10:00 am - 11:00 am

• Designing with Intent: What a Modern CAD Workflow Should Do for a Jeweler (Kelly Williams)
• Jewelers Bench Design and Considerations for Ergonomics (Charles Lewton-Brain)

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

• Mentoring the Next Generation: Creating an Apprenticeship That Works (Nanz Aalund)
• The Genie in the Shop: I Get By With a Little Help from AI (Andreas Argentinis)
• Bench Rescues: Recovering from Other People's Bench Mistakes (Panel)

Lunch: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

• Designing and Engineering the Unexpected (Mark Davis)
• Metallurgy 101: The Hidden Rules of Jewelry Metals (Stewart Grice)
• Engineering Stronger Prongs: How Geometry and Metal Behavior Determine Setting Strength (Jason Chandler)

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

• Extracting Maximum Value from Scrap: Turning Bench Waste into Real Money (Peter B Spector)
• Bench Tips & Tricks: CAD Edition (Kelly Williams)
• Pouring an Ingot and Making Rectangular Stock (Jason Chandler)

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

• Designing for the Bench: CAD Choices that Make or Break Manufacturability (David Baird)
• Seeing What the Diamond Wants to Be: Practical Recutting, Repair and Evaluation for Bench Jewelers (Maarten de Witte)
• The Physics of Torches: Understanding Flame, Heat, and Control (Jason Chandler)

10:00 am - 11:00 am

• Granulation, Precision and Heat: An Advanced Bench Technique Discussion (Kathy Kinev)
• Designing for the Bench: CAD Choices that Make or Break Manufacturability (David Baird)
• Using a Bezel Block to Make a Classic Organ Pipe Setting (Jason Chandler)

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

• Designing for the Bench: CAD Choices that Make or Break Manufacturability (David Baird)
• Designing with Intent: What a Modern CAD Workflow Should Do for a Jeweler (Kelly Williams)

Lunch: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

• 30 Years of Jewelry CAD: What We've Learned (Doug Kerns)
• Risk, Responsibility and Repair Decision-Making (Elizabeth Shade)
• Drawing for Jewelers: Foundations, Observation, and Control (Rémy Rotenier) *2-hour session

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

• Shop Ballet (Andreas Argentinis)
• Built on Repair: Turning Shop Reality Into Competitive Edge (Joel Conrad)

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

• Understanding Jewelry Manufacturing Problems (Stewart Grice)
• Must-Have Tools for the Bench (Panel)