Upcoming Lectures

Over the past two decades, Richard Hughes has given more than 100 presentations around the world. If your group is interested in having Richard speak, please contact him. For synopses of his recent lectures, click here.

• Sept. 13–14, 2008
  World of Gems Conference

Click here to see a list of previous lectures

Others

Below are some of the groups Richard has addressed over the past two decades.

• Accredited Gemologists Association
• American Ceramic Society
• American Gem Society (AGS)
• AGTA GemFair Tucson
• Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences
• Bangkok Gem and Jewelry Fair
• Bowers Museum
• Canadian Gemmological Association
• Columbia-Willamette Faceters' Guild
• Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators
• Denver Natural History Museum
• Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society
• Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT)
• Friends of Mineralogy
• Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT)
• Gemmological Association of Australia
• Gemmological Association of Great Britain
• Gemmological Association of New Zealand
• Gemmological Association of Scotland
• Gemological Institute of America (GIA)
• Geoliterary Society
• GIA Alumni Association Chapters
  • Boston, MA
  • Columbus, OH
  • Detroit, MI
  • Inland Empire (CA)
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Portland, OR
  • Sacramento, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Washington, DC
• Hawaii Jewelers Group
• Hong Kong Gem and Jewelry Fair
• International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA)
• International Gemological Conference (IGC)
• International Society of Appraisers
• Mineralogical Society of Southern California
• Oriental Art Society of the Monterey Peninsula
• Pacific Asia Museum
• Polygon
• San Diego Gem & Mineral Society
• The Siam Society