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AGENDA 
Sunday, May 1
7:00 pm: Welcome Reception & Registration: Emeril's Miami Beach Restaurant
Sponsored by Maersk
7:00 pm: Welcome Reception & Registration: Emeril's Miami Beach Restaurant
Sponsored by Maersk
Monday, May 2
7:00 am: Breakfast Buffet - Poinciana 12, Hotel Sponsored by Finotex
8:00 am - 5 pm: General Session - Poinciana 34, Hotel
7:00 am: Breakfast Buffet - Poinciana 12, Hotel Sponsored by Finotex
8:00 am - 5 pm: General Session - Poinciana 34, Hotel
Welcome and Opening Comments: What is the Value of 'Value?'
AAPN President, David Sasso, VP International Sales, Buhler Quality Yarns
Everyone attending has a unique quality that sets them apart from their competition. We will open the meeting with a short definition of value creation then carefully introduce every attendee so the networking begins at the first coffee break. As Tom Peters says, “As you spread your network wide with new tools ... don't forget deep. DEEP RELATIONSHIPS RULE.” AAPN meetings are all about relationships.
AAPN President, David Sasso, VP International Sales, Buhler Quality Yarns
Everyone attending has a unique quality that sets them apart from their competition. We will open the meeting with a short definition of value creation then carefully introduce every attendee so the networking begins at the first coffee break. As Tom Peters says, “As you spread your network wide with new tools ... don't forget deep. DEEP RELATIONSHIPS RULE.” AAPN meetings are all about relationships.
Meeting Attendees will be individually introduced according to their link in the supply chain
Coffee Break Sponsored by Contempora Fabrics 
Session 1: COSTING: Why this tsunami of cost increases?
Mary O'Rourke, President and Managing Director, O'Rourke Group Partners
Mary O’Rourke sets the tone of the meeting with a discussion of various pricing considerations in sourcing around the world. This will not be your stock pitch but rather will be very interactive. Mary has a specific case study of the market for synthetic women’s trousers that is not being taken advantage of currently.
Mary O'Rourke, President and Managing Director, O'Rourke Group Partners
Mary O’Rourke sets the tone of the meeting with a discussion of various pricing considerations in sourcing around the world. This will not be your stock pitch but rather will be very interactive. Mary has a specific case study of the market for synthetic women’s trousers that is not being taken advantage of currently.
Noon: Lunch Sponsored by Seaboard Marine 
Session 2: FIBER: Help me understand higher cost cotton and less availability of fabric
Wally Darneille, CEO, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
The buzz is about cotton. Wally Darneille of PCCA will share a high level presentation that once and for all shows the entire ‘cotton’ environment globally. This will pull in cotton availability, retailers taking positions on fabric, and other issues the industry.
Wally Darneille, CEO, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
The buzz is about cotton. Wally Darneille of PCCA will share a high level presentation that once and for all shows the entire ‘cotton’ environment globally. This will pull in cotton availability, retailers taking positions on fabric, and other issues the industry.
Session 3: FIBER: Help me understand higher costs for synthetics
Bill Jasper, President & CEO, Unifi
The increase in the cost of oil and many other chemicals directly impacts production of synthetics. Synthetics are also easy to recycle and exciting new markets demand this level of eco innovation. This presentation will spark interaction with everyone impacted, including trim producers.
Bill Jasper, President & CEO, Unifi
The increase in the cost of oil and many other chemicals directly impacts production of synthetics. Synthetics are also easy to recycle and exciting new markets demand this level of eco innovation. This presentation will spark interaction with everyone impacted, including trim producers.
Coffee Break sponsored by TUKATECH 
Session 4: An Overview of Full Value Costing
Barbara Zeins, President, Gerson & Gerson
How should companies perform total costing exercises? What are the primary places costs are generated? Where is the waste in the system - design, material, people - system - production management practices, time, shipping, etc? For the brands, how do they evolve toward increasing value, reducing long term costs, NOT just lowering short term costs? You will walk away with ideas for reducing cost, and just as importantly (actually more so) raising value, and to be able to re-think sourcing strategy.
Barbara Zeins, President, Gerson & Gerson
How should companies perform total costing exercises? What are the primary places costs are generated? Where is the waste in the system - design, material, people - system - production management practices, time, shipping, etc? For the brands, how do they evolve toward increasing value, reducing long term costs, NOT just lowering short term costs? You will walk away with ideas for reducing cost, and just as importantly (actually more so) raising value, and to be able to re-think sourcing strategy.
7:00 pm: Reception/Dinner - Americana Lawn, Hotel Sponsored by Bureau Veritas, Crowley Logistics and TradeCard
Tuesday, May 3
7:00 am: Breakfast Buffet - Poinciana 12, Hotel Sponsored by TUKATECH
7:00 am: Breakfast Buffet - Poinciana 12, Hotel Sponsored by TUKATECH
8:00 am - Noon: General Session - Poinciana 34, Hotel
Session 5: How are social and environmental issues playing in this era of thin margins?
Scott Vaughn, CEO, Rocedes Apparel
A follow up by Scott Vaughn and a special guest, Anil Hirdaramani from Sri Lanka. Additional comments by Juan Zighelboim and Fernando Capellan on how they implemented ideas they gather on our delegation to Sri Lanka. With interaction and update across all sustainability actions.
Scott Vaughn, CEO, Rocedes Apparel
A follow up by Scott Vaughn and a special guest, Anil Hirdaramani from Sri Lanka. Additional comments by Juan Zighelboim and Fernando Capellan on how they implemented ideas they gather on our delegation to Sri Lanka. With interaction and update across all sustainability actions.
Coffee Break Sponsored by TUKATECH
Session 6: How to leverage supply chains for value
General Discussion
AAPN has an end-to-end ‘Risk Response Network’ proven over decades. It operates exactly like a digital nervous system. At our annual face-to-face meeting, we have multiple supply chains in fiber/yarn/fabric/product. We will set aside time to directly address the concerns, limitations, strategies and insights of those on the brand and retail firing line. This discussion will engage those in technology, logistics, compliance and other production-supporting skills and services.
General Discussion
AAPN has an end-to-end ‘Risk Response Network’ proven over decades. It operates exactly like a digital nervous system. At our annual face-to-face meeting, we have multiple supply chains in fiber/yarn/fabric/product. We will set aside time to directly address the concerns, limitations, strategies and insights of those on the brand and retail firing line. This discussion will engage those in technology, logistics, compliance and other production-supporting skills and services.
Noon - Adjourn
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