2025 SPESA Executive Conference

Schedule

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Fri, 29 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile | Chicago, IL

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SPESA's annual premier education and networking event for our members, their customers, and anyone interested in the sewn products industry.
About this Event

The annual SPESA Executive Conference is a key education and networking event for SPESA members, their customers, and anyone interested in learning more about the current issues, trends, and policies impacting the global sewn products industry.
The two-day conference features a combination of keynote speakers, panel discussions, and industry case studies to provide an opportunity for attendees to both learn and engage. While our speakers are experts in their fields, no one has all the answers and thus this conference aims to build communication among both speakers and attendees to address the issues facing our industry and find solutions together. Previous topics include: workforce development; trade and tariffs; enterprise risk management; supply chain disruption; reshoring and made in U.S.A. manufacturing; textile research; and cobotics and automated technology.
And did we mention networking? SPESA’s unofficial mandate is to always provide open dialogue, open minds, and an open bar. This conference effectively balances educational sessions with more casual off-site events providing an opportunity to make both business connections and lifelong friends within the industry we all love.
In addition, each iteration of the Executive Conference is in a new city to ensure it is accessible to interested sewn products professionals from all over. So, invite your colleagues, bring your family, and make the SPESA Executive Conference part of your annual travel plans.
Visit https://www.spesa.org/spesa-executive-conference for event updates or to take a look at previous editions.

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Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile, 20 East Chestnut Street, Chicago, United States

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Tickets

USD 295.22 to USD 802.04

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