All eyes on Milan in September 2015
10/04/2015
CEC proposed the launch of a new International Footwear Forum at the fifth World Footwear Congress in November last year and said the idea had won the “unanimous and overwhelming acceptance” of other industry associations.
CEC president, Jean-Pierre Renaudin, said the new International Footwear Forum was necessary as a means of bringing together representatives of leading national footwear associations and confederations to “anticipate problems, remove uncertainties and find ways to accommodate the diverse points of view in the globalised footwear economy”.
On announcing Milan as the venue, Mr Renaudin said the new event would “open a collaborative dialogue” among the representatives of industry bodies from all over the world. Subjects for discussion will include ways of helping small and medium enterprises do business worldwide while ensuring social responsibility along the supply chain.
Early September in Milan will, therefore, be an exceptionally busy time for the footwear and leather industry. The Micam footwear event will take place in the city from September 1-4, with the International Footwear Forum taking place on the last day of that exhibition. On the Tuesday of the following week, September 8, Italian tanning industry association UNIC will host a second edition of the World Leather Congress in Milan. This will be followed, on September 9, 10 and 11, by the Lineapelle exhibition, which moved to Milan from Bologna last year.
All of these events will take place with Expo 2015, which Milan will host between May 1 and October 31, as the backdrop.
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