Breakout Sessions - Your Choice
Tuesday, November 12
2:00 - 4:30 pm
Costa de la Luna 1, 2, 3 & 5
The Summit offers an opportunity for smaller discussion sessions on the topic of your choice on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 12. Summit guests pick two from the menu of four simultaneous Breakout Sessions.
What Influences the Cotton Market?
Learn more about the different factors that can influence cotton price movements - what metrics to watch and how to interpret market data to manage risk.
Speakers:
Jerry Marshall, President, The Yiyang Company
Ron Lawson, Director Commercial Cotton, RCM Ag Services
Location: Costa de Luna 1
U.S. Cotton Delivers - Cotton Movement & Logistics
Discuss the movement of U.S. cotton from warehouse to mill and the factors influencing timely deliveries of U.S. cotton.
Location: Costa de Luna 2
Speakers:
William H. “Buddy” Allen, President/CEO, American Cotton Shippers Association
David C. Camp, Vice President Sales Operations, Staplcotn
Neil Woods, Vice President Supply Chain, Olam Agri
The COTTON USA Mill Performance Index® - How to get Better Performance from U.S. Cotton
Discuss with the COTTON USA SOLUTIONS® textile engineers the metrics of machine and labor productivity, energy consumption, and waste factors in order to optimize costs for U.S. cotton in the first global productivity ranking of global textile manufacturers.
Speakers:
Joerg Bauersachs, Head of Technical Services, Cotton Council International
Juergen Plessing, SOLUTIONS Program Manager, Cotton Council International
Location: Costa de Luna 3
Supply Chain Compliance with U.S. Importation Laws and the UFLPA
Listen to an overview of the regulatory landscape that is impacting cross-border movement of goods, including the UFLPA. These regulations impose restrictions on your U.S. importers. You will have an opportunity to have an interactive dialogue and ask any questions you may have on how your manufacturing process, supply chain, and clients can be protected.
Speakers:
Ana Hinojosa, Former Executive Director, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Location: Costa de Luna 5
The biennial COTTON USA™ Summit is hosted by Cotton Council International and the U.S. cotton industry in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS).