO), will open the Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewelry Conference (MGJ), scheduled to take place in Valencia, Spain.

The theme of the conference is diamond treatments, and Cavalieri’s address will focus on CIBJO’s work in educating participants about lab-grown diamonds and ways to deliver a sustainable and responsible jewelry industry.

Other experts will present papers on diamond treatments and include Dr. David Fisher from De Beers Technologies, who will address the advances in diamond detection treatments and Dusan Simic from Analytical Gemmology and Jewellery, who will investigate HPHT post treatments of colorless diamonds.

There will be a round table discussion on “Diamond Treatments in the 21^st Century,” where participants will have an opportunity to ask questions of leading experts in the field. Other presentations will be given on colored gemstones and jewelry, as well as two workshops, with appraisers, gemmologists and dealers receiving hands-on experience to learn how to differentiate between natural and lab-grown diamonds.

This second annual conference is organized by CGL-GRS lab (Canada) and IGL lab (Greece), in cooperation with MLLOPIS lab (Spain) and NAJA (USA).

The Mediterranean Gemmological and Jewelry Conference will run from May 7-9 at the Hotel Tryp Valencia Oceanic in Valencia, Spain.