Seminar on Market Trends of Coloured Gemstone and Coloured Diamond

Date

5/3/2013 (Tuesday )

Time

2pm 3:30pm

Venue

HKTDC SME Training Room C, Expo Galleria, HKCEC

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Speakers

Mr Wilson Yuen, President, International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA)

Mr John King, Chief Quality Officer, GIA Laboratory

GIA John King

Language

English (simultaneous interpretation in Putonghua will be provided)

Remarks

Free Admission
Programme

1:30pm 2pm

Guest Registration

2pm 2:30pm

Updates of the Market Trends of Coloured Gemstones

Speaker: Mr Wilson Yuen, President, International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA)

:

2:30pm 3:15pm

An Update on the World of Coloured Diamonds

Speaker: Mr John King, Chief Quality Officer, GIA Laboratory

: GIA John King

3:15pm 3:30pm

Q & A Session
As of 31 January 2013

*The Organiser reserves the rights to change the programme without prior notice.

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Biography of Speakers and Presentation Abstracts

Mr Wilson K.W. Yuen, managing director of Able Lapidary & Jewelry Ltd, is the current
president of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA). Started out as a cutter in
1972, Yuen established his own business in 1984. Yuen has become a member of ICA since
1988 and has served on its board since 2005, chairing its China Task Force. He participated
in the work of colored gemstone quality standardization and promotes the potentiality of the
China market internationally. He has visited Australia, America, Japan, Thailand, Turkey,
Brazil, Sri Lanka and Russia within his term. Yuen also serves as a member of the Task
Force on Gemstone Testing under the Hong Kong Accreditation Service.
In June 2012, Yuen signed the letter of intention with Changsha National Economic & Technical Development
Zone and other 12 delegations in setting up the International Gemstone Culture and Creative Industrial Park
within the integrated Bonded Area in Changsha, China. The mission is to set up an integrated industrial chain in
the colored gemstone and jewelry accessary industry with the strong support of the Hunan government.
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Mr John King is respected worldwide as an authority on fancy colored diamonds as well as

an accomplished artist. He has held his current position as chief quality officer since 2008.
In that position, Mr. King oversees the global technical quality for the laboratories and
assists in the communication of grading standards between GIA Research, Education and
the diamond industry.
Mr. King began his career at GIA in 1978 as a diamond grader. With 30 years of laboratory
experience, Mr. King has written about and frequently lectures on colored diamonds and
laboratory grading procedures. He has written a number of articles for GIAs award-winning quarterly journal,
Gems & Gemology, most notably, Color Grading of Colored Diamonds in the GIA Gem Trade Laboratory.

Presentation Abstract of Mr John King

Increased awareness in colored diamonds has grown over the years and the reasons behind this increase are
well known.

Has increased awareness resulted in changes in what is seen in the trade or at GIA?

This talk will

look at the trends in colored diamonds at GIA Laboratory in recent years: some longstanding trends continue and
new ones are noted as well. This presentation will highlight some of the historic diamonds, diamonds at auction
and unusual colors seen by GIA as well as treated and synthetic diamonds.

Data on diamonds graded at GIA

since 2005 will be used to discuss any shifts in the types or strengths of colors seen at GIA.

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