Agenda
Below is the schedule of events for the TJS conference. You may also download the PDF above.
Saturday, May 16th
4:00pm
Roundtable- Sharing Solutions for Rebuilding the Industry Workforce
6:00pm
WELCOME DINNER
Sunday, May 17th
30 mins
CONFERENCE WELCOME
8:00am
45 mins
Magee & Parekh - Beyond Ideation: Investigating Manufacturing-Ready AI Applications in Jewelry Design
8:30am
45 mins
Arun Brakash - Process Automation in Investment Casting for Jewelry Manufacturing
9:15am
30 mins
NETWORKING BREAK
10:00am
45 mins
Mulligan - The Responsible Sourcing of Gold - in Theory and Practice
10:30am
45 mins
Hoover - Sweeps 101: The Cycle of “Non-Clean” Scrap from Accumulation, Documentation, Processing, Assay and Settlement
11:15am
60 mins
NETWORKING LUNCH
12:00pm
45 mins
Kumar - Preparation and Characterization of Closed-cell, High-karat Gold Foams for Ultra-lightweight Jewellery
1:00pm
45 mins
Giantin - Repositioning Platinum in Fine Jewelry Manufacturing: Metallurgical, Process and Economic Benchmarking of Additive Manufacturing vs. Traditional Techniques
1:45pm
30 mins
NETWORKING BREAK
2:30pm
45 mins
Strauss - Powder Metallurgy: Debinding and Sintering Theories and their Application to Precious Metal Alloys
3:00pm
45 mins
Sanfelix - Blending Geometric and Organic Patterns to Create a Floral Ring
3:45pm
45 mins
Q&A SESSION
4:30pm
NETWORKING DINNER
Monday, May 18th
8:30am
Bulling - Casting the Future: Metallic Glass Jewelry and Accessories Made by Precision Investment Casting
45 mins
9:15am
Sullivan & Miller - Small Change. Big Impact. How to Improve Business Results Through Incremental Transformation Projects.
45 mins
10:00am
NETWORKING BREAK
30 mins
10:30am
Gilbertson - The Transformation of Diamond Cut Quality Grading: Where We Are Now
45 mins
11:15am
Corti - Basic Metallurgy of the Precious Metals: Part IV - Deformation Processing and Heat Treatment
45 mins
12:00pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
60 mins
1:00pm
Wongpreedee & Virutamasen - Jewelry Innovation Futures: From Research to Commercial Using the Quadruple Helix Model
45 mins
1:45pm
Winters - The FTC Guides: the Jewely Guides, the Green Guides, and the Future of Sustainability Claims in the Jewelry Industry
45 mins
2:30pm
NETWORKING BREAK
30 mins
3:00pm
Perelmuter - Engineering for Endurance: How Weight, Balance, Thickness, Length, and Fit Shape Long Duration Performance in Pierced Jewelry
45 mins
3:45pm
Binnion - Platinum Before Paris: Unearthing a Global History from Pre Columbian Innovation to European Opulence
45 mins
4:30pm
Q&A SESSION
45 mins
NETWORKING DINNER
Tuesday, May 19th
45 mins
Schoenke & Sengupta - Characterization of Casting Defects in 950 Platinum Castings
8:30am
45 mins
Friso - Jewelry Production by Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing: From Laboratory Tests to Full-scale Production
9:15am
30 mins
NETWORKING BREAK
10:00am
45 mins
Shah - The Effect of Quench Time On As-Cast Properties of White Gold
10:30am
45 mins
Kazantsev - New Approaches to Polishing Porous and Complex Jewelry Surfaces: Beilby Layer Formation as a Solution to Persistent Defects
11:15am
45 mins
Q&A SESSION
12:00pm
EDSEL AWARD, $1,000 DRAWING, SYMPOSIUM CONCLUDES
12:30pm
Q&A
Session
At the end of each day, that day’s speakers will gather on the stage for a question-and-answer session. Attendees may ask questions live or submit written questions prior to the session.
$1,000 Giveaway
Be sure to stick around to the very end. One person will win $1,000, but you must be present to win!