On Jan 27th CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation launched a dedicated website for the 2015 annual congress slated to take place in Salvador (the capital of the north-eastern state of Bahia), Brazil, between May 4th to May 6th, 2015. Pre-congress meetings are scheduled to be held on May 2nd  and May 3rd. 

Registration has officially opened and those desirous of can register through the dedicated website  http://congress2015.cibjo.org/. “The website includes extensive background about the congress, including the preliminary agenda, information about the host city and organisations, travel information, galleries, a section for the press and more,” CIBJO said in a press note. “In addition to congress registration forms, participants can book hotel room online and pre-register for a series of tours taking place in and around Salvador from May 2 through May 5, and for a post-congress mine tour in Bahia, which will take place May 7-10.”

The Instituto Brasileiro de Gemas e Metais Preciosos (IBGM) are hosts of the congress, working in close cooperation with the local jewellery association in Bahia, Progemas (Associação Bahiana dos Produtores e Comerciantes de Gemas e Metais Preciosos).

The main congress venue and hotel will be the Sheraton da Bahia Hotel, Salvador, located in a prime downtown location nearby the historic city centre of Pelourinho, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is renowned for its Portuguese colonial architecture, with historical monuments dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

The CIBJO Congress is expected to bring together representatives of national jewellery and gemstone associations from more than 40 countries and representatives of many of the industry’s most important commercial institutions.