November 12
8:30 am - 12:30 pm

General Session

Opening Remarks

Bruce Atherley, Executive Director, Cotton Council International

Keynote: Finding Success through the Unsold Mindset

Colin Coggins & Garrett Brown
Business Transformation Change Agents, Popular USC Professors of Entrepreneurship

2024 Elections: Implications for Global Trade Policy

Rebecca Patterson
Economic & Financial Markets Expert, Former Chief Investment Strategist for Bridgewater Associates

Sustainable Sourcing: Navigating Traceability in Modern Supply Chains

Daren Abney, Executive Director, U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol®
Saima Chowdhury, Founder and CEO, Noi Solutions, LLC
Adolfo Kalach, Vice President, Kaltex Group
Agata Smeets, Head of Environment and Product Sustainability, Gap Inc.

November 13
8:30 am - 12:45 pm

General Session

Opening Remarks

Bruce Atherley, Executive Director, Cotton Council International

How AI Will Transform Your Company

Paul Roetzer, Founder & CEO, Marketing AI Institute

Keynote: Economic and Financial Market Outlook in a Time of Uncertainty

Jason Schenker
Chairman of The Futurist Institute; President of Prestige Economics

Economic Outlook for the Cotton Market
Long-Term World Cotton Supply & Demand

Jody Campiche
Vice President, Economic Services, National Cotton Council

Jon Devine, Senior Economist, Cotton Incorporated

Christoper Kramedjian, Managing Director, Shearwater Commodity Research Ltd.

Bull or Bear? Ask the Experts

Moderator: Joe Nicosia
Executive Vice President, Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Chairman, National Cotton Council

Colin Iles
Executive Manager Marketing Cotton & Sugar, Viterra

Darren Long
Senior Trader, ECOM USA

Keith Lucas
Vice President Marketing, PCCA

Hank Reichle
President and Chief Executive Officer, Staplcotn

Summary Session

Bruce Atherley, Executive Director, Cotton Council International