April 3 - 4, 2014 - Sheraton Airport Hotel / Charlotte, NC
April 3, 2014
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Complimentary Lunch Served During Registration
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm Opening Remarks from SYFA President Mike Becker, Michael S. Becker, Inc.
1:10 pm – 1:50 pm Keynote Presentation "Made In America" Initiative
Joe Quinn, Senior Director Public Affairs & Government Relations, Walmart Stores, Inc.
1:50 pm – 2:20 pm "New Dimensions in Fighting Hospital Acquired Bacteria" Stephen Foss, Founder & Chief Technical Officer, PurThreads Technologies, Inc.
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm Break
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm "Innovation, Domestic Sourcing and Production" Mark Cleveland, CEO and Co-founder of Swiftwick
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm "Perpetual Innovation" Vijay Amirtharaj, Project Engineer, Premiere Fibers
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm "Building Business and Building Trust with a Made in USA Certified Claim" Julie Reiser, President & Co-founder, Made in USA Certified
Closing Remarks from SYFA President Mike Becker, Michael S. Becker, Inc.
Cocktail reception immediately following close of Thursday session.
April 4, 2014
7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet and Registration
8:00 am – 8:10 am Opening Remarks from SYFA President Mike Becker, Michael S. Becker, Inc. SYFA Business and Election of Officers
8:10 am – 8:50 am Keynote Presentation "Current Economic Business and Political Environment" Roger C. Tutterow, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Stetson School of Business & Economics, Mercer University
8:50 am – 9:30 am "Guarding Intellectual Property in the Era of Transparency. New Tools Provide Chemical Level Hazard and Risk Assessments Without Giving Away IP" Dina Dunn, President, T-ChIP (Textile Chemical Information Profile)
9:30 am – 9:45 am Break
9:45 am – 10:20 am "Status of T-TIP & TPP Negotiations" Mike Hubbard, Vice President, National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)
10:20 am – 11:20 am "Review of Fibers", Alasdair Carmichael, President, PCI Fibres
11:20 am – 12:00 pm "Advances in Fiber and Fabric Surface Modifications"; Author: Dr. Michael Kutsenko
Nikki Brooks, Technical Director, Goulston Technologies, Inc.
SYFA Door Prize Drawing!
Closing Remarks from SYFA President Mike Becker, Michael S. Becker, Inc.