Asian textile experts confirmed for Planet Textiles
The annual Planet Textiles event on sustainability, which takes place on 19 October in China can confirm an extended line-up of speakers including a number of textile industry figures from Asia.
Executives from Asian textile producers including John Cheh, CEO of Esquel Group and Kenneth Lo, chairman of the Crystal Group will be joined by Eleanor Wright, global fabric director of Wal-Mart and Bril Lacno, director of environmental sustainability, Asia, Levi Strauss & Co.
Other leading executives scheduled to speak include Liazzat Rabbiosi, of the United Nations Environment Programme; Dr Delman Lee, director, TAL Group; Linda Greer, executive director of Natural Resources Defense Council; Paul Hulme, president of Huntsman Textile Effects; and Sun Ruizhe, president of CTIC and vice president of CNTAC, among others.
Q&A sessions will be hosted by Pat-Nie Woo, chairman of the Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium, Phil Patterson, chairman of the not-for-profit RITE Group and Nico van Schoot from Genencor.
Planet Textiles will take place at the Renaissance Hotel, Shanghai, China alongside the Intertextile Apparel Fabrics exhibition in Shanghai on 19 October, 2011.
The event, which first debuted in Hong Kong in 2009, is jointly organised by UK-based MCL Global and Messe Frankfurt. It aims to improve the environmental and social impact of the global textile and clothing supply chain by raising awareness of these issues in Asia and providing a unique networking platform for retailers, brands and textile innovators.
