In conjunction with the WEFT Forum an International Textile Exhibition/Bazaar will be held throughout the duration of the forum. Forum speakers and other participants are invited to exhibit and trade.
VENUE
The Conference will be held at the Sarawak Tourism Complex (Old Court House) in Kuching, Sarawak.
SPEAKERS
The WEFT 2006 panel of speakers will feature, among others, the following international experts:
Prof.Dr. Wilhelm Solheim: Basketry in excavated ceramic sherds, SEA); veteran archaeologist in the SEA area; excavated Niah in the 1950s, Gua Sireh quite recently. Philippines.
Monisha Ahmad: Changing Trends in Ladakh textiles; scholar and researcher, Bombay, India.
June Ngo: Beyond the Production of Traditional Songket Weaving; Ph.D Candiate, University Sains Malaysia in Penang, textile designer, innovations in fibre application and design.
Dr.Katijah Sanusi: 'Traditional Textile techniques in the Works of Sulaiman Esa'; Head, Dept of Post Graduate Studies, Faculty of Art and Design UITM Shah Alam, Selangor.
Laida Lim: 'Pina' weaving in the Philippines; textile researcher and designer, author, film producer, lives in Baguio City.
Miyoko Kawahito: Indigo dyes traditionally used in Japanese textile Production, lecturer and researcher at Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Japan.
Asaf, Zaidi Ali: Pashmina Textiles; member of the Kashmirloom Company.
Dr. Vandana Bhandari: Professor of Fashion and Textiles, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi.
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