The 2006 SLTC Conference will take place on September 23 at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Southport.

Booking forms for the conference should be completed and returned with payment (cheques payable to ‘SLTC’) to Mrs Pat Potter, Membership Secretary SLTC, 8 Copper Leaf Close, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7HS or email office@sltc.org

Accommodation needs to be booked at The Prince of Wales Hotel, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1JS by August 11. Tel: +44 1704 536688; fax: +44 1704 543932; email: res719@britanniahotels.com

The programme is as follows:

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 – 10.30 ‘Tallodiesel – Producing Fuel from Waste’ Amanda Long, BLC Leather Technology Centre

10.30 – 11.00 TBC British School of Leather Technology

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee

11.15 – 11.45 ‘Leather – Meeting the Demands for PPE’ Richard Turner, SATRA Technology Centre

11.45 – 12.15 ‘Innovative Systems to Upgrade your Leather’: Mauro Magnaguagno, TFL & Giampietro Portinari, Gemata

12.15 – 12.45 ‘Getting to the Bottom of the Problem…’: Amanda Michel, Leather Wise

12.45 – 14.00 Lunch – included

14.00 – 15.00 ‘The Challenges of the Leather Industry’ Wolstenholme Memorial Lecture: Mike Redwood

15.00 – 15.15 Coffee

15.15- 15.45 ‘Finishing for Furniture and Footwear’ Byron Dixon, Corium Solutions

15.45 – 16.15 ‘Modern Methods of Leather Surface Decoration’: Peter Laight, Identity in Printing

16.30 – 17.30 109th SLTC Annual General Meeting

19.30 – 20.00 Cocktail Reception

20.00 – Midnight SLTC Annual Dinner Dance

Please note there is no individual seating plan at the dinner, however if companies require tables for their guests, please let SLTC know in advance.