2025 Amcot Conference Agenda

Saturday, August 2

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Chairman’s Dinner

By invitation only. Business formal attire required

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Board Meeting
Registration
Welcome Reception
Night at the Amcot Club

10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Registration
Free Time
Cocktails and Dinner – Hailstone Terrace
Night at the Amcot Club

6:00 a.m.
6:15 a.m.
7:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

Please be in the hotel lobby for transportation to the golf course
Bus leaves for The Canyons Golf Club
Tournament check-in begins, breakfast burritos provided
and range opens
Shotgun start, four-person scramble

8:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.
10:00 p.m.

Business Session
Luncheon
Breakout Sessions:

• Calcot, Ltd.
• Cottton Growers
• PCCA
• Staplcotn

Farewell Dinner Party
Cotton Club (Hospitality Suite)

8:00 a.m.

Welcome

Kevin Brinkley, PCCA

8:15 a.m.

The Fed’s Perspectives on Global Markets and Risk

Dr. Carlos Garriga
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

9:00 a.m.

The Fracture of Global Systems: Tariffs and Trade Outlook

Angela Hofmann
Head of Government Relations, J.C. Penney

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

The Impact of Demographic Trends on the Future of Cotton and Textiles

Dr. László J. Kulcsár
Professor, Rural Sociology/Demography
Penn State University

10:45 a.m.

U.S. Cotton Industry Report

Dr. Gary Adams
CEO, National Cotton Council of America

11:30 a.m.

Cotton’s Steep Climb Back to Dominance in the Fiber Markets

Chris Kramedjian
Managing Director, Shearwater Commodity Research

12:00 p.m.

Luncheon
Can Artificial Intelligence Save Cotton?

Mark Pryor
CEO, The Seam