Davos, Switzerland / September 18 - 20, 2022

“Climate Change and a Sustainable Global Textile Value Chain”


Conference Programme (as of September 16, 2022)

SATURDAY, SEP 17

08.00 – 13.30 Golf Tournament
(Golf Club Davos, Mattastsrasse 25, Davos)
- for registered delegates only -
10.00 – 19.00 Secretariat / Registration (Congress Center, House A, Room Schwarzhorn)
10.30 – 12.00 International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods Meeting
(Congress Center, House A, Room Seehorn)

Chairman: Axel Drieling, Bremen Fibre Institute (Germany)
- by invitation only -
14.00 – 15.30 Board Meeting
(Congress Center, House A, Room Seehorn)

Board Members and Past Presidents
- by invitation only -
16.00 – 17.00 Directors Meeting
(Congress Center, House A, Room Seehorn)

Directors of ITMF member associations, associate, and corporate members
- by invitation only -
17.15 – 18.15 Spinners Committee Meeting
(Congress Center, House A, Room Seehorn)

- by invitation only -
19.30 – 20.15 Reception (ITMF Board, Host Associations’ Board, ITMF Directors and Conference Speakers)
(Hotel Ameron, Scalettastrasse 22, Davos)

- by invitation only -
20.15 – 22.00 Dinner (ITMF Board, Host Associations’ Board, ITMF Directors) - by invitation only -
Dinner (Conference Speakers) – Restaurant Extrablatt (Promenade 90) – by invitation only -

SUNDAY, SEP 18

08.00 – 19.00 Secretariat / Registration
Congress Center, House A, Room Schwarzhorn)
09.00 – 10.15 Recycling Session
Moderator: K.V. Srinivasan, Premier Mills, India
 
  • The road to fully biobased textiles in 2050: from better fibers to recycling – industrial challenges
    Michiel Scheffer, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
  • Interoperability of textile recycling methodologies and circuits
    Pascal Denizart, CETI, France
  • Innovative polymer recycling technology
    Torsten Wintergerste, Sulzer / Worn Again Technologies, Switzerland
Panel Discussion / Q&A
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.45 SLCP Session – Reducing audit fatigue through SLCP: the impact and benefits so far
Moderator: Peter Gnägi, ITMF, Switzerland
 
  • What is the Social & Labor Convergence Program and why is it necessary?
    Janet Mensink, SLCP, Netherlands
  • Why should brands adopt SLCP? The benefits and learnings from Puma’s perspective
    Veronique Rochet, Puma, Vietnam
  • Why should manufacturers implement SLCP?
    Nesrin Baser, SLN Tekstil, Türkiye
  • Alternative practices in reducing audit fatigue
    Yan Yan, CNTAC, China Rep.
Panel Discussion / Q&A
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 Fibre Session – Cotton
Moderator: Salman Ispahani, Pahartali Textiles & Hosiery Group, Bangladesh
 
  • The current cotton world
    Stephanie Silber, Bremen Cotton Exchange, Germany
  • Rebuilding value through authenticity
    Marc Lewkowitz, Supima, USA
  • Sustainability as a mainstream strategy: the case of cotton production in Brazil
    Marcelo Duarte Monteiro, ABRAPA, Brazil
Panel Discussion / Q&A
14.00 – 14.30 Coffee Break
14.30 – 16.00 Fibre Session – Man-made Fibres
Moderator: Uday Gill, Indorama, Thailand
 
  • Fibers and COVID-19 pandemic: path to recovery in an uncertain world
    Alexei Sinitsa, Wood Mackenzie, Ukraine
  • Pursuing a circular economy
    Eddie Ingle, Unifi, USA
  • Investing in polyester for a sustainable supply chain
    Güven Kaya, SASA, Türkiye
  • A bio-based climate positive man-made filament – an alternative to polyester
    Carlo Centonze, HeiQ, Switzerland
Panel Discussion / Q&A
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15 Home Textiles Producers (HTP) Committee Meeting
Moderator: Yingxin Xu, CNTAC, China Rep.
 
  • Today’s challenges & opportunities for a European home textile producer
    Sebastian Ihling, Apelt, Germany
  • The IKEA material & manufacturing direction
    Calvin Woolley, IKEA, Türkiye
Panel Discussion / Q&A
18.30 – 23.00 Welcome Dinner (Fuxägufer on Jakobshorn)
Meeting Point: 18.30 hrs. at Base Station Jakobshorn, Brämabüelstrasse 11, Davos
Dress Code: Casual (warm cloth, good and comfortable walking shoes

MONDAY, SEP 19

08.00 – 19.00 Secretariat / Registration
09.00 – 10.30 Welcome Session
 
  • Carl Illi, President, Swiss Textiles
  • Ernesto Maurer, President, Swiss Textile Machinery
  • Ruizhe Sun, President, CNTAC & ITMF
Keynote Address
Between cheap, aspirational, and sustainable – textile manufacturing in a fully disruptive and interconnected world
David Bosshart, Philosopher, Futurist, Retail & Consumer Analyst, Switzerland

Q&A
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.15 1st General Session: Textile (Machinery) Industry in Switzerland
Moderator: Giuseppe Gherzi, Gherzi, Switzerland
 
  • Spinning recycled fibers – mastering the short fiber challenge
    Norbert Klapper, Rieter, Switzerland
  • About niches and blacknose sheep
    Andreas Christen, Lantal, Switzerland
  • Sustainability at Sefar
    Renato Luck, Sefar, Switzerland
Panel Discussion / Q&A
12.15 – 12.45 Special Session: The EU Textile Strategy 2030
Moderator: Mohamed Kassem, World Trading Company (WTC), Egypt
 
  • Targets and implications for the global textile industry
    Dirk Vantyghem, Euratex, Belgium
Q&A
12.45 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 Start-up Session 1
Moderator: Loek de Vries, Bombyx, Netherlands
 
  • Textile traceability
    Micheline Teixeira, R-INOVE, Brazil
  • Leveraging AI for seamless digital workflows and collaboration
    Chun-Pu Chao, Frontier.Cool.Inc., Chinese Taipei
  • DMIx - meaningful digitalization for the supply chain
    Gerd Willschütz, ColorDigital GmbH, Germany
  • What to make, what to sell?
    Ki-Young Shin, Designovel, Korea Rep.
Panel Discussion / Q&A
14.15 – 14.45 Special Session: Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
Moderator: Rafael Cervone, ABIT, Brazil
 
  • An update from the Fashion Charter – Implications for the textile value chain
    Stefan Seidel, Puma, Germany
Q&A
14.45 – 15.45 2nd General Session: Sustainability & Circularity: Business Models of the Future – Part 1
Moderator: Michelle Tjokrosaputro, Dan Liris, Indonesia
 
  • Next generation textile industry = sustainability + digitalization + individual business models
    Thomas Gries, ITA Aachen, Germany
  • Sustainable innovation at Adidas
    Jan Hill, Adidas, Germany
  • Systemic changes in the textile value chain: EU policy ambition and business initiatives
    Mauro Scalia, Euratex, Belgium
Panel Discussion / Q&A
15.45 – 16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 – 17.00 2nd General Session: Sustainability & Circularity: Business Models of the Future – Part 2

World Café - group discussions and individual participation in an online survey
18.30 – 23.00 Gala Dinner (Hotel Morosani Schweizerhof)
Meeting Point: Hotel Morosani Schweizerhof (Promenade 50, Davos)
Dress Code: Formal/National Dress

TUESDAY, SEP 20

07.15 – 08.15 Committee of Management Meeting (incl. breakfast)
(House A, Room Seehof)
08.30 – 09.15 Fibers & Applications (F&A) Committee Meeting
Chairman: Loek de Vries, Bombyx Growth Capital, Netherlands
 
  • How natural fibers offer sustainable and high-performance solutions from sport to mobility
    Marion Frey, Bcomp, Switzerland
  • Seaqual initiative – together for a clean ocean
    Mark Hartnell, Seaqual, Spain
Panel Discussion / Q&A
09.15 – 10.00 Start-up Session 2
Moderator: Tae Jin Kang, Seoul National University, Korea Rep.
 
  • Alucoat – Affordable conductive textiles for EMI shielding and more
    Shawn Lim, Fibrecoat, Germany
  • dimpora: The next generation of performance membranes
    Mario Stucki, dimpora, Switzerland
  • Textile printing and dyeing for the 21st century
    Fernando Nunes, Farbenpunkt Inc., USA
Panel Discussion / Q&A
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.15 3rd General Session: Textile Value Chain – Collaboration
Moderator: Mustafa Denizer, Diktas, Türkiye
 
  • Scaling sustainable innovations through collaboration
    Martin Ekenbark, H&M, Sweden
  • From rags to new robes: collaborating to make textile circularity an everyday reality
    Petri Alava, Infinited Fiber, Finland
  • The Archroma way to a sustainable world
    Marcos Furrer, Archroma, Switzerland
  • The road to scope 3 cooperation: how to find solutions together in the textile and garment value chain
    Ignacio Sierra, Tendam, Spain
Panel Discussion / Q&A
11.50 – 12.45 ITMF Award Session
Moderator: Juan Pares, Textil Santanderina, Spain
 
  • Winners of the ITMF Innovation & Sustainability Award 2022
  • Winners of the ITMF International Cooperation Award 2022
Panel Discussion / Q&A
12.45 – 13.30 Invitation to the ITMF Annual Conference 2023
Jian Yuan, Head of Keqiao District People's Government, Shaoxing Municipality, China Rep.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

WEDNESDAY, SEP 21

09.45 – 19.30 Post-Conference Excursion to the Limmern Water Dam (for registered delegates only)

 


 



 


Speakers

Recycling Session

Michiel Scheffer

Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Pascal Denizart

CETI, France

Torsten Wintergerste

Sulzer / Worn Again Technologies, Switzerland

SLCP Session – Reducing audit fatigue through SLCP: the impact and benefits so far

Janet Mensink

SLCP, Netherlands

Veronique Rochet

Puma, Vietnam

Nesrin Baser

SLN Tekstil, Türkiye

Yan Yan

CNTAC, China

Fibre Session – Cotton

 
Stephanie Silber

Bremen Cotton Exchange, Germany

Marc Lewkowitz

Supima, USA

Fibre Session – Man-made Fibres

Alexei Sinitsa

Wood Mackenzie, Ukraine

Eddie Ingle

Unifi, USA

Güven Kaya

SASA, Türkiye

Carlo Centonze

HeiQ, Switzerland

Home Textile Producers (HTP) Committee Meeting

 
Sebastian Ihling

Apelt, Germany

Calvin Woolley

IKEA, Türkiye

Welcome Session & Keynote Address

Carl Illi

President, Swiss Textiles

Ernesto Maurer

President, Swiss Textile Machinery

Ruizhe Sun

President, CNTAC & ITMF

Keynote Address – Between cheap, aspirational, and sustainable - textile manufacturing in a fully disruptive and interconnected world

 
David Bosshart

Philosopher, Futurist, Retail & Consumer Analyst, Switzerland

1st General Session – Textile (Machinery) Industry in Switzerland

Norbert Klapper

Rieter, Switzerland

Andreas Christen

Lantal, Switzerland

Renato Luck

Sefar, Switzerland

The EU Textile Strategy 2030 – targets and implications for the global textile industry

 
Dirk Vantyghem

Euratex, Belgium

Start-up Session (Monday)

Micheline Teixeira

R-Inove, Brazil

Chun-Pu Chao

Frontier.Cool.Inc., Chinese Taipei

Gerd Willschütz

ColorDigital GmbH, Germany

Ki-Young Shin

Designovel, Korea

An Update from the "Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action"

 
Stefan Seidel

Puma, Germany

2nd General Session: Sustainability & Circularity: Business Models of the Future – Part 1

 
Thomas Gries

ITA Aachen, Germany

Jan Hill

Adidas, Germany

Mauro Scalia

Euratex, Belgium

Fibres & Application (F&A) Committee Meeting

 
Marion Frey

Bcomp, Switzerland

Mark Hartnell

Seaqual, Spain

Start-up Session (Tuesday)

 
Shawn Lim

Fibrecoat, Germany

Mario Stucki

dimpora, Switzerland

Fernando Nunes

Farbenpunkt Inc., USA

3rd General Session: Textile Value Chain – Collaboration

Martin Ekenbark

H&M, Sweden

Petri Alava

Infinited Fiber, Finland

Marcos Furrer

Archroma, Switzerland