NCTO 4th
Annual
Meeting
The Madison City
Washington, State
DC
April
23-25, 2007
Tentative Schedule of
Events
Monday,
April 23
3:00 p.m. –
6:00 p.m.
Registration
3:30 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
Cotton Committee Meeting
Invited
Speaker:
Rep. John Spratt
(SC)
4:30 p.m. –
5:30 p.m.
VAT Tax
Seminar Featuring Panel
Discussion
Pros
and Cons of a VAT
Tax
6:00 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
Welcome
Reception Cocktail
Hour
Tuesday,
April 24
8:00 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.
Coffee and
Refreshments
8:30 a.m. –
10:15 a.m.
Trade &
Economic Policy
Committee
Invited
Speaker: U.S.
Senator Elizabeth Dole
(R-NC)
10:30 a.m. –
11:30 a.m.
Council
Meetings
Fabric
Council
Fiber
Council
Support
Council
Yarn
Council
1:30
p.m.
Lunch – Perspectives on U.S.
Farm Bill
Reauthorization
Invited
Speaker: Rep. Bob Etheridge
(NC)
2:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.
Open Board Session
Speaker: George Stalk, the Boston Consulting
Group
Speaker: Matt
Priest, Deputy Asst. Secretary, Office of Textiles
and
Apparel
Speaker:
Scott Quesenberry, Chief Textile
Negotiator, USTR
3:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.
Closed Board
Session
6:30
p.m.
Cocktails
7:30
p.m.
Dinner
(Speaker: Stuart Rothenberg, the
Rothenberg
Report)
Wednesday,
April 25
Capitol Hill Grass Roots/Lobbying Day
8:00 a.m. –
9:30 a.m.
Continental
Breakfast
Workshop
Invited
Speaker:
Presidential Candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter
(CA)
10:00 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.
Press
Conference
11:00 a.m. –
4:00 p.m.
Capitol Hill
Lobbying
Activity
*Because of
uncertain Congressional voting schedules during
this week, we cannot confirm these speakers until
closer to the meeting.
