Date 6 March 2014 (Thursday) Time 14:30 - 17:30Venue Seminar Hall, 1/F., CITA Building, 63 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon BayLanguage English Fee HK$180/person (2 free seats for Members of co-organizers) HK$160/person for Members of Textile Council of Hong Kong, Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium, Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers, The HK Cotton Spinners Association, HK General Chamber of Textiles and Federation of Hong Kong Industries.

Given the present trading condition, what is the prospect of the availability and prices of cotton in China and the US for the coming year? Will China continue to implement their reserves policy and are there correlations between cotton contents and offshore production shift? How will consumers, brands and retailers react to these changing conditions? These questions, including what the industry will do to pricing and consumption are among the most concerned in the market today.

With these issues in mind, the HK Cotton Spinners Association, the HK Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers, Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium and the Cotton Council International are co-organising this seminar to give you a view of where the cotton market is heading from the viewpoints of different segments along the cotton textile supply chain.

Karin Malmstrom, China Director, Cotton Council InternationalKarin Malmstrom joined Cotton Council International (CCI) as its Director for China in April 2006. She heads up CCIs trade servicing programs, supply chain marketing activities, consumer promotions and government affairs in the region, as well as manages CCIs offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai and its representative office in Beijing.

Karin, an accomplished Sinologist with over 25 years of China-related experience joined CCI from Malmstrom Associates Orient, a business and marketing and communication consultancy. Fluent and literate in Mandarin Chinese, Karin has worked in a variety of fields in China including the auto, steel and travel industries, metals and minerals trading, technology transfers, education, journalism and communications. Immediately prior to establishing Malmstrom Associates Orient, she was Director of Corporate Communications for DaimlerChrysler China, based in Beijing.

Pat-Nie Woo, Director, Central Textiles (HK) Ltd.Pat-Nie is the Chairman of the HK Cotton Spinners Association and Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium as well as a Director of Central Textiles (HK) Limited. You may know Pat-Nie for hearing him speak frequently about sustainable development in the textile & apparel industry, but his day to day job is purchasing cotton for the Central Textiles Group. He has been under the tutorage of the Chairman and CEO of Central in cotton matters for the past eight years and has been developing a keen sense of the fundamentals and views on the cotton market from a spinners perspective.

Robert Sinclair, Chief Operating Officer, Li & Fung Limited Chief Operating Officer overseeing all operations related to Li & Fungs Agency business for apparel, shoes and hardgoods as well as the Sourcing for Li & Fungs distribution business. Robert joined LF Sourcing in August of 2011 as the Executive Vice President for the Life Style Brands business unit, overseeing the Global Sourcing Services for various accounts in excess of US$1 Billion in FOB Volume.

Prior to this in 2009, Robert worked for VF Asia Ltd, the global procurement business unit for VF Corp based in Hong Kong, overseeing sourcing responsibilities for several of their lifestyle brands. In 2002 Robert founded the Hong Kong based Agency business KOMPASS, which services design driven, value added clients. From 1990 until 2002 Robert worked for the Ralph Lauren Corporation in various capacities related to sourcing, and for the last 5 years of his career there, was the Global Vice President of Product Development.

Robert started his career in the industry working for a Hong Kong based agency called Colby & Staton Fashions Ltd. in 1986 and has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York. Born and raised in Canada, Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Carleton, in Ottawa Canada. He is a founding member of GAFTI, (Global Apparel, Footwear and Textile Initiative) and is now the current Chairman of GAFTI. Rob is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and serves as an advisor to the Asia Industry Advisory Network for the College of Textiles, North Carolina State University.

Speakers include:

Co-organizers : The HK Cotton Spinners Association

Cotton Council International

Hong Kong Association of Textile Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers

Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium

Supporters : : Seminar sponsor

SEMINAR ONCotton Global Market and Sourcing Trends

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Enrolment Form (Fax: 852-27950452)

Application Procedure:Please fax or email the completed enrolment form to 27950452 / annieleung@cita.org.hk / info@sfbc.org.hk on or before 28 February 2014 for seat reservation.

Cheques should be made payable to Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium Ltd. or and sent to 3/F, CITA Building, 63 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Official receipt will be returned upon receive of payment. No fee is refundable except cancellation of the event.

Enquiries: Ms Annie Leung at 22636384.

Remarks: No refund will be made for cancellation, but a substitute will be accepted subject to organizers confirmation. Confirmed enrolments will be notified upon receipt for payment. Seminar programme is subject to change without prior notice.

The contact information of the participants we collected from the seminar will be kept in strict confidentiality and only for the internal use among the organizors of the seminar.

14:30 - 15:00 Global Cotton Supply & Demand + Chinas Cotton Reserve Policy Update by Karin Malmstrom, China Director, Cotton Council International.

15:00 - 15:30 Spinner Prospective on Cotton Market by Pat-Nie Woo, Chairman of the HK Cotton Spinners Association and Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium.

16:00 - 16:30 Global Sourcing Pattern and Retail Market Updates by Robert Sinclair, Chief Operating Officer, Li & Fung Limited.

16:30 - 17:00 Cotton LEADSTM - Responsible Fiber Production

by Karin Malmstrom, China Director, Cotton Council International.

17:00 - 17:30Panel Discussion / Q & A sessionModerator : Pat-nie WooAll Panel Speakers.

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Co-organizers : The HK Cotton Spinners Association

Cotton Council International

Hong Kong Associat ion of Texti le Bleachers, Dyers, Printers and Finishers

Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium

Supporters : : Seminar sponsor

SEMINAR ONCotton Global Market and Sourcing Trends