Appraisers Continuing Education 

The National Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA) has announced its 45th Annual Winter ACE© It Education Conference to be held in Tucson, AZ on January 28 - 29, 2018. 

(CARLSBAD, Calif.) - Executives from across the global gem and jewelry industry recently convened in Cambridge, Mass., for the fourth annual GIA Global Leadership Program offered by the Harvard Business School (HBS). The 50 industry leaders - all CEOs or senior executives - examined the theme “Transforming Business by Leveraging Big Data,” applying lessons learned from cases highlighting the impact of transformative data-driven businesses like Uber and Amazon. GIA and HBS will include themes and insights from the Global Leadership Program as part of the business track for the GIA International Gemological Symposium to be held in Carlsbad, CA, in October 2018.

Conference to be held November 10 & 11, 2017 at CUNY Graduate Center, New York City

Initiatives in Art & Culture (IAC), an organization committed to educating diverse audiences in the fine, decorative, and visual arts, has announced their 19th Annual Fashion + Design Conference will be held November 10 - 11 in New York City. The “White: Palette, Prism, Possibility” Conference examines white as the repository of hope and change through the work of contemporary designers of clothing and accessories and the materials with which they work.

Preferred Jewelers International CEO shares info on PJI and successful American retail strategies in Dubai

The City of Gold was the international backdrop for the Gemological Science International (GSI) presentation on ‘The Successful American Retail Strategies’ during DMCC Dubai on September 12, 2017.

Recruiters, career coaching, new museum exhibit and much more

(CARLSBAD, Calif.) - GIA’s (Gemological Institute of America) annual Jewelry Career Fair and Open House will take place Oct. 13 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute’s world headquarters in Carlsbad, CA. This free event connects aspiring gem and jewelry professionals with nearly 40 recruiters, ranging from global brands to local companies - including Tiffany & Co., Stuller, JTV, Leo Hamel and GIA - looking to hire for a variety of positions. Job seekers will have the opportunity for face-to-face career coaching and will hear from prominent industry leaders at the must-see panel presentations.

ANNOUNCES $250,000 INVESTMENT TOWARDS CUSTOMER SUCCESS

(NORWALK, Conn.) – Set to open in less than two weeks the JIS October 2017 Show will relocate to Ft. Lauderdale after receiving news from the Miami Beach Convention Center that it would be unavailable to host the event due to status of the construction project and Hurricane Irma. The show will now take place over the same dates (Sunday, October 8 – Wednesday, October 11, 2017) at the beautiful Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, just 30 miles north of Miami. For those that attended JIS January and JIS April 2017, they already know the waterfront venue well as it hosted those two successful JIS events earlier in the year.