Spotted at the American Gem Society’s April Conclave in the Emerald City: gem nerds, trivia hounds, improv stars, and education junkies

Displaying team spirit (and matching T-shirts) at Hearts On Fire trivia night

JCK publisher Mark Smelzer on Jewelers of America’s new consumer marketing campaign

Shipley Award winner Kelly Newton (r.) with his wife, Marilyn

AGS CEO Katherine Bodoh (c.) with the Responsible Jewellery Council’s Brandee Dallow (l.) and Edward Johnson

Retailer Alexis Padis with Whose Line Is It Anyway? improv actor Colin Mochrie

World-renowned gemstone cutter Roger Dery

JCK Events’ Isabel Cajulis, Sarin Bachmann, and Monalisa DePina

Jennifer Susan Pusenkoff leading the “Fashion Goes Fine Jewelry” session

(Courtesy of the American Gem Society)