Schedule

Schedule Overview

Two interactive days of presentations, brainstorming and panel discussion brought attendees up to speed on sustainability challenges and potential solutions they could implement.

Day 1
Day 2
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND
REGISTRATION + COFFEE

8:30 – 10:00

 

INTRODUCTIONS AND GOAL SETTING 

10:00 – 10:30

Cecilia Gardner

CLG PPLC, Board Chairman – Jewelry Industry Summit

Doug Hucker

American Gem Trade Association

 

MINING COMMUNITIES – OUR PARTNERS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

10:30 – 11:30

 

FUTURE OF MINING COMMUNITIES

Assheton Stewart Carter

The Dragon Fly Initiative

 

PAKISTANI EMERALDS AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

Sarah Caven

The Dragon Fly Initiative 

Fiona Wellington

Myne London

Mahumood Alam Mahsud

Fine Cut Lapidary, Pakistan

 

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 11:45

 

INITIATIVES IN THE GOLD SUPPLY CHAIN

Tom Cushman

 

MERCURY FREE MINING CHALLENGE

Toby Pomeroy

 

IRMA – THE NEW GLOBAL STANDARD FOR ALL MINED MATERIALS

Christina Miller

Christina T Miller Consulting

Lara Kortizke

IRMA

 

LUNCH

12:30 – 1:45

 

BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS 

Choose on of the two sessions: 

Instructions

1:30 – 1:45

Cecilia Gardner

 

BREAKOUT PRESENTATIONS AND QUESTIONS 

1:45 – 2:30 

 

SESSION 1: GLOSSARY PROJECT – ELIMINATING AMBIGUITY IN KEY JEWELRY TERMS

Emily Phillipy

Emily Chelsea Jewelers

Jared Holstein

Perpetuum Jewelers 

Jay Moncada

Perpetuum Jewelers

Erin Daily

BK Metalworks

 

SESSION 2: APPLYING RESPONSIBLE SOURCING PRINCIPLES TO YOUR BUSINESS

Mary Wong

Trios Stuido

Robert Bentley

Robert Bentley Gemstones 

Roger Dery

Gem Legacy

Stanley Zale

Stuller

 

REPORT RESULTS FOR ALL

2:30 – 3:00

 

COFFEE BREAK

3:30 – 3:45

 

RESPONSIBLE SOURCING TOOLS AVAILABLE NOW

3:45 – 4:30

Mike Pace

(Moderator) Connected Jewelry, Vice Chair Jewelry Industry SUmmit

Robin Gambhir

Fair Trade Jewellery Co

Carrie George

Everledger

Mark Hanna

Richline

 

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

5:30 – 7:00

SUNDAY FEBRURARY 3RD 

 

COFFEE

8:30 – 9:30 

 

PANEL: KEY SUMMIT INITIATIVE SUCCESS

9:30 – 10:30

Initiative leaders describe progress and seek help for continuing initiatives 

 

JEWELRY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT INDEX (JDI)

Pat Syvrud and Elizabeth Orlando – Univeristy of Delaware’s Minerals and Society Program

 

ENHANCING GEMSTONE CUTTING AND SILICOSIS ABATEMENT

Doug Hucker, AGTA, with generous sponsorship from the Gemstone and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub (GemHub), University of Delaware’s Minerals, Materials, and Society Program

 

BRAZILIAN MINE DEVELOPMENT

Brian Cook – Nature’s Geometry 

 

Maggie Gabos

(Moderator) Program Manager Jewelery Industry Summit, Christina T Miller Consulting

Pat Syvrud

University of Delaware’s Minerals, Materials and Society Program 

Elizabeth Orlando

US State Department

Brian Cook

Nature’s Geometry

 

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 – 10:45

 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:45 – 11:30

Choose One

 

SESSION 1: GENDER EQUALITY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN ARTISANAL MINING IN MADAGASCAR

Charles Lawson

Lawson Gems International 

Pat Syvrud

Univeristy of Delaware’s Minerals, Materials and Society Program 

 

SESSION 2: DUE DILIGENCE TOOLS + RISK MANAGEMENT

Julija Menise

The Dragon Fly Initiative 

 

LEARNING LAB: GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE A RESPONSIBLE GOLD SUPPLY CHAIN

11:30 – 12:30 

Pilar Velasquez

US Department of Labor

Elizabeth Orlando

US State Department

Ana Villegas

USAID

 

LUNCH

12:30 – 2:00

 

“RIVER OF GOLD” FILM PRESENTATION

2:00 – 3:00

 

“RIVER OF GOLD” PANEL

3:00 – 3:45

Sarah duPont

River of Gold Producer

Torry Hoover

Hoover and Strong

Toby Pomeroy

Mercury Free Mining Challenge

Tom Cushman

Madagascar Gold Mining

 

REPORT OF OUTCOMES & WRAP UP

3:45 – 4:00

 

END OF CONFERENCE