Prime Source Forum

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Prime Source Forum Over Years ...

The Signature Event of the Global Fashion Industry

Initiated in 2006, Prime Source Forum (PSF) echoed the implementation of quota elimination in the apparel industry, with support of three founding organisations, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA, formerly USAITA) and amfori (formerly FTA) in Brussels.

Since its debut, the brand Prime Source Forum has been further developed and is nowadays considered to be one of the prime annual meeting places for senior executives to discuss challenges and opportunities that manufacturers, suppliers, brands and e-/retailers are facing in the industry.

With its status as an independent forum, PSF is able to gain endorsement and serve members of 40+ industry organisations from 20+ countries.

PSF is not limited to the sourcing aspect of the fashion supply chain, but is a prime source of information for the industry. Engaging delegates for interaction and contribution is the most important element – the core – of its success.

Snapshots

Debut in 2006
Located in Hong Kong initially
Expanded to India, ASEAN, China since 2012
Attended by 4,500+ industry leaders from 1,500+ firms over the last 14 editions
Catering to senior executives of the entire range of stakeholders along the global fashion supply chain
Attracted some 350 senior executives from 20+ countries to attend annually
The 15th anniversary in hybrid comes again in 2022

Who're Attending ...

Delegate Business Profiles

Past Keynote Speakers

Hon. Mr. Tofail AHMED, M.P.
Minister for Commerce
Bangladesh

Mr. Ashroff OMAR
CEO
Brandix Lanka Ltd

Hon. Mr. Azamat ASKARULY
Adviser to the First Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mr. Colin BROWNE
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Under Armour

Mr. Paul CHARRON
Former Chairman & CEO
Liz Claiborne

Dr. William FUNG Kwok Lun
Group Managing Director
Li & Fung Ltd

Ms. Anabel GONZÁLEZ, Former Senior Director, Trade and Compe-titiveness, World Bank; Former Minister, Foreign Trade, Costa Rica

Mr. Joachim HENSCH
Managing Director
Hugo Boss Textiles Industries Ltd

Dr. Alicia GARCÍA HERRERO
Chief Economist, Asia Pacific
NATIXIS

Mr. Md. Atiqul ISLAM
President, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association

Mr. Edwin KEH
Former SVP, COO
Wal-Mart Global Procurement

Mr. Nicholas KWAN
Regional Head of Research Asia
Standard Chartered Bank

Dr. Peter LAU
Chairman and Chief Executive
Giordano Intl Ltd

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Prof. Hau Leung LEE
Thoma Prof. of Ops, Info & Tech
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Professor Dr. Helmut MERKEL
Managing Shareholder
EurAsia Global Concept Ltd

Hon. Mr. Adan MOHAMED
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry
of Industrialisation and
Enterprise Development, Kenya

Hon. Dr. Arkebe OQUBAY
Minister
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ethiopia

Mr. Hans-Werner SCHERER
CEO and Chairman
EOS Group

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Hon. Mr. Raghvendra SINGH
Secretary
Ministry of Textiles, India

Mr. Henry TAN, BBS, JP
CEO and President
Luen Thai Holdings Ltd

Other key speakers include but not limited to ...

Mr. Josef-Albert BECKMANN†, Former President, Confederation of the German Textile and Clothing Industry
Mr. Jaswinder BEDI, President, African Cotton & Textile Industries Federation
Mr. Han BEKKE, President, International Apparel Federation
Hon. Mr. Felix CHUNG Kwok-pan, Chairman, Hong Kong Apparel Society; Textile & Garment, Member of the Legislative Council, HKSAR
Ms. Anne-Laure DESCOURS, Chief Sourcing Officer, Puma Group
Mr. Amadou DIALLO, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Middle East and Africa
Mr. Christian EWERT, Director General, Foreign Trade Association, Belgium
Mr. FENG Dehu, President, China Textile Planning Institute of Construction
Ms. Janet FOX, SVP, Director of Sourcing, JCPenney; Chair, U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles & Apparel
Mr. Ronald FROMM, Chairman of Brown Shoe
Hon. Mr Stuart HARBINSON, Former Senior Advisor Office of the World Trade Organisation, Geneva
Mr. Justin HUANG, Secretary General, Taiwan Textile Federation
Ms. Julia K. HUGHES, President, United States Fashion Industry Association
Mr. KIM Bu Heung, Director, Korea Federation of Textile Industries
Hon. Mr. J. Krishna KISHORE, CEO, Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board; Ex-officio Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Mr. William H. LAKIN, Director General, European Apparel & Textile Organisation
Mr. Stephen LAMAR, SVP, American Apparel & Footwear Association
Hon. Mr. David LEE Yuen-hoi, Industrial Development Officer, Agro-Industries Technology Unit, Agri-Business Development Branch, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
Dr. Harry LEE, SBS JP, CEO, TAL Group; Chairman, Textile Council of Hong Kong
Hon. Mrs. Sophie LEUNG Lau Yau-fun, GBS, JP, Textile & Garment, Member of Legislative Council, HKSAR
Mr. Willy LIN, SBS, MBE, JP, Chairman, Hong Kong Productivity Council & Hong Kong Shippers' Council; MD, Milo's Knitwear (Intl) Ltd
Hon. Ms. Nancy A. NORD, Commissioner, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mr. Ashroff OMAR, CEO, Brandix Lanka Ltd
Dr. Peter PFNEISL, President, European Apparel & Textile Organisation
Mr. Matt PRIEST, President & CEO, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of American
Hon. Mr. Scott QUESENBERRY, Special Textile Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President
Mr. Carlo RIVETTI, Vice President for International Promotion, Italian Federation Textile and Fashion
Mr. Yuttana SILPSARNVITCH, President, Thai Garment Manufacturers Association
Hon. Mr. David SPOONER, Former Assistant, U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration
Mr. SUN Ruizhe, Vice President, China National Textile & Apparel Council
Ms. Anne Patricia SUTANTO, Deputy Chairman, Foreign Trade, Indonesian Textile Association; Vice CEO, PT Pan Brothers Tbk and Group
Mr. Michael TIEN, Chairman, G2000 Group
Mr. Rakesh VAID, Chairman, Apparel Export Promotion Council, India
Dr. Kenneth WANG†, Founder & Chairman, Alvanon; Chairman, Clothing Industry Training Authority, Hong Kong
Mr. ZHANG Xi'an, Secretary General, China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Textile and Apparel
Heads of Trade and Economic Section, European Union, Office of the European Commission in Hong Kong & Macau
Secretaries for Commerce and Economic Development, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
And many more ...

What the Participants Said

Mr. Jay BURDETT

MD & VP

Sears Holding’s Corp

2016: "... PSF, attended with industry leaders, is one of the most important conferences of its kind in Asia. This event is a good combination of delegates from cross-regions (from EU, America and other regions) and cross-stakes of the fashion supply chain ... provided with excellent opportunities to interact with each other ... moderators controlled discussion subjects very well with the right tempo ... lively and

interesting."