Date
20/09/2025
Location
WIFI Upper Austria (training center) in Linz
Hosted by: ÖGemG (Austrian Gemmological Association) and WIFI Upper Austria
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Preliminary Program
8:15 to 9:00 Registration of all participants in the lobby of the main auditorium (room number D401, panorama hall)
9:00 Welcome and Opening Ceremony • Ora. Ilaria Adamo - Chairman of FEEG • WIFI Oberösterreich (Training Centre) and OGemG (Austrian Gemmological Association)
9:30 First presentation: Ora. llarla Adamo. lstltuto Gemmologico Italiano/Milano: Turquoise: natural. created and simulants
10:15 Second presentation: Univ.Prof . Dr. Lutz Nasdala, Department of Mineralogy and crystallography, University of Vienna Austria: Luminescence spectroscopy of coloured gemstones
11:00 Third presentation: Mr. Branko Deijanln. Gemmological Research Industries/Canada. A historical review of lab grown diamonds and their detection including latest CVD Production treatments and cutting in India
12:00 to 13.30 Coffee and lunch break Including finger food, drinks; and snacks in the lobby of the main auditorium
13:30 Fourth presentation: Or. Tom Stephan, German Gemmological Association/ldar-Oberstein. Germany: Imperial Topaz-An Overview on its History, Formation, Sources and Treatments.
14:15 Fifth presentation: Univ.Prof. Dr. Clemens Schwarzingcr, Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials/Center of Scientific Gemmology, University of Linz/Austria: Commercial cutting or Precision cuts - what is the influence on a gemstone?
15:00 Coffee break in the lobby of the main auditorium
15:30 Sixth presentation: N.N., title to be defined
16:15 Seventh presentation: Paul Rose, Ml\, Paul Rose Film/Vienna, Austria: Zillertal garnets from the heart of the Tyrol/Austria (documentary flfm)
17:00 Graduation Ceremony Opening and introduction: Dr. Tom Stephan Chairman of the Examination Committee
18:00 to 19:00 Toast to success in the lobby of the main auditorium Celebrating the graduates and their diplomas, including all accompanying persons and guests
19:30 Festive Dinner in the main restaurant (ground foor) Content and time schedule may be subject to changes
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