Upcoming Conferences

13th Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium 2010
April 6–9
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
Adelaide, South Australia
Session: Gem Deposits
Field trip: Opal fields of the Great Artesian Basin (New South Wales and South Australia)

Initiatives in Art and Culture: “Diamonds” Conference
April 9–10
Graduate Center, City University of New York

John Sinkankas Feldspar Symposium
San Diego Mineral & Gem Society and the Gemological Institute of America
April 17, 2010
Carlsbad, California

Sotheby's "Magnificent Jewels" Course
April 19–21, 2010
New York

The SMART Jewelry Show
April 24–26, 2010
Chicago
Features a retail-oriented education program that begins April 23, the day before the show opens.

Scottish Gemmological Association Annual Conference 2010
April 30–May 3, 2010
Perth, Scotland

EGU 2010—European Geosciences Union General Assembly
May 2–7, 2010
Vienna, Austria
Session: Diamond Genesis: Insights from Natural Samples and Experiments

GeoCanada 2010
Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, and others
May 10–14, 2010
Calgary, Canada
Session: Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds

4th International New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference (NDNC 2010)
May 16–20, 2010
Suzhou, China
Abstracts deadline: February 1, 2010

Gemmological Association of Australia 64th Annual Federal Conference
May 20–23, 2010
South Brisbane, Australia

Maine Pegmatite Workshop 2010
May 29–June 4
Poland, Maine

Goldschmidt 2010
June 13–18
Knoxville, Tennessee
Session: Geochemistry and trace elements in gems

AOGS 2010: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 7th Annual Meeting
July 5–9
Hyderabad, India
Session: Orogenesis, magma genesis and mineral genesis: Gemstones to sulphide ores

IMA2010—The 20th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association
August 21–27
Budapest
Sessions:
• Gem materials: Origins, properties, and new analytical challenges
• Mineral spectroscopy: Advanced spectroscopic methods applied to minerals and related inorganic materials
• From gemstones to cell phones: The importance of pegmatites to society
• Jadeitites and their record of subduction zone processes
• The scientific value of mineral beauty

Diamond 2010—21st European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and Silicon Carbide
September 5–9
Budapest

World of Gems Conference II
October 9–10, 2010
Rosemont, Illinois