Conference Schedule

Registration and continental breakfast begins at 8 a.m. The conference will start promptly at 9 a.m. and end approximately at 5 p.m.



May 15, 2010

The following is the list of speakers in the order they are scheduled to speak.
Please note this is always subject to last minute changes.

Keynote Speaker: Jack Ogden, Director of the British Gemmological
Society and founder of The Society of Jewelry Historians, Great Britain
Fool's Gold: Adventures of a Forgery Hunter

Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Curator of Contemporary Jewelry, Museum of
Art & Design, New York City
Jewelry from Recycled Materials Throughout History

Janet Zapata, noted author and jewelry historian,
19th Century Archeological Revival Jewelry

Harrice Simons Miller, co-author of Faking It (with Kenneth Jay Lane)
Kenny & Coco, Historical Influences on the Jewelry of Kenneth J.
Lane and Coco Chanel

Yvonne Markowitz, Rita B. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of
Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; co-director ASJRA
The Great Diamond and Civil War Gold Hoaxes

Elyse Zorn Karlin, publisher Adornment Magazine, co-director ASJRA
Murf the Surf and the Star of India Caper

Gary Roskin, G.G. Recycling the Big Ones: The Hope and Wittlesbach Diamonds

John Hatleberg, gem artist
Notes From The Diamond Counterfeiter

Geza von Habsburg,
Faberge´ or Fauxberge´

Information about our fall 2011 event will be posted here at a future date.

Charon Kransen, will be exhibiting his extensive line of books on jewelry and the decorative arts throughout the day in a private room so attendees can browse at any point during the day. Charon Kransen’s Arts Book List is considered one of the most specialized resources for books and exhibition catalogs (often hard-to-find, often out-of-print) on jewelry design and decorative arts from around the world. He has over 700 titles available on jewelry, glass, textiles, paper, ceramics, mosaics, baskets, etc. He is known for having many books and catalogs on jewelers and exhibitions outside the United States that are difficult to obtain in this country. Charon Kransen received the 2009 New York Award in the Books category from the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).