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Panel Discussions-Highlights • Iqbal Khurram. CEO. YS Group-Nishat Chunnian. predefined rubrics/criteria. Cash prizes, awards, and certificates were given out to the winners by the Chairman
Panel discussions are one of the prominent and Pakistan Senate, hoping that this would truly encourage and appreciate the talent of the students participating and to
unique features of ICC 2022. These panelists are • Khalid Abdullah. Cotton Commissioner. continue to do so in the future to focus on innovative sustainable products for the end consumers.
finalized owing to their expertise and excellence in Government of Pakistan
their domain so that the discussions could be fruitful • Dr Shafique Ahmed. Regional Director. Better
and inspiring for the audience. This year, ICC 2022 Cotton Initiative
had four-panel discussions with different themes. • Dr Masood Arshad. WWF. Pakistan
• Bilal Israel Khan. Executive Director. FAP.
Panel: Local Cotton Challenges and the Possible (Progressive Farmer)
Solutions • Khawaja Tahir Mahmood. CEO - Country Head.
Apart from facing the global issues discussed in the Control Union Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
first panel, Pakistan is facing even hard challenges Panel: Cotton Quality, Challenges, and Remediation • Carl Peltzer. Director. Cargill Cotton Ltd. Panel: Business Challenges and Solutions for • Stephanie Thiers. Director, European Brands, and
for the local cotton crop. That is why the Pakistan's cotton production has shrunk by 19% in Ahead 2022 United Kingdom Pakistan Textiles Retailers. CCI, USA
second-panel discussion focused on Pakistani cotton the current season, mainly due to the devastation The cotton crop year 2021-22 has seen dramatic • Jeff Elder. Director of Marketing. The global textile business suffers from inflation, the • Khalid Tiwana. The GBO Group. Pakistan.
and featured all stakeholders, from farmers to textile caused by heavy rainfall and flash floods nationwide. crop damage globally due to climate change, Allbright Cotton, USA energy crisis, and consumer choices after COVID-19. • Anees M Khawaja. Director Mahmood Group of
manufacturers. For this panel discussion followings The profitability of other crops has also forced cotton droughts, and floods. For this panel discussion, the • Carlo Bocardo. Vice President of Sales. For this panel discussion the following were the
were the group participants: growers to shift to them. following were the group participants: Calcot Ltd, USA group participants: Companies, Pakistan
• Kamran Arshad. Director. • Mazhar Hussain Mirza. Country Representative. • Mujeeb Ullah Khan. CEO. • Saleha Asif.
Ghazi Fabrics. Pakistan Cotton Council International, USA iTextiles (Pvt.) Ltd, Pakistan CEO. Pakistan Textile Council

Panel: Developments for Eco-Friendly production in • Dr. Tanveer Hussain. Rector. National Textile
the Textiles University. Faisalabad
Eco-friendly textile production is the need of the hour • Tobias Schurr. Sales and Marketing Director,
amid climate change and rising pollution levels. Weitmann & Konrad GmbH & Co. KG, and
Therefore, the third panel focused on discussions for Managing Director of RotaSpray GmbH Germany
eco-friendly production in textiles. Sustainability • Axel Lukasch. Global Director Technical Resource,
practices can have environmental, social, and Huntsman Textile Effects. USA Sadiq Sanjrani Azfar Hasan Rana Mahmood ul Hassan Mirza Muhammad Afridi
economic impacts across the textile industry. For • Rizwan Afzal Chaudhry. Commercial Head.
discussion, followings were the group participants: Polyester Business. ICI Pakistan Ltd.
• Dr. Ayyazuddin. CEO. Pakistan Circular Fashion • Faiza Jamil. Programme Director, Pakistan
Council. Pakistan Environment Trust

2nd Student Design Competition

Stephanie Thiers discussed how the US Cotton Trust 1985, the program has reduced 79% of water use, As fashion comes exactly parallel to textiles, ICC 2022 also arranged an exceptional 2nd student design
Protocol is driving cotton sustainability. The Trust 37% soil loss, 54% energy consumption, and 49% competition which featured more than a hundred projects from students coming from the top fashion institutes
Protocol is a new program that brings quantifiable greenhouse gas emissions, and increased land use of Pakistan. 12 institutes were invited to this very platform so the entire textile industry could really see the vast
and verifiable goals and measurements to more efficiency by 49%. Lieven Verraest shared the talent that has not yet been reaped. This was taken to another level by the expert jury acting as the crux of the
sustainable cotton production that drives continuous success stories of using the US Cotton Trust Protocol event which consisted of Azfar Hassan (CEO Lulusar Brand & Matrix Sourcing), Dr. Ayyazuddin (CEO of
improvement in key sustainability metrics. Since from various international and Pakistani industries. Pakistan Circular Fashion Council). From each institute, one winner was selected by the jury based on

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