The meeting will feature a special session on September 15 to discuss the benefits that blockchain technology can bring diamond and jewellery businesses. WFDB Promotion Committee Chairman Rami Baron created the initiative last year to encourage younger members of the diamond industry worldwide to network.
Leanne Kemp, the founder of Australian start-up Everledger, which uses blockchain, smart contracts and machine vision to prevent risk and fraud for banks, insurers and open marketplaces and to ensure ethical trading, will make a presentation on the technology.
The group consists of younger members of organisations, diamond firms, bourses and diamond retailers from around the world who communicate on a regular basis using social media to discuss issues affecting them.
Aruna Gaitonde, Editor-in-Chief of Asin Bureau, Rough & Polished