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List of Participants LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Firstname Lastname Company Country 1 Peter Ackroyd IWTO 2 Mark Grave Australian Wool Exchange Australia 3 Jo Hall WoolProducers Australia Australia 4 Richard Halliday WoolProducers Australia Australia 5 Beverley Henry Queensland University of Technology Australia 6 Angus Ireland Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Australia 7 Michael Jackson Australian Wool Testing Authority ltd Australia 8 Emily King Australian Wool Innovation Ltd Australia 9 Robert Ryan Federation of Australian Wool Organisations (FAWO) Australia 10 Angie Waters Tarrangower Merinos Australia 11 David Waters Tarrangower Merinos Australia 12 Jeannette Cook IWTO Belgium 13 Paul Kiekens Ghent University - Department of Textiles Belgium 14 Amanda Millard IWTO Belgium 15 Raluca Nicolae IWTO Belgium 16 Gregor Thissen Scabal Group Belgium 17 Dalena White IWTO Belgium 18 Philippe Chabbert Lempriere Wool EOOD Bulgaria 19 Eric Durand Lempriere Wool EOOD Bulgaria 20 Yanli Peng China Wool Textile Association (CWTA) China 21 Shuqin (Vicky) Zhang China Wool Textile Association (CWTA) China 22 Stuart Ford Woolmark International Pty Ltd (UK) France Hochschule Niederrhein Niederrhein University of Applied 23 Ellen Bendt Germany Sciences 24 Detlef Bergemann Schenke Wollhandel GmbH Germany 25 Matthias Böhme Baur Vliesstoffe GmbH Germany 26 Goetz Giebel American Wool Council Germany 27 Klaus-Jürgen Kraatz Deutsche Wollvereinigung e.V. Germany 28 Mirko Lindner Südwollegroup Germany 29 Davide Marcante Südwollegroup Germany 30 Ingrid Sachsenamier Textile Network Germany 31 Cesare Savio Südwollegroup Germany 32 Klaus Steger Südwollegroup Germany 33 Stefano Aglietta Filatura Pettinata ITALFIL S.p.A. Italy 34 Matteo Avanzino Saima Avandero Spa DSV Italy 35 Alessandro Barberis Canonico Vitale Barberis Canonico Italy 36 Alberto Borsetti Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia S.p.A. Italy 37 Pier Giacomo Borsetti Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia Spa Italy 38 Emanuela Carletti Loro Piana Italy 39 Laura Ceramella Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Italy 40 Guido De Luca De Luca Lane Snc Italy 41 Mauro Delorenzi Greystone Wool srl Italy 42 Henry Desrousseaux G. Modiano Limited (IT) Italy 43 Lorenzo Dovesi Benetton Group S.r.l. Italy 44 Davide Favrin Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Italy 45 Claudia Ferrero Unione Industriala Biellese Italy 46 Marco Fiorina Carlane Biella Snc Italy 47 Micaela Fiorina Carlane Biella Snc Italy 48 Davide Fontaneto Vitale Barberis Canonico Italy 49 Luciano Gandini Chargeurs Wool ( Sales Europe ) srl Italy 50 Fabio Garzena Cashmere & Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute Italy 51 Filippo Laviani Sistema Moda Italia Italy 52 Matteo Loro Lanificio Ermenegildo Zegna Italy 1 21/11/2016 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Firstname Lastname Company Country 53 Massimo Mercandino G. Modiano Limited (IT) Italy 54 Michael Natschke Chargeurs Wool ( Sales Europe ) srl Italy 55 Niccolò Palloni Sistema Moda Italia Italy 56 Stefano Palloni Sistema Moda Italia - Prato Italy 57 Pietro Pin Benetton Group S.r.l. Italy 58 Mario Ploner Tecnomeccanica Biellese srl Italy 59 Enrico Prina Mello Città Studi Biella Italy 60 Prisca Rolando Lanieri Italy 61 Ermanno Rondi UIB Italy 62 Alberto Rossi Chargeurs Wool ( Sales Europe ) srl Italy 63 Enrico Rosso Cormatex Srl Italy 64 Wilma Rosso Laletex S.a.s. Italy 65 Giorgio Rovero Politecnico di Torino Italy 66 Gian Marco Salussolia Zegna Baruffa Lane Borgosesia S.p.A. Italy 67 Fabrizio Servente The Woolmark Company (Italy/Milan) Italy 68 Giuseppe Spiller Marzotto Wool Manufacturing Italy 69 Cecilia Takayama Kering Italy 70 Nigel Thompson Consorzio Biella The Wool Company Italy 71 Enrico Truscelli Truscelli Commerciale S.A.S. Italy 72 Francesco Truscelli Truscelli Commerciale S.A.S. Italy 73 Giovanni Zedda Pantex spa Italy 74 Piercarlo Zedda Pantex spa Italy 75 Duncan Campbell Earnscluegh New Zealand 76 Sandra Heffernan Massey University New Zealand 77 Dave Maslen The New Zealand Merino Company Ltd New Zealand 78 Marion Tviland Norilia AS Norway 79 Louis de Beer Cape Wools SA South Africa 80 George De Kock Cape Wools SA South Africa 81 Wolfgang Edmayr BKB S.A. South Africa 82 Geoff Kingwill Cape Wools SA South Africa 83 Eduard Prinsloo Farmer South Africa 84 Johannes Strydom Hartebeesfontein Merino's South Africa 85 Stephanus van den Heever Grootaar CC South Africa 86 Diederik Vermeulen Farmer South Africa 87 Mirco Balocco G. Schneider Sa Switzerland 88 Rosa Bernet Textile Future Switzerland 89 Virginia Bodmer-Altura Textile Future Switzerland 90 Claudio Ceria G. Schneider Sa Switzerland 91 Claudio Lacchio CL7 sa Switzerland 92 Jeffrey Losekoot G. Schneider Sa Switzerland 93 Pierluigi Mazzia Padbrook Ltd Switzerland 94 Andrea Prati G. Schneider Sa Switzerland 95 Pamela Ravasio European Outdoor Group Switzerland 96 Giovanni Schneider G. Schneider Sa Switzerland 97 Cem Celikoglu Turkish Textile Employers' Association Turkey 98 Ronnie Danon G. Modiano Yün Ticaret A.S. Turkey 99 Osman Kilic Turkish Textile Employers' Association Turkey 100 Tim Booth British Wool Marketing Board United Kingdom 101 Ian Buchanan British Wool Marketing Board United Kingdom 102 Jonathan Dyson World Textile Information Network United Kingdom 103 Joe Farren British Wool Marketing Board United Kingdom 104 Nigel Gosse Woolmark International Pty Ltd (UK) United Kingdom 2 21/11/2016 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Firstname Lastname Company Country 105 Monica Ebert Montana State University United States 106 Pedro Otegui Lanas Trinidad S.A. Uruguay 3 21/11/2016.
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