Paola De Luca To Speak On ‘Future Of Diamonds’ At CARAT+

(IDEX Online) – Jewelry design and trends expert Paola De Luca will conduct a seminar at the premiere edition of the CARAT+ diamond and diamond jewelry show in Antwerp on May 8.

The seminar, 'The Future of Diamonds: How Social Changes and the New Consumers are Impacting the Diamond Sector', will take place on the second day of the three-day show, at Antwerp Expo. It is open to all exhibitors and registered buyers and visitors.

De Luca is the founder and Creative Director of The Futurist Ltd., a trend-forecasting and creative intelligence firm specializing in strategic projects in the luxury and jewelry sectors. In 2012 she co-founded TRENDVISION Jewellery + Forecasting, an independent observatory focusing on trend forecasting for the jewelry industry.

In 2002 she established the TJF Group Ltd., which for a decade focused on research and forecasting for the jewelry industry, launching the unique TJF Trend book, which became the world’s first and most authoritative jewelry trends publication.

“Paola De Luca, with her remarkable insight and wealth of experience of the fashion-end of the diamond industry exemplifies the broad perspective we seek to achieve at CARAT+”, said Filip Van Laere, the show’s Event Director. “We want to offer a podium to strong and independent opinion makers who bring understanding, inspiration and new directions for the diamond business at large. Paola certainly qualifies in all of these respects, and I am sure that she will set a high bar for future inspirational speakers at CARAT+.”

Covering the full spectrum of the diamond and diamond jewelry trades, CARAT+ will feature loose diamonds, branded diamond jewelry, non-branded diamond jewelry, and services for the diamond and diamond jewelry industry.