Friday 29^th April 2011

6.30 pm     Registration, wine, soft drinks and nibbles

7.30 pm     The Love of Stones: Mineralogy, Art and Education in Nineteenth-century Britain

                                                                                                   PROFESSOR MARCIA POINTON

8.45 pm     Buffet Meal in The Queens Hotel

 

Saturday 30^th April 2011

9.15 am     Registration

9.30 am     A Gem of a Birthday Present? – the history of the discovery of alexandrite

                                                                                                                    DR KARL SCHMETZER

10.30 am   Coffee/Tea

10 45 am   Gem-A:  Plans for 2011                                                      LORNE STATHER

 

11.00 am   Specific Gravity                                                                         ALAN HODGKINSON

12.00         Lunch and Sponsors’ Sessions

2.00 pm     Testing Precious Gemstones in Hong Kong                                   DOMINIC MOK

3.00 pm     Coffee/Tea

3.30 pm     Market trends and other illusions from the trade                STUART ROBERTSON

4.30 pm     End of afternoon session

7.30 pm     Dinner and Ceilidh in The Queens Hotel

 

Sunday 1^st  May 2011

9.30 am     Alexandrite – a special stone for experts, enthusiasts and connoisseurs

                                                                                                                     DR KARL SCHMETZER

10.30 am   Coffee/Tea

11.00 am   What a wonderful world?                                                        DAVID CALLAGHAN

12.00         Presentation of prizes for Gem-Set Jewellery Competition and Scottish trophies

12.15         Lunch and Sponsors’ Sessions

2.15 pm     Workshops and Demonstrations

                  Places for the Workshops at 2.15pm and 3.45pm are limited and must be booked in advance

                      Please see the Workshops link on the Conference 2011 page                          

5.00 pm     Close

7.30 pm     Dinner in local restaurant

 

Monday 2^nd  May 2011

10.00 am   Visit to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

                 A rare chance to view Scottish gems and minerals not currently on display

                 to the public.