



PROGRAM
DAY 1 PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 13
08:30
REGISTRATION OPENING
Main Entrance Hall

09:00
OPENING CEREMONY
Level 4 South
Hosts
Nuno Vale
Executive Director Royal Treasure Museum
José Alberto Ribeiro
Director, Ajuda National Palace
Opening
Bénédicte Epinay
President ECCIA (European Cultural and Alliance)
António Valle
Managing Director Lisbon Tourism Association
Alexandre Nobre Pais
President Museums and Monuments of Portugal
Special Guest Short Address
H.H. D. Maria Francisca de Bragança
Duchess of Coimbra
The Crown of King João VI: Genesis, Iconography, and the Political Significance of Portugal's Last Royal Crown
José Alberto Ribeiro
Director, Ajuda National Palace
09:40
10:30
The Imperial Crowns of Brazil
Maurício Vicente Ferreira Júnior
Director
Imperial Museum, Brazil
11:10
11:40
11:00
12:20
13:00

COFFEE BREAK
Cafeteria Level 4 North
Crowns and Turban Jewels in Mughal India
Hugo Miguel Crespo
Researcher
Centre for History, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Human and Divine: Tiaras and Crowns from the Albion Art Collection
Kasumi Arikawa (remote address)
President
Albion Art Jewellery Institute and Albion Art Co, Japan
Odile Emanuelli
Director
Paris Salon Albion Art Collection, France
BUFFET LUNCH | GUIDED TOURS
14:30
Gemstones in Medieval Crowns
Albert Gilg
Chair of Engineering Geology
Technische Universität München, Germany
15:10
16:10
Panel: Cultural Heritage in the Jewellery Industry Today
Moderator: Francisco Carvalheira, Secretary General, LAUREL, Portugal
Bénédicte Epinay, President, ECCIA (European Cultural and Creative Industries and Alliance), France
Miguel Cabral Moncada, Managing Partner, Cabral Moncada Auction House, Portugal
Carlos Tavares, Owner and CEO, Tavares 1922
Nuno Vale, Executive Director, Royal Treasure Museum, Portugal
Famed. Lost. Rediscovered. Jewels of the Habsbourgs Court Beyond Splendour and Sparkle
Beatrice Austerlitz
Brand Heritage
A.E. KÖCHERT Juweliere, Austria
16:50
19:00
22:00
DAY PROGRAM ENDS
GALA DINNER
Welcome Cocktail
Musical Moment
Dinner
ADJOURN

DAY 2 PROGRAM
NOVEMBER 14

09:30
REGISTRATION OPENING
Main Entrance Hall
10:00
Conservation of The Crown of the Andes
Linda Borsch, Matthew Cumbie
Conservators
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
10:40
The Star Tiara of Queen Maria Pia of Portugal: A Constellation of Diamonds
Teresa Maranhas
Jewellery Conservator
Ajuda National Palace, Portugal
11:20
COFFEE BREAK
Cafeteria Level 4 North
11:50
12:50
Panel: Crowns and Tiaras as Symbols
Moderator: Rui Galopim de Carvalho, Royal Treasure Museum, Portugal
Cristina Filipe, Researcher, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Jorge Leitão, Owner, Leitão & Irmão, Portugal
Inezita Gay-Eckel, Professor, L’Ecole des Arts Joailliers, France
BUFFET LUNCH | GUIDED TOURS
Level 3 North

14:20
15:00
15:40
Examination of Historical Tiaras: Perspectives from a Gemmological Laboratory
Akitsugo Sato
Collection Manager
Swiss Gemmological Institute, Switzerland
Fit for a Crown: a Detailed Look at a 17th Century Aigrette
Suzanne van Leewwen and Ellen van Bork
Conservators
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
COFFEE BREAK
Cafeteria Level 4 North
16:00
Panel: Royal Families, Crowns and Tiaras
Moderator: Nuno Vale, Executive Director, Royal Treasure Museum, Portugal
Eduardo Alves Marques, Independant Schollar, Portugal
Gabrielle de Montmorin, Historian and Journalist, France
17:00
The Diamond Tiara of Queen Amélie d’Orléans and Braganza
Eduardo Alves Marques
Researcher and Author, Independant Schollar
Portugal
18:00
DAY PROGRAM ENDS
ADJOURN
