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Sisters Gina (left) and Renee Latendresse of the American Pearl Company presented a poster at the 1999 Symposium on the origin, variety, and enhancement of pearls.
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Along with an impressive lineup of speakers and social events, GIA’s first-ever Gemological Research Conference (Aug. 26–27) and 4th International Gemological Symposium (Aug. 27–29) will both feature Poster Sessions. What is a Poster Session? Think of an interactive forum where innovative ideas and the latest research are presented via illustrations, computer modeling, and displays. The last Symposium, in 1999, drew more than 70 poster exhibitors, and now GIA invites every industry member to exhibit in 2006.
Presenting a “poster” at the Gemological Research Conference and at Symposium offers the opportunity to interact with an audience of influential gemologists, researchers, and jewelry industry leaders from around the world. Poster presenters also save $300 on their admission to Symposium.
The Poster Sessions for both events cover a wide range of subjects related to gems and jewelry. The presentation themes are:
- Gemological Research Conference: geology of gem deposits, new gem occurrences, gem characterization techniques, diamond and corundum treatments, laboratory growth of gem materials, and general gemology.
- International Gemological Symposium: any of the themes mentioned above, plus many others, including appraisals, gem cutting, jewelry history, jewelry design and manufacturing, branding, marketing, museum collections, and legal issues in the gem and jewelry industry.
To participate in the Poster Sessions, the first step is simply submitting an abstract, which is a brief summary (up to 400 words) of your presentation. Once your abstract is accepted, you need only prepare images (photos and line illustrations) and text that can be mounted on a backboard provided by the conference organizers to describe your research project or concept. A table will be provided, and display cases will be available for rent if you wish to show related materials.
More details are available at the online Poster Session brochure; but be sure to act quickly. All poster abstracts must be e-mailed to Poster Session chairperson Dona Dirlam by March 31 for evaluation, and potential presenters must register by March 31 to get the reduced Symposium rate.
Abstracts of poster presentations given at the Gemological Research Conference and 4th International Gemological Symposium will appear in the Fall 2006 issue of Gems & Gemology.
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