In order to better meet the needs of our attendees Seattle International Textile Expo is posting this open call for speakers to present on topics related to the textile industry. Our attendees are independent fashion designers, small manufacturers, over the counter fabric retailers, and other small business owners that use or resell textiles and related products.

Key topics of interest to our attendees who responded to our survey include:
•Marketing
•Trend Forecasting
•Small Business Finance
•Business Management

To be considered, or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities email us a description of your 45 minute to one hour speaking topic to SITE@seattlefashionincubator.org.

Want to know more about the Seattle Waterfront? Well, you’re in luck! Check out the following programs being held this October:

Design Update and Idea Sharing

Enjoy local food trucks and live music at 5:00 pm.

Design update presentation by James Corner at 6:30 pm, followed by interactive stations to share your ideas.

October 27, 2011
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Bell Harbor Conference Center, Pier 66 – Elliott Hall
2211 Alaskan Way Seattle 98121

Kids and Family Photo Booth

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Port of Seattle, Enterprise Seattle and BNSF Railway are hosting the 2011 Seattle Trade and Supply Chain Summit, a first-of-its-kind, open forum discussion on the opportunities and challenges facing the supply chain. The forum will be held on September 15, 2011 as part of the AAPA Annual Convention. Panelists, including local business leaders, policy makers and supply chain leaders, will examine how these issues impact Washington state and the United States.

BNSF Railway is sponsoring the event and their Chairman and CEO, Matthew Rose, will deliver the keynote address prior to the panel sessions.

Don’t miss the seventh annual All-Chamber Business After Hours, hosted by Herban Feast Sodo Park! This is your once-a-year opportunity to build your network with members of chambers of commerce from throughout the Puget Sound region. Join hundreds of local business people at one of Seattle’s premier venues – Herban Feast Sodo Park.

“Our Everett Area Chamber of Commerce members and staff look forward to this event every year. We always make a lot of valuable contacts. It’s a worthwhile trip to Seattle to attend.”
- Vicki Smith, Events Manager, Everett Area Chamber of Commerce

Join the Chamber as we celebrate local entrepreneurs and innovation happening throughout the Seattle area.

Featuring:

• A conversation with Mark Klebeck, co-founder of Top Pot Doughnuts
• A panel discussion with entrepreneurs Megan Gaiser, chief creative strategy officer of HER Interactive; Davora Lindner, co-designer and head of marketing for Prairie Underground; and David Sabee, president, Seattle Music Inc.
• A special welcome of the Seattle Symphony’s new Music Director, Ludovic Morlot
• A performance by up-and-coming local band, Hey Marseilles

Friendly Earth is a non-profit recycling organization that specializes in electronic recycling. We offer FREE recycling services to residences, schools, non-profits and businesses of all industries. Our mission is to reduce, reuse and educate the public about the harmful effects of e-waste (electronics).

Between 300-400 million electronics have been dumped into our nations landfill last year. E-waste represents 2% of landfill trash yet make up 70% of the hazardous waste that enters our environment. Friendly Earth knows this is a problem now, and is one that needs to be solved for future generations.

All items donated are reused, recycled, refurbished, salvaged, and recycled in the U.S. to prevent further exportation of waste into third world countries, who usually have little to no waste management practices. Future more, at Friendly Earth we try to donate as many items as possible to create sustainability and affordable options for individuals within the community.

Examples of items we take are:
Household appliances, scrap metals,computers, speakers, batteries, computer and multimedia components (head phones, cables, etc), vehicles, farm equipment, cell phones, TV’s, DVD players, VCR’s, heating units and much more. If it has a power cord or on/off switch, we probably take it

So please, check us out online at, www.friendlyearth.org for a list of recycling events we sponsor around the Puget Sound and ways you can get involved to do the right thing when it comes to recycling.

Where you can find us:
August 24th, Sustainable Sammamish Community Event (10-3pm)
August 27th, Sammamish Presbyterian Church (10-3pm)
September 10th, Vashon Island, Vashon Plaza (10-3pm)
September 24th, Bainbridge Island, Island Church
(10- 3pm)

Our organization is part of the Washington State “E-Cycle” program and contracted by SAI Global to obtain our E-Steward Certification and Responsible Recycling R2.

Tolling, Freight Mobility, and Washington State’s Infrastructure Needs

Featuring former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters

Please join us for our annual transportation event Tuesday, May 10. The conference will feature two panels and a keynote lunch.

The first panel, at 10:00 a.m., will focus on tolls. The Puget Sound region is about to experience highway tolling like never before. With charges beginning on the 520 bridge across Lake Washington and the possibility of an express tollway along I-405 through Bellevue, motorists will face higher costs and new rules. On the other hand, tolls reduce traffic congestion and create revenue for new infrastructure. WPC’s panel includes a diverse set of experts who will answer your questions and provide insight on what we can expect with tolling in the Puget Sound region. The panel will include the following experts:

• Craig Stone, Director, Washington State Department of Transportation toll division
• Larry Pursley, Executive Vice President, Washington Trucking Associations
• Hon. Kemper Freeman Jr., Kemper Development
• Bob Poole, Director of Transportation Policy, Reason Foundation

The second panel, at 11:15 a.m., will address the importance of freight mobility. Washington state has $200 billion of unmet infrastructure needs and the state faces an uncertain future. With growing traffic congestion, rising supply chain costs and global competition, our economy requires a better transportation system. Please join WPC’s panel of experts to learn how we can make our region more competitive. Participants include:

• Bill Bryant, Commissioner, Port of Seattle
• Mark Anderson, CEO, Anderson Hay and Grain
• Stan Vander Pol, President, Washington Trucking Association and owner, Peninsula Truck Lines.

The keynote lunch, at 12:30 p.m., will feature former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. Ms. Peters will use her extensive experience in the transportation industry at both state and federal levels to expand on the challenges facing freight mobility and our region’s infrastructure needs.

Registration options:

• Individual attendee – lunch and conference: $55
• Individual attendee – lunch and conference: $50 (*WPC supporter rate)
• Individual ticket – lunch only: $35
• Individual ticket – lunch only: $30 (*WPC supporter rate)
• Table of ten – lunch and conference: $500
• Table of ten – lunch only: $300

Come sign up and support Useadeal.com as we kick off the launch of our new website. Useadeal is a group buying platform bringing the best daily deals to consumers in their city at 50% to 90% off on restaurants, spas, salons, city attractions, events, travel and more. Each day we’ll feature a new deal which will last anywhere from 24 to 48 hours and once it’s gone, it’s gone. Hands down…the best deals at the hottest spots and undiscovered places. Seattle will be the first major market we launch with a national expansion to follow. Also, when you sign up and refer 3 friends who join, we’ll give you a $25 Gift Card to the SkyCity Restaurant atop the Space Needle.

Useadeal is a contender to the collective buying fray giving consumers the opportunity to discover their city for 50%-90% off with the local deal of the day. Headquartered in Renton, Washington and originally launched in November 2008 as a digital coupon platform; Useadeal was retooled and rebranded to offer consumers competitive hyper-local deals and local businesses of all sizes, a set of performance based marketing tools utilizing social commerce. Useadeal’s proprietary platform combines deals, digital coupons, ecommerce and social media to help drive more sales and customers for businesses and to give consumers more options on deals.

To get your deal of the day in your city, join us by subscribing at www.useadeal.com

To have your business featured on Useadeal, contact us at merchants@useadeal.com so that we can create an effective deal of the day campaign.

A message from Sixth Avenue Inn for the general traveler interested in Seattle hotels.

Emerald City Fashion Week regretfully announces that due to the poor economic conditions we are having to postpone our premier event scheduled for September 2010.  Despite the best efforts and hard work of a team dedicated to revitalizing the fashion industry in the Puget Sound ECFW was not able to raise the necessary funding to put on an event the region could be proud of.

“The last year of planning and building relationships with civic and industry leaders has only strengthened our resolve to bring a fashion week to the region that is truly about the business of fashion,” Says Steven Paul Matsumoto. “Everyone we talk to supports our vision of seeing SODO and Georgetown becoming a thriving garment district full of design houses, but the current economic state has made it difficult to translate those words of support into something tangible.  Our short relationship with the Robert Chinn Foundation has already had tangible results, and we look forward to restructuring ECFW and coming back stronger next year.”

Emerald City Fashion Week’s mission is to revitalize the apparel industry in the Pacific Northwest by combining educational opportunities, runway shows, and events to bring awareness to the local designer scene.

For more information on Emerald City Fashion Week, visit http://emeraldcityfashionweek.com or contact Steven Paul Matsumoto, producer, at steve@stigmare.com