Posted July 15, 2014

 

GASTONIA, N.C. – The Southern Textile Association will hold its 2014 Summer Marketing Forum on August 14 at the Textile Technology Center, Kimbrell Campus in Belmont, N.C.

 

The program, titled "Meeting The Challenges Of Sourcing In The Americas," is packed with an excellent slate of speakers.

 

To register, click here.

 

Program Schedule

 

8:30 AM

Registration/Coffee

 

9 AM

Introduction & Program Overview

Jim Booterbaugh, Chief Operating Officer,

National Spinning Co., Inc.

STA past president

 

9:10 AM

"An Economic Update: History and Forecast"

Dr. James W. Kleckley, Director, Bureau of Business Research

College of Business, East Carolina University

 

9:40 AM

The "Global Neighborhood" Being Global, Delivering Local

Bill McRaith, Senior Global Sourcing Director

Phillips Van-Huesen (PVH)

 

10:10 AM

"Manufacturing in South Carolina: Opportunities and Challenges"

Lewis Gossett, President and Chief Executive Officer

South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA)

 

10:40 AM

Break

 

11 AM

"TPP and TTIP - Effects on America's Sourcing"

Bill Jasper, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer

Unifi, Inc.

 

11:30 AM

"Challenges Afoot? Sourcing For Domestic Footwear Production in 2014"

Dr. Brian Hamilton, Product Development

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

 

Noon

Lunch

 

12:45 PM

"Opportunities and Challenges: Economic Development in North Carolina"

Dr. Patricia Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of Rural Development

North Carolina Department of Commerce

 

1:15 PM

"The Phoenix Initiative - Made Here, Made Possible"

Keith Hoover, Vice President, Material Innovation

Under Armour Inc.

 

2 PM

Adjourn