The new edition of Vicenzaoro September – The Jewellery Boutique Show (VOS), at Vicenza Expo Centre, combines the world of jewellery with current and futuristic themes. Gold and jewelery will return to their European show from 9th to 13th September 2022, together with the third edition of VO Vintage (9-11 September).
The gold-jewellery industry is involved in the digital economy, which is amplifying its creativity and sales channels with blockchain technologies and the web’s evolution into the metaverse. Outlining its medium-term effects on Saturday 10th September will be “Chromaverse. How the Metaverse and NFT’s are affecting Consumers and the Jewellery sector”, the Trendvison Jewellery + Forecasting event conducted by Paola De Luca, creative director and co-founder with IEG. Guests will include Rebecca Forster, President of Hearts on Fire, Angie Marei, founder & fine jewellery designer of Marei New York, Anna Adriani, marketing director of Fondaco dei Tedeschi by DFS in Venice, Naman Sidharth, co-founder of NFJ Labs, and the return to Vicenzaoro of Lynn Yeager, contributor for Vogue USA and the New York Times.
Future is the main theme of the presentation of the new Trendbook 2024+ on consumer trends and forecasts compiled by Trendvision, IEG’s independent observatory directed by Paola De Luca, which explores consumer evolution in the luxury world. A veritable bible for the international jewellery market, the forecast looks at emerging phenomena over a period of 18 months following its publication.
The analysis of market and production data will be an important topic too. Club degli Orafi and Intesa San Paolo’s Study and Research Department will present “The Italian goldsmith sector. A complex and uncertain scenario”, a meeting on the evolution of national gold and jewellery supply chains, international demand for precious metals, the effects of international crises and US monetary policies on access to raw materials and their prices.
Sunday 11th September will be dedicated to two seminars both organized by CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation. “A new paradigm for marketing diamond jewellery: shifting the focus from men to women” will be the first of two seminars. The focus will be on the new social roles that women are asserting in the purchase of jewellery and precious stones, with an introduction by President Gaetano Cavalieri and speeches by Julien Stervinou, Head of Sustainable Innovation Lab for Watches & Jewelry at Kering, Mina El Hadraoui, Director of the Natural Diamond Council France, journalist Bérengère Treussard from Like AB, and moderators Edward Johnson (Edward Johnson Consulting) and Elle Hill (Hill & Co).
The second event, “Developing a global approach to jewellery supply chain regulation”, will focus on the opportunities of regulating the jewellery supply chain on a global scale. Speakers will include Iris Van der Veken, Executive Director of Watch & Jewellery Initiative, Tiffany Steven, President and CEO of the Jewelers’ Vigilance Committee USA, Sara Yood, Deputy General Counsel of the Jewelers Vigilance Committee USA, and John Mulligan, Market Relations & Climate Change Lead of World Gold Council.
The eventful day of Sunday, Sept. 11, is also dedicated to young designers. Ellen Joncheere, CEO of HRD Antwerp, and Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, which, together with Italian Exhibition Group, is sponsoring the initiative, will be presenting the new edition of the HRD Design Awards to be hosted at Vicenzaoro January 2023, through creative ideas for improving the sector developed by three young talents, finalists at the competition’s previous editions.
The event is a showcase for professional development projects aimed at young talents as well as traders and retailers already working in the sector in order to help bring the new generations closer to the world of jewellery, enhance job opportunities and professional development in the sector and renew and expand technical skills within the industry. Additional initiatives include Inspiration Boards, the project that involves young students on IED Turin’s Jewellery Design course, the Gem Talk organised by I.G.I. (Italian Gemmological Institute) and the Retail Talks, new technical insights organised by Confcommercio Federpreziosi that focus on the needs of retailers.
IGR – Italian Gemological Review is a VicenzaOro media partner. Copies of the Magazine can be obtained at the MediaVillage space. In addition to this during the VicenzaOro September 2022 showtime, evaluation copies for free and subscription services will be provided at the IGI International Gemological Institute booth 128, in Hall 3. It will also be possible to discover issue 0 of Alkimiya Magazine, the new International Digital Jewelry Design Magazine.
