The Jewelers Executive Conference (JEC) is a bi-annual show and conference for jewelry store owners and managers -- and other jewelry executives who are in a decision making capacity in their store.
This regional conference is sponsored by Jewelers of America and hosted by its state associations in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska/South Dakota and Oklahoma. Although the retail jewelers attending the event are primarily from the five host states, registrations from the past two conferences has included store owners and managers from 11 other states, and some as far away as California and North Carolina.
The JEC was founded in 1998 by Lane Roberds, a manager for one of the B.C. Clark Jewelry Stores in Oklahoma City. At that initial conference Lane said, "I have attended a great number of educational programs including those by JA, AGS, GIA, state conventions, seminars, and individual speakers. For all of those excellent programs I have found that for a day to day operation of a jewelry store, the most meaningful education has come from the opportunity to sit around a table and discuss issues with fellow jewelers and suppliers." This philosophy has been the planning guide for six conference since that time. In order to maintain an intimate and secure atmosphere, attendance is limited to 200 jewelers and 50 suppliers/vendors
JEC is sponsored by Jewelers of America and its affiliate state associations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska/South Dakota
