82nd Plenary Meeting

29 September 2024 - 03 October 2024 , International Hotel, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Global partnerships to promote innovation in cotton and textile value chains

 

REGISTRATION

 

Final List of Participants to the ICAC 82nd Plenary Meeting as of 3 October 2024

 

ACCOMMODATION 

The following two hotel options are proposed:

The International hotel, Tashkent is located 13.3 km / 32 minutes from the international airport. 82nd ICAC Plenary Meeting will be held in this hotel.

International hotel, Tashkent
Uzbekistan, 100000, Tashkent Amir Temur Str., 107A
Uzbekistan
Direct Phone : +998-78-120-70-00
https://ihthotel.uz/ru/gallery/

Booking with promo code:  https://ihthotel.uz/booking/?room-type=80998 

The promo-code will be included in the confirmation email upon registration. Special hotel rates are available from 29 September to 4 October 2024.

 

The Navruz Hotel, Tashkent hotel is located near the venue and 12 km / 30 minutes from the international airport;  650 meters / 3 Minutes from the International hotel (where the 82nd ICAC Plenary Meeting will be held).

Navruz Hotel, Tashkent
Uzbekistan, 100000, Tashkent Amir Temur Str., 6-8
Uzbekistan
Direct Phone : +998 78 150 10 90
https://navruzhotel.uz/facilities

Booking with promo code: https://navruzhotel.uz/en/booking/

The promo-code will be included in the confirmation email upon registration. Special hotel rates are available from 29 September to 4 October 2024.

 

Technical Tours

The registration for technical tour is closed


The government of Uzbekistan kindly presents three options for your selection:

 

1) 4 October 2024, one-day tour around Tashkent, including visits to a cotton cluster and a textile enterprise. Detailed program is available here. Price per person: $100.

2) 4-6 October 2024, three day tour in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand, including visits to a cotton cluster and a textile enterprise. Detailed program is available here. Accommodation on 4 October is not included. Price per person: $510.

3) 8-10 October 2024 (following the WCRC-8), three day tour in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand, including visits to a cotton cluster and a textile enterprise. Detailed program is available here. Accommodation on 8 October is not included. Price per person $510.

 

Bilateral Meetings

 

Please follow this link to learn about meeting facilitation for the ICAC 82nd Plenary Meeting: BILATERAL MEETINGS

 

 

PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE 82nd PLENARY MEETING 
(as of 15 September 2024). The time is for Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 

PUBLICATIONS

Procedural Matters for the 82nd Plenary Meeting (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish

 

On Free Access: Cotton: Review of the World Situtation, August issue (English) – The ICAC RECORDER, June issue (English) – Production and Trade Subsidies Affecting the Cotton Industry (English, French, Spanish) –  Specialty Cotton, December 2024 Issue (English) – Cotton: World Statistics (Compile the data to download the Report from the tab "World Cotton Statistics" of the ICAC Data Portal) – ICAC Cotton Data Book (now accessible through the Cotton Production Data Portal)


Paid Access 
(Please use Google Chrome to order. Members and subscribers can access with their password): ICAC Cotton Data Book (English) – World Cotton Trade (English) – World Texttile Demand (English)

 

COUNTRY REPORTS (Members and non Members) 

Argentina Australia Côte d'Ivoire Egypt: English, Arabic Greece Japan Kenya  
Taiwan USA            

 


SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2024

9:00 – 16:30 Registration

9:00 – 10:30

Meeting of the Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and Economic Performance of Cotton Production (SEEP)
Chairman of SEEP: Mr Allan Williams, GM, R&D Investment CRDC. University of Sydney, Australia.

Biography 

 

9:00 – 10:30 

Meeting of the Committee on the Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC)
Chairman of CSITC: Dr Marinus (René) van der Sluijs, Principal Consultant, Textile Technical Services. Victoria, Australia.

Biography

10:30 – 12:00

Meeting of Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC)
Chairman of PSAC: Mr Peter Wakefield, CEO, Wakefield Inspection services, Taiwan.

Biography

 

 

 

 

13:00 – 14:00 Cotton Leaders Meet (by invitation only)


MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

9:00 – 11:30 First Plenary Session: Inauguration
Master of Ceremony: Dr Mirzakamol Ayubov
 
  • Approval of the Agenda of the 2024 Plenary Meeting 
  • Speech by Dr. Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov, Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Uzbekistan
 
  • Recognition of the ICAC Researchers of the Year 2024

 


Dr David Fang
Supervisory Research Geneticist and Research Leader of the Cotton Fiber Bioscience & Utilization Research, USA
Biography

 


Dr Keerti Rathore, Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Texas A&M University, USA
Biography

 
  • Speeches from the ICAC Panels and Committees
  - Private Sector Advisory Council - PSAC
  - Social, Environmental & Economic Performance - SEEP
  - Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton - CSITC
  - ICRA
 
  • Group Photograph
   
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch Break

12:30 – 14:30

Second Plenary Session: Government Members' Statements
Chairperson: Mr Jigar Raval

  12:30 – 14:30 First Breakout Session: Traceability and Transparency: Building Trust through digitization (in English only)
Chairperson: Mr Rinat Gulyaev
        Mr Nezihi Aslankeser 
Biography
Presentation
        Mr Kinner Lakhani
Biography
Presentation
     

Mr Mark Messura, SVP, Global Supply Chain Marketing, Cotton Inc
Biography
Presentation

        Mr Rakesh Mehra, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI)
Biography
Presentation
14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break

     
15:00 – 17:00 First Open Session: Recent Advances in cotton genetics, genomics and breeding to combat climate change
Chairperson: Mr. Abdusalom Makamov
, Head of the Marker Assisted selection laboratory of the Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan

  15:00 – 17:00 Second Breakout Session: Future challenges for cotton consumption and fibre market competition (in English only)
Chairperson: Mr Axel Drieling
Prof. Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov, Minister of Agriculture, Uzbekistan
Biography
Presentation
 

Dr Marinus (René) van der Sluijs, Principal Consultant, Textile Technical Services. Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Presentation

Prof. Jodi Scheffler, Lead Scientist Cotton genetics research group, USDA Crop Genetics Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA
Biography
Presentation
  Pia Terasa, Vice President, Saurer Group
Biography
Presentation


Prof. Dharminder Pathak, Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding, PAU, Ludhiana, India
Biography
AbstractPresentation
    Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab Zaki, Audit & Technical Manager, Cotton Egypt Association
Biography
Presentation

18:00

Welcome Reception
     


TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2024

9:30 – 11:30 Second Open Session: Reports from the ICAC Secretariat
Chairperson: Prof. Shahlo Turdikulova

World Cotton Market Outlook
Dr. Matthew Looney, Data Scientist, ICAC

Biography
Presentation

World Cotton Trade and Specialty Cotton
Ms. Parkhi Vats, Commodity Trade Analyst, ICAC

Biography
Presentation

Global Textiles Demand and Supply
Ms. Lorena Ruiz, Economist, ICAC
Biography
Presentation

Textiles Strategy: Developing the Textiles Value Chain in Cotton-Rich Countries
Mr. Usman Kanwar, Head of Textiles, ICAC

Biography
Presentation

Global Economics of Cotton Production
Dr. Keshav Kranti, Chief Scientist, ICAC

Biography
Presentation

ICAC Marketing and Promotion Efforts
Mr. Mike McCue, Director of Communications, ICAC

Biography
Presentation

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch Break
12:30 – 14:30 Third Open Session: Reports from International Organizations on cotton initiatives
Chairperson: Mr. Alisher Shukurov

  12:30 – 14:30 Third Breakout Session: Empowering Women: Closing the Gender Gap in the Cotton Industry (in English only)
Chairperson: Dr Monali Prajapati
  • UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
    Dr Jinjiang Yan, Industrial Development Officer
    Biography
    Presentation
    Eimear McDonagh, Director, ICA
Biography
Presentation
  • ILO – International Labour Organization
    Mr Abu Yousuf, Better Work Programme in Uzbekistan
    Biography
    Presentation
    Tina Stridde, Managing Director, AbTF/CmiA
Biography
Presentation 
  • UNCTAD – United Nations Trade and Development
    Mr Kris Terauds, Economist in UNCTAD’s Commodities Branch
    Biography
    Presentation
    Ingrid Zabaleta, Regional Executive Assistant + Cotton Project, FAO-ABC/MRE 
Biography
Presentation
    Nini Mehrotra, Senior Manager Gender Equality Global Impact Team, Better Cotton Initiative – BCI
Biography
Presentation
  • ITC - International Trade Centre
    Matthias Knappe, Head - Fibres, Textiles and Closing Unit
    Biography
    Abstract
    Presentation 
 
   

Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Head of Biological Research and Food Safety Lab, Ecobiome R&D Ltd
Biography
Presentation

14:30 – 15:00
Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00 Fourth Open Session: Technical seminar on Gene Editing in Cotton Farming
Chairperson: Dr Marc Giband

  15:00 – 17:00 Fourth Breakout Session: Impact of Global Events on Commodity Prices (in English only)
Chairperson: Mr Iain Gardiner
  Dr. Mirzakamol Ayubov, Senior Researcher. Centre of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Academy of Science of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
Biography
Presentation

    Mr  Jon Devine, Senior Economist, Cotton Inc.
Biography
Abstract
Presentation

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to validate gene function and for practical applications
Prof. Keerti Rathore, Professor of Plant Biotechnology at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Biograpgy
AbstractPresentation

    Amrouk El Mamoun, Senior Economist, FAO
Biography
Presentation
Dr. Sandhya Kranthi, Former Head, Crop Protection Dvision, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India. Current: Consultant, Regenerative Agriculture and Pest Management. Woodbridge, USA.
Biography
Presentation

 

Graham Soley, Agricultural Economist, USDA-FAS, USA
Biography
Presentation

  Opportunities for gene editing in cotton for economic development
Dr. Muhammad Tehseen Azhar, Associate Professor|Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
Biography
Abstract – Presentation
     
18:00 Dinner


WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 2024

9:30 – 11:30 Fifth Open Session: PSAC session : Traceability  and sustainability requirements in natural vs. man-made fibre
Chairperson: Mr Peter Wakefield

  9:30 – 11:30 Fifth Breakout Session: Assessing the potential of regenerative cotton farming to capture and store carbon, mitigating climate change (in English only)
Chairperson: Fakhriddin Kushanov
   
Dr. Kater Hake
Biography
Presentation
   
Dr. Marcelo Paytas
Biography
Presentation
   
MV Venugopalan
Biography
Presentation
 

 

   
Shukhrat Shermatov
Biography
Presentation
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch Break      
12:30 – 14:30 Sixth Open Session: The Green Shift: How International Environmental Policies Could Reshape Cotton Textile Trade
Chairperson: Dr Bakhodir Eshchanov

  12:30 – 14:30 Sixth Breakout Session: Strategies for Improving Cotton Data Accuracy (in English only)
Chairperson: Mr Allan Williams
Dr Olivier Zieschank, Director, ITMF
Biography
Presentation
 

Graham Soley, Agricultural Economist, USDA-FAS, USA
Biography
Abstract
Presentation

Ms Elke Hortmeyer, Director of Communications, Bremen Cotton Exchange
Biography
Presentation

   

Improving the Accuracy of Cotton Data: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. Ben Turner, Trade and Markets Reporter, Cotlook Ltd
Biography
Abstract
Presentation

  Mr Jens Writh, Managing Director, Bremen Cotton Exchange
Biography
Presentation
    Ms. Katerina Gorbunova, Country Manager, Better Cotton Initiative – BCI
Biography
Abstract
Presentation
  Mr. Bill Kingdon, Managing Director, ICA
Biography
Presentation
    Ms. Ruchita Chhabra, Director of Grower Engagement, The Sourcery
Biography
Abstract
Presentation

14:30 – 15:30

Coffee Break

     
15:30 – 17:30 World Café - Building an Inclusive and Resilient Global Cotton Textiles Value Chain
Chairperson: Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva,
Head of Biological Research and Food Safety Lab, Ecobiome R&D Ltd
     
Facilitator: Parkhi Vats, Trade Analyst, ICAC
Biography

     

18:00

Dinner
     

 


THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER 2024

9:00 – 11:30 Meeting of the Steering Committee (Member Governments Only) (closed door meeting).      
 
  1. Approval of the Agenda – Working Paper 1  (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian)
  2. ICAC Strategy – Working Paper 2 (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian)
  3. Uncollected Assessments fees of the ICAC Members – Working Paper 3 (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian)
  4. Approval of the Standing Committee Officers as per the Recommendations of the Standing Committee – Working Paper 4 (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian)
  5. Proposed Topics of the 2025 Technical Seminar – Working Paper 5 (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian)
     
11:30 – 12:30 Closing ceremony      
 
  • Closing Speech by Dr. Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov, Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Uzbekistan
  • Closing Comments by the new Chairman of the Standing Committee on behalf of all Delegates
  • Closing comments by the ICAC Executive Director, Eric Trachtenberg
  • Invitation for hosting of the 83rd Plenary Meeting
    Dr. Hussein Mohammed Omar – Biography
   
12:30 – 13:30    Lunch