Industry experts will share the cutting edge of the developments that currently define the textile-apparel industrial complex.This comprehensive approach allows the organizers to present a full supply chain picture. At a time when collaboration across the entire chain is indispensable to meet the numerous challenges, such an approach is a significant asset.

Collaboration is also a central theme of a session featuring Inditex, Epic Group and International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank Group). The speakers will focus on decarbonization and show how a collaborative approach across the supply chain can achieve the real progress that the industry needs.

The apparel and textile industries are rapidly becoming more regulated, heightening the pressure to create real and significant environmental and social improvements. In a unique, global regulation session, representatives of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC), the European Textile & Apparel Industry Federation (EURATEX), and the Japan Textile Federation (JTF), will explain the shape that regulation will take in their countries and regions in the coming years.

These topics and several more about fibers, digitalization, AI, etc. will be discussed in the ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, a country with a rapidly growing textile and apparel industry, attracting interests from across the world. This convention promises to be a unique gathering of leaders from across the entire textile and apparel supply chain, bringing together perspectives from all parts of the world.

For more information, please go to: www.itmf-iaf-conference-2024-samarkand.org.