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Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
TOMORROW 
Design & Trend Seminars  
Fashion Trends - Colours & Fabrics for spring/summer 2011 by Yuko Watanabe,  I.S. Planning, Japan: 10am - 11am,  Room N101b  
Promostyl's Sport & Street Trends  Forecasts for SS2011  About the impact of eco-textiles and sustainability on sportswear by Vincent Lecrosnier,  Promostyl Sport & Street Department, France: 11.30am - 12.30pm: Room N101b  
SS2011 Womenswear Forecast with Eco-Material Direction by Dr Valerie Wilson Trower,  Stylesight,  US: 2pm - 3pm:  Room N101b  
Pantone  View Colour Planner Summer 2011 Symmetry  A  focus on beautiful expressions for spring/summer 2011, by Maryann Wong Mei-wa,  Pantone Asia, Hong Kong: 3.15pm - 4.15pm: Room N101b  
Global Trends Update SS 11 & AW 11/12 Colour and Textile Directions by  Angelia Teo,  WGSN,  Britain: 4.30pm - 5.30pm: Room N101b  
THURSDAY 
Planet Textile Conference   
10am - 4.30pm, Room N101b  
Planet Textiles - Changing the Culture - Placing Sustainability at the Heart  of the Organisation Moderators John Mowbray, editor of Ecotextile News, Britain; Andrew Filarowski,  technical director, Society of Dyers and Colourists,  Britain. 
Co-organisers Messe Frankfurt (HK),  Ecotextile News and the Society of Dyers and Colourists.
Gold sponsor Huntsman Textile Effects.  
Other sponsors Lenzing Fibers HK,  DyStar,  Clariant.  
Speakers John Mowbray, Ecotextile News, Britain; Cara Chacon, Patagonia,  US; Liang Xiaohui, China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), Office for Social Responsibility, China; Lyn Ip,  adidas Group, Social and Environmental Affairs Department, Hong Kong; Pat Nie Woo, Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium, Hong Kong; Geoff Collins, Lenzing, Austria; Petra Katzenberger, KIK, Germany; Simon Weston, Fountain Set, Hong Kong;  Phil Patterson, RITE Group, Britain; Tone Tobiasson,  NICE, Norway; Lode Vermeersch,  Huntsman Textile Effects, Switzerland. 
The 26th IAF International Apparel Convention Press Conference  2pm - 3pm, Meeting Room N104 -105  
Speakers Han Bekke,  secretary general for IAF speaks on the introduction of IAF and IAF World Apparel Convention; Stephan Buurma,  managing director for Messe Frankfurt Asia speaks on Messe Frankfurt, the leading textile trade fair organiser in  the world. 
Eco-Certification Seminars 
Ecological Certification Schemes -  Which Suits You Best? by Dr Jean-Pierre Haug,  TESTEX Swiss Textile-Testing, Switzerland: 3.45pm - 4.45pm,  Room N109-N110  
Integrity of Organic Textiles  Through Certification by Hong Lee, Control Union Certifications, Netherlands; Herbert Ladwig, International Working Group, Global Organic Textile Standard, Germany: 5pm - 6pm, Room N109-N110  
FRIDAY 
Functional Textile Product Seminars 
Unique Business Opportunity created by the Use of Innovation Functional and Eco-friendly Textiles by Justin Huang, Taiwan Textile Federation, Taiwan: 10am - 11am, Room N107  
SFBC Champions Causes for Environmental and Green Philosophies in Creating Sustainable Businesses through its members by Anderson Lee,  Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium,  Hong Kong: 11.30am - 12.30pm, Room N107  
BASF's Finishing Technologies for Functional Effects by Yves Keyen,  BASF Auxiliary Chemicals, China: 2pm - 3pm, Room N107  
Advanced Functional Surface Treatment Technology for Textile Materials by Dr Roger Wang Rong-hua, Polytechnic University: 3.30pm - 4.30pm, Room N107



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