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Keynote Presentations
The presentations focused on vast topics that covered current events and future trade prospects. The audience
members showed intense concentration during these presentations as the content by the textile experts
sparked their interest and piqued their curiosity. The national and international professional speeches drew a lot
of interest because of their subject matter.
The themes of the presentations included:
• CCI Updates on the Key Sustainability Issues by William Bettendorf (Director, CCI, U.S.A)
• The Everchanging Dynamics of the Cotton Situation by Robin Edouard Pigot (Global Trading and
Merchandizing, Cargill Cotton)
• Global Cotton Trends by William Kimbrell (Executive Vice President & C.O.O. Cotton Incorporated, USA)
• The Future of Traceability by Freddie Duffield (Head of Corporate Affairs, Oritain United Kingdom)
• A New Direction; Sustainable and Traceable Fibres by Rizwan Afzal (Vice President Commercial, LCI)
• Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Textiles by Prof Dr Tanveer Hussain (Rector, National
Textile University, Pakistan)
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