Speakers 2024

Keynote Speakers

INDUSTRY KEYNOTE

HELENA ALMQVIST

Managing Director
Protex Balti AS

Topic: Our innovation journey as a leading manufacturer of electronic textiles

ACADEMIC KEYNOTE

PROF. RAÚL FANGUEIRO

Professor and Vice-Dean
School of Engineering, University of Minho
Head of Fibrenamics

Topic: Smart Fibrous Materials: from nano to macro scale

Invited Speakers

RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY:

NILS-KRISTER PERSSON

Senior Lecturer, Research Group Leader, Department of Textile Technology
University of Boras
Polymeric E-Textiles

Topic: Textile based electromedical wearables and beyond

SUSTAINABILITY & CIRCULARITY:

DR. MAX MARWEDE

Post Doctoral Researcher at Fraunhofer IZM and TU Berlin
Environmental & Reliability Engineering

ARIANNA NICOLLETTI

Circular Textiles Lead
Circular Berlin

Topic: Sustainability & Circularity of E-textiles

APPLICATIONS:

MICHELLE FARRINGTON

Chief Strategy Officer
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)

Topic: Architectures and Infrastructure Supporting E-Textiles for Defense Applications

MANUFACTURING:

SAHAR ROSTAMI

Soft goods research developer
Meta Reality Labs

Topic: Manufacturing Challenges in E-Textiles

DESIGN & FASHION:

DR. MARIE O’MAHONY

Smart & Advanced Textiles Consultant at O’Mahony Consultancy
Senior Tutor at Royal College of Art, London

Topic: Smart Materials – Driving Innovation in Health and Wellbeing

RELIABILITY & TESTING:

DR. PAULA VESKE-LEPP

Postdoctoral Researcher at Universiteit Gent
Professor at Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool
Center for Microsystems Technology CMST

SIGRID ROTZLER

E-Textile Researcher at Fraunhofer IZM and TU Berlin
System on Flex

Topic: Considerations for E-Textile Reliability