AFCOT Announces Agenda for 2012 Annual Conference

The French Cotton Association (AFCOT), which will be holding its annual conference and gala dinner in Interlaken, Switzerland, on October 11, has released the agenda for the event. It’s the first time the association is returning to Switzerland since its 2009 event, which was held in Montreux.

There will be four primary sessions, followed by a cocktail reception and the gala dinner. Featured speakers include Thierry Devilder, president of AFCOT, and Gilles Delmas, purchasing director of Devanlay-Lacoste. The sessions will cover:

• Latest innovations in foreign matters detection and elimination equipment
• Integrated, flexible systems of quality controls in spinning and doubling
• Currencies market: analysis, tendency and risk insurance coverage
• Volatility of world cotton prices and its effect on industry and supply chain

“Facing unprecedented challenges, cotton professionals are invited to share their vision of cotton industry for the years to come,” says Gérard Kassarian, AFCOT secretary general. For more information, to view the agenda, and to register for the event, please click here.