Dr. Wu Ge, Chief Economist of Changjiang Securities and Assistant to the President. Previously, he worked in the monetary policy department of the central bank for a long time and served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He is a recipient of the highest award in Chinese economics, the Sun Yefang Economic Science Award, and has also received the Pushan Policy Research Award, the Liu Shibai Economics Award, and has consecutively won the “Far-sighted Cup” Economic Forecasting Championship. He is a part-time professor and mentor at Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and Renmin University. He has participated in the Prime Minister’s economic symposiums and delivered special speeches.

Director, Department of Science and Technology, China Chemical Fibers Association

Secretary-General, Cellulose Fiber Branch, China Chemical Fibers Association

Secretary-General, Lyocell Fiber Branch, China Chemical Fibers Association

Mr. Zhang is responsible for scientific and technological development in the chemical fiber industry and research on regenerated cellulose fiber industry, including work on brand building, energy conservation, and emissions reduction within the China Chemical Fibers Association, involved in writing various specialized publications such as the “Chemical Fiber Yellow Book: Guidance on the Development of the Chemical Fiber Industry in the 13th Five-Year Plan”, “Chemical Fiber White Paper: Development and Environmental Protection of China’s Chemical Fiber Industry”, and “Chemical Fiber Blue Paper: Analysis and Forecast of China’s Chemical Fiber Economic Situation”. He organized the compilation of the “Lyocell Fiber Application Trend Report” and collaborated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on revising, promoting, and reviewing the “Normative Conditions for the Viscose Fiber Industry”. He also involved in the revision of national standards such as “Viscose Staple Fiber”, “Lyocell Staple Fiber”, and “Technical Specifications for Evaluation of Green Design Products-Viscose Fiber”. He established the “Collaboration For Sustainable Development of Viscose (CV)” to promote extensive exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign brands, environmental organizations, testing agencies, upstream and downstream enterprises, and to drive the industry’s sustainable development transformation.

Huang Wenbin, currently working in Sateri Group as the deputy general manager of sustainable development, leading and promoting the sustainable development of the group. Mr. Huang has been working in the field of sustainable development for nearly 15 years. Before that, he worked for many well-known international institutions and participated in discussions on international sustainable development issues for a long time. He has rich experience in low-carbon transformation of industries, natural resource management and circular economy development.

Kevin Ding is now the chief analyst of CCFGroup. He has been engaged in viscose fiber industry research for more than 15 years and is now responsible for the research on mutual influence between cotton textile raw materials and macro economy. Mr. Ding has successfully forecasted the appearance of major market changes for several times. He has organized the largest worldwide Cellulose Fiber Industry Forum for 16 years and delivered speeches on Celco’s “Investing in Cellulose” conference in London for 12 years. He is also appointed as the consultant by some enterprises and the independent director of a listed company.

Since 2017, he has been planning to combine industry informatization and commerce service. Currently, tailored financial service for viscose fiber supply chain has officially begun. CCFGroup viscose information covers 100% of global viscose industry and 95% of dissolving wood pulp industry. Some indexes have been taken as reference for contract settlement. During final ruling of anti-dumping cases, CCFGroup DWP index is the only reference index in the arbitral awards.

Professor Jin Xiangyu is a doctoral supervisor and currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education Industrial Textile Engineering Center, and Director of the Nonwovens Research and Development Center at Donghua University. He also serves as the Deputy Director of the Nonwoven Materials and Engineering Specialty Subcommittee of the Ministry of Education, Vice Director of the Industrial Textile Academic Committee of the China Textile Engineering Society, Director of the China Geosynthetics Materials Association, and Vice Chairman of the Water Jet Branch of the China Industrial Textile Industry Association.

Research interests include nonwoven process technology and intelligent research, structural properties and industrialization research of biomass nonwoven materials, multifunctional nonwoven materials and performance evaluation research, medical and health nonwoven materials processing technology and engineering design, preparation technology and application research of modified polyolefin dual-component melt-blown low-resistance filtration materials, research on geosynthetic materials and environmental engineering applications, etc.

He led the completion of the national 12th Five-Year Plan project “Key Processing Technology and Industrialization of Medical and Health Protective Materials” research. The research project focused on efficient melt-blown polarized medical barrier non-woven materials, medical triple-resistant SMXS spinning melt integration and low-temperature triple-resistant finishing technology, design, processing, and application of drainage core structures for women and infant hygiene materials, energy-saving water-jet reinforcement technology and equipment, achieving high shielding, comfort, and cost-effectiveness of non-woven protective materials, and completing the large-scale replacement of new efficient medical protective materials.

He also completed research on national, provincial, and ministerial-level projects such as “Processing Technology of Polylactic Acid (PLA) Melt-Blown Ultra-fine Non-woven Materials,” “Key Technology and Application of Dual-component Spunbond Non-woven Fabrics,” “Production Technology and Equipment for Dry Paper Hygiene Materials,” “Wet-laid Water-jet Non-woven Fabric Process Technology and Industrialization,” and “Preparation Technology and Application of Modified Polyolefin Dual-component Melt-blown Low-resistance Filtration Materials.” As the principal investigator, her project “Key Processing Technology and Industrialization of Medical and Health Protective Materials” won the First Prize of China Textile Industry Association Science and Technology Award; “Efficient Energy-saving Emission Reduction Water Jetting Key Technology and Product Application,” “Key Processing Technology and Industrialization of Medical and Health Protective Non-woven Materials” won the First Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award; “Research and Application of Polylactic Acid Non-woven Material Technology” won the Second Prize of Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award; and “Water Jet Entangled Synthetic Leather Base Cloth and Products” won the Second Prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award. She has published 22 SCI papers and obtained 30 authorized invention patents.

As the editor-in-chief, his national planning textbooks “Non-woven Fabric Studies” and “Non-woven Fabric Experimental Course” won the Second Prize of China Textile Industry Association Science and Technology Award. He has trained more than 60 doctoral and master’s students at home and abroad and has won awards such as the Shanghai Talent Cultivation Award.

Zhang Shuai, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Taotian Group Rhino Smart Manufacturing

Former Founder and CEO of Textilesfuture Technology

Former Business Director of Decathlon

Former Director of Investment and Financing at Sinochem Group Far Eastern Leasing Co., Ltd

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science at Donghua University, Ph.D. in Fiber Materials, Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Riverside, Jiangsu Province Leading Talent in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Kathleen Rademan is a seasoned professional with a diverse career that reflects her commitment to driving positive change. With a solid foundation in finance, she started her career in investment banking for several years for Standard Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa before realising her passion for making a meaningful impact on the world. Recognizing the need for a broader skill set to address complex global challenges, she pursued and successfully completed her MBA at INSEAD in France and Singapore.

Embarking on this new path, Kathleen spent two impactful years at Fastned, a leading player in e-mobility charging infrastructure in Europe. There, she led the commercial growth and strategy, opening up five new markets. Following this, she brought her expertise to Fashion for Good, where she served as the Director of Innovation for nearly five years. In this role, she led the charge in implementing sustainable innovations within major global brands and retailers, fostering a more environmentally conscious approach to the fashion industry.

Today Kathleen serves as the VP of Corporate Development at Circ. In this capacity, she is responsible for actively supporting and driving Circ's commercial growth and scaling ambitions.

Christian Chavassieu is the Managing Partner of CelCo and has over 20 years’experience in the cellulose industry. Previously he served as Sales and Marketing Director for Sateri (Bracell). He has also held positions with Buckeye Technologies Inc. (now part of Georgia Pacific) as Senior Vice President of the Wood Pulp Division and with Chavassieu & Cie SA, a pulp and paper trading company based in France, as President. Christian also worked for Apple Computer and Schlumberger, in various finance executive positions. Christian holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in New York.

Mr. Hou Weilong, Business Director of Asia Symbol, is responsible for pulp business in China. With over 20 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry, Mr. Hou has held various managerial positions, including General Manager of the South China Branch of China National Travel Service Group Corporation, Senior Sales Manager of the Southern China region at Asia Symbol (Shandong), Deputy Sales Director at Asia Symbol (Guangdong), and Sales and Marketing Director for Greater China at Stora Enso Paper Division. He rejoined Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. in 2018 and is currently the Business Director for China.

Oliver is a seasoned industry analyst and consultant, boasting over two decades of expertise in the global pulp and paper sector. Since joining Hawkins Wright in 2007, he has played a pivotal role as one of the editors of Pulpwatch, the firm's monthly newsletter. He is also the co-author of the Outlook for Market Pulp service and the principal author of the Outlook for Dissolving Pulp. His leadership in consultancy projects spans feasibility studies for pulp mills across Latin America, Russia, and Southeast Asia, and he is a frequent presenter at industry conferences.

Ms. Kong Lingfang, currently a senior analyst at CCFGroup, has more than ten years of relevant work experience in the staple fiber industry. She has followed and paid attention to the virgin, recycled staple fiber and downstream markets, and has been engaged in industrial chain data integration and industry analysis. She has maintained close and continuous contact with Chinese PSF upstream and downstream enterprises as well as traders for a long time, and organized several PSF spot market trainings. In addition, she has led and participated in a number of PSF-related researches, mainly involving the market research on the internal product segment of the PSF industry, research on the launch of PSF futures on ZCE, and the market research on differential staple fibers. After PSF was traded in futures market, she has participated in roadshows of futures companies for many times and made presentations on related topics.

Cheng Sujing, a senior analyst of cotton products from CCFGroup, in charge of information services related to cotton, cotton yarn, cotton fabric and textile and apparel products. She has been engaged in the research of cotton industry chain for more than ten years, and has a unique perspective in the analysis, understanding and judgment of the industry chain, and has excellent industry analysis, consulting and research capabilities. She has been invited to participate in large-scale industry conferences and delivered keynote reports for many times. The cotton textile forum she led and participated in has been successfully held for eleven consecutive years, which has been recognized by the industry and has strong influence.