The Bremen Cotton Exchange and the Bremen Fibre Institute e.V will jointly organize the 36th International Cotton Conference Bremen on September 29-30, 2022. Under the theme “Cotton Decoded” the conference participants will be offered an ambitious programwith topical lectures and lively discussion groups on location in Bremen as well as online via a conference platform.
Strong keynotes will also ring in the two conference days of the upcoming conference. Colin Iles, Executive Manager, Marketing Cotton & Sugar at the internationally acting raw material concern Glencore/Viterra, Rotterdam, will cast a glance into the future of cotton.
The second speaker of the opening session will be Nils Haupt, Head-Communications, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg, the biggest shipping company in Germany and the fifth biggest shipping company in the world. Haupt will address the future of maritime transport and questions of sustainability in cargo and also elaborate on the challenges within global supply chains.
On the second day of the conference, John Baffes, Chief Economist-Development Perspectives, World Bank, will provide fascinating insights into current economic developments from the perspective of multinational development bank.
This year´s International Cotton Conference is taking place in the anniversary year of the Bremen Cotton Exchange. The organization was founded in 1872 and is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. The conference venue this year is not the historic town hall, but the Chamber of Commerce in Bremen in the immediate vicinity of the Cotton Exchange.
