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Conference Postponed

The AFMA Technical Conference, “Business Tools for Environmental Decisions” scheduled to be held November 4 and 5, 1998 in Charlotte, NC has been postponed indefinitely.

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Mark your calendar, to learn better ways to deal with environmental issues.

A growing number of decision tools is becoming available to guide businesses as they evaluate new products and processes, plan new or renovated facilities, maintain regulatory compliance and attempt to improve both economic and environmental performance. The American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA), in cooperation with many of the industry's leading trade and professional associations, is offering an opportunity for you to improve your company's ability to manage environmental issues in a manner that makes sound business sense. This conference offers an introduction to a variety of these state-of-the-art technologies that have direct application to manufacturers of fibers, textiles, apparel and carpets, as well as their suppliers and customers.

Conference participants will learn how systematic approaches to business decisions can be used to avoid waste and unnecessary costs, facilitate regulatory compliance and establish procedures for long-term economic and environmental sustainability.

Program

First Day
9:00 AM	Registration
First Session — Presiding: James Mieure, Solutia (Chair, AFMA Product Stewardship Task Group)
10:00 AM	Welcome and Opening Comments — Werner Burgert, BASF (Chair, AFMA Board of Directors)
10:15 AM	Business Aspects of Pollution Prevention, the Need for Good Environmental Decisions —     James Boyd, Resources for the Future
11:00 AM	Introduction to Environmental Decision Tools — Elizabeth Donley, Donley Technologies
12:00 Noon	Lunch
12:30 PM	Introduction of Luncheon Speaker — Tucker Helmes, ETAD     Luncheon Speaker — Community Right-to-Know and its Impact on Business —     Ed Fording, (President, SOCMA)
1:15 PM	First Panel — Life Cycle Assessment Applied to the Fiber, Textile, Apparel     and Carpet Industries
	LCA Apparel Case Study — Anne Landfield, Ecobalance, Inc.
	Nylon Carpet LCA — Mary Ann Curran, EPA
	Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Textile Products — Tapio Kuusenin, Pacific Northwest National Lab.
2:45 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Second Panel — Health, Safety & Environmental Management Tools
	Coming of Age of Environmental Management Systems and Environmental Management     Information Systems — Susan Perrel, Environmental Software
	Environmental Data Gathering and Utilization — Don Alexander, ITT and     Jeffrey Silliman, Milliken & Co. (Chair, ATMI Environmental Preservation Committee)
	Environmental Data and Its Relationship to the Environmental Management System —     W. Gary Wilson, QST Environmental
5:00 PM	First Session Wrap-up and Preview of Evening Session
6:00 - 8:30	Reception, Poster Session and Software Demonstrations*
Second Day
Second Session — Presiding: Max Pope, Eastman Chemical (Chair, AFMA Technical Committee)
8:30 AM	Pollution Prevention Assessment Framework — Bill Waugh, EPA
9:00 AM	Third Panel — Material Utilization and Resource Efficiency Through     Environmental Cost Accounting - Moderator: Tucker Helmes, ETAD
	Environmental Cost Accounting: Concepts and Overview of EPA Project for Small and Medium     Size Business — Kristin Pierre, EPA
	SOCMA Environmental Cost Accounting Project — Nick Chadha, International Technologies, Inc.
10:30 AM	Break
11:00 AM	Wrap-up Panel — How Can Our Companies Take Maximum Advantage of     Environmental Decision Tools?
	William Rearick, Cotton Incorporated (Natural Fibers)
	Robert Armstrong, BASF (Synthetic Fibers)
	Jeffrey Silliman, Milliken & Co. (Textiles)
	Robert Parsons, Russell Corp. (Apparel)
	Carroll Turner, CRI (Carpets)
12:00 Noon	Luncheon Speaker — Sustainability: Building Value in Textile Products Through Use of the     “Natural Step” Principals, Sam Moore, Burlington Chemical Co.
1:15 PM	Closing Remarks — Max Pope, Eastman Chemical (Chair, AFMA Technical Committee)

* Poster Presentations and Software Demonstrations: To submit poster presentations or reserve space for software demonstrations contact AFMA. There is no charge for display space beyond the normal charge's by the hotel for tables, electric hookups, etc. Poster and demonstration space is limited, so early reservations are suggested. All presenters are requested to register at the regular conference rate.

Presented by the

    in cooperation with

• American Apparel Manufacturers Association
• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute
• Carpet and Rug Institute
• ETAD, the Toxicological and Ecological Association of the Dyes and Pigments Manufacturers
• Institute of Textile Technology
• National Cotton Council

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