Milan: Registration for the 2024 congress of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) is now open. Delegates and other participants may register for the congress via a dedicated congress website located at: www.cibjo.org/congress-2024/.

CIBJO’s 2023 annual congress will take place in Shanghai, China’s financial centre and the gateway to what is today the world’s largest jewellery market, from November 2 to November 4. Pre-congress meetings will be held on October 31 and November 1.

The hosts of the congress are the Donghao Lansheng Group and the China Gems & Jade Exchange. The congress venue and the official hotel will be the Shangri-La Qiantan, in the heart of Shanghai’s New Bund International Business District in Pudong.

The dedicated website includes the congress programme, important travel information, background information about Shanghai and the congress venue, news and media.

An online registration form for the congress is available, and, delegates will also be able to book hotel rooms at special congress rates using a link provided on the dedicated website.

CIBJO Congresses serve as the gathering place for the World Jewellery Confederation’s Assembly of Delegates, and also are the venue for the annual meetings of CIBJO’s sectoral commissions, where amendments can be introduced to the organisation’s definitive directories of international industry standards for diamonds, coloured stones, pearls, gem labs, precious metals, coral and responsible sourcing, known as the Blue Books.

The CIBJO Congress is also where are reported upon the programmes of World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation (WJCEF), as well as activities related to CIBJO’s ongoing cooperation with the United Nations and its development programme.