-  Dr Paul Walker, Chief Executive Officer of GFMS, is participating in Global Luxury Forum as a speaker at the "Russia –the motherland of precious metals and gems" session. GFMS is a leading independent precious metals consultancy specializing in a gold, silver, platinum and palladium market research. In his speech Mr. Walker will cover such questions as investment demand for precious metals, demand fluctuation according to the market stability, precious metals as today’s most reliable securities, the correlation between stagnating economical growth and precious metal prices. One of the main matters to be discussed is the growing popularity and demand for Palladium in comparison with gold and platinum, which was widely used in timepiece and jewelry industries in the past.

-  David Henderson-Stewart, CEO, Luxadvor will join GLF. Luxadvor, an emerging luxury group, with Russian financial backing, that acquires little known but truly luxury companies for its growing portfolio currently owns  Linley/UK, Hediard/FR, Poljot/RU, and others. With plans to build Luxadvor into a global luxury player, the company is also active in the property market and seeks to resurrect the watch industry in Russia, which whilst strong during the Soviet period threatens to become extinct if know-how is not passed on from older generations to a new line of craftsman. Will the new luxury watch be Russian not Swiss?

-  The GLF is delighted at the interested of Carrera y Carrera to join the event in Moscow. Nathalie Guedj, CEO of Carrera y Carrera since July 2006, is an experienced figure in the jewellery world. Former President and CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels, Inc. in the United States, Ms. Guedj joined the Richemont Group in 1988 and has served as vice president of sales at Cartier Belgium and vice president of marketing at Cartier USA.

-  World Fashion Channel to support GLF. Launched in June 2005 in Europe on the Hotbird platform and mid-July in Asia on Asia’s best satellite, AsiaSat 3S, World Fashion Channel is one of the largest TV channels about fashion, broadcasting 24 hours a day all over the world with a potential audience of 1.5 billion viewers. It features the most recent shows from famous designers, the latest collections, the latest fashion news and backstage stories, photo session reports, and professional opinions on the modern world of fashion. It also includes music videos, trendy events, retro fashion returns and creatively edited fashion shows.

-  Zenith recognizes the power of new markets. Thierry Nataf, CEO & President of Zenith watches expresses interest to participate in the GLF. Few watch companies can deny the allure of the Russian and Chinese markets when it comes to high end watch sales and companies are expanding their product line to be sure that they do not miss out on this illusive but rewarding extremely HNW.

-  Carol Brodie to speak at GLF. Carol will need little introduction to the established luxury world. Brand architect; marketing, business and communications strategist; luxury spokeswoman; television personality; image consultant; and media executive, Carol has vast experience in making luxury work. Ex Robb Report and the personality who put Harry Winston on the map in terms of brand celebrity endorsement and red carpet recognition. Prior to this Ms. Brodie spent four years at J. Walter Thompson, where she managed the Diamond Information Center on behalf of De Beers Consolidated Mines. Not just limited to diamonds, Ms. Brodie has helped build luxury and beauty brands such as Clairol, Revlon Professional Products, Henry Dunay Designs and Gucci Timepieces.

-  Fashion TV signs as Media Partner . Fashion TV (FTV) is the only 24 hour, 7 days a week fashion, beauty and style TV station worldwide that provides glamorous entertainment with an emphasis on the latest trends. Since its inception in 1997, FTV has been run as an independent entity, establishing a reputation as the TV authority for fashion, lifestyle and trends. It is one of the 4 most distributed channels worldwide. (top 3 outside of the USA) and aims to inform, innovate and entertain.

-  Roland Heiler joins the Design and Innovation session.. Roland Heiler has been Managing Director of Porsche Design Studio since 1984. Previous to that he held design positions at Porsche. In 1997, he moved to Audi AG as its head of exterior, but returned to Porsche in 2000, where he became the head designer in the Porsche styling studio, California. The company offers development and design services under a unique signature. These include classic gentlemen's accessories such as watches, eyewear, writing instruments, leather goods, golf clubs and smokers' accessories as well as industrial orders. The portfolio will be extended to include electronic products, sports equipment and a fashion and fragrance line.

-  The GLF is delighted to finally announce their cooperation with one of the world’s largest producers of precious metals – Norilsk Nickel. Not only the world's leading producer of nickel and palladium, the company is also one of the largest global producers of platinum and copper and other by-products. Eventica is particularly pleased with this cooperation, as it will by-design usher in a new era in Russia’s approach to branding. Not only involved in prospecting, exploration, extraction, refining and the metallurgical processing of minerals, and in the production, marketing and sale of base and precious metals Norilsk Nickel will now form an International Association to promote the use of Palladium on the global luxury market, paying initially greatest attention to that of jewellery and watches. Given its rarity, Palladium is ideal for luxury usage and certainly the last appropriate metal to explore its significant highest end potential. Eventica will help Palladium in this journey, creating unique events around the world of which the GLF is the first.

-  Harper’s Bazaar, one of Russia’s leading high end consumer magazines has again put its name behind the GLF. Having been an integral part of the events last year, Eventica is delighted to welcome back this prestigious and informed publication as Media Partner.