Advisory Committee
Committee listings will be updated as responses to invitations are received. The following is as of September 13, 2010.
| Dr. Ahmadjan Abduriyim | Gemmological Association of All Japan, Tokyo, Japan |
| Dr. Saleem Ali | University of Vermont, Burlington |
| Ans Anthonis | HRD Research, HRD Antwerp NV, Belgium |
| Charlie Carmona | Guild Laboratories Inc., Los Angeles |
| Gagan Choudhary | Gem Testing Laboratory, Jaipur, India |
| Jim Clanin | JC Mining, Hebron, Maine |
| Dr. Robert Downs | University of Arizona, Tucson |
| Richard Drucker | Gemworld International Inc., Glenview, Illinois |
| Rui Galopim de Carvalho | Labgem, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dr. Lee Groat | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| Dr. Peter Heaney | Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania |
| Dr. Jaroslav Hyrsl | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Dr. Bram Janse | Archon Exploration, Carine, Australia |
| Robert Kane | Fine Gems International, Helena, Montana |
| Dr. Stefanos Karampelas | Gübelin Gem Lab, Lucerne |
| Dr. Lore Kiefert | Gübelin Gem Lab, Lucerne |
| John King | GIA Laboratory, New York |
| Dr. Michael Krzemnicki | SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute, Basel, Switzerland |
| Dr. Simon Lawson | De Beers DTC Research Centre, Maidenhead, UK |
| Gail Brett Levine | National Assn. of Jewelry Appraisers, Rego Park, New York |
| Dr. David London | University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jurgen Maerz | Platinum Guild International, Santa Ana, California |
| Shane McClure | GIA Laboratory, Carlsbad, California |
| Jean Claude Michelou | International Colored Gemstone Association, New York |
| Dr. Jack Ogden | Gem-A, London, UK |
| Dr. Federico Pezzotta | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milan, Italy |
| Dr. Jeffrey Post | Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
| Dr. Benjamin Rondeau | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Nantes, France |
| Dr. George Rossman | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California |
| Ken Scarratt | GIA Laboratory, Bangkok |
| Dr. Karl Schmetzer | Petershausen, Germany |
| Dr. Dietmar Schwarz | Gübelin Gem Lab, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Russell Shor | GIA, Carlsbad, California |
| Dr. William (Skip) Simmons | University of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Christopher Smith | American Gemological Laboratories, New York |
| Dr. Lawrence W. Snee | Global Gems and Geology, Golden, Colorado |
| Elisabeth Strack | Gemmologisches Institut Hamburg, Germany |
| Nick Sturman | GIA Laboratory, Bangkok |
| Dr. Wuyi Wang | GIA Laboratory, New York |
| Dr. Pornsawat Wathanakul | Kasetsart University/Gem & Jewelry Inst. of Thailand, Bangkok |
| Dr. Chris Welbourn | University of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
| Dr. Mingxing Yang | China University of Geosciences, Wuhan |
| Dr. Hanco Zwaan | National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Netherlands |
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| Sept 15, 2010 | Call for Abstracts | |
| Oct 15, 2010 | Registration Open | |
| Jan 10, 2011 | Abstract Submission Deadline | |
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| May 29-30, 2011 | Symposium 2011 |