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.
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.
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.