Joint seminar: 6th of January 2023 in Tirupur, India
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Details
Date: 6th of January 2023, 9:00am - 1:30pm
Location: Poppys Vista Hotel in Tirupur, India
Audience: Suppliers and factories with customers from the textile and fashion industry.
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Event Description
In recent years, the sustainability demands of fashion brands and retailers on their suppliers have been growing - especially with regards to chemical management. Suppliers are asked to provide more and more data on their use of chemical products. During this event, the focus will be on the perspective of the suppliers. Industry experts will discuss challenges and simple solutions for suppliers to fulfil the requirements of their brand customers. Also, innovative tools will be presented and discussed with the goal to make the process of chemical management easier and faster both for factories and brands.
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Agenda
Please find below the agenda of the event. Scroll further down to find more detailed information on the speakers, guests of honor and panelists.
| Time | Agenda Point | Speaker |
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| 9:00am | Registration | |
| 9:45am | Guests of Honor: Opening speech | Padma Shri Dr A Sakthivel (FIEO, Tirupur Exporters Association, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC)) |
| 10:00am | Welcome & Introduction | Dr. Shanmuga Sundaram (TÜV Rheinland Group) |
| 10:15am | Current Expectation in Textile Processing | Mr. Gandhirajan (Dyers Association Tirupur) |
| 10:45am | Digitizing chemical management to meet current and future requirements | Lars Doemer (GoBlu International Ltd.) |
| 11:30am | The importance of transparency and traceability in preparing for future regulatory requirements | Dr. Siva Pariti (BluWin) |
| 12:00pm | The simple way to finding a solution for chemical sustainability | Senthil Nathan (TÜV Rheinland) |
| 12:20pm | Panel Discussion: High Expectation from Brands vs. simple ways to fulfil their demands | Mr. Alagesan Senniappan (Eastman Exports), Mr. Vairavan (SCM Textile Processing Mills), Mrs. Eswari Lakshmanan (Jay Jay Mills), Mr. Sasidharan (Atlas Export Enterprises) |
| 1:00pm | Q&A Session | |
| 1:15pm | Closing Speech | Mr. Arasu (TÜV Rheinland) |
| 1:30pm | Lunch |
Speakers, Guests of Honor, Panelists
Padma Shri Dr A Sakthivel
President FIEO | Hon’ Chairman Tirupur Export Association | Southern Region In-Charge AEPC
Mr. P. Gandhirajan
President Dyers Association of Tirupur
Dr. Siva Pariti
Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BluWin
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Guest of Honor | Padma Shri Dr. A. Sakthivel is Hon’ Chairman of the Tirupur Exporters Association, president of the Federation Of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) and Southern Region Incharge of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC).
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Guest of Honor | One of the Office Bearers in Dyers Association of Tirupur since 2011 as Vice President, Treasurer and as president. Since 2021, Managing Director of Veerapandi Common Effluent Treatment plant and Managing Partner of M/S Atul Process.
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Speaker | Dr. Siva Pariti is a globally-recognized leader in textile chemistry. Since more than 16 years, he has been advising leading global brands, auditors, MSIs, wet processing facilities, and students in the areas of chemical and environmental management. He was a Member of Advisory Board for ZDHC Academy and is certified ZDHC Trainer, Chemical Specialist Verifier and Trainer FEM 3.0.
Lars Doemer
Managing Director, GoBlu International Ltd
Dr. Shanmuga Sundaram
Sr. Vice President “Business Stream Products” IMEA, TÜV Rheinland Group
Senthil Nathan
Regional Sustainability Manager IMEA, TÜV Rheinland
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Speaker | Lars Doemer has more than 20 years’ international experience in the fashion and textile industry, working with different brands, retailers and organizations in Hong Kong and Europe. He was involved in several cleaner production programs and took the lead for ZDHC roadmap implementation. As a co-founder of GoBlu, he developed The BHive, one of the leading digital chemical management platforms in the industry.
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Speaker | Dr. Shanmuga Sundaram has 22 years of national and international experience in the testing, inspection and certification business. For TÜV Rheinland Group, he is leading the Business Stream Products for India, Middle East & Africa ( IMEA) Region. He is also experienced in hazardous substance process management, Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS), Chemical Management Audit, Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemical Substance (REACH) Regulation & Implementation.
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Speaker | Senthil Nathan has more than 15 years’ experience in chemical and sustainability projects implementation in manufacturing sectors. He has been rewarded from some major sustainability promoters for new sustainability project implementations in industry sectors and qualified with ISO 14064-1 &2, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 , SA8000 and the six sigma Green Belt.
Mr. Arasu
Senior Manager Softlines Tirupur, TÜV Rheinland
Mr. Alagesan Senniappan
Senior Vice President (Quality/Sustainability), Eastman Exports
Mr. G. Vairavan
Compliance & Environmental Manager, SCM Textile Processing Mills
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Speaker | Mr. Arasu is joining the event as TÜV Rheinland’s Senior Manager for Softlines in Tirupur.
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Panelist | Mr. Alagesan Senniappan is Senior Vice President (Quality/Sustainability), for Eastman Exports. He is responsible for quality assurance, factory compliance and sustainability. He is instrumental in enlisting Eastman Exports in renowned organizations like SAC & ZDHC, has over 24 years of experience in reputed MNCs in both exports house as well as brands.
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Panelist | Mr. G. Vairavan is Compliance & Environmental Manager at SCM Textile Processing Mills. He has good experience in textile processing and environmental and chemical management.
Mrs. Eswari Lakshmanan
Sustainability Executive, Jay Jay Mills
Mr. Sasidharan
Sustainability Head, Atlas Export Enterprises
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Panelist | Mrs. Eswari Lakshmanan is an expert in ESG Reporting and looking along with SBTI, ZDHC CMS, Higg Index and Environmental Compliance implementations and projects.
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Panelist | Mr. Sasidharan has a deep understanding of the issues related to sustainability and is highly skilled at leading cross-functional teams to develop and implement initiatives.