Conference Program 2025
In more than 15 plenary and keynote lectures, as well as three parallel thematic sessions featuring a total of over 46 contributed talks, ADD-ITC 2025 will focus on key challenges shaping the textile future.
Download the conference brochure 2025.
Representatives for France as Partner Country
Karine Wallois - International Business Manager of Clubtex
Plenary Lectures
- Prof. Dr. Ingo Rollwagen (Hochschule Fresenius, Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences): Data- and AI enabled textile innovation dynamics till 2035
- https://www.aachen-dresden-denkendorf.de/fileadmin/user_upload/itc/programm/ADD-ITC_2025/Referenten/chen.jpegProf. Stefan Jockenhövel (Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University): Textile Innovations for the medical and healthcare sectors
- Dr. Henning Wins (Head of Division IVC1 - Capital Goods Industry, Consumer Goods Industry, Investment Audits at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection in Germany): The EU Ecodesign Regulation in a political context
Keynotes
- Dr. Timo Schmeltzpfenning (Sporlastic GmbH & Co. KG): Sustainable Medical Textiles: From Concept to Clinical Reality
- Prof. Johannes Braumann (Association for Robots in Architecture): Robotics for Domain Experts -Defining Non-Standard Robotic Processes in Fiber Composites and Beyond
- Dr. Thomas Bauer (DIENES Apparatebau GmbH) and Dr. Christoph Schopp (FH Aachen): Energy-Efficient Furnace based on Microwave Plasma Technology for Stabilisation and Carbonisation of PAN
- Dr. Christian Weimer (Airbus): Presentation on Fiber composites and lightweight construction
- Dr.-Ing. Frederik Cloppenburg (TWE Group): From Shop Floor to Smart Factory: Key Success Factors for the Digital Transformation in Textile Production
- Dr. Paolo G. Bomben (Program Director, Advanced Hydrocarbons at Alberta Innovates): Carbon Fibre from Alberta Heavy Oil Asphaltenes: Creating Value & Emissions Reduction
- Dr.-Ing. Stephan Kabasci (Fraunhofer UMSICHT): The role of circular economy in the textile industry
- Jörg Kroschinski (Siemens AG): AI Truth and Error
- Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Yves-Simon Gloy (Co-founder ADOTC GmbH): Another Dimension Of Textile Configuration