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The 8th Dubai City of Gold Conference will unveil the latest research and development on new varieties of gold. These include new gold colors such as purple and blue, gold alloy effects, powder metallurgy, gold based composites and new colored gold coatings.

Future trends in research to produce transparent gold, color changing gold, and functional and smart gold alloys will also be discussed.

The conference, to be held on 13th November 2011, is an annual global event for the gold, jewellery and diamond industries organised by the Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group (DGJG),

New research and development is poised to influence the gold and jewellery markets, consumption and jewelry marketing trends in the near future and will multiply the usage of gold. Progress on technologies such as textile based, sputtering techniques, laser sintering and nanotechnologies will also be assessed in light of their expected impact on the usage of gold not only in jewellery but also in industry.