The 2015 CIBJO Congress is set to open today (Monday) in Salvador, Brazil.
The schedule of the CIBJO Congress includes a series of meeting of different working groups, called sectors and commissions, each of which focuses on a different sector or field of interest in the jewelry industry.
The congress is taking place at the Sheraton da Bahia Hotel in Salvador from May 4 to May 6; pre-congress meetings took place on May 2-3.
Serving as the official venue for the meeting of the CIBJO Assembly of Delegates, the CIBJO Congress gathers the members of national jewelry and gemstone associations from more than 40 countries and representatives of many of the industry’s most important commercial bodies.
During the event, the organization's Diamond, Colored Stones, Pearl, Precious Metals and Gemological Blue Books, which are the industry’s most widely accepted directories of uniform grading standards and nomenclature, are discussed and updated. This congress will also see the introduction of a Coral Blue Book.
This is the first time that a CIBJO Congress is taking place in Latin America. It is being hosted by Instituto Brasileiro de Gemas e Metais Preciosos (IBGM), working in close cooperation with the local jewellery association in Bahia, Progemas (Associação Bahiana dos Produtores e Comerciantes de Gemas e Metais Preciosos).
The first day of the congress starts with the Colored Stone Commission meeting and the official ceremony. The Diamond Commission will be held today.
