Contact:
Devin Steele
Southern Textile Association
Devin@southerntextile.org
(704) 737-6524
Sandy@southerntextile.org
(704) 813-7390
Registration Fee:
Member Fee (Conference Only): $100
Member Fee (Conference & Meet & Greet): $125
Non-Member Fee (Conference Only): $150
Non-Member Fee (Conference & Meet & Greet): $175
Make-Me-Member Fee (STA Membership & Conference Only): $200
Make-Me-Member Fee (STA Membership, Conference & Meet & Greet): $225
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2023 STA Northern Division Spring Meeting
8:00 A.M.-8:30 A.M.
Registration & Coffee
8:30 A.M.
Presiding: Cory Bowman, Northern Division Chairman, SANS Technical Fibers
Opening Remarks: Cameron Hamrick, STA President, Hamrick Mills, Inc.
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"Welcome to NC State and Updates"
Michael Ward
9:00 A.M.-9:35 A.M.
“Cotton Innovates: Performance, Sustainability & Circularity”
Mary Ankeny
Vice President, Product Development & Implementation Operations
Cotton Incorporated
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9:35 A.M.-10:10 A.M.
"The Flex Factory at the Wilson College of Textiles: Envisioning a Future of Prototype Development"
Dr. Andre West
Association Professor,
Director, The Zeis Textile Extension (ZTE)
NC State Wilson College of Textiles
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10:10 A.M.-10:35 A.M.
Networking Break _____________________________________________________________________
10:35 A.M.-11:20 A.M.
Senior Design Projects
Special presentations from students of the TE/TT Capstone Design Program
“Digital Yarn Dyeing” (Sponsored by Gildan and Twine)
Julia More, Morgan Mase, Natalie Young, Rachel Drum
“High Speed Moisture Transfer” (Sponsored by U.S. Army DEVCOM)
Olivia Hensley, Carson Jenkins, Erica Lally, Elizabeth Redvanly
"No Wash Garments" (Sponsored by Hanes)
Keith Amboya, Noelle Arpea, Nenfot Goyol, Shannon Sefton
“Fabrics for Floating Islands” (Self-sponsored)
Reid Barnett
11:20 A.M.-12:20 P.M.
PANEL
“Hemp: Farm, Fiber, Fabric & Fashion – The Path Forward”
Moderator:
Guy Carpenter
Bear Fiber
Panelists:
Rick Brown
Owner
Brown Family Farms
Graham Page
Director, Digital Printing CoE; Digital Go To Market Transformation
VF Corp.
Dr. David Suchoff
Alternative crops extension specialist & assistant professor
NC State
12:20 P.M.
Lunch