Calendar
Sunday, January 29
8:00 am – 5:00 pm MARICOPA, The National Association of Jewelry Appraisers
Monday, January 30
8:30 am – 4:00 pm GRAHAM GILC Meeting
9:00 am – 5:00 pm COCONINO Diamond Grading Lab Class, fee-based
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm GRAHAM ICA General Assembly
Tuesday, January 31
9:00 am – 5:00 pm COCONINO Diamond Grading Lab Class, fee-based
Wednesday, February 1
9:00 am – 10:00 am MOHAVE Gemstones with Stories to Tel, Alan Hodgkinson
9:00 am – 10:00 am MARICOPA Andesine from Tibet, Inner Mongolia & Oregon: a panel discussion, Dana Schorr moderates
9:00 am – 10:00 am GREENLEE Keys to Selling More Color, Adam Graham, AGTA
9:00 am – 10:00 am GILA Your Passport to Pearls, Kathy Grenier, CPAA moderates
9:00 am – 5:00 pm COCONINO Diamond Grading Lab Class, fee-based
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MOHAVE The Bridal Jewelry Opportunity: Turn Today’s Couples into Customers for Life, Laura Cave, The Knot
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MARICOPA Concepts in Gemstone Photography, Tino Hammid, Tino Hammid Photography
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GREENLEE Secrets of Selling Colored Gemstones at Retail, Nancy Schuring, Devon Jewelers
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GRAHAM Challenges and Opportunities Facing Artisanal and Small Scale Mining, Pat Syvrud on behalf of The Diamond Development Initiative
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GILA Employment Law You Need to Know, Suzan Flamm, Esq., Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Thursday, February 2
9:00 am – 10:00 am MOHAVE Trending Now for Tucson: Color News, Richard Drucker
9:00 am – 10:00 am GREENLEE Social Media for Jewelers and Managing your Online Reputation, Laura Cave, The Knot
9:00 am – 10:00 am GRAHAM Assessing Value in Designer Cut Gems, Clay Zava
9:00 am – 10:00 am MARICOPA It’s All About the Numbers – Financial Success Through Benchmarking, David Peters, JA
9:00 am – 10:00 am GILA Portable Gem Testing, Doug Garrod, Gem-A
9:00 am – 5:00 pm COCONINO Diamond Grading Lab Class, fee-based
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MOHAVE Establishing Gemstone Grades, Diamonds and Colored Gems, Gary Roskin, Roskin Gem News
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MARICOPA Building Employee Confidence for Better Sales Performance, Diane Flora, AGS
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GREENLEE Practical Business Ethics for Retailers Who Sell Colored Gemstones, Panel: Phyllis Harrison, LeRoy Jewelers, Lois Wacholtz, Christopher’s Fine Jewelry Design; Jackie Wolfstein, Krikawa Jewelry Designs, Moderator Susan Posnock
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GRAHAM How to Buy Estate Well Over the Counter, Cathy Calhoun, Calhoun Jewelers
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GILA All That Glitters: Optical Phenomena in Gems, Claire Mitchell, Gem-A
Friday, February 3
9:00 am TCC, GEMHALL FLOOR 2012 AGTA Annual Tucson Membership Meeting
9:00 am – 10:00 am MOHAVE The Latest News from GIA Research – Dr. James Shigley, Dr. James Shigley, GIA
9:00 am – 10:00 am MARICOPA The Palladium Profit Advantage, Kate Peterson, Performance Concepts for Palladium Alliance International
9:00 am – 10:00 am GREENLEE Fair Trade: Become a Part of the Solution, Earl Allen and Eric Braunwart, Columbia Gem House
9:00 am – 10:00 am GRAHAM European Museum Collections of Gems, Minerals, and Jewelry, Denise Nelson, Inner Circle
9:00 am – 10:00 am GILA Colored Gems and Your Public Speaking Create Business Opportunity, Jim Fiebig, Josephs Jewelers
9:00 am – 5:00 pm COCONINO Diamond Grading Lab Class, fee-based
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MOHAVE Recent Inclusion Discoveries, John Koivula, GIA
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MARICOPA Everything You Need to Know to Market Colored Stones & Pearls, Rick Arnemann, Harmon Group
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GREENLEE Innovative Approaches to Selling in Today’s Bridal Market, Kate Peterson, Performance Concepts for the Diamond Council of America
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GRAHAM Copper Trails – Visiting Inspiring Arizona Copper and Gold Mines, Helen Serras-Herman, Gem Art Center
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm GILA Gem ID Made Easy: A 2-Part Workshop, Antoinette Matlins, Gemstone Press
Saturday, February 4
9:00 am – 10:00 am MOHAVE Niche Pearl Producing Countries, Elisabeth Strack, Gemmologisches Institut Hamburg
9:00 am – 10:00 am MARICOPA Against All Odds: Winning When the Outlook is Uncertain, Bill Gallagher, Lori Bonn Designs
9:00 am – 10:00 am GREENLEE Increasing Sales with Exotic Gems, Renee Newman
9:00 am – 11:00 am COCONINO Field Gemology, fee-based
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MARICOPA Insurance Needs for the Retail Jeweler, Patrick Drummond, Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GREENLEE Identifying Diamond Types and Synthetic Diamonds with CPF, DF and UV Light, Dusan Simic, Analytical Gemology and Jewelry
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm GRAHAM Adventures in Gemstone Mining, Edward Boehm, RareSource
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm COCONINO Identifying Ruby Treatments, fee-based
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm GILA Gem ID Made Easy: A 2-Part Workshop, Antoinette Matlins, Gemstone Press
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm GREENLEE How to recognize HPHT/ Multi-Step treated Diamond: New Features of Identification, Dusan Simic, Analytical Gemology and Jewelry
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