Appendix B Opening keynote address • Dr William Fung, Group Managing Director, Li & Fung Limited Special address • Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organisation Confirmed speakers • Dr Willie Beuth, 3p Institute for Sustainable Management e.V. • Maren Böhm, Corporate Responsibility Representative Asia, Otto group, OIA Shanghai • Kevin Burke, President & CEO, American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) • Dr John Cheh, Vice Chairman & CEO, Esquel Group of Companies • Felix Chung, Chairman, Hong Kong Apparel Society Ltd • Dutta Devangshu, Chief Executive, Third Eyesight, India • Jan Eggert, Secretary General, Foreign Trade Association, Belgium • Tom Glaser, President, Supply Chain Europe/Asia, VF International • Nikhil Hirdaramani, Director, Hirdaramani Group of Companies, Sri Lanka • Justin Huang, Secretary General, Taiwan Textile Federation • Julie Hughes, Senior Vice President, The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel • Steven A. Jesseph, Vice Chairman, President and CEO, Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production • Mary E. Kissel, Editor, Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal Asia • William Lakin, Director General, European Apparel & Textile Organisation • Stephen Lamar, Senior Vice President, American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) • Dr Harry Lee, SBS JP, Chairman, Textile Council of Hong Kong; CEO, TAL Group • Dr Sarah Liao, Former Secretary of the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government • Peter Liu, Chairman, Textile & Apparel Committee, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong • Jürgen J. Maas, Senior Vice President, International Affairs, Metro AG; Vice President, Foreign Trade Association, Belgium • Robert McKee, Industry Strategy Director, Fashion, Lawson Software, Inc • Prof Dr Helmut Merkel, KarstadtQuelle Konzern-Einkauf GmbH, Representative Office, Hong Kong; Executive Board Director Group Buying, Arcandor AG, Germany/Hong Kong • Prof Edward Newton, Visiting Chair Professor of Fashion Design, Institute of Textiles & Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Angela Peers, Principal Lecturer (Exeternal Affairs), Department of Clothing Design & Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University • Scott Quesenberry, Special Textile Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, USA • Carlo Rivetti, President, Sportswear Company SpA; Vice President for International Promotion, SMI (Italian Federation Textile and Fashion) • Britton Russell, Principal, Kurt Salmon Associates • Ted Sattler, Group Executive Vice President, Foreign Offices, Phillips-Van Heusen Corp • Karen G. Smith, Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere Sourcing, Jockey International, Inc • Ruizhe Sun, Vice President, China National Textile & Apparel Council • Henry Tan, President & CEO, Luen Thai International Group • Dean Turner, Senior Vice President, Cotton Incorporated • Fernando Urrea, President, Leonisa S.A., Columbia • Steve R. Walton, CEO, International Apparel Group, Wing Tai Enterprises • Dr Kenneth K.K. Wang, Managing Director, Sterling Group; Former Chairman, Clothing Industry Training Authority • Åke Weyler, Consultant, Weyler Consulting & Information of Sweden • Jon White, MD, Omega Compliance • Fritz Winans, Senior Vice President – Corporate, Global Manufacturing/Sourcing, Liz Claiborne Inc • Pat Nie Woo, Manager, Central Textiles (Hong Kong) Ltd Information as of 18 Jan 2008 .