The Global Leather Technology Summit Held in Great Anticipation After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly anticipated 37th International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies (IULTCS) Congress was held from October 17th to 20th, 2023, in Chengdu, China, known as the ‘Land of Abundance.’ This marked the second time that China had hosted the event since in 1949 (the previous occasion being in Beijing in 2009).