Registration of delegates for the forthcoming 2018 World Diamond Congress to be held in Mumbai, India, from October 23 to 25 have opened with the dedicated website for the event going live, the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) said in a statement released yesterday. The Congress is the biannual meeting of the WFDB and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA). 

WFDB President Ernie Blom said: “I am delighted that a dedicated website has been created for the World Diamond Congress by the Bharat Diamond Bourse which has agreed to host the 2018 Congress. It is critical that everyone planning to attend the Congress carries out the registration process, including hotel accommodation, as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.”

Blom stressed that the industry has “faced a number of deep-seated changes and challenges this year”, and said that it was “vital that the industry comes together to discuss them”.

“It will be fascinating to hear members' views, for example, on the decision by De Beers to introduce its lab-grown diamond jewellery line, as well as the issues surrounding the revised U.S. FTC Jewelry Guides. There certainly won't be a shortage of topics on the agenda," he added.

The website can be accessed at: https://www.diamondcongress2018mumbai.com