IAC President Lisa Koenigsberg was honored to join the CIBJO panel, “The Growing Separation of the Natural and Laboratory-Grown Diamond Markets” in Vicenzaoro September 2024. You can watch this important session here. The panel was moderated by Edahn Golan, CEO of Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data. Other panelists included Martin Leake, Special Advisor - Precious Stones at the DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre); and
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
Talk value and markets with us at Expanding Horizons, IAC’s 14th International Gold + Diamond Conference, taking place July 16 - 17, 2024 in NYC at Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street! Moderator Brecken Branstrator (Editor-in-Chief, Gemworld International, Inc.) is joined by Avi Levy (President, IGI North America), Mmetla Masire (CEO, Okavango Diamond Company), Douglas Neves (CEO, Cruzeiro Mine) & Marcelo Ribeiro (CEO, Belmont
How will we train the next generation of makers? The answers aren’t simple. Join Lorraine West (Designer, Lorraine West Jewelry; member, Black in Jewelry Coalition [BIJC]), Karen Smith (Executive Director, We Wield the Hammer) & Longo Mulaisho-Zinsner (Founder and President, JGAA Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa) to tackle the challenge at Expanding Horizons, IAC’s 14th International Gold + Diamond Conference, taking place July 16
How do we best address the urgencies of our time? Join Gaetano Cavalieri (President, CIBJO), Iris Van der Veken (Executive Director, Watch and Jewelry Initiative 2030), Satta Matturi (Creative Director, Matturi Fine Jewellery & diamond industry expert and Board Member, Responsible Jewellery Council) & John Mulligan (Director and Climate Lead, World Gold Council; President, Sustainable Development Commission, World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO) to explore cross-industry convergence
IAC Founder and President, Lisa Koenigsberg, traveled to Las Vegas last week to participate in JCK, the largest global gathering for the jewelry retail trade. Delighted to be in the company of Alyssa Fontaine from the Responsible Jewellery Council, the important work of which we support.
On April 17, IAC President and Founder, Lisa Koenigsberg participated in Luxury Roundtable’s Luxury Marketing Summit 2024 and spoke on the panel “Luxury Leaders on Sustainability and Aligning Customer Values.” Alongside Caroline Mayhew Gardner (The RealReal @therealreal ) and Liam Bailey (Knight Frank @knightfrank ), Lisa addressed issues related to sustainability and responsible practice with regard to the gold, diamond, and jewelry sectors, stressing the
IAC is honored to have been accepted as a member of the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030. Under the leadership of co-chairs Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer of Kering, Cyrille Vigneron, President and CEO of Cartier, and Executive Director Iris Van Der Veken, the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 is a global initiative open to all watch and jewelry players with a
Save the Date for Expanding Horizons! Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 14th Annual International Gold + Diamond Conference. The conference will take place July 15 – 17, 2024 in New York City.
Join us at Expanding Horizons, IAC's 14th Gold + Diamond Conference, July 15 – 17, 2024, in New York City “No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.” – Zora Neale Hurston
The world is a bit dimmer with the passing of Henry Dunay. Henry participated in IAC conferences on more than one occasion and I had the pleasure of listening to stories of an extraordinary life and exceptional work. From these conversations came the idea of “master classes,” and it could be said that each discussion with him was one. We extend heartfelt sympathy and a
A follow-on to the first session addressing this topic, this segment on intellectual property places our consideration of the issue in America within a European context. You can watch the recorded session here.
Expanding Horizons Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 14th Annual International Gold + Diamond Conference July 15 – July 17, 2024 New York City Initiatives in Art and Culture’s annual Gold + Diamond Conference has firmly established its credentials as a critically important vantage point from which to examine jewelry and the jewelry industry as a business, cultural and artistic endeavor, within the context of contemporary
CIBJO x IAC - Part 3 Special Ethics Commission Panel on the Global Importance of Intellectual Property Law PART 1: IAC Conference, New York, USA: July 18, 2023 PART 2: VicenzaOro, Vicenza, Italy: September 10, 2023 PART 3: CIBJO Conference, Jaipur, India: October 3, 2023 IAC was delighted to have participated in the third and final session in a series organized collaboratively with CIBJO
Sunday, September 10, 2023 10:00am – 11:00am CEST Join us in Vicenza, Italy in person or online Panelists: Sara Yood, Deputy General Counsel, Jewelers Vigilance Council (JVC) Erika Andreotti, Partner, Studio Torta, Milan, Italy Chiara Luzatto, Attorney, Studio Torta, Milan, Italy Moderator: Lisa Koenigsberg, President, Initiatives in Art and Culture. As part of CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Voices webinar and seminar series at VICENZAORO, IAC
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