Conference Program 2026

In more than 18 plenary and keynote lectures, as well as three parallel thematic sessions featuring a total of over 48 contributed talks, ADD-ITC 2026 will focus on key challenges shaping the textile future.

Download the current conference brochure 2026.

 

Representatives for Poland and Czech Republic as Partner Countries

  • Prof. Katarzyna Grabowska - Dean of the Faculty of Materials Technology and Textile Design, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
  • Prof. Adnan Mazari - Faculty of Textile Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic

Plenary Lectures

  • Prof. Dr. Viktor Mechtcherine (Institute of Construction Materials, TU Dresden, CARE - Cluster of Excellence): CARE - Climate Neutral and ressource efficient Construction
  • Armetiss consortium (in clarification): ARMETISS - smARt Multifunction tExtiles for integrated Soldier Systems (in clarification)
  • Dr. Tyrakos-Ergas (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm): Shaping the Future: Research for a Sustainable Circular Chemical Economy
  • Jonas Stracke (Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry, Berlin): Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Textile Legislation

Keynotes

  • Oliver de Haas (evico GmbH): Twice the Spindle Speed, Zero Contact – How Maglev Technology Reinvents Spinning and Weaving
  • Ludmilla Konrad (Mehler Vario System GmbH): Technical Textiles in Personal Ballistic Protection - From Material Fundamentals to Industrial Requirements
  • Johannes Diebel (Forschungskuratorium Textil e. V.): Tex Innovation Hub: Driving Innovation Transfer for the Textile Industry
  • Christian Hühne (TU Braunschweig & DLR Braunschweig): Intelligent, Adaptive Lightweight Structures
  • Rüdiger Hartert (Teijin Aramid GmbH): tbd
  • Michael Pfeifer (MOOT Upcycling GmbH): How to scale upcycling to an industrial scale
  • Denis Rodrigue (Department of Chemical Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec): The future of synthetic fibers
  • Doris Knoblauch (Ecologic Institut gemeinnützige GmbH): From Fast Fashion to a Circular Economy: A Research Project Paving the Way for Sustainable Textiles
  • Martin Möller (Batene GmbH): Fine Metal Fibres and Metal Fibre Nonwovens as Building Blocks for High-Tech Applications
  • Jörg Schreiber (Dienes Apparatebau GmbH) & Walter Arne (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics): Simulation-Based Optimization of Spinneret Hole Patterns and Experimental Validation with Pre‑ and Post‑Optimization Spinnerets
  • François Boussu (ENSAIT - GEMTEX, Université de Lille): From Low- to High-Speed, From Single to Multiple Threats: How Textile Materials Deliver Effective Protection
  • Stefan Schlichter (Technische Hochschule Augsburg & Sprecher der Innovations-Community CirTex): Strategy for a Successful Circular Textile Economy in Germany and Europe