Participants at the President’s Meeting 2015 will have a special event to look forward to at the conclusion of the three-day conclave to be held from June 14-16, 2015,  at the Tel Aviv Hilton. For, that is when Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be hosting a delegation of the participants at his official residence in Jerusalem.

“The Presidents' Meeting delegation will make its way up to Israel's capital after three days of intensive deliberations during which they will be discussing the numerous challenges that affect the entire diamond supply pipeline such as, among others, the supply of rough diamonds, the disconnect between rough and polished diamond prices, the need for broader and more diverse industry financing, the quest for a solution to uniform diamond grading parameters and the need for an encompassing global, generic diamond promotion and advertising campaign among consumers,” said the IDE, one of the organisers, in a press release.

Shmuel Schnitzer, President of Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and also an Honorary President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), observed that this year an unusually large number delegates would be attending the meeting from the 30 diamond bourses affiliated to the WFDB and the 16 member-organisations of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA).

"We are pleased with and heartened by the support of so many major players and good friends in the international diamond industry and trade who will be joining us in Tel Aviv for this important meeting," Schnitzer said. "There is a good measure of work to be done and with this strong a field of participants, I am confident that we will take significant strides toward renewed growth of our industry, throughout the entire supply pipeline."

Among the dignitaries and industry leaders attending the Meeting are: WFDB President Ernest Blom (South Africa); IDMA President Maxim Shkadov (Russia); Edward Asscher, President of the World Diamond Council (Netherlands); Gaetano Cavalieri, President of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation (Italy); Reuven Kaufman, President of the Diamond Dealers Club of New York; Anoop Mehta, President of the Bharat diamond Bourse of Mumbai, India; Marcel Pruwer, President of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, Belgium; Eli Izhakoff, Chairman of the World Jewelry Hub at the Panama Diamond Exchange and Honorary WFDB President; Philippe Mellier, CEO, De Beers Group, UK;  Paul Rowley, Executive Vice President Global Sightholder Sales, De Beers, Botswana; and Andrey Zharkov, the newly appointed President of the Russian diamond miner ALROSA.

In addition, said the organisers, large governmental delegations will arrive from African diamond-producing countries such as Botswana, DR Congo, South Africa and Zimbabwe.