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Now an integrated part of The WSA Show, Materials at WSA offers all show attendees the opportunity to see what will drive the industry seasons from now. The show also hosts seminars focusing on everything from the latest materials to what you’ll be buying in fall/winter ’09. All workshops listed below are currently open for registration. For more information, as well as speaker bios, please click here.

MONDAY, JULY 28
The Future of Footwear Manufacturing in China—Is This the Beginning of the End?
Speakers: Robert A. Kapp & Art Carver
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: LVCC, room N-101
Cost: $75

This workshop will cover:
• General overview of the economic and political trends within China and the US relations.
• Changes in China that have affected our industry - why do we think it's only happening in footwear? Will the new labor laws continue to drive factories out of business? Where are the factories going?
• Is it only the manufacturers or is it the supplier network also? Identify alternative sourcing.
Decide for yourself after this workshop: Is manufacturing in China disappearing or not?

Sustainability: Collective Visions
Speaker: Lynda Grose
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: LVCC, room N-101
Cost: $75

Sustainable design strategies in fashion and textiles have so far primarily focused on material substitution and fair wages for overseas producers. A broader, more holistic and forward-looking vision is now emerging, which champions full life cycle approaches, questions the rhythms of the fashion industry and offers new patterns of consumption.


TUESDAY, JULY 29
Pantone Fall 2009/Winter 2010
Speaker: Debra Stevenson
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Location: LVCC, room N-101
Cost: $50
(To register for this workshop, you must first register for the show.)

This premier color trend company will demonstrate through fall ’09/winter ’10 trend forecasting how color influences human thought processes, emotions and physical reactions in order to help utilize color more effectively.

Translating New Materials into Function
Speaker: Chris Lefteri
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: LVCC, room N-101
Cost: $75

Discover how to utilize new materials that meet your design and functional needs. Understand the aesthetics and usability of new materials and how they can improve marketability and production process. This inspirational lecture will help you develop; design and resource products to be lighter weight, eco-friendly, innovative and more.

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