"2025 SYFA Fall Conference Agenda"
From Fiber Forward: Tech, Trade, & Transformation
Thursday, November 6, 2025
11:30-1:00 Registration and Complimentary Lunch Buffet
1:00 – 1:10 "Opening Remarks" – SYFA President, Meredith Boyd – Unifi, Inc.
1:10 – 2:50 Jerri Barutis, EDPNC – Panel – "Trade & Compliance: Challenges & Opportunities in the Textile Industry"
2:50 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 4:00 Auggie Tantillo, SRG & Associates – "Federal Textile Trade & Tariff Review"
4:00 – 4:50 Craig Lindemann, Reju – "Reju: Building a Circular Textile System"
4:50 – 5:00 "Remarks" – SYFA President, Meredith Boyd – Unifi, Inc.
5:00 – 7:00 "Networking Reception" – Drinks and Heavy Hors d' Oeuvres – sponsored by Premiere Fibers
Friday, November 7, 2025
7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome by SYFA President, Meredith Boyd – Unifi, Inc
8:40 – 9:20 Roger C. Tutterow, Ph.D, – Economist – Kennesaw State University – "Economic Review"
9:20 – 10:00 Dr. Ramesh Kesh, Polartec – "Innovation Made to Go Beyond – Polartec"
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 11:00 Billy Mc Call, Kintra Fibers – "Next Generation Polyester Yarns: Looking Back In Order To Move Forward"
11:00 – 11:40 Tamsin Ettefagh, PureCycle – "Recycled PP for Fiber Applications"
11:40 – 12:00 Closing Remarks – SYFA President, Meredith Boyd – Unifi, Inc