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The first edition of the Textile Printing and Sustainability (TPS) conference has unveiled an agenda full of inspiring and engaging content. The event is scheduled to take place from September 8-9, 2022 at Dorint Kongresshotel Düsseldorf-Neuss in Germany and is all set to welcome audiences from all stages of the entire textile value chain.
“Textile industry is more than ever under pressure from sustainability requirements”, explained Peter Buttiens from the European specialist printing manufacturers association, organiser of TPS. “The EU’s Green Deal targets textiles as one of the world’s most polluting sectors. On a global scale, we look at UN Sustainable Development Goals and initiatives such as UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion. Their timeline set for 2030 and 2050 may seem far in future but the time to act and exchange know-how is now. With the new TPS conference we want to contribute to the solution from the printing perspective.”
The first edition of the Textile Printing and Sustainability (TPS) conference has unveiled an agenda full of inspiring and engaging content. The event is scheduled to take place from September 8-9, 2022 at Dorint Kongresshotel Düsseldorf-Neuss in Germany and is all set to welcome audiences from all stages of the entire textile value chain.
In total, 24 presentations to be held by experts from industry and academia, will focus on technology choices, automation practices and environmentally conscious business models, the organiser said in a press release.
Textile Printing and Sustainability will take a broad look at all critical factors and global trends which influence textile market condition today and in the nearest future: customer-made fashion, responsible businesses, quality concerns, customisation and personalisation. The event will assemble industry experts from core printing and dyeing processes, to promote best practices, discuss new application fields and explain benefits and challenges of individual technology choices.
Each conference day will open with a keynote address. Karin Ekberg, former chair of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, will present five principles of sustainability leadership. Bianca Seidel, a pioneer of sustainable fashion design, will make a plea for transformation and for hope in the world of tomorrow. Other keynotes include Debbie McKeegan who will look at opportunities and risks of on-demand business models, and Alexandra De Raeve will explore the digitisation of textile design and production.
The world’s leading printing hardware brands, Brother and Epson will explain their approaches to environmentally friendly manufacturing, resource management and recent reshoring trends. Representatives of ink and chemistry companies will offer a comprehensive overview of the latest material solutions, pigment ink innovations, including a novel white pigment concentrate, and their implications for specific printing techniques. Two companies will lay a particular focus on dyeing and the reduction of its environmental impact, also through removal of textile prints and efficient fabric recycling at the end-of-life stage.
Strong academic representation will include contributions by RWTH Aachen, HS Niederrhein, DITF Denkendorf and Saxon Textile Research Institute. They will share their latest research results on smart textiles with integrated electronics, functionalisation of textiles with digital printing, sustainability assessment for microfactories, circular economy and eco-labels.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RR)
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