The International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP) will focus on demand enhancement in the Second Open Session at the 64th ICAC Plenary Meeting in Liverpool. The program features Woods Eastland, Jeffrey Silberman, Sebahattin Gazanfer, and Mark Messura.

St. George Hall, Liverpool, UK

Monday, September 26, 2005 13:45 - 15:15

Chair: Dr. Sebahattin Gazanfer, Chairman, IFCP

First Speaker (Keynote):

Mr. Woods Eastland, President and CEO, Staplcotn

Chairman, National Cotton Council of America

"The Case for Producer Support for Consumer Promotion"

Second Speaker

Jeffrey Silberman

Executive Director, IFCP

Assistant Chairman, Professor, Textile Development and Marketing Department, FIT

"Working with Higher Education to Promote the Use of Cotton"

Third Speaker:

"Dr. Sebahattin Gazanfer, Chairman IFCP"

General Manager, Taris

"The IFCP in its Fifth Year: Moving Forward"

"Turkey: Moving towards the establishment of a national cotton council, a first step in the direction towards cotton promotion"

Fourth Speaker:

Mr. Mark Messura, Vice Chairman, IFCP

Sr. Vice President, Strategic Planning, Cotton Incorporated

"CottonSponsor: A New Way to Support Cotton Promotion"