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IDMA, WFDB, DDE and DPA organize roadshow of diamond identification and detection technology during 21st Presidents’ Meeting
The International Diamond Manufacturers Association ( IDMA), the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the Diamond Producers Association (DPA) have joined hands in the organization of a roadshow of current diamond identification and detection technologies o...
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Address by Ronnie VanderLinden at Opening Session of the 21st Presidents’ Meeting, at the Almas Tower, Dubai, UAE, September 24, 2019.
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC);
Ernest Blom, President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses;
Edgar Diego de Carvallo, Chief Executive Officer of the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA);
Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation;
Honored guests, colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen,
Had we all arrived here, to wonderful Dubai, without a pre-designated agenda, we’d still all know what the challenges are that we need to tackle, as we all in the same boat.
When the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was launched officially on January 1, 2003, it created for the first time in our industry’s history an ethical threshold that could be universally enforced.
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Shedding light on diamond production
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