AGENDA
Monday, 21 February 2022
Ballroom A and B, Atlantis, The Palm
8:00 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:20
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and CEO, DMCC
Setting the expectations from this year’s conference
9:20 - 9:30
HE Dr Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Republic of Angola
9:30 - 9:45
• Martin Leake, Special Advisor - Precious Stones, DMCC
• Anish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and Partner, GEMDAX
9:45 - 11:15
• Bruce Cleaver, Chief Executive Officer, De Beers Group
• Sergey Ivanov, CEO, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ALROSA
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 - 13:15
• Beryl Raff, Chairman and CEO, Helzberg Diamonds
• Stephen Lussier, Chairman and Executive Vice-President, Forevermark, De Beers Group
• Shamlal Ahmed, Managing Director – International Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds
13:15 - 14:15
14:30 - 15:30
• David Block, CEO, Sarine Technology Group
• Bernold Richerzhagen, Founder and CEO, Synova
• Rafael Papismedov, Co-Founder, Managing Partner, HB Antwerp
15:30 - 16:00
16:00-17:00
• Yoram Dvash, President, World Federation of Diamond Bourses
• Ronnie Vanderlinden, President, International Diamond Manufacturers Association
• Edward Asscher, President, World Diamond Council
• Iris Van Der Veken, Executive Director, Responsible Jewellery Council
• Gaetano Cavalieri, President, CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation
• Colin Shah, Chairman, GJEPC
17:00
18:30-22:00
Asateer, Atlantis, The Palm