Textiles Human Resources Council - FuturTex 2005 Program

FuturTex 2005 Program
The Textiles Human Resources Council
Proudly Presents

FuturTex

May 2, 2005
Hilton Montréal Aéroport

"New Trade Rules - New Skills"

7:30-9:00	Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00-09:15	Conference Opening Adrian Spoerry, President and CEO of Hafner Inc. and THRC Co-Chair Rosette Laberge, Comité sectoriel de main-d’oeuvre de l'industrie du textile du Québec Hon. Eleni Bakopanos, M.P. for Ahuntsic and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Development with special emphasis on Social Economy

9:15-10:25	Responding to the Post-2005 Trade Environment Neil Kearney, General Secretary, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (Brussels, Belgium) David Trumbull, National Textile Association (Boston, USA)

10:25-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:20	Learning to Succeed John McQuade, General Manager, Firestone Textiles

Developing Skills in the Workplace -
Best Practices Technical Sessions*

11:20-11:55

André Paquin
Director of Finishing at Cowansville
Consoltex, Inc.
Alain Côté
Director, Human Resources, Consoltex, Inc.
"Engineered air for the weave room - temperature and humidity control systems"
Chris Lester, Lester-Legault

11:55-12:30

Wayne Hanley
President of Local 175, UFCW Canada
"Application Treatments of Antimicrobial on Textile Materials"
Dominic Tessier, Groupe CTT

12:30-13:45 Luncheon

13:45-14:25

"Future of Canadian Manufacturing"

Hon. Perrin Beatty, President of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

14:25-15:05

"Building on DuPont Innovation at INVISTA (Canada)"

Peter Kraus, Manager of Canadian Fibre Operations, INVISTA (Canada)

15:05-15:45

"Working in Today's Retail Environment: Procurement at Sears Canada"

Tim Flemming, Vice President of Corporate Procurement, Productivity & Specialty Businesses, Sears Canada

15:45-16:00

Conference Closing

Pierre Jean Olivier
National Representative, TUAC Canada and THRC Co-chair

Lina Aristeo
Director of Quebec Council, UNITE HERE

Program Subject to Change
^*In collaboration with the Textile Federation of Canada