Joint seminar: 1st of March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Date: 1st of March 2023, 9:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Audience: Suppliers and factories with customers from the textile and fashion industry.
Register for the event (it’s free of charge!)
This is a live event, online participation will NOT be possible.
Separate, prior registration of max. 2 representatives per company is mandatory for participation at the event.
For local questions, get in touch with Mr. Monjurul Hoque (+ 880 1777792449) or Mr. Abuhasib Md. Abdullah (+880 1777719107) from TÜV Rheinland
Registration for this event is now closed.
Event Description
Chemical management has become a focus of increasing sustainability demands from fashion brands and retailers to their suppliers. Transparency and traceability of chemical products used by suppliers are in high demand, creating unique challenges and opportunities for all parties involved. The goal of this event is to shine light on the supplier perspective. Industry experts from international brands, solution providers, chemical suppliers and of course factories will gather to discuss current challenges and simple solutions for suppliers to meet the rising demands of their brand customers. Innovative tools will be presented to digitize and simplify chemical management for both factories and brands.
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 | |
| 9:30am | Opening speech | Dr. Shanmuga Sundaram (TÜV Rheinland) |
| 9.40am | Challenges and progress related to chemical management in the Bangladesh textile industry | Mohammad Omar Faruq (GIZ) |
| 09:55am | The importance of transparency and traceability in preparing for future regulatory requirements | Dr. Siva Pariti (BluWin) |
| 10:25am | Digitizing chemical management to meet current and future requirements | Lars Doemer (GoBlu International Ltd.) |
| 10:45am | Driving Transparency and Chemical Compliance through Smart Chemical Management | Kazy Mohammad Iqbal Hossain (Lindex HK Ltd.) |
| 11:00am | Panel Discussion: Accelerating change in chemical sustainability by using digital collaborative tools | Dewan Nurul Islam (BESTSELLER), Md Majaharul Islam Sumon (DyStar), Suvro Dev Saha (Global Apparel GmbH) |
| 11:30am | Managing chemical compliance through digital tools from a manufacturer perspective (tentative title) | Md. Abu Naser Shatez (IRIS Fabrics Ltd.) |
| 11:45am | The BHive as a digital platform for achieving chemical transparency | Senthil Nathan (TÜV Rheinland) |
| 12:15pm | Closing Speech | Syful Islam Khan (TÜV Rheinland) |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
We kindly thank the partner of this event:
Speakers, Guests of Honor, Panelists
Dr Siva Pariti
Senior Technical Marketing Officer, BluWin
Lars Doemer
Managing Director, GoBlu International Ltd
Kazy Mohammad Iqbal Hossain
South Asia Regional Sustainability Manager, Lindex
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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.
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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 | Kazy Mohammad Iqbal Hossain is a competent sustainability professionals with more than 18 years industry experience. He has been working as South Asia Regional Sustainability Manager for Lindex since 2016. In his current role, Mr. Hossain is responsible for driving Lindex sustainability agenda throughout its supply chain located at Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Srilanka. He is also one of the key contributors within the company for developing strategy, roadmap and policy on boarder sustainability. Mr. Hossain is a Water Resources Engineer by profession and has deep expertise on chemical management, industrial wastewater treatment, energy and climate change.
Dr. Shanmuga Sundaram
Sr. Vice President “Business Stream Products” IMEA, TÜV Rheinland Group
Senthil Nathan
Regional Sustainability Manager IMEA, TÜV Rheinland
Mr. Syful Islam Khan
Country Manager & Local Business Field Manager (Product-Softlines), TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh Pvt. Ltd.
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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.
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Mr. Syful Islam Khan is Country Manager & Local Business Field Manager for Product-Softlines at TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh. He has more than 17 years experience related to textile/ footwear product safety, quality, compliance and sustainability services in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) Industry with several Multinational Companies.
Dewan Nurul Islam
Chemical Environment Manager, BESTSELLER
Md Majaharul Islam Sumon
Country Manager for Bangladesh Business, DyStar
Mohammad Omar Faruq
Sr. Advisor Chemical management, GIZ, Bangladesh
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Panelist | Mr. Dewan Nurul Islam is Chemical & Environment Manager for BESTSELLER Bangladesh & Pakistan- He graduated in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science and holds an MBA in International Business. In 14+ years of working experience in Chemical and Environment Management, he has held management positions in different reputed organizations.
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Panelist | Mr Sumon graduated in Textile Engineering with a major in textile wet processing and hold a MA degree in Business Administration. He has over 23 years of technical expertise in the textile industry including dyehouse production, sales and marketing of textile dyes and chemicals. He worked for BASF in technical service and product development as well as in Sales and Marketing. In 2010, he joined DyStar and is currently holding the position as Country Manager for the Bangladesh Business.
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Speaker | Sr. Advisor - Chemical management at GIZ, Bangladesh. He is a pioneer in chemical management for manufacturing industries in Bangladesh, and a crucial contributor to the GIZ Toolkit on resource-efficient management of chemicals in textile and leather sector. Omar Faruq has been responsible for implementing several sustainable chemical and environmental management projects in textile sector for Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. He is a chemical engineer and holds Master in Environmental Science and Management.
Suvro Dev Saha
Head of Sustainable Production, Global Apparel GmbH
Md. Abu Naser Shatez
Assistant Manager- Environmental Compliance, IRIS Fabrics Ltd.
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Speaker | 13 years experience in the field of Sustainability and Circularity ++ Responsible for leading all sustainable and environmental projects throughout the Bay City Suppliers pool ++ graduated Textile Engineer with intensive working experience in chemical management, Circular Product Design (i.e. C2C), CDM (Clean development mechanism).
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Speaker | Md. Abu Naser Shatez shares his insights from a background in Environment & Chemical Engineering. He is passionate about Chemical management and educating audiences on topics that are commonly talked about in RMG industry. He has completed his BSc. in Chemical Engineering at Jashore University of Science & Technology and published 4 international journals as a researcher in Nano-bio and Advance Material Engineering Lab. He has also completed ZDHC Chemical Management Training, CQI|IRCA certified ISO 14001: 2018 (EMS) Lead auditor course & SAC approved Higg Index (FEM) Training.