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Special Address by Mr. Devangshu Dutta, Chief Executive, Third Eyesight

Devangshu Dutta from Third Eyesight

 Session 5: Product Safety

Steve Lamar from AAFA states that the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is complicated and hard to implement, raising questions and costs much more than its authors envisaged.		Eva Sandberg ends her discussion stating that it is important to maintain good communication up and down the supply chain.		Kenny Chan from the Wuxi Nature Group says how an apparel producer reacts to various international regulations on product safety.		Ben Lyons from AWI points out that there are many eco labels and standards in the world and compliance costs for manufacturers are very high.
Willie Beuth emphasises the importance of building a risk management system and screening the supply chain.		Lisa Bate, VP Asia of Bureau Veritas is the moderator of this session.

Lunch sponsored by DyStar

Willie Beuth exchanges contacts with Dr. Dirk Von-Czarnowski from BV.		Delegates get to know each other.		A handshake is always very important.		Mark J. Allan, CEO of Dystar, gives a speech during the luncheon.
Mark Allan's speech is very simple, yet powerful.

Session 6: Sustainability

Dr Christine Loh asks the panelists to spend a few minutes summing up the key issues discussed during the breakout sessions.		Jeremy Prepscius identifies an important fundamental question, namely that, if sustainability is knowledge, what is power and how is that defined for different customers?		Alice Cohen’s group focused on green labels for products on sale, noting that labels are important for transparency as they tell people about a product.		Jacqui Dixon from CSR Asia points out the two main links between carbon trading and the apparel sector.
Pat-Nie Woo from Central Textiles says that the key result was that the supply chain needs to work in partnership to tackle the issue of over-production and move to a just-in-time replenishment model.		Dr John Easton’s group talked about assuring the supply of sustainable product and, in brainstorming group, discussed six questions.

Session 7: Technology vs. talent management

Gilles Cruanes from Dassault quotes Jimi Hendrix as saying, “What do feelings matter? Your name doesn’t mean a damn, it’s your talent and emotion that matters.”		Peter Liu states the 5Cs: capability, commitment, chemistry, compensation and, convenience.		Michael Yee from Accenture says that technology is a tool to integrate people with processes to make it work.		Roger Lee from TAL realises that most organisations neglect the necessary technological changes required in processes.
KK Suen from GS1 agrees that technology needs talent, but that there is another factor that comes into play later, namely whether technology will replace talent.		Angela Peers from Manchester University claims that the best piece of technology in the world is the human brain.

Session 8: Summary

A discussion of what delegates learned in the last 48 hours of the Forum.