At the heart of the world-leading Techtextil fair, you'll find the Techtextil Forum – the platform for ideas. The most successful innovators and top experts share their knowledge here. In captivating lectures and passionate panel discussions, everyone eager to improve can learn from the best.
Techtextil Forum: Innovative into the textile future
The high-quality, curated lecture programme provided insights into key topics in the textile industry. Renowned experts from industry and research shared their valuable expertise and invited participants to exchange ideas and engage in discussions.
The spectrum ranged from bio-based functional materials to intelligent textiles.
The prestigious Programme Committee
Our well-respected Programme Committee sets the main topics and selects the talks for the four Techtextil days. Together with the exhibitors, they take the textile industry into the future, providing exciting and inspiring presentations and discussions.
Eng. António Braz Costa, General Manager
Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal (CITEVE), Portugal
Johannes Diebel, General Manager
Research Council of Textiles (FKT), Germany
Dr. Heike Illing-Günther, Managing Director
Saxon Textile Research Institute e.V., Germany
Dr. Jan Laperre, General Manager
Centexbel, Belgium
Prof. Dr. René Rossi, Head of Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland
Dr. Thomas Stegmaier, Head of Competence Center Textile Chemistry, Environment, Energy and Assistant Management
German Institutes of Textile and Fibre Research (DITF), Germany
Prof. Dr. Henry Yi Li, Chair of Textile Science and Engineering & Chairman, Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Society
The University of Manchester, Department of Materials, School of Natural Sciences, Great Britain
Varied themes
- Innovative Materials & Applications
- Sustainable and circular materials and technologies (recyclability, traceability, carbon neutrality, etc.)
- Biobased functional materials
- Digitalisation & Production Technology
- Intelligent textiles