Accomodation
Take your chance and stay at WESTIN Westminster, where Hardrock Summit 2024 takes place! In order to reserve your room at our special show rate please click here for your reservation.

Lecture Program

Jun 23, 2023

Friday, Sept 15

11:00 am Jeff Scovil, Photographer The Drehers, A Legacy of Beauty
12:00 pm Stephen Nash, Senior Curator of Archaeology at Denver Museum of Nature & Science The Enchanted Gem Carvings of Vasily Konovalenko
1:00 pm Kim Vagner, Executive Director of Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals Gem Minerals of the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
2:00 pm Jenna White, Colorado School of Mines;  Kimberly Collins, Kimberly Collin Colored Gemstones; and John W. Ford, AGTA AGTA and Colorado School of Mines Update on the Transparent and Traceable Gemstone Supply Chain Initiative
3:00 pm John Rhoads, D&J Rare Gems Colorado Faceted Gemstones
4:00pm Rebecca Boyajian, Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Knowledge Session: GIA Updates

Saturday, Sept 16

11:00 am Ed Raines, Curator of Mines Museum of Earth Science The Quest for Great Wealth from Free Stuff
12:00 pm Laura McCall, Manager of Lizzadro Museum Shop Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art-Sharing the beauty of hard stone carvings for over 60 years
1:00 pm Bill Larson, President, Pala International, Inc. San Diego County Tourmalines, and recent finds at the Tourmaline King
2:00 pm Kimberly Collins, Kimberly Collins Gems; Niklai Israileff, ASBA, USA, Inc.; Robyn Dufty, DuftyWeis Opals, Inc.; and John Bradshaw, John J Bradshaw; Moderator: John W. Ford, AGTA AGTA Shares It’s Love of Colored Stones and Cultured Pearls
3:00 pm Renata Lafler, Executive Director of Mines Museum of Earth Science Crowns and Cleavage – Gems from the Mines Museum of Earth Science

Sunday, Sept 17

11:00 am Mark Ivan Jacobson Spodumene – An Exotic Gemstone
12:00 pm Albert O. Ray, Mine Claim Owner Unearthing the Beauty of Chihuahua, Mexico
1:00 pm Brian Walko, Earth Extractions, LLC and Conrad North, Past President of the Fluorescent Mineral Society Silver Foxes of Fluorescence
2:00 pm John Pollard, Senior Director of Education at International Gemological Institute (IGI) and Neil Beaty, ICGA Appraiser Assessing, Appraising & Advising Consumers on Colored Stones
4:00 pm John Pollard, Senior Director of Education at IGI What’s Happening Here and Now? New Color, Fun Features and Sharing