Summer 2011

Business Track

Where is Luxury in this Brave New World?

Keynote Speaker
Ken Royal (Senior Client Services Manager, Gallup)

Panelists
Amit Dhamani (CEO and Managing Director, Dhamani Jewels)
Nicolas Luchsinger (Vice President of Retail Operations for the Americas, Van Cleef & Arpels)
Ulrik Thaysen (Vice President of International Retail, Pandora)

Moderator
Susan Jacques (President and CEO, Borsheim’s Fine Jewelry and Gifts)

Jewelry Design:
From the Masses to Museums

Speakers
Wallace Chan (Jewelry Artist)
Martin Katz (Jewelry Designer)
Shivan Sarna (Show Host, HSN)

Moderator
Huw Daniel (President, Platinum Guild International USA)

Digital Age Marketing: 
Are You Still Partying Like It’s 1999?

Keynote Speaker
Scott Galloway (Clinical Associate Professor, 
NYU Stern School of Business)

Moderator
Thomas Yang (Senior Vice President of International, Callaway Golf Company)

The Future of Gemstones and 
Gemstones of the Future

Keynote Speaker
Stuart Robertson (Research Director, 
Gemworld International)

Panelists
Martin Rapaport (Chairman,  Rapaport Group)
Stephen Lux (President and CEO, Gemesis Diamond Company)
Douglas Hucker (CEO, American Gem Trade Association)
Robert Wan (CEO and Founder, Tahiti Perles and Robert Wan Tahiti)

Moderator
Peggy Jo Donahue (Director of Public Affairs, MJSA)

Everything Old is New Again: 
The Appeal of the Auction, Estate, and Vintage Markets

Speakers
Gary Schuler (Senior VP and Director, New York Jewelry Department, Sotheby’s)
Stephen Silver (Chairman and CEO, S. H. Silver Company)
Rick Harrison (Star of History’s series Pawn Stars, The Gold & Silver Pawn Shop)

Moderator
John Green (President and CEO, Lux Bond & Green)

Playing a Bigger Game: 
Better Business for a Better World

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Brian Nattrass (Founder, 
Sustainability Partners)

Moderator
Bev Hori (Vice President of Education and 
Chief Learning Officer, GIA)

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