2017 Summer Marketing Forum

"PULLING TOGETHER:
  Uniting a Diverse Value Chain for Success"

Register Now! Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Meet & Greet

6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Vin Master
2000 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC  28203
($50 Additional Charge - Space is Limited to 50)

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Forum Agenda

8:30 AM
Registration/Coffee

9:00 AM
Introduction & Program Overview
Jim Booterbaugh, President, National Spinning Co., Inc.
STA Past President

9:10 AM
"Branding Creating Desire"
Shane Cooper, Founder, President & Chief Sockologist
DeFeet International

9:40 AM
"How 3D Body Scanning is Changing the Retail Environment"
David Bruner, Chief Technology Officer
Size Stream, LLC

10:10 AM
"Changing Consumer and Market Dynamics:
Threat or Opportunity?"
Elaine Harris, President
Breakthrough Technologies Group

10:40 AM
Break

11:00 AM
"Trump Trade Policy: Opportunities and Challenges"
Jane Johnson, Manager, Government Relations
Unifi Manufacturing, Inc.

11:30 AM
"M&A Trends in the Apparel Industry"
Matthew Tingler, Director
Robert W. Baird & Company

12:00 Noon
"Reimagining Waste to Strengthen Communities
and the Environment"
John Bradburn, Global Waste Reduction Manager
General Motors

12:30 PM
Lunch

1:30 PM
Adjourn