GIA: Alumni Association: GemFest Basel 2007

Pearls were the focus of this year's GemFest Basel held April 14 during Baselworld 2007 in Switzerland. Ken Scarratt, director of Research, GIA Thailand, introduced GIA's new pearl report and opened a panel discussion of the impact and opportunities the report creates.

GIA President Donna Baker opened GemFest Basel 2007.

GIA London Director Edward Johnson
introduced Ken Scarratt, the keynote speaker.

GemFest speakers, from left: Nicholas Paspaley, Tom Moses,
Shigeru Akamatsu, Alice Keller, Ken Scarratt, Jacques
Branellec and Martin Coerli.

Senior Manager, Sales Division, K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd.,
Shigeru Atamatsu began the panelist portion of GemFest Basel.

Jacques Branellec, managing director of
Jewelmer InternationalCorporation,
participated on the pearl industry leader panel.

Martin Coerli, general manager of Perles de Tahiti, shared his viewpoint as a pearl industry leader.

Nicholas Paspely AC, executive chairman of Paspaley Pearls
Group of Companies, contributed his expertise on the pearl
industry panel during GemFest Basel 2007.

Kenneth Scarratt, director of Research, GIA Laboratory, Thailand, gave the keynote speech during GemFest Basel.

GemFest Basel attendee asked a question of the panel.

Alice Keller, editor-in-chief of Gems & Gemology, was the moderator of GemFest Basel.