ADMISSION:

Minors of 16 years and below will NOT be admitted. All visitors must be in proper business attire. The organiser reserves the right to refuse entry to those deemed inappropriately dressed.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

List of selected speakers for 2011

1. Mr. Ray Pierotti - surface design for painters, weavers, textile designers and interior & architectural designers - USA

2. Mr. Alexsey Zaytsev - The connection of the variety of technics in art works of batik - Azerbaijan

3. Ms. Miyoko Kawahito - Ori-nui Shibori (Folded and Stitched Tie-dyeing) Technique using Awa Natural Indigo- Japan

4. Ms. Lee Creswell - Creating a batik using Cold Liquid Wax and Seaweed Solution - UK

5. Ms. Monika Salva - batik-diversified textures of wax in contemporary textiles -India

6. Ms. Susan Fell McLean - Fabric, Fine art and Future directions - Australia

7. Mr. Kamal Dollah - Community Batik - Singapore

8. Mr. Chintaka Indrajith Ratnayake - batik for the tourist industry in kandy, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka

9. Mr. Ali Nourizadeh - Azeri batik in Iran: the fabric of craftsmen and artists - Iran

10. Ms. Janet Stoyel - Resist in the West - UK

11. Ms. Kiranada Sterling Benjamin - RO-KATA: Innovative use of wax-resist stencil design- USA

12. Ms. Joan, Sunghee Kim - Clamp resistant dyeing in China - Korea

13. Ms. Asmorodewi Damais - The use of indigo blue and sago brown in the Batik of Java - Indonesia

14. Mr. Thomas Brandt - Sustainable consumption of Production (SCP) - Globalization and Greening the Supply Chain - USA

Malaysian Speakers

1. Prof. Dato' Najib Dawa - Malaysia Batik

2. Prof. Madya Khairul Aidil Azlin - Enhancement of Batik Indigenous Design Through Indigenous Knowledge

3. Dr. Nazlina Shaari - Environment Friendly Mordant for Natural Dyeing Process in Batik

4. Mr. Edric Ong - Asian Textiles in world fashion

5. Mr. Eddie Yap - From canting to textural brush strokes to shibat (shibori+batik)