A highlight of IAC’s 14th Annual Gold and Diamond Conference, Maintaining Purpose, was the presentation of IAC’s 2024 awards for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry and for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries.

It was an honor to confer on Gaetano Cavalieri (President, CIBJO / World Confederation of Jewellery Organizations) IAC’s Fourth annual Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries. The moment just after the presentation is captured in this photograph, featuring award recipient Gaetano Cavalieri, World Diamond Council Vice President Ronnie VanderLinden, and IAC Founder and President Lisa Koenigsberg. We were also delighted to present to both Torry Hoover (President, Hoover & Strong) and Cristina Echavarría (artisanal mining specialist and Co-founder, Alliance for Responsible Mining) IAC’s seventh annual Award for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry.

You can get more information about next year’s conference here.