ETSA's 2019 Members' Conference Programme
"Challenges and opportunities facing textile services"
Programme last updated on 8th May 2019
Moderator: Charlie Betteridge - VP Global Corporate Accounts, Christeyns
Day 1 - Tuesday 14th May 2019
- 09:00 - 12:00 Board meeting in Swift room
- 09-00 - 12:00 Welcome and registration desk in hotel lobby
- 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (all members) in Gallery restaurant. Kindly sponsored by
- Conference in the Ballroom (1st floor)
- 14:00 - 14:05 Thomas Krautschneider, ETSA Chairman - Welcome and introduction
- 14:05 - 14:20 Robert Long, ETSA Secretary General - Report on ETSA projects
- 14:20 - 15:15 Nicklas Bergman, Technology investor - Emerging markets and technologies: how the tech storm is disrupting society and business
- Break 45 min in Swift room (1st floor)
- 16:00 - 17:00 Value-chain panel on challenges and opportunities facing the textile services industry
- Nicklas Bergman, technology investor (speaker)
- Beirholm, Peter Beirholm - Activating the full potential of the entire value creation network to develop and deliver the most profitable textile solutions to customers
- Jensen/Inwatec, Mads Andresen - How can machine learning and robotics make laundries a better place to work
- Ten Cate, Marcel Willems / Sioen, Christiaan Dierckx - Case study where all relevant players in the value chain (fabrics manufacturer, garment maker, laundry) have worked closely together to find a sustainable solution to meet the demanding requirements of the end user
- 18:00 - 19:00 Guided walking tour
- 19:00 - 22:00 Drinks and dinner including Celtic Nights (traditional entertainment with Irish music, dancing, show...) at Arlington hotel
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Day 2 - Wednesday 15th May 2019
- 8:30 - 9:30 John Bruton, former Irish Minister for Finance, Prime Minister and subsequently the EU's ambassador in Washington.
Kindly sponsored by
- 9:30 - 10:30 Uwe Horstmann, start-up investor and expert on digitisation - Start-up thinking... Using big data... Building the next generation of e-commerce
- Break 45 min in Swift room (1st floor)
- 11:15 - 12:15 Textile services CEO panel on challenges and opportunities
- Thomas Krautschneider, CEO Salesianer Miettex (Chairman of ETSA Board)
- Fabrice Quinquenel, CEO Rentokil Initial France
- Donald Campbell, CEO Celtic Linen
- Uwe Horstmann, Start-up Investor (speaker)
- 12:15 - 13:30 Lunch in Gallery restaurant. Kindly sponsored by
- 13:15 - 19:00 Golf at Castleknock Golf Club. Kindly sponsored by
- 9 holes
- 18 holes
- non golfer
- 20:30 Dinner at The Bank on College Green, bar restaurant in former bank (approx. 1 km South from Gresham hotel)
The sponsors include
