Hanoi, Vietnam / November 4 - 6, 2012
“Challenges for the Textile Industry – Present and Future”
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Conference Programme
SATURDAY, NOV 3
| 15.00 – 19.00 | Registration (Function Room 5) |
| 15.30 – 16.45 | Directors Meeting (Function Room 7) Directors of ITMF member associations, associate and corporate members |
| 17.00 – 18.30 | Joint Reception and Dinner ITMF and VINATEX Office Bearers and Directors of ITMF member associations, associate and corporate members - with spouses - Melia Hotel (Function Rooms 6 and 7) |
SUNDAY, NOV 4
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Spinners Committee Meeting (Function Room 4) |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Joint Cotton Committee Meeting (Function Room 7) |
| 12.00 – 19.00 | Registration (Function Room 5) |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch (El Oriental Restaurant) |
| 14.00 – 15.00 |
Fibre Session - Cotton (Grand Ball Room) Chair: Andrew G. Macdonald, Brazil, ITMF Advisory Board and Consultant, ABRAPA - Brazilian Cotton Growers Association Global Cotton and Textiles: Friends or Foes? Robert P. Antoshak, Managing Director, Olah Inc., USA Cotton vs PSF: Perspectives for Future Consumption Antonio Vidal Esteve, CEO, Ecom Agroindustrial Corp, Ltd., Brazil and Immediate Past President, ICA Perspectives on Fiber Branding and Sustainable Cotton Richard Shaw, Fiber Development Manager, Bayer CropScience, USA Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee Break (Foyer) |
| 15.30 – 16.30 |
Man-made Fibres
Review of Global Demand for Chemical Fibres Peter Driscoll, Managing Director, PCI Fibers, UK Sustainable Feedstock Supplies to Ease Challenges of the Textile Industry Madhu Suthanan, Business Analyst, Reliance Industries Ltd., India Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 17.00 – 18.30 | Fibre/Technical Textiles Committee Meeting (Function Room 7) |
| 19.30 – 22.00 | Welcome Reception & Dinner Melia Hotel (Thang Long Ballroom) |
MONDAY, NOV 5
| 9.00 – 9.45 |
Formal Opening Session (Grand Ballroom)
Bashir H. Ali Mohammad, President, ITMF Vu Duc Giang, Chairman, VINATEX H.E. Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister |
| 9.45 – 10.15 | Coffee Break (Foyer) |
| 10.45 – 12.15 |
1st General Session: Vietnam’s Textile and Apparel Industry on the Rise
Chair: Pham Huong Minh, Manager, International Relations Dept., VINATEX Representative, Light Industry Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade Le Tien Truong, First Vice President, VINATEX Vietnam’s Economic Outlook and Investments in the Textile and Garment Sector Kenneth Atkinson, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton (Vietnam) Ltd. Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 12.30 – 13.45 | Lunch (El Patio Restaurant) |
| 14.00 – 16.00 |
2nd General Session:How to Do Business in Times of Uncertainty and Volatility
Chair: Bashir H. Ali Mohammad, Pakistan, ITMF President Sustainable Development of Chinese Textile Industry and Win-Win Cooperation for Global Textile Industry Tiankai Wang, President, CNTAC, China Making a Difference in the Textile and Apparel Industry Marjorie Yang, Chairman, Esquel Group, Hong Kong, China U.S. Trade Policy: Presidential Elections Do Matter Thomas G. Travis, Chairman, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, USA Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break (Foyer) |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Home Textiles Producers Committee Meeting (Function Room 7) |
| 19.00 – 22.00 | Gala Dinner (Temple of Literature) |
TUESDAY, NOV 6
| 9.00 – 10.00 |
3rd General Session: From Fibre to Retail - How to Handle the Textile Supply Chain
Chair: Bassem Sultan, Egypt, ITMF Honorary Treasurer Cotton in the World’s Supply Chain: Now and into the Future Mark A. Messura, Senior Vice President, Cotton Inc., USA Sustainability in the Textile Supply Chain - A Chemical Company’s View Kent Kvaal, Global Vice President, Sales and Technical Resources, Huntsman Textile Effects, Singapore Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee Break (Foyer) |
| 10.30 – 12.00 |
4th General Session: Old and New Retail Markets
Chair: Josué C. Gomes da Silva, Brazil, ITMF Vice President Global Changes in Clothing Consumption by 2020, and their Impact on Fibre-Manufacturer Supply Chains Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak, India 2020... "Our Journey"... to the Future Thomas Nelson, Vice President, VF Corporation, Hong Kong, China Apparel Retail: Consumer Behaviour and the Evolving Global Landscape Lamine Lahouasnia, Senior Retail Analyst, Euromonitor International, UK Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | Committee of Management Meeting (Function Rooms 1 + 2) - incl. working lunch - |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | Lunch (El Patio Restaurant) |
| 14.00 – 15.15 |
5th General Session: Technical Textiles and Nonwovens
Chair: Walter Simeoni, South Africa, ITMF Honorary Life Member Challenges and Opportunities for Nonwovens - Global and Regional Market Trends Jacques Prigneaux, Market Analysis and Economic Affairs Director, EDANA, Belgium Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Chris Lawson, Global Technical Director, TenCate Geosynthetics, Malaysia Textile Technologies for Fiber Reinforced Composites Thomas Gries, Professor and Director, Institute of Textiltechnik (ITA), RWTH Aachen University, Germany Panel Discussion and Q&A |
| 15.15 – 15.30 |
The Global Textile Machinery Market Situation Christian P. Schindler, Director General, ITMF |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Invitation to the ITMF Annual Conference 2013 |
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Coffee Break (Foyer) |
