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The people who make, move and shape apparel.

For its Silver Jubilee edition, BATEXPO brings an entire industry into one room — buyers and brands, heads of state and global press, the businesses that built the sector and the partners backing what's next. This is who joins.

  • 4

    Exhibitions

  • 100+

    Apparel groups across the full supply chain

  • 6

    Summit panels of CEOs, ministers and experts

  • Silver Jubilee

    Edition — a generation of the industry, together

Six reasons to be in the room.

BATEXPO 2026 is an invitation, extended deliberately. Each audience comes for something different, and leaves with something they couldn't get anywhere else.

  • 01

    Buyers & Sourcing Leaders

    See the full depth of Bangladeshi manufacturing under one roof to place the conversations that become orders.

    • 200+ brands retailers and sourcing leaders
    • Sourcing conversations across the supply chain
    • Firsthand proof on the Green Factory Tour

  • 02

    Brand & Retail Leadership

    Engage the dialogue shaping sourcing, sustainability and the industry's next decade directly at the table, not from a distance.

    • Reserved seating across seven Summit panels
    • Access to leadership & policymaker sessions
    • Networking dinner and the Awards

  • 03

    Press & Media

    Cover a national moment firsthand: dignitaries, data and stories, serviced for same-day filing.

    • Accreditation and on-ground press access
    • A live press kit with photography, b-roll, and quotes
    • Interview access to leadership and speakers

  • 04

    Investors & Partners

    Position your organisation at the centre of the industry's Silver Jubilee, where global attention is focused.

    • Sponsorship and brand-visibility packages
    • Access to buyers, CEOs and decision-makers
    • A platform tied to a national moment

  • 05

    Policymakers & Institutions

    Join the government-and-industry dialogue on the sector's future at the highest level of the state.

    • The Global Apparel Summit & roadmap sessions
    • Inauguration and Closing Ceremony
    • Alignment across industry and government

  • 06

    Exhibitors

    Don't just attend; exhibit. Put your factory, your capability and your innovation in front of the world's buyers.

    • A place on the Global Apparel Expo floor
    • Exposer to 200+ International Buyers, Retailers & Sourcing leaders
    • A spot in the Sustainable & AI Hall showcase

Coverage by Global Giant

  • BBC
  • Al Jazeera
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Guardian
  • The New York Times
  • Forbes
  • Vogue
  • TIME
  • BBC
  • Al Jazeera
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Guardian
  • The New York Times
  • Forbes
  • Vogue
  • TIME

The calibre of the room.

The measure of who joins is who stands at the front. Heads of state, global leadership, and the artists who close the celebration.

  • Coke Studio Bangla performing on stageHeadline

    Coke Studio Bangla

    Cultural program

  • Models walking the runway at the Bangladesh Apparel Expo fashion showHeritage

    Fashion Show

    Gala show

  • Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performing on stageHeadliner

    Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

    Live Performance

  • Portrait of Hania AamirFashion Runway Show

    Hania Aamir

    Showstopper

  • Portrait of Azra MahmoodFashion Runway Show

    Azra Mahmood

    Choreographer

  • Portrait of Mehruz MunirFashion Runway Show

    Mehruz Munir

    Fashion Designer

Stand with the Silver Jubilee.

The Silver Jubilee is a once-in-a-generation platform. The organisations that stand behind it don't sponsor an event, they share in a national moment.

Sponsorship and partnership place your brand at the centre of the industry's most visible convening, before global buyers, international press, and the decision-makers shaping the next decade of apparel.

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The BATEXPO ribbon figure

Be in the room.

Two days that reposition an industry — and the world's second-largest apparel exporter, telling its own story. 18–19 November, Dhaka.

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BATEXPO 2026 · Silver Jubilee · Organised by BGMEA