The 2017 Congress of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) will open in Bangkok on November 5, 2017, though pre-congress meetings will begin on November 2 and 3, and the World Ruby Forum will take place on November 4. The Congress will run till November 7 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok.

Members of national jewellery and gemstone associations from more than 40 countries and representatives of many of the industry's most important commercial bodies are expected to attend.

The Congress includes meetings of the Assembly of Delegates as well as a series of meetings of different working groups, called sectors and commissions, each of which focuses on a different sector or field of interest in the jewellery industry. During the event, the organisation's Diamond, Coloured Stones, Pearl, Coral, Precious Metals and Gemmological Blue Books, which are industry's most widely accepted directories of uniform grading standards and nomenclature, are discussed and updated.

Agendas and background reports for each of the commissions / sectors have been released and are available on the Congress website.

The CIBJO Congress is being hosted by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) and the Gem and Jewellery Institute of Thailand (GIT), both of which fall under the jurisdiction of the Thai Ministry of Commerce.