APEC Gems and Jewelry Trade and Technology Seminar

May 15-19 2000, Beijing, China


Delegates from Singapore, Russia, China, Thailand, Australia, USA, Japan and Canada

The official pictures of the APEC cultural program.

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Monday, May 15, 2000

Morning

Chairman: Mr. Li Zijian Director

Department of International Cooperation of MLR P.R.China

8:00

Registration

9:00

Opening session

10:00

Break

10:30

Speech one: A Survey of China’s Gems & Jewelry Market and its Future

By Madam Zhang Beili, Vice President of Gemological Association of China

12:00

Lunch

Afternoon

Chairman: Madam Zhang Beili

Vice President of Gemological Association of China

13:30

Speech two: Hong Kong’s Jewelry Trade

By Mr. Lawrence Ma, Chairman of the Diamond Federation of Hong Kong

15:00

Break

15:30

Speech three: Cultured Pearl and its Trade in China

By Ms Guo Tao, Director of National Gems Training Center

17:00

Break

18:00

Banquet

Tuesday, May 16, 2000

Chairman: Mr. Grahame Brown

Editor of Australian Gemmologist

8:30

Speech four: Gems & Jewelry Trade and Technology in US

By Mr. Eric Braunwart, Vice president of American Gem Trade Association

10:00

Break

10:30

Speech five: A Survey on the Gems & Jewelry Trade and Technology in Canada,

By Mr. Wolf Kuehn, Director of Canadian Institute of Gemology

12:00

Lunch

 

Afternoon

Chairman: Mr. Eric Braunwart

Vice president of American Gem Trade Association

13:30

Speech six: Development of Gems & Jewelry Testing and Trade in Singapore,

By Mr. Thye Sun Tay, President of Far East Gemmological Lab.

15:00

Break

15:30

Speech seven: Australia’s Gems Resources and Their International Markets

By Mr. Grahame Brown, Editor of Australian Gemmologist

17:00

Break

18:30

Beijing Opera ( ChangAn Great Theater)

Wednesday, May 17, 2000

Chairman: Mr. Wolf Kuehn

Director of Canadian Institute of Gemology

8:30

Speech eight: Gemstones, Quality and Value

By Mr. Yasukazu Suwa, President of Suwa & Son Inc.

10:00

Break

10:30

Speech nine: Russia’s Synthetic Gemstones and Enhancement at Present

By Mr. Vladimir S. Balitsky, Head of Synthesis and Enhancement Lab.

IEM RAS

12:00

Lunch

Afternoon

Chairman: Mr. Thye Sun Tay,

President of Far East Gemmological Lab

13:30

Speech ten: Status of Thailand’s Gems and Jewelry Industry

By Mr. Sakda Siripant, Director of Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand

15:00

Break

15:30

Free discussion

17:00

Break

Thursday, May 18, 2000

8:30

Visiting Gemstone Testing Laboratory

10:00

Visiting G & J markets in Beijing Municipality

12:00

Lunch (Beijing International Hotel)

13:30

Free discussion

17:00

Break

Friday, May 19, 2000

8:30

Visiting G & J markets around the Great Wall

15:00

Closing Session

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