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 |