IWTO Country Summit India
 

The Event to Discover the Great Potential
of the Indian Textile Market

Brussels/Mumbai (07.09.2006)

Registration is open for the IWTO Country Summit India that will take place in Mumbai on October 11-12, 2006 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, organised by International Wool Textile Organisation.

The programme of the Summit offers a wide range of prominent international and Indian speakers, representing all sectors of the wool and textile industry.

The event, which will be held parallel to prominent international fairs – TEXWORLD India and HEIMTEXTIL – India, will analyse and develop the possibilities for companies to improve business in the promising Indian market. Sessions covering the Indian situation in the global textile market, textile human resources and education, innovations in the field of textile machinery, processing, spinning and weaving, testing and services will be presented by the various speakers.

As India is now getting a key position worldwide as a manufacturer of a wide variety of textile products and the Indian textile industry plays an important role in the economy of the country, the Country Summit India offers you a great platform for creating business contacts in the Indian sectors textiles, apparel and interior textiles.

For more information about the Country Summit as well as the registration, please contact Ms. Marzena Oscilowska: office@iwto.org

Programme
 

Wednesday 11 October 2006

Official Opening
    ¶Mr. Shri. S. Vaghela, Honourable Minister for Textiles, Govt. of India
    ¶Mr. Michael Lempriere, IWTO President, Australia
    ¶Mrs. Brenda McGahan, CEO The Woolmark Company, Australia
    ¶Mrs. Stephanie Keukert, Director Int. Fairs Messe Frankfurt, Germany
    ¶Mr. Surendra Goel, Chairman Indian Woollen Mills Federation, India
Background Session
    ¶Dr. S.K. Chaudhuri, Director Woolmark South-East Asia
          “The Indian Textile Business vis-à-vis Wool Textile Trade & Industry”
Panel Discussion: “The Indian Role in the Global Textile Market”
Moderator: Dr. Dietrich Kebschull, Chief Programme Coordinator, EU-India Trade
and Investment Development Programme (TIDP), Germany
Panelists:
    ¶Mr. Massimiliano Zegna-Baruffa, Italy
    ¶Mr. Peter Ackroyd, Director British Wool Export Cooperation, UK
    ¶Mr. J.N. Singh, Textile Commissioner, Government of India
    ¶Mr. V.K. Bhartia, Chairman of WoolTexpro, India
 

Thursday 12 October 2006

Session “Fibre to Fashion” (Part 1)

    ¶Mr. Herbert Hornik, Hornik Fibertech, Switzerland

    ¶Mr. Bholanath Baranwal, Bholanath Int., India

    ¶Mr. Jagdish Hinduja, Gokuldas Images Ltd, India

    ¶Dr. G.S. Singh, Raymond Ltd, India

Session “Fibre to Fashion” (Part 2)

    ¶Mr. Anand Agate, General Manager, BONAS India (member of the VAN DE
           WIELE group)

    ¶Mr. Anand Parekh, Reliance Industries Ltd, India

    ¶Dr. P.R. Roy, Consultant, India

    ¶Mr. Guido Seynhaeve, Sales Manager, NV Michel Van de Wiele, Belgium

Session “Human Resources/Education”

    ¶Dr. Darlie O Koshy, National Institute of Design Ahmedabad, India

    ¶Mrs. Cora Goetemann, Pearl Academy of Fashion, India/Germany

    ¶Dr. V. K. Kothari, Indian Institute of Technology, India
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   ¶Dr. S.K. Chaudhuri, Director Woolmark South-East Asia - “Sleep Study  
          Presentation”

Session “Onwards to Market”

    ¶Mrs. Brenda McGahan, CEO The Woolmark Company, Australia

    ¶Mr. Gerd Boeing, OTTO-AGN, Hong Kong/Germany

    ¶Mr. Anant Sadana, GAP International Sourcing Ltd, India/USA

    ¶Mr. Fazle Naqvi, LMG Brands India Pvt. Ltd., India