Two interactive days of presentations, brainstorming and panel discussion brought attendees up to speed on sustainability challenges and potential solutions they could implement.
8:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
Cecilia Gardner
CLG PPLC, Board Chairman – Jewelry Industry Summit
Doug Hucker
American Gem Trade Association
10:30 – 11:30
Assheton Stewart Carter
The Dragon Fly Initiative
Sarah Caven
The Dragon Fly Initiative
Fiona Wellington
Myne London
Mahumood Alam Mahsud
Fine Cut Lapidary, Pakistan
11:30 – 11:45
Tom Cushman
Toby Pomeroy
Christina Miller
Christina T Miller Consulting
Lara Kortizke
IRMA
12:30 – 1:45
Choose on of the two sessions:
Instructions
1:30 – 1:45
Cecilia Gardner
1:45 – 2:30
Emily Phillipy
Emily Chelsea Jewelers
Jared Holstein
Perpetuum Jewelers
Jay Moncada
Perpetuum Jewelers
Erin Daily
BK Metalworks
Mary Wong
Trios Stuido
Robert Bentley
Robert Bentley Gemstones
Roger Dery
Gem Legacy
Stanley Zale
Stuller
2:30 – 3:00
3:30 – 3:45
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
5:30 – 7:00
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:30
Initiative leaders describe progress and seek help for continuing initiatives
Pat Syvrud and Elizabeth Orlando – Univeristy of Delaware’s Minerals and Society Program
Doug Hucker, AGTA, with generous sponsorship from the Gemstone and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub (GemHub), University of Delaware’s Minerals, Materials, and Society Program
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
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:30
Choose One
Charles Lawson
Lawson Gems International
Pat Syvrud
Univeristy of Delaware’s Minerals, Materials and Society Program
Julija Menise
The Dragon Fly Initiative
11:30 – 12:30
Pilar Velasquez
US Department of Labor
Elizabeth Orlando
US State Department
Ana Villegas
USAID
12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 3:00
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
3:45 – 4:00