Promotion: CICB and Brazilian Leather
Co-organization: ABQTIC
Master Sponsorship: JBS Couros
Gold Sponsorship: Stahl, Fenac and Basf
Support: Apex-Brasil, Minerva Leather, AicSul and IBTeC
Draft Program:
9h30min:
Accreditation
10h30min – 10h45min:
Opening
10h45min – 11h45min:
Strategies and challenges for the leather industry
Carlos Obregon, vice-president of CICB’s Board of Directors and director of JBS Couros
and
Cezar Müller, president of ABQTIC and director at A.P. Müller
11h45min – 12h45min:
Brunch
13h – 14h:
Sustainability: the urgent future
Rosa Alegria, Master of Science in Foresight from the University of Houston (USA), specialist in strategic prospective. Responsible for the Brazilian node of the Millennium Project, a network of researchers who study the 15 main global challenges for humanity.
14h – 15h:
Producing leather in a sustainable way
David Fernandes, biologist and environment supervisor at Coming
15h – 15h30min:
Coffee Break
15h30min – 16h30min:
The footprint of leather productions
Dra. Brigitte Wegner, doctor of chemistry at the leather department of Basf SE
16h30min – 17h30min:
Leather: from design to the luxury market
Bill Amberg, English designer, president of the Bill Amberg Design Studio – worldwide reference in the creation of leather articles for the fashion and architecture high-end segments
and
Guy Morgan, director of BSR in Paris, organisation that develops and coordinates the Sustainable Luxury Working Group – a centre that gathers the world’s most influential luxury brands for sustainable actions