World Leather Congress details announced
27 April 2011Wolfgang Goerlich, President of the International Council of Tanners (ICT) and the Centre for the Brazilian Leather Industry (CICB) announced further details of the upcoming World Leather Congress during a press conference in Hong Kong on March 30. The one-day World Leather Congress will take place at the Hotel Sofitel, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro on November 9 and is aiming to attract 300 specialists from across the whole leather supply chain.
Organised by the ICT and CICB and co-sponsored by the Brazilian fair organiser, Couromoda, the congress will include key industry speakers from 14 countries covering a wide range of topics including;
- World cattle and meat industry
- Leather industry – present and future
- Footwear market perspectives
- Ecology and leather
- Leather luxury and high fashion
- International trade
- Automotive and upholstery leather
The official programme and speaker listing will be announced in May by the organisers but they already said that they had confirmations from a former Brazilian Minister of Agriculture who now works for the meat and tanning giant, JBS as well as Leonardo Ferragamo of the Italian luxury brand, Salvatore Ferragamo.
The World Leather Congress takes place in the same venue as the World Footwear Congress, which takes place on November 7-8. Goerlich said that he hoped that Congress would be the first of many and would take place in different countries every 2-3 years in the future.
