International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA)

Annual Conference - 2002
Diverse Perspectives, Common Goals 2002:Now What?
New York City, NY, August 6-10

Hotel Registration Information
Grant Hyatt
Park Avenue at Grand Central
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (800)-223-1234; (212) 883-1234
Fax: (646) 213-6797

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Conference Registration Form
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Contact: Elizabeth Lowe
306 Remsen Hall, Queens College
Flushing, NY 11367-1597

elowe@qc1.qc.edu or call (718)997-4168

Fiber Society

The Fiber Society proudly announces the following forthcoming Conferences:

1. Annual Graduate Student Research Paper Competition Announcement and Call for Submissions
Purpose: To recognize outstanding achievement in science and technology of fibers, and their use, at the graduate student level.

Four copies of paper and cover letter signed by research advisor should be submitted to Student Award Committee Chair prior to July 1, 2002. The list of three finalists will be announced and sent to all competitors and shier advisors by August 15, 2002.
Committee members:
Michael Ellison, Committee Chair
School of Materials Science &Engineering,
161 Sirrine Hall, Clemson University,
Clemson, SC 29634-0971
You-Lo
You Jiang Wang
Anil Netravali

2. The Fiber Society together with UMIST is a co-Sponsor of the Polymer Fiber 2002 Conference to be held in Manchester, UK, July 10-12, 2002. The call for Participation is here. The Fiber Society highly recommends this Conference.

2. The Annual Fall Conference of the Fiber Society will be hosted by Materials Science Team, AMSSB-RSS-MS
U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center Natick, MA 01760-5020. Drs. Phil and Hiedi-Schroeder Gibson are developing the program and making all local arrangements. The projected dates are October 2002.

Subhash K. Batra, Secretary
The Fiber Society

Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA)

Nonwovens Training Course
August 13-15, 2002
Centennial Campus - NCSU
http://www.inda.org/events/traincs/productworkshop.pdf

December 10-12, 2002
INDA Headquarters,
Cary, NC

The International Nonwovens and Technical Conference
(INTC 2002)
September 24 - 26, 2002
Renaissance Waverly Hotel
Atlanta, GA

For additional information, visit:
http://www.inda.org

Collaborator's Corner - Resources

The Collaborator's Corner now houses the links to Professional Associations, Businesses, Trade Associations, and Universities.

Submission for inclusion in the Collaborator's Corner should be to j_tatm@ncsu.edu . Please indicate the category for which a submitted link is to be filed.

Call for Reviewers

The Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management (JTATM) welcomes researchers to become reviewers. Reviewers will be responsible for providing high quality, thoughtful, and helpful reviews for manuscripts submitted to JTATM. Reviewers should possess expertise in one or more subject matter areas, as well as experience in and knowledge of various types of research and analytical methods. Please forward (j_tatm@ncsu.edu)

     a) curriculum vitae, including contact addresses
     b) your area(s) of expertise,
     c) review expertise,
     d) standing in field

Call for Papers
JTATM's Forthcoming Issue on
“Financial Challenges in the Textile and Apparel Industry”

The textile sector has been dramatically transformed in recent years by changing consumer needs, new technology and globalization. In such a climate of change and increasing competition, both manufacturers and retailers of textile products are constantly striving to meet the needs of their customers. Thus, access to and strategies for the use of capital are becoming more
critical for the advancement of the industry.

The forthcoming issue of the Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management (JTATM). The targeted launch is August 1, 2002, and the issue will focus on a variety of financial aspects of the industry. This issue of JTATM will provide a collection of articles on financial practices, strategies, and the global financial impacts facing the textile and apparel industry ---
with the purpose of bringing together the current thrusts of academic and industry inquiry to provide information for future financial needs and directions.

Attention will be given to manuscripts, conceptual and empirical, which broaden and deepen our understanding of financial aspects of the textile and apparel industry – from fiber to retail. Papers that significantly contribute to the general knowledge of finance for the industry, emphasizing managerial implications and highlighting avenues of future research, are also welcome.

Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Cost and access to capital, including Asset Based Lending
  
• Capital Investments – technology, equipment, plant location
  
• Costing – new product development
  
• Currency Exchange risks
  
• Competing/Competitive markets analysis
  
• Cost of Compliance – environmental, labor, importing/exporting
  
• New strategies for sharing profit margins within the textile and apparel pipeline
  
• Financial Norms for the industry (e.g., ROI, GMROI, ROA, ROE), new profitability measures
  
• Company reorganization strategies
  
• Risk Management (operational risks: technology, processes, organization, personnel, culture)
  
• Role of Intellectual Property in the textile industry

Authors are encouraged to discuss paper ideas with the JTATM Managing Editorial Board. Authors submitting manuscripts should follow the guidelines of the JTATM which are stated in each edition of the journal and given at the website http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm. Papers should be submitted on or before July 7, 2002 to the JTATM Editor at j_tatm@ncsu.edu. For questions, please contact:

Nancy L. Cassill
JTATM Managing Editor
Textile and Apparel Technology and Management
College of Textiles
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
e-mail: Nancy_Cassill@ncsu.edu

2nd AUTEX Conference

Textile Engineering at the Dawn of a new Millennium:
an exciting challenge

1-3 July, 2002
Bruges, Belgium

Organized by the Department of Textiles,
Ghent University, Belgium

For more information, go to:
http://textiles.rug.ac.be/Autex/Menu.htm

Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)

The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) is a not-for-profit trade association whose more than 2,000 member companies represent the international technical fabrics marketplace.

IFAI Expo 2002 will be held Oct. 24-26, 2002 including the Textile Technology Forum and the 3rd International Conference on Safety and Protective Fabrics on October 23, 2002, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

More info on www.ifai.com

Textile Off-campus Televised Education (TOTE)

The NC State University Textile Off-campus Televised Education (TOTE) program is a distance education program designed to provide textile undergraduate and graduate courses to any individual seeking an improved textiles education or background (credit or audit). The present delivery system is predominantly video tape, but the use of interactive CDs and on-line delivery will shortly be available for a number of course offerings. Certification and master's degrees in textiles can be obtained via TOTE without a residence requirement.

For additional information:

TOTE mailing list: To add your name to the Fall and Spring brochure mailing list contact Deborah Savage - (919) 515-6627

TOTE Web Address:
http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/academic/distance

TOTE Program, College of Textiles
2401 Research Drive, Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
Phone: (919) 515-1532
Registration: (919) 515-6627
FAX: (919) 515-8578