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8:00am CDT

Josh Linkner Breakfast Lonestar BallroomJosh Linkner • Wells Fargo

9:45am CDT

Networking Break Lonestar Prefunction

10:15am CDT

5 Reasons Pearl Jewelry Will Increase Your Sales State Room 1Jennifer Heebner Follow Your Inner Light: Fluorescence as a Unique Selling Proposition San Antonio BWade Abel, CG • Rebecca Foerster • Roland Krainz • Alexis Padis, CGA Guilds Council Meeting Lonestar C4 Miner to Jeweler: Ammunition for the Sales Counter San Antonio ABjorn Merisheki, RS • Jonathan Farnsworth, CG • Melissa Quick, CSA • Ben Smithee Spotlight Session: The Story-Driven SALES PERSON Houston B & CKelly Swanson GIA Hands-On: Country of Origin Determination - Ruby State Room 3Aaron Palke

11:15am CDT

Networking Break Lonestar Prefunction

11:45am CDT

Gem Sciences Committee Meeting Lonestar C4 Risky Business: How Anti-Money Laundering Requirements Really Work San Antonio BSara Yood • Melissa Quick, CSA • Tiffany Stevens, Esq. Spotlight Session: The Story-Driven SALES PERSON Houston B & CKelly Swanson

12:45pm CDT

Networking Break Lonestar Prefunction

1:00pm CDT

Robert M. Shipley Award® Luncheon Lonestar BallroomGIA

2:30pm CDT

Coffee and Dessert Break Lonestar PrefunctionWells Fargo

3:00pm CDT

Featured Session: Cross-Cultural Selling in a Global Marketplace Houston B & CKrish Dhanam How to Sell Colored Gemstones State Room 1Doug Hucker Increasing Your Appraisal Department Revenue San Antonio AJoel Hassler, CGA Managing the Menagerie: Understanding the Legal Use of Wildlife Materials in Jewelry San Antonio BTiffany Stevens, Esq. • Sara Yood State of the Industry Houston ACharles Stanley GIA Hands-On: The Microworld of Spinel State Room 3Nathan Renfro

4:00pm CDT

Networking Break Lonestar Prefunction

4:15pm CDT

Cyber Crime Effects on the Retail Industry San Antonio BGreg Holland-Merten Featured Session: Training for Transformation: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Houston B & CKrish Dhanam KISS: Keep It (Color) Simple & Sell Houston ARachel Merisheki, CG • Roger Dery, RS • Ginger Dery, RS Working Parent Panel Brought to You by the AGS Young Titleholders State Room 1Sarah Russell, CG • Lisa Bridge, CG • Maria Brown, RJ • Mark Klein • Niveet Nagpal, CG

5:30pm CDT

Vendor Roundtable San Antonio A