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activities and discussions which truly held the event students fr
together and the side events progressed side by participated. The
Reports the presentations made by professional speakers attendees.
event, introduced
side, each owning its own limelight. Starting off with
from sustainable
who were very well-versed in the true language of
textiles. Panel discussions were held with panelists
Inspiring Change'
showcasing their expertise and opinions relating to
TEXtalks Internat
their domains on topics that ranged from
sustainability, environmental impacts, trade, and
participants appr
global and local cotton. On the alternate side, the ICC events wi
that through ICC,
2nd Student Design Competition took place in which to such events
Guest of Honor. William K. Makaneole. U.S. Consul General Lahore Abdul Rahim Nasir. Chairman. APTMA

Inspiring Change 2022

An overview of the success of

the 5th International Conference Azfar Hasan. CEO. Lulusar and Matrix Sourcing Yousaf Fareed. Organizer Inspiring Change 2022. TEXtalks International

Continuing the legacy, TEXtalks International and brings experts to guide the stakeholders on how
organized the 5th Inspiring Change Conference (ICC) to ride the ships out of the storm. Conventional
2022 on the 31 of August 2022 in Pearl Continental events normally discuss only the current problems;
st
Hotel, Lahore Pakistan. ICC 2022 witnessed a huge however, ICC allows the participants to look closely at
success as more than 500 international and national current and future challenges and the successful
participants graced the event with their presence. strategies to overcome these. Briefly, the ICC 2022
With each passing year, the ICC event is getting more offered a conference for discussions, What'sNew
popular across the textile value chain of Pakistan as it section presented new textile products and ideas to
focuses on the challenges faced by the textile world visitors and student's design competition to foster

sustainable practices among youth that will help show their dedicated participation in the upcoming
Pakistan's fashion sector. events of ICC.

The participants applauded the theme of the panels, Distinguished Guests
which was evident from the interesting and active This year, ICC 2022 was graced by the presence of
discussions that took place there with contrasting Sadiq Sanjrani (Chairman Senate of Pakistan) as
opinions. The questions, technical solutions, and Chief Guest, William K. Makaneole (US Consul
energy of the panelists were inspiring. Furthermore, General Lahore) as Guest of Honor, representatives
the visitors rated the overall program " exceptional " for Cotton Council International (CCI) USA, Abdul
as it directly discussed their area of interest Rahim Nasir (Chairman APTMA), CEOs of various
irrespective of their domain, from fiber to finished textile firms, and key individuals from both industry
high-value products. The participants encouraged and academia.
the efforts of TEXtalks International to continue with
such inspiring events in the future and were eager to The ICC 2022 was power packed with different
Chief Guest. Sadiq Sanjrani. Chairman. The Senate of Pakistan

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