Registration

Premier Sponsors
Gemological Institute of America
GIA Logo

Silver Sponsors
American Gem Trade Association - AGTA
AGTA logo

National Association of Jewelry Appraisers - NAJA
NAJA logo

Bronze Sponsors

Jewelers Mutual

Location

Intercontinental O'Hare

Intercontinental O'Hare
5300 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
USA

Located just minutes from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, rooms can be reserved online, enter three digit code "Gii", or by calling 847-544-5300 and referencing "Gemworld" for your conference rate. Rooms are just $119/single or $129/double per night.
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Program Information

James Shigley, PhD
Distinguished Research Fellow, GIA

Shane F. McClure
Director of West Coast Identification Services, GIA

Christopher P. Smith
President, American Gemological Laboratories

John L. Emmett, PhD
President, Crystal Chemistry, one of the world's foremost authorities on the heat treatment, physics, and chemistry of corundum

Elisabeth Strack
Gemmologisches Institut
Hamburg, Germany

Richard B. Drucker
Gemworld International
Publisher of GemGuide

Stuart M. Robertson
Gemworld International
Research Director of the GemGuide

Jon Phillips
Vice President, CIBJO Diamond Commission, Committee member of the Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC) Standards Commission

Michael S. Evers, Esq.
President, Gem Aficionado

Diane Flora
Director of Education,
American Gem Society

Cigdem Lule, PhD

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