BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff71e9987e5f756d333c928af3ccd21984 CATEGORIES:AAPN Live Events SUMMARY:2019 pro:Americas Portland Regional LOCATION:Ecotrust - Irving Street Studio\, 907 NW Irving Street\, Portland, Oregon 9 7209\, USA DESCRIPTION:
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AAPN Regional Events are open to all executives in the textile/apparel supply chain. Our goal is to raise your Apparel IQ and provide a safe Netwo rking environment for those of you who are interested in broadening your "g o to" Network. We generally have 80 - 100 attendees from all links in the c hain ... AAPN membership is not required.
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AGENDA - Synthetics & Sustainability in the Americas strong>
1:00 pm
Badge pick-up and Networking at the Irving Street Studio at Ecotru
st
1:30 pm
Welcome
Tony Anzovino, AAPN President and Chief Sour
cing & Merchandising Officer at Haggar Clothing Co
AAPN and the 21st Century Supply Chain
Ron Roach
em>, President of Contempora Fabrics Inc.
Activewear fa
bric volumes in the Americas; and educating textile sourcing staff
Juan Zighelboim, President of Textiles Opico S.A. de
C.V. dba TexOps
Virtual verticalization in El Salvador
for activewear
BREAK
Rocedes: A p rofile of social responsibility in a Nicaraguan apparel factory
Jim Chi, VP, e.dye Limited
Recycled
materials and how performance wear could benefit from change to their sourc
es.
Ed Gribbin, Chief Engage
ment Officer, Impactiva
Digitalization, Human Intellige
nce & The Factory of the Future
We’ve seen movement t
owards the digitalization of some aspects of supply chains and we hear a lo
t about how artificial intelligence will eventually help improve productivi
ty, speed to market and even reduce costs. But, what if we could harness th
e human intelligence of the tens of millions of artisans who make all of ou
r clothing and footwear? We’ll explore how that brainpower combined with di
gital production technologies is creating the factory of the future today.<
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AMERICAS Panel moderated by Mike Toda ro
Discussion and handout of three important indu
stry career tools:
1. The 31 question AAPN ASIA
/AMERICAS REPORT CARD, used to make supply chain relationships str
onger (you know what this is)
2. The 20 item AAPN
RISK ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST, created by brand and retail executives
to assess countries (created by a high level roundtable we hosted in NY)
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3. The 28 element SOURCING INTRODUCTION PROFILE for first time meetings between brands and factories, created by an
AAPN member Senior Sourcing VP
5:30 pm adjou rn to the Rooftop Terrace for Cocktails & Networking
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