DATE

CHAPTER

EVENT

JANUARY

Jan. 9

NY Manhattan

Chinese Kingfisher Feather Ornaments – Elyse Zorn Karlin

Jan. 25

Colorado

Tips for Tucson – Arthur Skuratowicz and Julie Nash

FEBRUARY

Feb. 3

Texas Lone Star

Annual Tucson get-together

Feb. 17

Texas Lone Star

Visual Optics – Alan Hodgkinson

Feb. 18

Texas Lone Star

Pushing Spectrography – Alan Hodgkinson

Feb. 21

NY Manhattan

Turquoise: The Blue Sky Stone – Vivien Gornitz, Ph.D.

Feb. 22

Colorado

Social gathering at El Tesoro

Feb. 26

Delaware Valley

Tucson 2007 Update – Gary Roskin, G.G.

Feb. 28

London

Greg Valerio Lecture

MARCH

March 7

Hong Kong

GIA Laboratory Update – Tom Moses and Ken Scarratt

March 13

NY Manhattan

Golconda and Beyond – Diamonds from India – Reema Keswani

March 14

Illinois – Wisconsin

Current Gem Buys/Trends/New Industry Issues – Richard Drucker and Stuart Robertson

March 25

Ohio

Gem ID Workshop in Rubies: Natural vs. Synthetic

APRIL

April 11

Orange County

Glass-filled Rubies and Other Corundum Treatments

April 19

NY Manhattan

Highlights from the GIA Laboratory

April 29

Hong Kong

Gemstone Treasure Hunt Field Trip in Ma On Shan followed by BBQ in Whitehead Club

MAY

May (tentative)

Ohio

Antoinette Matlins Workshop

May 2

London

Rui Galopin de Carvalho Lecture

May 8

NY Manhattan

The Colored Stone Market – Joe Menzie

May 20

Texas Lone Star

2006 GIA Symposium Details – Pam Welborn

May 20

Pennsylvania--Delaware Valley

GIA Diamond Cut Grade – Patrick Ball, G.G. and Al Gilbertson, G.G.

May 21 or 22 (tentative)

Washington, DC

What is Podcsting?  Inside GIA Education and GIA on iTunes University – Patrick Ball, G.G.

JUNE

June (tentative)

Quebec

Gem-E-Wizard Lecture

June (tentative)

London

Jonathan Lambert Lecture

June 13

Orange County

Finding and Keeping Your Clients

June 21

Hong Kong

Developments in Treatment and Synthesis of Diamond, Corundum and Pearl – Dr. Wuyi Wang

June 29

Colorado

Using the Microscope to Identify Natural Gems from their Synthetics or Imitation – Arthur Anton Skuratowicz

June 29

Hong Kong

Thailand Gems Tour to Gem Markets in Chantaburi and Bangkok plus GIA Thailand

JULY

July (tentative)

London

“The Crown Jewellery,” a Privately-guided Tour at the Tower of London (max. 20 people)

AUGUST

Aug. 8

Orange County

Colored Diamonds

Aug. 30

Japan

Reunion event during Japan Jewellery Fair

SEPTEMBER

Sept. (tentative)

London

To be announced

Sept. (tentative)

Ohio

Rocks and Risk, Appraisals and Insurance – Fred Craig

Sept. 7

Texas Lone Star

Annual all-day seminar

Sept. 8-9

Texas Lone Star

Annual silent auction

Sept. 18

NY Manhattan

African Jewelry Crafts and Culture – Ettagale Blauer

Sept. 21

Portugal

Education and Selling Gems & Jewellery – Edward Johnson, director GIA London

Sept. 24

Hong Kong

Golf Tournament Celebrating 25^th Anniversary of Hong Kong Alumni Chapter

OCTOBER

Oct. (tentative)

Quebec

Canadian Diamonds Lecture

Oct. 9

NY Manhattan

The Art and History of Enameling – Peter Shemonsky

Oct. 10

Orange County

Antique Diamonds from Golconda  – Reema Keswani

Oct. 28

North Texas

Presentation on his newly published book, “History of the American Cut Diamond” by Al Gilbertson, California Research Associate at GIA

Oct./Nov. (tentative)

Hong Kong

Visit to diamond or colored stone cutting factory and/or Jewellery manufacturing factory or visit to China jade market

NOVEMBER

Nov. (tentative)

London

To be announced

Nov. 14

Orange County

The Gem Guide – Richard Drucker

Nov. 15

NY Manhattan

The Delights from Auctions – Joe DuMouchelle, G.G.

Nov. 18

Texas Lone Star

To be announced

DECEMBER

Dec. 5

Orange County

To be announced

Dec. 11

NY Manhattan

Antique Jewelry – Benjamin  Zucker

Dec./Jan. (tentative)

Hong Kong

Chapter AGM, annual dinner, GIA Hong Kong graduation party