2012 EXPORTER SPONSORS

2012 Exporter Sponsors

Jess Smith & Sons Cotton
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers Association
Toyoshima
Omnicotton
ECOM Cotton
J.G. Boswell Company
Staplcotn
Calcot
Allenberg Cotton Co.
ACG Cotton Marketing LLC
Cargill Cotton
White Gold Cotton LLC
Olam
Cotton Growers Coop
Toyo Cotton Company
Noble Cotton
Baco Trading
Supima

2012 Allied Industry Sponsors

Wakefield Inspection Services
Steadfast Futures & Options/LOGIC Advisors
Monsanto
Cotton Market and Risk Management Consulting
Cargo Control Group
CoBank ACB
Uster Technologies
Rieter Textile Systems
Bayer CropScience/FiberMax & Stoneville
ICE Futures U.S.

SOURCING USA SUMMIT

TerrAnea • raNcho palos verdes, CA

Join global cotton industry leaders in California for the seventh biennial Sourcing USA Summit! The 2012 Sourcing USA Summit will build on the tradition of providing a unique platform for the world’s top executives in the cotton production, textile and export industries to build relationships and exchange information. This invitation-only event will place an emphasis on facilitating dialogue between world-class speakers and the audience of global cotton industry leaders.

Key topics and speakers at the Summit include:

THE DISRUPTIVE AGE: THRIVING IN AN ERA OF CONSTANT CHANGE

Luke Williams

Professor of Innovation and Design, New York University Stern School of Business; Fellow, Frog Design; and Author, Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business

BUSINESS FORUM I: GLOBAL COTTON PRODUCTION & TRADE

FUTURE GLOBAL WEATHER PATTERNS

Craig Solberg

Senior Meteorologist, Freese-Notis Weather

OUTLOOK FOR COTTON’S COMPETING CROPS

Richard Brock

President, Brock Associates

CONTRACT SANCTITY AND THE COTTON TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAIN

Antonio Esteve

Past President, International Cotton Association

BUSINESS FORUM II: GLOBAL COTTON CONSUMPTION

THE COTTON ADVANTAGE: OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE COSTS & GAIN COMPETITIVE EDGE

J. Berrye Worsham

President and CEO, Cotton Incorporated

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Jeff Thredgold

Economic Futurist; President, Thredgold Economic Associates; and Author, econAmerica

BUSINESS FORUM III: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE COTTON MARKET

WORLD FIBER MARKETS

Dr. Gary Adams

Vice President of Economic and Policy Analysis,
National Cotton Council of America

GLOBAL COMMODITY MARKETS

John Baffes

Senior Economist, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank

Hosted by Cotton Council International, Cotton Incorporated, and the U.S. cotton industry, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).