Keynote Address
Mr. Ronald A. FROMM, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Brown Shoes Co., Inc.
Mr. Henry TAN, BBS, CEO and President of Luen Thai Holdings Ltd. and MD and President of Luen Thai Intl Group Ltd.
Speakers of the workshops/forum panels
• Mr. Willie BEUTH, Founder, 3P Institute for Sustainable Management
• Ms. Mary Beth BORLAND, Director, Retail & Consumer Strategy, PTC
• Mr. Carlos BOTERO, President, The Columbia Fashion and Textile Federation
• Mr. Kevin BURKE, President & CEO, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)
• Mr. Gael BURLOT, COO China, Glamour-Sales
• Dr. Nancy L. CASSILL, Professor and Head of Department of Textile Apparel & Technology, Management, College of Textile, North Carolina State University
• Mr. Kurt CAVANO, Chairman and CEO, TradeCard, Inc.
• Ms. Catherine CHIU, Assistant GM, Corporate Quality Assurance, Crystal Group
• Mr. Felix CHUNG, Chairman, Hong Kong Apparel Society, Ltd. (HKAS)
• Ms. Alessandra COCCHI, MD, EastMax Fashion Ltd.
• Mr. Charles DICKINSON, Sr. VP for Quality and Sustainability, Esprit International
• Mr. Jan EGGERT, Secretary General, Foreign Trade Association (FTA)
• Mr. Stephen FORTE, MD, Global Sales, Coats
• Mr. Veit GEISE, VP, Intl Sourcing, VF Asia Ltd.
• Mr. Sean GILBERT, Director, Climate and Sustainability Services Practice, KPMG China
• Mr. Edward A. GRIBBIN, President, Alvanon, Inc.
• Mr. David HAMPSON, Country Manager, The Jones Group, Nine West Footwear
• Mr. Peter HEVICON, GM, Debenhams Hong Kong Ltd.
• Ms. Julia K. HUGHES, President, United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel
• Mr. Bishu JAYARAM, VP, Global Supply Chain, Retail Branding and Information Solutions, Avery Dennsion
• Mr. Hui JIANG , VP, China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Textiles (CCCT)
• Mr. Edwin KEH, Lecturer, Operations & Information Management Department, The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania
• Mr. James KILPATRICK, CEO, LifeStyle LOGISTICS
• Mr. Roger LEE, COO, TAL Apparel Ltd.
• Prof. Wing-bun LEE, Chair Professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Head of the State Key Laboratory in Ultra-precision Machining Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Mr. Lawrence LEUNG, Chairman, Knitwear Innovation and Design Society, Hong Kong (HKKIDS); MD, Sun Hing Knitting Factory Ltd.
• Mr. André LEROY, Chairman, Apparel & Footwear Committee, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong; Marketing Director, Modern Testing Services (Global) Ltd.
• Mr. Willy LIN, SBS, MBE, JP, Chairman, Textile Council of Hong Kong; MD, Milo's Knitwear (Int'l) Ltd.
• Mr. Peter LIU, MD, AsiaNet International Executive Search; Chairman of the Human Capital Committee, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
• Mr. Peter MANGIONE, Founder, Global Footwear Partnerships
• Ms. Judy MANN, MD & Chief Consultant & Designer, Cheetah Management Co. Ltd.
• Prof. Dr. Helmut MERKEL, Managing Shareholder, EurAsia Global Concept Ltd.
• Mr. Kevin MYETTE, Director, Product and Supply Chain Sustainability, Recreational Equipment, Inc.
• Mr. Roger NELSON, MD, Concept 2 Results Ltd.; Lecturer, The University of Hong Kong
• Mr. Matt PRIEST, President, The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America
• Dr. Holger SCHNEIDER, Head of E-Commerce Programme, Otto Group Endowed Professor for E-Commerce, FH Wedel, University of Applied Sciences
• Mr. Andrew B. SCHROTH, Managing Partner, Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP (Hong Kong)
• Mr. Ashok SETHI, Senior Research Director, TNS
• Mr. Douglas SHIA, Vice President, The Federation of Hong Kong Footwear; MD, WLH Intl Ltd.
• Mr. Jeff STREADER, Operating Partner, Marlin Equity Partners
• Mr. Thomas TRAVIS, Managing Partner, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.
• Mr. Dajun YANG, President, United Times Associates, Greater China
• Prof. Philip YEUNG, Executive Director, Clothing Industry Training Authority, Hong Kong
• Mr. Francis K C YÜK, Chief Representative, Asia, International Apparel Federation (IAF)
• Mr. Egidio ZARELLA, Senior Partner, Advisory KPMG
• Prof. Zhi ZHANG, GM, Shanghai Jincheng Fashion Consulting Co., Ltd.; Adjunct Professor of Institut Français de la Mode and Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University, China; Committee Member, Technical Expert Committee, China National Garment Association (CNGA)
Information updated on 22 Feb, 2012