The 18 International Footwear Technology Conference Will Be Held In Guangzhou.

The Eighteenth International shoes The Industrial Technology Conference (hereinafter referred to as "UITIC") will be held in Guangzhou on 13-16 November 2013. This is the first time that the international footwear technology conference has been held in China. UITIC chairman Mo Hanyi said he chose to hold in China and authorized China. Leatherwear As the sponsor of UITIC, the association is because China is World footwear industry Manufacturing power is also the world's largest footwear consumer market. Guangdong's Guangzhou and Dongguan are also important gathering places for Chinese shoemaking enterprises.

The theme of this conference is corporate social responsibility. Most of the submissions are closely related to the theme of social responsibility. This is a brand new concept in shoemaking industry, which is also exemplary in our mature field. We will have five parts to explain: product innovation, process innovation, working environment and human resources, consumers and customers, business practice and social responsibility fulfillment.

The world today footwear industry Development is facing many global challenges. Over the past few years, the interest of the end market, especially consumers, media and corporate social responsibility stakeholders, has been increasing. The international footwear industry technology conference will invite more than 300 shoe industry managers and shoe industry technicians to discuss the challenges facing the footwear industry on the theme of corporate social responsibility. According to the arrangement, the conference will organize participants to visit factories in Guangzhou and Dongguan in November 14th. The speech will be held on November 15-16. At present, three major speakers have been identified as footwear industry social responsibility, global footwear industry and China. Shoemaking industry The situation is the theme. Corporate social responsibility, based on the social and environment, has become an important part of the footwear industry's innovation and development, providing a new opportunity for the sustainable development of the footwear industry.

China Leather Association Li Yuzhong, executive vice president and secretary general, said that the three day exchange of UITIC conference will surely let participants see the true situation of China's footwear industry. At the same time, all Chinese participants will have an opportunity to meet face to face with experts from the world footwear industry. Through this meeting, participants will be able to learn about the latest technology trends, the solution of footwear corporate social responsibility, and understand the world shoe industry and the status of China's footwear industry. All this information will benefit Chinese shoemaking enterprises and the whole industry.

According to the arrangements of the general assembly, the conference is divided into 5 parts:

The first step is product innovation.

Ecological design, life cycle analysis, product life end, carbon footprint;

The use of new materials and ecological materials, especially recyclable materials;

New packaging, new product design, closer to the new concept of the terminal market, especially footwear customization;

More network tools are used to enable customers to have more choices in style.

Retroactive issues ( shoes And accessories).

The second link is process innovation.

Alternative technologies in footwear production and supply chain;

It saves materials, saves energy and saves time.

Clean technology, "green" accessories;

? Leatherwear Or other materials waste;

The implementation of traceability.

The third link: working environment and human resources.

Strengthening the safety of the working environment;

Continuously improve the skills of workers in the production workshop and enhance their value;

Enhancing worker participation and reducing duplication and irrelevant work;

The application of social standards;

The incentive measures related to the quality of each production stage.

The fourth quarter: consumers and customers.

Sustainable consumption and consumption expectation;

Consumer health and safety? How to deal with REACh regulations?

Consumer information and product labels exchange (from "green wash" to "full transparency");

Reduce counterfeiting

The fifth link: business practice and social responsibility fulfillment.

To achieve a win-win relationship between the supply chain (subcontractors and suppliers);

Establishment of social responsibility system;

How to implement social responsibility projects and methodology, evaluation, evaluation, certification, report and feedback from enterprises?