AGTA GemFair™ Denver at HardRock Summit
September 15-18, 2023
Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom
FREE SEMINARS
Room 401
(Located on the same floor as the Denver Gem & Mineral Show)
FREE SEMINARS
Room 401
(Located on the same floor as the Denver Gem & Mineral Show)
AGTA and Colorado School of Mines Update on the Transparent and Traceable Gemstone Supply Chain Initiative
Friday, September 15, 2023, 2:00 PM
Presenters: Jenna White, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberly Collins, Kimberly Collins Colored Gemstones; John W. Ford, AGTA
Description: Jenna White, PhD Student, AGTA President Kimberly Collins, and AGTA CEO John W. Ford, Sr., will update you on the AGTA and Colorado School of Mines multi country Transparent and Traceable Gemstone Supply Study that is identifying best practices specific to the colored stone industry and improve transparency and traceability, ethics, environmental sustainability, and human rights within it.
AGTA Shares It’s Love of Colored Gemstones and Cultured Pearls
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 2:00 PM
Panel: Kimberly Collins, Kimberly Collins Colored Gems; Nikolai Israileff, ASBA USA, Inc.; Robyn Dufty, DuftyWeis Opals, Inc.; John Bradshaw, John J Bradshaw.
Moderator: John W. Ford, AGTA
Description: The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) is the Authority in Color. John W. Ford, CEO is joined by a panel of AGTA members that are colored gemstone and cultured pearl experts to discuss their love for color, how to romance the sale, how to buy color, and the color trends that are leading the industry and the consumers.
AGTA Shares It’s Love of Colored Gemstones and Cultured Pearls
Saturday, September 16, 2023, 2:00 PM
Panel: Kimberly Collins, Kimberly Collins Colored Gems; Nikolai Israileff, ASBA USA, Inc.; Robyn Dufty, DuftyWeis Opals, Inc.; John Bradshaw, John J Bradshaw.
Moderator: John W. Ford, AGTA
Description: The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) is the Authority in Color. John W. Ford, CEO is joined by a panel of AGTA members that are colored gemstone and cultured pearl experts to discuss their love for color, how to romance the sale, how to buy color, and the color trends that are leading the industry and the consumers.