Special guest Sheldon Whitehouse Plus Advancing and Defining Initiatives to Beneift the Rhode Island Textiles Sector
The Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network (RITIN) invites all Ocean State textiles manufacturers to join the quarterly meeting, to be held at Colonial Mills.
AGENDA:
Check in begins at 1:30pm. The program will be highly interactive, with opportunities to brainstorm, collaborate and discuss.
2:00pm – Tour of Colonial Mills
2:20pm – Program
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse – updates from Washington, conversation about Rhode Island priorities and challenges
- Presentation on how to atrract and support younger textiles manufacturing professionals
- Discussion on current efforts to to create online community connections for RI textile companies
- Steering Committee suggestions concerning a federal “ask” for funding to beef up the textile testing capabilities in RI
4:35pm – Program ends
HOSTS:
- Michael Woody, RITIN Chairperson; CEO Trans-Tex LLC
- Matt Watson, Executive Director Polaris MEP
- Gregg Scarlata, President & CEO, Colonial Mills
This event is exclusive to those within the RI textile manufacturing industry. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.
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