INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND CONFERENCE 2008
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The Future of the Diamond Industry

The diamond and jewelry industry is undergoing a period of great change, challenge and uncertainty. Powerful economic forces are shifting the global balance of trade. Soaring commodity prices, a plummeting dollar, the housing crisis and U.S. recession, a billion new Chinese and Indian consumers, where will it all lead? What will happen to the diamond and jewelry industry? What will happen to your business?

Get the inside story. Find out what is really going on and how you can grow your business in the turbulent times ahead. Turn your challenges into opportunities as you connect with the best and brightest.


Conference Topics:


THE NEW ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION
  • Is the American party over?
  • How to survive a recession?
  • Will India and China dominate demand?
  • What impact will inflation and higher interest rates have on the jewelry industry?
  • Will diamonds continue to trade in dollars?
  • Who will be giving credit and how?

MARKETING
  • Is branding the wave of the future?
  • What about De Beers Forevermark?
  • What impact will branding have on diamond distribution?
  • How can we create large profit margins on top of expensive rough prices?

TECHNOLOGY
  • Will advanced synthetics and treatments make it impossible to authenticate diamonds?
  • How will technology change the way we grade and market diamonds?

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
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