Monday, January 29, 2024

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

REGISTRATION AND BADGE PICKUP OPEN

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age Solutions, M-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom). (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By

7:30 am – 9:30 pm

EXHIBITOR SETUP

Exhibitors should now prepare for the show floor to open

8:00 – 9:30 am

EXHIBITOR BREAKFAST

Served In Respective Exhibit Areas

8:00 – 9:30 am

RETAILER BREAKFAST

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

From 8:30-9:00 am (during breakfast) The Women’s Jewelry Association (WJA) Presents Breaking Barriers: How Employers are Revolutionizing Hiring Practices to Combat Talent Shortages, featuring deeply experienced hiring professionals Lisa Fristik (far left) CEO of My Working Soul and Julie Harvey (near left) talent recruitment partner to many major firms.

Fristik is former Director of Stores for Michael Kors, where she was responsible for launching 60 stores , leading their expansion, recruitment, hiring and training of more than 1,000 employees. Harvey has partnered with multi-national companies including CVS Health, Nike Inc., Mars Inc., Bayer and Thermo Fisher Scientific and also served on several human resource, leadership and talent acquisition teams at Fortune 100 organizations.

BREAKFAST EDUCATION TODAY from 9:00-10:00 am (Breakfast served 8-9:30 am) features Victoria Labalme, a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, is a master at helping people at all levels dramatically elevate their ability to communicate effectively at work and in life. She shows individuals and organizations how to uncover their hidden gifts and express them in memorable ways. Her results-driven approach offers a strategic blend of art and business that taps into her decades of performing arts experience: HBO, Caroline’s on Broadway, comedy clubs, television, one-woman shows and documentary films.

Her creative projects have received critical acclaim from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, BBC, CBS, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Good Morning America.

This morning’s session sponsored by:

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REGISTRATION AND BADGE PICKUP OPEN

Watch this website for download instructions for our Official Show App sponsored by NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL (NDC). NDC will also lead a very special at-show “Influencer” effort to editorially cover products and happenings at Centurion 2024 and broadcast the many posts to NDC’s (and our influencers’) wide consumer audiences! Featured Influencers for Centurion 2024 are: Bebe Bakhshi, Champagne Gem; Tracey Ellison, The Diamonds Girl; Benjamin Guttery, Third Coast Gems; Jennifer Heebner, jenniferheebner.com; Grant Mobley, Jewelry and Watch Editor at Only Natural Diamonds; and Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com. NDC will be based in the Prescott Room, adjacent to both Centurion’s Meeting Room Exhibitors and the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, site of all Centurion Breakfasts and Lunches.