SOUTHERN DIVISION - SPRING MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022

Program

8:00 AM
Registration

8:30 AM
Presiding:  Evans Tindal, Southern Division Chairman
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, LLC
Opening Remark
Rick Carpenter, STA President
Conitex Sonoco

8:40 AM
"Benefits and Opportunities From The Inland Ports"
Mike Hoffman, Director of Inland Ports
South Carolina Ports Authority

9:20 AM
"WHY CHINESE TROLLS WANT TO TALK ABOUT ZINJIANG COTTON"
Patrick Warren, Associate Professor of Economics
John E. Walker Department of Economics
Lead Researcher and Media Forensic Hub
Clemson University

10:00 AM
Break

10:20 AM
"TRANSPORTATION AND TODAY'S SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES"
Joe Grimme, Executive Vice President
Mallory Alexander International Logistics

11:00 AM
"WOVEN TOGETHER: ARTS EDUCATION AND THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY"
Vee Popat, Director, The Fine Arts Center
April Dauscha, Instructor & Area Head, The Fine Arts Center

11:40 AM
Lunch
Ballroom A

12:40, 12:50, 1:00, 1:10 PM
Walker Golf Course