Organising Committee

The Organising Committee has been brought together to support the staff of The Textile Institute with the day to day running of the conference. The Committee is responsible for securing key note speakers and sponsorship and are also involved in decisions relating to venues, social functions, conference programme and marketing.

The Committee Chair is Prof Subhash Anand from the University of Bolton, who is also currently the Institutes Chair of Council. The committee is made up of the following people:

Prof Stephen Russell, University of Leeds
Ms Helen Rowe, MMU
Mr Charles Wood, Baltex Fabrics
Rev Brian McCarthy, Technitex Faraday
Mr Mervyn Davis, Consultant
Mr Derek McKelvey, Consultant
Mr Stephen Kay, North West TexNet
Mr Stephen Rubin, Pentland Group Plc
Dr Kim Gandhi, Consultant
Ms Vanessa Knowles, Pebble International
Ms Gloria Goldstein, Pentland Group Plc
Ms Tamara Sivan, Pentland Group Plc
Ms Stephanie Dick, The Textile Institute
Ms Rebecca Unsworth, The Textile Institute
Mr Bill Bohn, The Textile Institute