Expanding Horizons

IAC’s 14th International Gold + Diamond Conference

Presenters

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  • Stewart Bailey (Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, AngloGold Ashanti)
  • Rob Bates (News Director, JCK)
  • Charlie Betts (Managing Director, Betts Metals & Co-Founder, Single Mine Origin)
  • Edward Bickham (Senior Adviser, World Gold Council)
  • David Block (CEO, Sarine)
  • Brecken Branstrator (Editor-in-Chief, Gemworld)
  • Brad Brooks-Rubin (Senior Advisor in the Office of the Sanctions Coordinator, US Department of State)
  • Gaetano Cavalieri (President, CIBJO)
  • Peter G. Chirico (Associate Center Director, USGS Florence Bascom Geoscience Center)
  • Emefa Cole (Goldsmith & Curator of Diaspora Jewellery, Victoria & Albert Museum)
  • Cristina Echavarría (Artisanal mining specialist and Co-founder, Alliance for Responsible Mining)
  • Frank Everett (Senior Vice President | Vice Chairman, Jewelry Americas, Sotheby’s New York)
  • Shari Gittleman (Senior Director, External Relations, Newmont)
  • Mora Johnson (Head of Secretariat Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, CCC)
  • Lisa Koenigsberg (Founder / President, Initiatives in Art and Culture)
  • Russell Kwiat (Chief Operating Officer, Kwiat)
  • Eric Laker (Owner, Lashbrook)
  • Olivia Landau (Founder / CEO, The Clear Cut)
  • Avi Levy (Industry authority on diamonds and colored gemstones)
  • Anthony Maietta (Product Engineering + Relationship Development, C & J Fine Jewelry Makers)
  • Louis Marechal (Senior Advisor, Minerals & Extractives, Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs – OECD)
  • Mmetla Masire (CEO, Okavango Diamond Company)
  • Satta Matturi (Creative Director, Matturi Fine Jewellery & diamond industry expert; board member, Responsible Jewellery Council)
  • Grant Mobley (Jewelry & Watch Editor, Natural Diamond Council)
  • Adriano Mol (Head, Center for Gemstone and Jewelry Design, University of Minas Gerais State)
  • Longo Mulaisho–Zinsner (Founder and President, JGAA Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa)
  • John Mulligan (Director and Climate Lead, World Gold Council; President, Sustainable Development Commission, World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO)
  • Douglas Neves (CEO, Cruzeiro Mine)
  • Rachel Perks (Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank)
  • Jean Z. Poh (Jewelry industry authority and founder, Conscious Luxury Consulting)
  • Marcelo Ribeiro (CEO, Belmont Emerald Mines)
  • Andrew Russeth (New York-based art critic and contributor to ArtNet, The New York Times, the Financial Times, and Parkett; recipient, 2019 Rabkin Prize for arts journalism)
  • Matt Schamroth (Partner, M Schamroth & Sons)
  • Amish Shah (Founder / CEO, ALTR)
  • Lucian Simmons (Head of Provenance Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  • Karen Smith (Metalsmith and Founder / Executive Director, We Wield the Hammer)
  • Tiffany Stevens (CBO & Head of Sustainability, IGI North America)
  • Ruby Stocklin-Weinberg (Program Manager, GemFair, De Beers)
  • Roger Tissot (Executive Director of the Artisanal Gold Council)
  • Giorgio de Tomi (Professor, Polytechnic School and Director of the Research Center for Responsible Mining, University of São Paolo)
  • Ronnie Vanderlinden (President, Diamex Inc.; VP, World Diamond Council)
  • Iris Van der Veken (Executive Director, Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030)
  • Rebecca Villalobos (Social and environmental sustainability expert with over a decade of experience working across the private, public, and non-profit sectors)
  • Lorraine West (Designer, Lorraine West Jewelry; member, Black in Jewelry Coalition [BIJC])
  • Sara Yood (CEO / General Counsel, Jewelers Vigilance Committee)