MORNING AGENDA

9.00 Registration and Refreshments

10.00 Conference Welcome and Opening
Diane Waterhouse, ASBCI Vice Chairman and Conference Committee Chairman;
Fabric Development Manager, BMB Clothing

10.05 FLIP-FLOPS OR FLEECES ? - Opening Address
Julie King, ASBCI Conference Day Proceedings Chairman;
Head of Department of Fashion & Textiles, De Montfort University

10.15 WHAT’S THE FORECAST ?
Professor Paul Hardaker - Chief Executive FRMets CMet CEnv, The Royal Meteorological Society
• Dispelling some meteorological myths
• Global weather patterns and climate change
• Predicting weather for the UK high street for 2008

10.40 RESOURCES AND THE RETAIL REALITY
Adam Chester - Treasury Chief Economist, Bank of Scotland
• The global position
• Pricing pressures
• Retail implications

11.05 THE SOURCING COST COMPARISON STUDY
Sue Butler - Senior Manager, Kurt Salmon Associates
• Where to source from
• Emerging trends in sourcing regions
• The principle cause of sourcing from different regions

11.30 THE WORLD’S ‘RELIANCE’ ON POLYESTER
Rakesh Gaur - President Polyester Fibres Division, Reliance Industry
• Consumption - past, present and future
• Sustainability and alternatives
• Processing polyester - real and environmental costs

11.55 THE PATAGONIA PERSPECTIVE
Jonathan Petty - UK Sales Manager, Patagonia
• Acommitment to sustainability - the Patagonia approach
• Captain Underpants’ mission to save the planet
• Engaging the consumer in recycling opportunities

12.20 Question and Answer Session

12.35 LUNCH

AFTERNOON AGENDA

1.45 BUYING FOR PLAN ‘A’
Annette Browne - Head of Buying Womens Casual and Knitwear, Marks & Spencer
• Changes in open to buy strategy
• The Marks & Spencer response
• Engaging the customer

2.10 CLIMATE FRIENDLY AND HEALTHY CLOTHING
Lord Peter Melchett
Policy Director, The Soil Association
• Lessons learned from the growth in organic food
• The organic supply chain
• Globalising standards

2.35 PACKING INNOVATION AND THE THREE ‘R’s’
Emma Gotch - Clothing Packaging Manager, Tesco Stores
• Reduction
• Re-use
• Re-cycle

3.00 RESOURCEFUL DESIGN
Julia Smith - Fashion Designer, www.juliasmithfashion.co.uk
• ‘Trade-Fair’ ethical production
• Raw material selection and design process
• Taking ethical design to the high street

3.25 QUALITY OF LIFE - A SUSTAINABLE CONCEPT
The Rt Hon. John Gummer M.P. -

• Water : - low water - low energy - zero waste
• Transport and connectivity
• Policies and responses

3.50 Question and Answer Session

4.05 CONFERENCE CLOSE
Malcolm Ball - Chairman, ASBCI - Principal Associate, Malcolm Ball Associates

6.30 for 7.00 PRE-DINNER DRINKS

7.00 ANNUAL CONFERENCE DINNER
To include presentation of the 2008 ASBCI Student Design Awards sponsored by Littlewoods Shop Direct Group,

Awards presented by David Inglis, Group Trading Director, Littlewoods Shop Direct Group

To view content of previous ASBCI Conferences go to Publications - Conference Proceedings section.

Full transcripts of all speaker presentations of previous conferences are available to order from the ASBCI office in Halifax

Contact details:-         Stephanie Ingham

                                  Company Secretary

                                  ASBCI

                                  Tel:- 01422 354666

                                  Fax:- 01422 381184

                  Email info@asbci.co.uk Internet: www.asbci.co.uk