Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has signed an settlement with the Worldwide Colored Gemstone Affiliation (ICA) to carry the ICA Annual Congress 2023 in Dubai.
ICA is a non-profit organisation and a world physique particularly created to learn the colored gemstone trade. It contains over 500 gem trade leaders from mine to market, together with miners, gem cutters, suppliers, retailers, commerce associations, gemological laboratories, academia and museums.
Set to happen from February 15 to 17 subsequent yr, at DMCC’s Almas Convention Centre, the annual congress will see lots of of gemstone trade leaders come collectively to share alternatives and handle the challenges going through the trade to advance the colored gems sector.
The congress follows JGT Dubai, which takes place within the Dubai World Commerce Centre from February 12 to 14, 2023.
Clement Sabbagh, president of the Worldwide Colored Gemstone Affiliation stated: “The ICA Congress is a singular occasion that brings collectively probably the most various and prestigious leaders within the colored gemstone sector. With every Congress, ICA presents dynamic audio system, compelling panel displays and alternatives for our extremely various trade to return collectively as one and share concepts, search avenues of collaboration, and problem one another to discover pathways to strengthen and develop the colored trade.”
Internet hosting the ICA Annual Congress in Dubai is a part of DMCC’s broader efforts to boost the worldwide commerce of treasured stones. To date this yr, DMCC has held 4 tenders of colored gems at its Dubai Diamond Change (DDE), the world’s largest treasured stone tender facility. The DDE creates splendid circumstances for the commerce of colored gems, with its white crystal home windows permitting potential patrons to look at and assess colored stones with out issues associated to tinted gentle.
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, government chairman and CEO, DMCC, stated: “Since we final partnered with ICA to carry their Annual Congress in 2007, DMCC has change into a catalyst for world commodities commerce. From a place of just about zero treasured stones commerce, now we have constructed Dubai into one of many world’s main diamond commerce hubs. Previously few months alone now we have witnessed one of many world’s purest pink diamonds, a record-breaking ruby and different uncommon stones grace the ground of our iconic Dubai Diamond Change because the world’s treasured and colored stones communities hunt down DMCC to conduct their most important enterprise.
“DMCC’s star continues to rise and now we have our sights firmly set on colored gems, as a part of diversifying our treasured stones commodities vary and constructing the following main hub for the sector worldwide. We’re delighted subsequently to as soon as once more be partnering with ICA, the world’s main authority on colored gems, to carry its Annual Congress 2022 in Dubai at this important second for DMCC and the broader trade.”
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