GJEPC postpones IIJS Premiere to August 2021

By

Isabelle Crossley

Published
Dec 21, 2020

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council has decided to postpone its trade show, India International Jewellery Show, moving it from January 2021 to August in the same year, as the coronavirus pandemic shows few signs of abating.

 
The GJEPC had previously postponed its IIJS trade show from August 2020 to January 2021 and was compelled to postpone the event a second time as the pandemic continues. The jewellery fair usually takes place annually in August and focuses on promoting Indian jewellery manufacturing businesses to international buyers.
 
“We realise the long wait to conduct business in person,” said the GJEPC’s national exhibitions convenor Shailesh Sangani, the GJEPC reported on its website. 

“However, the situation remains uncertain and that compels us to postpone IIJS Premiere to August 2021. The second edition of IIJS Virtual is being organised from 8th to 12th  January, 2021.”
 
“Considering the sustained pandemic scenario, GJEPC has decided to move its flagship show - IIJS Premiere earlier postponed to January 2021 - further to August,” said GJEPC chairman Colin Shah.

“The show of this magnitude requires clear availability of the venue and requisite government approvals, both being uncertain at this juncture.  With positive developments on the Covid-19 vaccine, international mobility is likely to resume by March, and that would aid us to organise IIJS Premiere in a physical form in August next year.”
 
The GJEPC is currently focusing on online events and will hold a second edition of IIJS Virtual from January 8 to 12, in partnership with the Gemological Institute of America. IIJS Virtual 2.0 expects over 500 exhibitors and over 10,000 buyers including over 250 international buyers from countries including the UK, US, Nepal, Singapore, and Belgium, among others.