“E-Textiles: International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles” is an annual conference run by the E-Textiles Network. Founded in 2018, the E-Textiles Network offers a platform for researchers and developers from academia and industry interested in adding electronic functionality to textiles and their related products. For more information on the Network, including how to join, please visit the E-Textiles Network website.
Last year’s conference, E-Textiles 2025, held in Roubaix, France, was the Network’s seventh conference and attracted people from across academia and industry. You can find the speakers list, presentations and conference proceedings of E-Textiles 2025 and previous events on our Past Conferences page.
Organising Committee
| Conference Chairs: | Local Organising Committee: |
| Associate Professor Radek Soukup Associate Professor Jan Reboun | Assoc. prof. Tomas Blecha Dr. Tomas Rericha Dr. Jiri Navratil Dr. Martin Sorm Dr. Ondrej Michal Dr. Andrea Benesova MgA. Adéla Fröhlich Ing. Katerina Rostás Dr. Daniela Moravcova |
| International Steering Committee: | |
| Prof. Steve Beeby (Chair), University of Southampton Dr Frederick Bossuyt, Universiteit Gent Christian Dalsgaard, Smart Textiles Alliance Dr Zachary J Davis, Danish Technological Institute Dr Theo Hughes-Riley, Nottingham Trent University Chris Jorgensen, Global Electronics Association Prof Vladan Koncar, ENSAIT, University of Lille Dr Sara Robertson, Royal College of Art Sigrid Rotzler, Fraunhofer IZM Prof Radek Soukup, University of West Bohemia Dr Russel Torah, University of Southampton Dr Paula Veske-Lepp, TTK University of Applied Sciences Malte von Krshiwoblozki, Fraunhofer IZM Prof Kai Yang, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton Dr Kun Zhang, Donghua University | |
| Technical Programme Committee: | |
| Dr Russel Torah (Co-Chair), University of Southampton Sigrid Rotzler (Co-Chair), Fraunhofer IZM Atousa Assadi, University of Toronto Dr Valérie Bartsch, Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf Prof Pieter Bauwens, imec / Ghent University Prof Steve Beeby, University of Southampton Severin Bernhart, Salzburg Research FGmbH Youness Bouhaj, Hassan II University of Casablanca Rike Brendgen, Hochschule Niederrhein Dr Cédric Cochrane, ENSAIT, GEMTEX Parvin Ebrahimi, Nottingham Trent University Tom Greig, University of Southampton Dr Saiful Hoque, University of Toronto Dr Theo Hughes-Riley, Nottingham Trent University Martin Janda, University of West Bohemia Prof Kaspar Jansen, TU Delft Prof Lei Jing, University of Aizu Alexandre Khaldi, IMT Atlantique Sarah Kim, Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf Dr Abiodun Komolafe, University of Southampton Prof Vladan Koncar, ENSAIT, GEMTEX Dr Carlos Kuhlmann, Saxion University of Applied Sciences Prof Senem Kursun, Istanbul Technical University Mina Sadat Laghaei Khoulenjani, ENSAIT | Michael John Lynch, University of Southampton Dr Amanda Mills, North Carolina State University Dr Ram Prasadh Narayanan, Walton Institute Robin Oberlé, RWTH Aachen University Mikko Antero Paakkolanvaara, Screentec Oy Thelge Tarushi Peiris Shavindya, Nottingham Trent University Prof Paolo Perego, Politecnico di Milano Nishadi Perera, Nottingham Trent University Dr Jan Reboun, University of West Bohemia Dr Sara Robertson, Sara + Sarah Smart Textile Design Sahar Rostami, Meta Md Abdullah al Rumon, University of Rhode Island Delaram Sadatamin, University of Toronto Dr Teemu Salo, Häme University of Applied Sciences Jessica Saunders, London College of Fashion Dr Alexander V. Shokurov, ETH Zürich Dr Radek Soukup, University of West Bohemia Dr Xuyuan TAO, ENSAIT Dr Ali Tarhini, Aalto University Melissa Esmeralda van Schaik, University of Borås Dr Paula Veske-Lepp, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Tallin Malte von Krshiwoblozki, Fraunhofer IZM Wei Wang, Politecnico di Milano Dr Yang Wei, NTU Prof Kirsten Weide-Zaage, Leibniz University Hannover Dr Jun Yin, Centexbel Prof Kai Yang, University of Southampton Dr Kun Zhang, Donghua University |
