Increasingly complex global markets, new consumption geographies, business model evolution and growing pressure on raw material costs. In this scenario, strategic contents to concretely support businesses are increasingly valuable and Oroarezzo 2026, Italian Exhibition Group’s international gold and silver manufacturing trade show, to be held from 9 to 12 May at Arezzo Fiere e Congressi, will be providing them with an enhanced schedule of events dedicated to the business community.
A program that will accompany the exhibition offer, centered on the best gold, silver and jewelry manufacturing, with an information, discussion and supply chain update platform, to provide companies and sector operators with the means and operational tools to face the sector’s challenges and seize new development opportunities.
OROAREZZO, GLOBAL SCENARIOS AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPANIES
Following the opening at 12 noon on Saturday, the seminar program will begin with an in-depth analysis of Geopolitical tensions, conflicts and tariffs: reactions from the Italian gold industry (3 – 4 pm), organized by Club degli Orafi Italia and Intesa Sanpaolo. The meeting, moderated by Club degli Orafi’s director general, Laura Biason, will offer an updated analysis on global trade dynamics, markets, exports and the impacts of raw material volatility with contributions from Stefania Trenti and Daniela Corsini, respectively Head of Industry and Local Economies Research and CFA – Senior Economist at Intesa Sanpaolo’s Research Department, Sara Giusti, Industry Research Economist at Intesa Sanpaolo, Giordana Giordini, President of Confindustria South Tuscany.
The issue will be further developed on Monday 11 May during Oroarezzo’s first international congress: The Global Outlook 2026 (4 – 6.30 pm), which will bring together institutions and stakeholders to outline concrete scenarios and tools for business growth. Organized by IEG with Confindustria Federorafi, the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and AFEMO, and moderated by Giuseppe De Filippi, deputy director of TG5 Mediaset, the meeting will provide in-depth focuses on the main strategic areas and market diversification opportunities for jewelry companies in India, Mercosur and the African continent, without forgetting supply chains in the USA, Canada, France and Switzerland. Further issues under discussion will be access to credit, financial risk management and asset security.
Speakers will include Ciro Rapacciuolo, Senior Economist – Economy and Forecasts at Confindustria’s Research Center, Roberto Corciulo, Founder and CEO IC&Partners, Patrizia Mauro, Director General of Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo, Fabio Colombo, Manager Center Italy Sales PMI SACE, Col. t.ST. Antonio Caputo, Commander of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Safety Group for the Special Goods and Services Unit, and Alessandra Pastorelli, Embassy Counsellor, Head of Office II Relations and Supervision of the Italian Trade Agency.
RETAIL, MARKETING AND TOOLS FOR COMPETING
Domestic market and consumption model transformations will be the main focus of the data presented on Sunday 10 May by Confcommercio Federpreziosi’s Observatory (11 am – 12 noon). Steven Tranquilli, director of Confcommercio Federpreziosi, will be moderating the discussion between national president Stefano Andreis, deputy vice president Vincenzo Aucella, Elena Spanò and Samuele Dini, President and Vice President Federpreziosi Confcommercio Florence Arezzo, offering an updated snapshot of Italian jewelers and their prospects.
This will be followed (12.15 – 1 pm) by the seminar entitled Reaching the world: digital marketing for jewelery in the era of new markets on digital marketing, an operational update proposed by Laura Biason, Director General of Club degli Orafi Italia, regarding strategies for competing in global markets, including artificial intelligence, new platforms and changes in purchasing behavior.
INNOVATION AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES
On Monday 11 May (2 – 3.15 pm), the AIFM seminar entitled Surface treatment for jewelry, goldsmithery and fashion accessories between tradition and innovation will extend attention onto production processes and technologies applied to manufacturing. Interventions by Massimo Innocenti, Associate Professor at the “Ugo Schiff” Department of Chemistry at Florence University, Luca Magagnin from the “G. Natta” Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering at Milan Polytechnic and President of AIFM, and Mario Savona from Helmut Fischer Italia, will be focusing on solutions to optimize the use of precious metals, improve product performance and integrate sustainability and competitiveness into production processes.
PRECIOUS FASHION, TRENDS AND THE FASHION ACCESSORY SUPPLY CHAIN
Contents regarding the evolution of jewelry and accessory language will include the return of Precious Fashion 2027–2028 – Impulse (11 May, 11.30 am – 1 pm), organized by Leather & Luxury. Joy Severini, product designer, offers an interpretation of emerging trends through the concept of impulse as a design and strategic driver, developing visual scenarios that reflect contemporary socio-cultural needs in relation to social change, collective imaginaries, and aesthetic directions that help shape meaning and identity within the fashion accessories supply chain. Emanuele Rugoni, Head of Sales and Product at X-Rite Pantone, will share the core of the company’s mission: transforming the perception of color into reliable data by creating tools that ensure precision and consistency, making color a universal, dependable, and repeatable language across industries. The event, now at its third edition, is a well-established updating moment for companies involved in the fashion accessories supply chain, which is becoming increasingly more integrated with the jewelry industry, and to which – for the first time – Oroarezzo will also feature an exhibition area for companies specialized in supplying the metal fashion accessory and fashion jewel supply chain.
THE PREMIÈRE CONTEST, MADE IN ITALY’S CREATIVE EXCELLENCE
One of the show’s most eagerly-awaited moments will be the 35th edition of the Première contest devised by Beppe Angiolini, art director of Oroarezzo and Honorary President of the National Chamber of Fashion Buyers, which celebrates the excellence of Made in Italy jewelry manufacturing. 53 companies from all the Italian gold districts have entered their unique creations on the 2026 theme: The Invisible Weight of Sweetness, a concept that invites designing jewelry that, in harmony with the body, combines lightness, wearability and design quality. On display during the event in a special area in the show’s foyer, the competing jewels will offer international buyers a showcase of the creativity and technical skills of Italy’s best jewelry manufacturing. Schools and institutes will also be participating with sketches by top talents and aspiring goldsmiths under 30 in the Talents category.
The selection is entrusted to a jury of industry operators, journalists and opinion leaders, chaired by Beppe Angiolini. The winning creations will be revealed on Sunday 10 May between 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm. This will be followed by an invitation-only cocktail hosted by Beppe Angiolini at the Sugar showroom, celebrating Première and the city of Arezzo.
NETWORKING AND RELATIONS
The program will be rounded off with moments dedicated to relations and exchanges between operators, immersed in the cultural and artistic wealth of the city of Arezzo, from the Opening Cocktail in Piazza Grande to a tour of the historic center for international buyers. Moments designed to foster connections and new business opportunities in line with Oroarezzo’s role as an event of reference for the international gold manufacturing community.
The updated program can be found on oroarezzo.it, including indications of events where simultaneous translation into English will be provided.
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