2006 Symposium Industry Advisory Board
| Tawfique Abdullah |
Dubai Metals & Commodities Centre |
| Jacob Banda |
New York Diamond Dealers Club |
| Ruth Batson |
American Gem Society |
| Morgan Beard |
Colored Stone |
| Steven Benson |
Israel Diamonds & Precious Stones |
| Carol Besler |
Jewellery Business |
| Ernest Blom |
Jewellery Council of South Africa |
| David Bonaparte |
JCK Shows |
| Dr. Grahame Brown |
The Australian Gemmologist |
| Jorge Luiz Bruza |
Diamond News |
| John Calnon |
World Gold Council |
| Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri |
CIBJO |
| Fiorence Chan |
Hong Kong Jewellery |
| Liz Chatelain |
Indo-Argyle Diamond Council |
| Letitia Chow |
Jewellery News Asia |
| James Courage |
Platinum Guild International |
| Manoj Dhandia |
Gem World |
| S. Lynn Diamond |
Diamond Promotion Service |
| Peggy Jo Donahue |
Professional Jeweler |
| Shreyas Doshi |
Indian Institute of Gemmology |
| Chaim Even-Zohar |
Diamond Intelligence Briefs |
| Jeffrey Fischer |
International Diamond Manufacturers Association |
| Stephane Fischler |
European Council of Diamond Manufacturers |
| Ronald Friedman |
Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America |
| Cecilia Gardner |
Jewelers Vigilance Committee |
| Dieter Hahn |
Diamond and Precious Stone Exchange, Idar-Oberstein |
| Virginia Halevi |
IDEX Magazine |
| Ronald Harder |
Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company |
| Dr. Roger Harding |
The Journal of Gemmology |
| James Hartstein |
California Jewelers Association |
| Howard Hauben |
Centurion Show |
| Hécliton Santini Henriques |
Brazilian Institute of Gems and Precious Metals |
| Christopher Hourmouzios |
CRU Jewellery Group |
| Douglas Hucker |
American Gem Trade Association |
| Eli Izhakoff |
World Diamond Council |
| Basant Johari |
Indian Diamond and Colored Stone Association |
| Robert Jones |
Rock & Gem |
| Alok Kala |
Diamond World/Journal of Gem Industry |
| John Kennedy |
Jewelers’ Security Alliance |
| Dione Kenyon |
The Jewelers Board of Trade |
| Cheryl Kremkow |
Modern Jeweler |
| Yukihiro Kuwayama |
Japan Jewellery Association |
| Gail Levine |
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers |
| Robyn Lewis |
Italian Jewelry Guild |
| Lawrence Ma |
Diamond Federation of Hong Kong |
| David Marcus |
Diamond Club West Coast |
| Anna Martin |
Women’s Jewelry Association |
| Bakul Mehta |
Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council, India |
| Dilip Mehta |
Natural Colored Diamond Association |
| Joseph Menzie |
International Colored Gemstone Association |
| Jenni Middleton |
Retail Jeweller |
| Fred Mouawad |
Instore |
| Dr. Jack Ogden |
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain |
| Mary Peterson |
Retail Jewelers Organization |
| Peklar Pilavjian |
Armenian Jewelers Association |
| Martin Rapaport |
Rapaport Diamond Report |
| Efraim Raviv |
Israel Diamond Institute |
| Alan Revere |
American Jewelry Design Council |
| Sylvie Ritter |
BaselWorld |
| Jeffrey Roberts |
Independent Jewelers Organization |
| Nancy Robey |
VNU Expositions Jewelry Group |
| Matthew Runci |
Jewelers of America |
| Shmuel Schnitzer |
World Federation of Diamond Bourses |
| Hedda Schupak |
Jewelers’ Circular Keystone |
| Whitney Sielaff |
National Jeweler |
| Catherine Sproule |
Canadian Jewellers Association |
| Vichian Veerasaksri |
Thai Gems and Jewelry Traders Association |
| Kait Walker |
Canadian Jeweller |
| Merle White |
Lapidary Journal |
| Tina Wojtkielo |
AJM Magazine/MJSA |
GIA Gemological Research Conference Scientific Advisory Committee
Geology of Gem Deposits
Lee Groat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
George Harlow, American Museum of Natural History, New York
William (Skip) Simmons, University of New Orleans, Louisiana
Bram Janse, Archon Exploration, Carine, Australia
David London, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Al Levinson, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hanco Zwaan, National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands
Gem Characterization Techniques
George Rossman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Emmanuel Fritsch, Institut des Matériaux, Nantes, France
Franck Notari, GIA Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
Karl Schmetzer, Petershausen, Germany
Frank Hawthorne, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
New Gem Localities
Bob Kane, Fine Gems International, Helena, Montana
Edward Boehm, Joeb Enterprises, Solana Beach, California
Tony Kampf, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California
Gem Synthesis
Vladimir Balitsky, Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka, Russia
James Butler, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
General Gemology
Chris Smith, GIA Gem Laboratory, New York, New York
Lore Kiefert, AGTA Gemological Testing Center, New York, New York
Shigeru Akamatsu, K. Mikimoto & Company, Tokyo, Japan
Jaroslav Hyrsl, Kolin, Czech Republic
Shane McClure, GIA Gem Laboratory, Carlsbad, California
Diamond and Corundum Treatments
Ken Scarratt, GIA Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Henry Hänni, SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Alan Collins, King's College, London, England
Filip de Weerdt, HRD Research, Lier, Belgium
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