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MED-ATLANTIC TEXTILE SUMMIT 2026
Connecting Continents. Reimagining Supply Chains. Shaping the Future of Global Textile & Apparel Sourcing.
As the global textile and apparel industry enters a defining era of transformation, the rules of sourcing, manufacturing, and supply-chain strategy are being rewritten. Geopolitical uncertainties, evolving trade policies, changing consumer expectations, regulatory pressures, and the accelerated pursuit of resilience have compelled brands, retailers, manufacturers, and sourcing leaders to rethink traditional production and procurement models.
Against this backdrop, Morocco has emerged as one of the world’s most strategic and attractive destinations for textile and apparel manufacturing - offering proximity to Europe, seamless access to North America, growing connectivity to Africa, competitive industrial capabilities, preferential trade frameworks, and an increasingly agile production ecosystem.
The Med-Atlantic Textile Summit 2026 is conceived as a high-level strategic platform bringing together industry leaders, brands, retailers, manufacturers, policymakers, investors, textile associations, confederations, chambers of commerce, sourcing organizations, and innovators from Africa, Europe, and North America to shape the next chapter of global textile and apparel value chains.
Held on the sidelines of the 23rd Maroc in Mode (MIM) Show 2026 and the 4th Moroccan Edition of the Textile Series of Exhibitions, and jointly organized by AMITH – Association Marocaine des Industries du Textile et de l’Habillement and CEMS-Global USA, the Summit will serve as a powerful forum for dialogue, strategy, collaboration, and business creation across three interconnected continents.
Our goal is to unlock potential, fuel creativity, and support organizations with the right resources to innovate, scale, and thrive in today's competitive marketplace.
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Our Summit
10:15 am to 10:45 pm
Session Introduction:
The global textile and apparel industry is entering one of the most consequential periods in its modern history.
What was once a relatively predictable sourcing environment has evolved into a far more complex operating landscape shaped by geopolitical shifts, trade fragmentation, supply chain diversification, sustainability expectations, digital transformation and changing consumer behavior.
10:45 pm to 12:45 pm
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For decades, apparel manufacturing competitiveness was largely measured through labor cost, production scale and export performance.
Today, those traditional measures are being challenged.
Brands increasingly seek partners capable of delivering speed, agility, innovation, transparency and value creation alongside manufacturing capability.
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
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Asia continues to dominate textile and apparel production, but sustaining leadership will require transformation.
Future competitiveness will depend less on individual country performance and increasingly on regional integration, specialization and collaboration.
As sourcing patterns evolve, Asia has an opportunity to reposition itself as a connected sourcing ecosystem rather than a collection of isolated manufacturing destinations.
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
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Sourcing relationships are under pressure.
Suppliers face rising expectations while buyers face increasing demands for speed, flexibility and sustainability.
Long-term competitiveness depends on creating healthier commercial structures that support both business performance and responsible growth.
This session creates a platform for honest dialogue between buyers
4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
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Leadership in manufacturing has become increasingly complex.
Executives are simultaneously navigating uncertainty, investment pressure, workforce change and rapid market evolution.
This CEO Forum brings together industry leaders to discuss the decisions that will shape the next era of industrial growth.
10:15 am to 11:30 am
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The digital transformation of sourcing is accelerating.
Artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, connected manufacturing and digital ecosystems are changing how supply chains are designed and managed.
Technology is increasingly becoming a competitive requirement rather than an operational enhancement.
This session explores how organizations can translate digital ambition into measurable business outcomes.
11:45 am to 1:15 pm
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The sustainability conversation is entering a new phase.
Environmental and social responsibility are increasingly becoming drivers of competitiveness, investment attractiveness and market access.
Companies must move beyond viewing sustainability as a reporting obligation and instead position it as a strategic growth opportunity.
2:15 pm to 3:45 pm
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Global trade is entering a new regulatory era.
Market access is increasingly being shaped not only by price, quality and delivery - but by compliance, transparency, traceability, environmental performance and responsible business conduct.
Across Europe, North America and increasingly South America, governments and regulators are introducing a new generation of policies that are redefining how textile and apparel products are sourced, manufactured, imported and marketed.
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Session Introduction
Factories of the future will look fundamentally different from today.
Success will depend on combining technology, operational excellence, energy efficiency and workforce capability into one integrated industrial model.
This session explores how manufacturing transformation can be accelerated.
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm
Integrated Segment:
NexGen CEOs Roundtable
Session Introduction
The future of the industry depends on future leaders.
As the sector undergoes rapid transformation, organizations must rethink leadership development, workforce strategy and talent attraction.
This session creates an intergenerational dialogue between established and emerging leaders.
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