Past event summary
Lab Grown Diamonds: The future diamond
About the event
Our seminar on lab-grown diamonds discussed its impact on the jewellery industry and focussed on why it is trending amongst jewellery professionals and consumers.
Key topics include:
- What are lab-grown diamonds, and how are they made?
- How are they different than mined diamonds?
- How will lab-grown diamonds help civilization?
- How are lab-grown diamonds used?
- What is the value of a lab-grown diamond?
- What are the various ways designers can use lab-grown diamonds?
Event details
Where
Online. Upon registration, you will receive details on how to join the webinar.
When
4:00pm - 5:00pm, 28 Jan 2021
Agenda
Introduction to Dubai Design Academy
Presentation by Vishal Mehta on Lab-grown Diamonds
Q&A
Speaker
VISHAL MEHTA
FOUNDER AND CEO
LUMEX DMCC
Vishal Mehta is the Founder and CEO of LUMEX DMCC, a lab-grown diamond manufacturing company founded in 2018. The company currently operates in the United States, United Arab Emirates, and India.
Prior to starting his own company, Vishal Mehta spent his career in his family business in the natural diamond Industry. Vishal spends 16 years in various roles that spanned from mining, rough diamond trading, & diamond manufacturing. Vishal Mehta has operated businesses on 3 continents.
Vishal has BA Sc. From Babson College and is has a graduate diamonds certification from The Gemological Institute of America.
Webinar Facilitator
SAMER MERHI
SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER - EVENTS
DMCC
Samer Merhi is the Senior Marketing Manager of Events at DMCC, the world’s leading Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise.
Joining DMCC in 2012, Samer is responsible for delivering the organisation’s event programme in line with corporate marketing strategy and business objectives.
Technically knowledgeable and professionally qualified, Samer forges strategic relationships with partners around the world to deliver an ever-growing DMCC calendar of events both physical and virtual.
In a career spanning 15 years, Samer has managed some of the region’s largest and high-profile live events and conferences, as well as diplomatic meetings and industry gatherings.