Judges

 Laura has always loved media field since she started her career at RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana as an art Programmes producer.
She also owns a well known Instagram page specialized in Jewelry
www.instagram.com/journaldesbijoux/

Laura is a jewelry journalist editor in chief of the Jewelry and watches column to the publishing Swiss Luxury Group "CELEBRE". This group publishes a paper magazine (20.000 copies) and four online magazines.
She is also a contributor to Rapaport and other specialised jewelry magazines as well as a member of jury and a media partner of Rome Jewelry Week, Florence Jewelry Week, Valenza Jewelry Week, HOMI Fashion Jewels. She also collaborates with the jewelry tradeshow Fashion Paris 2022 and Vicenza Oro tradeshow.

Laura is a charity partner of Venice and Rome film festivals. 

Laura also collaborates closely with the premier fine jewellery show, “Gem Genève” as a representative member of the press corps. Laura participates as a member of the Swiss press and by the invitation of the show organizers. 

With over 30 years of jewelry experience and expertise, Avi Levy serves as North America President for the International Gemological Institute (IGI), and is a seasoned veteran who can speak to a magnitude of industry trends and topics.

In addition to his role overseeing the world’s largest independent gemological laboratory, he assumes other leadership positions – such as board member for Diamonds Do Good  and Mercury Free Mining – that provide him with a unique perspective that will educate fashion designers and aficionados alike.

Virginia Hui WANG 

 

HCStudio Technology CEO, Xheia founder (sustainable jewelry)

Virginia started her career in luxury goods and jewelry in London after she obtained her postgrad degree in Scotland. In 2011 she first worked in Versace where she gained insights and experience in retail sales and merchandising. Then she joined Euro Pearls London, a leading cultured pearl producer and worked as Key Account Manager overseeing Asia territory where she developed cross-cultural business skills and built connections.

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After returning to China in 2014 she worked as Sales Manager in Dalumi Group a leading diamond sightholder and wholesaler. She engaged heavily in supply chain and gained hands-on design and manufacturing knowledge and experience.

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In 2016 she launched HCStudio Technology, a laser and material lab that researches the science of making small metal components with laser which is known to the public as metal 3D printing. Working closely with scientists, she successfully developed techniques to make complex metal components from computational designs to finished products in only a few hours. She then founded Xheia, a sustainable fine jewellery brand made with this technology and lab-grown gemstones.

Artist, Illustrator, Fashion Designer

Olena Mynenko is an artist and illustrator with time-served experience as a fashion designer. She was born and studied Fine Art in Kiev (Ukraine), before completing her final studies in fashion design at Barcelona. ¨I have experience of working with film production companies as well as several years as an in-house designer for Spanish fashion designer Antonio Miro.

Her most successful projects have been from fashion brands such as Hermes where she felt "very proud to have had the experience to work with them in Brussels, Amsterdam and Luxemburg” as an illustrator. The most passionate projects saw her affiliate with perfume and jewellery brands that were ´seeking a classic, sophisticated style but with a contemporary interpretation.

Mynenko has a proven track-record of working with different techniques and mixed medias; ranging from the more traditional watercolour on paper, through to digital.