Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2021 takes place digitally

The Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference will be held on 9.-10.11.2021 as a digital event this year.

Online registration

Poster proposals can still be submitted until July 31.

Form for
poster proposals

Platform and most important meeting ground for exchange between executive management, experts & young professionals from industry and science

Aachen, Dresden und Denkendorf forming the 'textile triangle' of the future– creating textile future together

Partner Country 2020: Portugal and Spain

Boasting over 650 participants at three conference locations, the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference is among one of the most renowned textile conferences in Europe. Based on the positive feedback, the organizers in long-standing support with the advisory board have decided to extend the textile conference to four parallel expert sessions. This increase in sessions will be realized in valuable cooperation with:

Forschungs­kuratorium Textil e. V., Berlin
Gesamtverband der deutschen Textil- und Modeindustrie e. V., Berlin
VDMA, Textile Machinery Association, Frankfurt/Main

Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2021

Stuttgart: November 9-10, 2021

with plenary and keynote sessions and special symposia on

 

Textile mechanical engineering ideas – quo vadis?

  • Flexibilization towards lot size 1 and small series
  • Industry 4.0
  • New products through machine innovations
  • Resource and energy efficiency

Opportunities with new materials: High-performance fibers and fiber composites

  • Carbon fibers, ceramic fibers, bio-based fibers
  • Fiber modifications, secondary spinning, recycling strategies, process technologies
  • Shaped fiber compounds, polymer matrix materials
  • Insight into new advanced materials – simulation and testing systems

Competitive advantages and sustainability: Functionalization, new finishings

  • Sustainable coating and finishing chemicals
  • Coating, laminating
  • Environment-friendly processes
  • Textile printing

New challenges: Medical textiles / medical technologies

  • Sensory and actuatory medical devices
  • Personalized medicine
  • New biomaterials, drug delivery
  • Resorbable polymeric implants for the support of regenerative processes

New applications, new markets

  • Textile building, architecture
  • Mobility
  • Energy
  • Environment

Transfer Session ”From Idea to Practice“

  • Presentation of innovations (e.g. products, technologies, processes) transferred into the industry from research co-operations, especially by IGF/ZIM