NAJA’s Calendar of Events
30th NAJA Mid-Year ACE© It Education Conference
Oak Brook, IL
August 2-5, 2008
31st ACE© It Winter Educational Conference
Tucson Convention Center
February 2-3, 2009
32nd NAJA Mid-Year ACE© It Education Conference
San Diego CA
August 18-20, 2009
NAJA exhibition venues and dates
30th NAJA Mid-Year ACE© It Education Conference
Oak Brook, IL
August 2-5, 2008
NAJA invites your attendance to the Mid-Year Education Conference. Our Conference is designed for the professional gem and jewelry appraiser and like-minded professionals with similar goals and related business challenges.
Attendance at NAJA Educational Conferences is a perfect opportunity to increase your skills, learn new information and experience a peerless networking opportunity. Experts from the trade and trade press share their areas of expertise to further your understanding.
Gail Brett Levine, GG
Executive Director
Click here for the full Conference brochure with registration information etc.
Presentations:
Saturday, August 2, 2008 | | 8:15 AM - Noon | Appraising The Unusual - Stepping Outside Your Loupe Charles Ellias, GG | 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Touch It, Feel It, Value It Joseph DuMouchelle, GG | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Performance Appraising: The Diamond and the Document Diane Flora, GG, CGA | | | Sunday, August 3, 2008 | | 8:15 AM - noon | Pitfalls in Flashy Containers - the microWorld of Gems and Gemological Wannabees John Koivula, GG, FGA | 1:30 - 3:30 PM | The Secret Rituals of the Almighty Righteous Spectroscope Arthur Skuratowicz, GJG | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Name That Market! Joseph Tenhagen, GG | | | Monday, August 4, 2008 | | 8:15 - 10 AM | New Concepts and Methodology of Hallmarks Today Danusia Nicklewicz, GG, FGA and William Whetson | | Hands on Session: How Much Information can you Derive from a Hallmark? | 10:30 AM - Noon | Secrets of Hallmarks Lost in Translation Danusia Nicklewicz, GG, FGA and William Whetson | | Hands on Session: Stump the Experts, Show and Tell and Round Table Discussions the Effects of Hallmarks on Valuation | 1:30 - 3:30 PM | How I Learned to Love Jade and Hate Diamonds Don Kay | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Flawless Diamond Grading - All Included! Dan Gillen, GG | | | Tuesday August 5, 2008 | | 8:15 AM | Rising Stars on the Horizon: Alternative Mestals for 21st Century Jewelry
Metal - Teresa Shannon, Chris Ploof & Linus Drogs | 1:30 PM | Pricing and Grading Treated Gems and Diamonds Richard Drucker, GG and Stuart Robertson, GG | 4:00 PM | Identification and Evaluation of Emeralds from Around the World Arthur Groom, GG | | | The program officially ends at 6 PM. |
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NAJA will be exhibiting at the following venues:
GemGuide & AGTA Gemological Conference
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Chicago, IL
September 13-14, 2008
AGTA GemFair
Tucson Center, Tucson, AZ
Both G-11
February 4-9, 2009
Atlanta Jewelry Show
Cobb Galleria
Booth 11
Atlanta GA
February 28 - March 2, 2009
JCK - Las Vegas
Sands Convention Center
Booth L-27
Las Vegas NV
May 29 - June 2, 2009
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