Bregenz, Austria / September 8 - 10, 2013

“Rebalancing the Power between Manufacturing and Retail”


ITMF Conference 2013

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Conference Programme

SATURDAY, SEPT 7

15.00 – 19.00 Registration (Seegalerie, Level 2)
16.00 – 17.30 Directors Meeting (Seegalerie, Level 2)
Directors of ITMF member associations, associate and corporate members
19.00 – 22.00 Joint Reception and Dinner
ITMF and VTI Office Bearers and Representatives of Lenzing as well as Directors of ITMF member associations, associate and corporate members - with spouses –

Meeting Point: Foyer Main Entrance, Festival House
Dinner Location: Wirtshaus am See, 3 minutes’ walk)

SUNDAY, SEPT 8

8.30 – 10.00 Spinners Committee Meeting (Seegalerie, Level 2) - by invitation -
10.30 – 12.00 Joint Cotton Committee Meeting (Seestudio, Level 1)
12.00 – 19.00 Registration (Foyer II, Level 1)
12.15 – 13.45 Board Meeting (Seegalerie, Level 2) - by invitation -
12.15 – 13.45 Lunch (Seefoyer, Level 1)
14.00 – 15.15 Fibre Session - Cotton  (Seestudio, Level 1)
Chair: Andrew G. Macdonald, Brazil, ITMF Board Member

Metrics for Sustainability in Cotton Production
Terry Townsend,Executive Director, ICAC, USA

The New Meaning of Sustainability
Fritz A. Grobien, President, Bremen Cotton Exchange, Germany

DNA Based Cotton Analysis
Kai Hughes, Managing Director, ICA Bremen, Germany and
Lothar Kruse, Managing Director, Impetus Bioscience, Germany

Panel Discussion and Q&A
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break (Foyer II, Level 1)
15.45 – 16.30 Man-made Fibres

Regional Markets for Manufactured Fibres: Overview and Outlook
Peter Driscoll, Managing Director, PCI Fibres, UK

Innovative Applications for Cellulosic Fibers
Dieter Eichinger, Vice President/General Manager BU Textile Lenzing, Austria

Panel Discussion and Q&A
16.45 – 18.00 Fibres and Applications Committee Meeting (Seestudio)
19.00 – 20.30 Cruise on Lake Constance (Paddle Steamer Hohentwiel)
Welcome Reception and First Dinner Course
Meeting Point: Foyer Main Entrance (Festival House)
20.45 – 22.00 Festival House (Seefoyer, Level 1)
Dinner (continued)

MONDAY, SEPT 9

8.30 – 9.00 Formal Opening Session
Dionys Lehner, President, VTI, Austria
Peter Untersperger, CEO, Lenzing, Austria
Josué Gomes da Silva, President, ITMF, Brazil
9.35 – 10.45 1st General Session: Branding & E-Commerce
Chair: Josué C. Gomes da Silva, Brazil, ITMF President

Keynote Address
The Branding Multiplier in a Digital Age
David Roth, CEO, The Store, WPP EMEA & Asia, WPP, UK

How Ebay and PayPal are Approaching Commerce and Mobile
Teppo Paavola, Vice President, Head of Global Business Development, PayPal, USA

Panel Discussion and Q&A
10.45 – 12.00 Coffee Break (Foyer II, Level 1)
11.15 – 12.00 2nd General Session: Europe’s Textile Industry
Chair: Muharrem H. Kayhan, ITMF Board Member

Industry & Retail: An Industrial Point of View
Alexander Hofstadler, CEO, Linz Textil, Austria

Research- and Creativity-based European Textile Production
Juan Parés, CEO, Textil Santanderina, Spain

Panel Discussion and Q&A
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch (Seefoyer, Level 1)
13.30 – 14.15 Keynote Address
Chair: Gregory Fleming, Switzerland, Former ITMF Economist

Eurozone Deficit Crisis Receding – World Economy to Surprise on Upside
Folker Hellmeyer, Chief Economist, Bremer Landesbank, Germany

Q&A
14.15 – 15.15 3rd General Session: Textile Supply Chain
Chair: John Cheh, Hong Kong, China, ITMF Board Member

Opportunities within the Worldwide Textile Added Value Chain
Giuseppe Gherzi, Partner, Gherzi Textile Organisation, Switzerland

Which Strategy for the European Textile Supply Chain? The Experience of Canclini Tessile
Simone Canclini, Chairman, Canclini, Italy

Global Supply Chain: The Next Generation
Mark Green, Executive Vice President – Global Supply Chain PVH Corporation, Hong Kong, China

Panel Discussion and Q&A
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee Break (Foyer II)
15.45 – 16.45 Committee of Management Meeting (Seestudio, Level 1)
16.45 – 17.45 Committee of Home Textiles Producers Meeting (Seestudio)
19.15 – 22.30 Gala Dinner on the Gebhardsberg
Busses leave at 19.00 hrs. from the Bayerischer Hof, Lindau and at 19.15 hrs. from the Hotels Mercure, IBIS, Weisses Kreuz and Kaiserstrand

TUESDAY, SEPT 10

8.30 – 9.30 4th General Session: Retail
Chair: Bashir H. Ali Mohammad, Pakistan, ITMF Hon. Life Member

Cotton made in Africa – Sustainable Cotton for the Mass Market
Tina Stridde, Managing Director, Aid by Trade Foundation / Cotton made in Africa, Germany

Digital Transformation of the Digital Retail Business
Stefan Hentschel, Industry Leader B2B, Google, Germany
Flávio Rocha, President, Riachuelo, Brazil (tbc)
Felix Poza, Inditex, Spain (tbc)

Panel Discussion and Q&A
9.30 – 10.00 Coffee Break (Foyer II, Level 1)
10.00 – 11.15 5th General Session: Technical Textiles and Nonwovens
Chair: Wallter Simeoni, South Africa, ITMF Honorary Life Member

Development Potentials for Technical Textiles
Götz T. Gresser, Director, ITV Denkendorf, Germany

New Textile Paradigms - Printed Electronics on Textiles, Photovoltaic Textiles, Additive Technologies (3-D-Printing)
António Braz dos Santos Costa, General Manager, CITEVE, Portugal

Innovation within our Core Competence
Christoph Tobler, CEO, Sefar Holding, Switzerland

Coping Challenges as a Midsized Global Niche Player
Alexander Tessmar-Pfohl, Member of the Board, Sattler, Austria
11.15 – 11.30 The Global Textile (Machinery) Market Situation
Christian Schindler, Director General, ITMF
11.30 – 12.00 China’s Textile Industry – Today and Tomorrow
Sun Ruizhe, Vice President, CNTAC, China

Q&A
12.00 – 12.15 Invitation ITMF Annual Conference 2014
12.30 – 18.00 Excursion to the Dornier Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Meeting Point: 12.30 hrs. Foyer Main Entrance, Festival House

Lunch at the Zeppelin Hangar
Guided Tour of the Dornier Museum incl. Carbon Exhibition

Busses depart from the Dornier Museum to the Hotels at 17.30 hrs., one early bus at 16.30 hrs.

 


Spouse Programme

SUNDAY, SEPT 8

13.00 – 17.00 Excursion to Vaduz
(guided walking tour), Principality of Liechtenstein
19.00 – 20.30 Cruise on Lake Constance (Paddle Steamer Hohentwiel)
Welcome Reception and First Dinner Course
20.45 – 22.00 Festival House (Seefoyer, Level 1)
Dinner (continued)

MONDAY, SEPT 9

08.30 – 17.30 Excursion to Meersburg Germany (guided walking tour) and
Flower Island Mainau incl. boat ride and lunch
19.15 – 22.30 Gala Dinner on the Gebhardsberg
Busses leave at 19.00 hrs. from the Bayerischer Hof and at 19.15 hrs. from the Hotels Mercure, IBIS, Weisses Kreuz and Kaiserstrand

TUESDAY, SEPT 10

09.00 – 10.00 Guided tour through the Bregenz Festival House)
10.00 – 12.00 Shopping at Wolford Boutique and Outlet
12.30 – 18.00 Excursion to the Dornier Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Meeting Point: 12.30 hrs. Foyer Main Entrance, Festival House

Lunch at the Zeppelin Hangar
Guided Tour of the Dornier Museum incl. Carbon Exhibition

Busses depart from the Dornier Museum to the Hotels at 17.30 hrs., one early bus at 16.30 hrs.

 


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Bedi Stridde Hentschel on stage
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CoffeeBreak Daubek Townsend Macdoand ITMF 2013
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Gala Dinner View to lake
Gomes at Podium
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Leave Taking Renate Rosing ITMF 2013
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Zeppelin with Delegates
Coffee Break ITMF Bregenz 2013
Gala Dinner Recpetion ITMF Bregenz
Reception Gala Dinner ITMF Bregenz
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Roth ITMF 2013
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