World diamond leaders to be keynote speakers at Zimbabwe Diamond Conference 2014

Zimbabwe Diamond Conference 2014, slated for 6th and 7th of November 2014 in Harare, is building up to be an event where important world diamond leaders will come and share their views. Key leaders have accepted to be keynote speakers: Eli Izhakoff, Honorary President of the WDC and Honorary President of the WFDB and Honorary President of CIBJO; Ernie Blom, President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses; and Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO.

The conference will handle about “Completing Zimbabwe’s Diamond Potential for the Future”.

Speaking about his participation, WDC Honorary President Eli Izhakoff said: “Zimbabwe is a significant diamond producing country and can evolve into an important trading center which will benefit all its citizens”. WFDB President Ernie Blom shared that, “Zimbabwe, with its vast mineral resources is well positioned to take advantage, as a major supplier of rough diamonds, in a world market that has seen challenges with current supply lines”.

The conference will be moderated by diamond industry analyst Chaim Even-Zohar, industry veteran.

While the aim of the WFDB is to participate in the promotion of world trade and to encourage the establishment of bourses (today there are 28 bourses worldwide), CIBJO represents the interests of all individuals, organizations and companies earning their livelihoods from jewellery, gemstones and precious metals.