Posted January 3, 2017
Due to speaker scheduling conflicts, the Southern Textile Association (STA) has rescheduled its annual Winter Technical Seminar, originally scheduled for Wednesday, January 11. The conference has been moved to Wednesday, February 15.
The seminar will take place at Gaston College’s Textile Technology Center, on the Kimbrell Campus in Belmont, N.C.
The event is the STA’s first of its seven conferences this year.
Topics and speakers include:
2016 Review/2017 Preview: Does Anything Change?
Alasdair Carmichael, Director, Fibres Americas
PCI Wood Mackenzie
2017 Economic Forecast
Speaker TBA
J. P. Morgan Chase
Machine Learning – Everything They Don’t Want
Peter Darragh, vice president, Delivery
Mariner
Innovative Excellence – Continuous Improvement – Giving Back
Paul Thompson, Founder and Chairman
Transportation Insight, LLC
An additional speaker will be announced soon.
The registration fee options for this event are $100 for STA members and $125 for non-members. There is also an additional option if you are not already a member and would like to become one, pay just $150. By joining STA now you can enjoy savings over the next six months when you attend any of the spring meetings as well as benefit from the many networking opportunities.
For more information, please click here. To register, please click here.
STA President Mike Kingsmore of Palmetto Finishing will preside.
The Southern Textile Association, established in 1908, offers numerous networking and educational opportunities. With more than 500 members throughout the textile supply chain, the organization aims to promote good fellowship among its members; to exchange professional knowledge and experience on subjects relating to textile manufacturing; to promote other social, educational, personnel relations, research and other scientific activities for the benefit of the members, their companies and the textile industry.
Source: Southern Textile Association
STA moves Winter Technical Seminar to Feb. 15
