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IDEA Conference
Tuesday, April 27
Market Trends & Data: Europe & Asia
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m
Europe
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Jacques Prigneaux leads EDANA’s 
business information services and provides
industry analyses to the European nonwovens community. A fiber & textile
economist by training, Prigneaux has tracked the nonwovens industry for
12 years. Prigneaux’s projects have taken him into many different marketing
and research arenas, resulting in reliable forecasts used by both consumers
and manufacturers.
Asia
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Peter Bohlander has 
worked
with Asian-based nonwoven firms for 25 years, is fluent in
Chinese and knows the unique market
dynamics and the different challenges
they pose. Bohlander’s presentation will
provide some vital market information
and address issues specific to the engineered
fabrics industry in Asia.
Wednesday, April 28
Market Trends & Data: North and South America
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
North America
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Rory Holmes, President of INDA, has a 
clear
mission—to give the nonwovens industry
a competitive edge. Characteristically
delivering straightforward strategic
insights, Holmes calls upon his 40 years
of industry and process expertise to give
INDA members actionable results.
South America
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Ian Butler, Director of Market Research 
& Statistics,
INDA, has published over 100
statistical reports that encompass every
region of the world. With a strong
reputation for developing accurate
and reliable market data, INDA is
where the industry turns to for data they can trust.
IDEA Achievement Awards
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
The prestigious IDEA Achievement Awards, sponsored by INDA and Nonwovens Industry magazine, recognize innovation within the global engineered fabrics industry. Award winners are the leading companies, individuals and new products that have been introduced since IDEA 2007.
Thursday, April 29
Market Trends & Data: Emerging Markets & Technologies
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Emerging Markets—India
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Samir Gupta is Managing Director of 
Business
Co-ordination House (BCH) which is an authoritative and trustworthy
source for companies hoping to make
reciprocally beneficial alliances with
the budding Indian Technical Textile
and Nonwovens Industry. As the 4th generation
to head his family’s textile business, he aspires to
steer industry players in accomplishing the utmost
yield by serving them in all their needs.
Emerging Technologies
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Keith Osteen, Principal, Smith, Johnson 
& Associates
(SJA), is a 31-year industry veteran
with broad research and engineering
knowledge in production and
technology development. Osteen’s
genius lies in his ability to make sense of
the multi-faceted complexities of R&D and interpret
them into usable and actionable information all
companies can rely on.
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Organizations whose executives look ahead for opportunities that will emerge in a post-recession economy will have a competitive advantage over those groups who are fixated on short-term operations. With this in mind, the IDEA conference will focus on the market forecasts/trends of the engineered fabrics industry by region.
Six speakers with deep knowledge about the industry will share their views on where the industry currently is and where it is heading. Learn how the global recession has affected the hygiene, wipes, construction, filtration and medical markets and their supporting technologies across the world.
