The World Jewellery Forum, an exceptional meeting for the elite of world jewellery, will be hosted in Vicenza. From 19 to 23 May 2012, the international exhibition of the latest trends VICENZAORO Spring will become the gold and jewellery “world capital”, a business hub for international producers and buyers from over 70 different countries.
The World Jewellery Forum provides an opportunity for high level confrontation and will be attended by top executives from the United Nations, who will be dealing with the implementation and development of methods linked to Corporate Social Responsibility along the diamond production line through the Kimberley Process, the international protocol which has helped achieve significant results in the fight against the trading of illegal gemstones.
The Forum will be divided into two different events: the Annual Meeting of the World Diamond Council, which will take place on 13th and 14th May, and the Annual CIBJO Congress, from 17th to 20th May, which will act as a forum for the various commissions set up for gemstones, pearls, precious metals, workshops and will be a good chance to discuss and catch up on the authoritative Blue Books. The congress will include a review of situation of the World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation (WJCEF) and a report on the ongoing cooperation between CIBJO and the United Nations.
The most exciting events will be the prize-giving for the international contests launched in recent months to award goldsmith talents: the “Next Generation – Jewellery Talent Contest 2012” for young under-30 designers on the theme “Souvenir d’Italie” best interprets the concept of Made in Italy, and the “Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards 2012”, the equivalent of a jewellery “Oscar”, awarded for productive and commercial design.
The Trend Vision Jewellery + Forecasting project will also be back in May, the first independent world forecasting centre specialised in deciphering consumer behaviour with particular focus on style trends.
Veronica Novoselova, Rough&Polished correspondent in Italy
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