2nd Biobased & Recycled Textiles, Building Sustainability And Circularity In EU Textile Value Chain

20-22 Mar, 2023 - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam Marriott Hotel

12:30

Registration

Light finger food will be served

13:30

Chairman’s Introduction

Roosmarie Ruigrok, Founder

Clean & Unique

i) Textile Waste Collection, Sorting & Recycling Technologies

13:35

Fueling Recycling Systems

As recycling systems commercialize technically, we have to simultaneously develop the ability to deliver the feedstocks to fuel these new recyclers.  The entire system from collection through brands and retailers, has a role to play. Each step is interconnected and must function for the system to work in its entirety

Karla Magruder, CEO & Founder

Accelerating Circularity

13:55

Towards a circular system for post-consumer textile waste - T-Rex Project

Marco Brons, CTO

CuRe Technology

14:15

SOEX - Sorting for recycling – how to turn postconsumer textiles into raw material for closed loop solutions

Walter J. Thomsen, CEO

Soex Textil-Recycling GmbH

ii) Perspectives from Netherlands & Finland

14:35

Making the fully closed loop textile2textile loop possible - scaling up in a local supply chain

Ellen Mensink, CEO

Brightfiber Textiles

15:00

Discussion followed by Tea

15:35

Chairman's Remarks

Marco Brons, CTO

CuRe Technology

15:40

Industrial scale recycling solutions and closed-loop business models for textile waste streams - Finnish perspective

Outi Luukko, CEO

Rester Oy

iii) Cellulosic Fibre circular innovations

16:00

Textile-to-textile circularity — Go big, fast.

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Karin Margareta Lindmark, Circular Business Manager

Renewcell

16:25

Development of recycling processes for cellulose fibers

Sonja Zak, Head of Circularity Initiative

Lenzing AG | Lenzing Group

16:45

Innovative circular denim

Bert Van Son, Founder & CEO

Mud Jeans

17:10

Technological strategy for textile circularity – the SAYA approach

Chih-Yao Hou, R&D Advanced Engineer

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation

17:30

Discussion. Close of Day 1.

18:00

Networking Reception for all Speakers and Delegates

08:35

Chairman's Remarks

Christine Goulay, Founder

Sustainabelle Advisory Services

08:40

Commercializing biobased innovations through collaboration

  • commercialization of biobased technologies
  • case study with Nanollose to bring microbial cellulose to the market

Lewis Shuler, Head Of Innovation

Alpine Group / Paradise Textiles

09:00

Innovations from regenerative to biodesigned denim for a more sustainable future

Sedef Uncu Aki, Director Denim Sales & Marketing

Orta Anadolu

09:30

Implementing a recycling technology to a biobased fiber. The case of NOOCYCLE

Luna Aslan, Co-Founder and Project Manager

Noosa Fibre

10:00

Discussion followed by Coffee

10:40

Next generation biomaterials for fashion & footwear markets

Gavin McIntyre, Co-Founder, Chief Commercialization Officer

Ecovative

11:10

Converting algae into bio-fiber & eco friendly dye

Renana Krebs, Co-Founder & CEO

Algaeing

11:40

Low cost & scalable revolutionary process to textile dyeing through synthetic biology

Sophie Vaud, Head of Microbial Engineering

Colorifix

12:10

Peelsphere - Bio-innovation material born at the intersectionality of aesthetics, design, and material science

Borui Zhao, Business Strategist

Peelsphere

12:40

Discussion followed by Lunch

13:55

Chairman's Remarks

Karla Magruder, CEO & Founder

Accelerating Circularity

14:00

Environmental impacts of biobased textiles

Jana Deckers, R&D Professional Circular Economy

European Topic Centre on Circular Economy

14:30

Smart recycling of natural leather fibres from traceable pre consumer leather wastage

  • new developments on increased performance

Olivier Grammont, Co-Founder

Recyc Leather

15:00

Discussion followed by Tea

15:30

Extracting cellulose from agricultural feedstock such as hemp and flax residues, for transformation into versatile textile fibers

Anne Reboux, Managing Director

RBX Creations

16:00

DNA Traceability Solutions From Fibre to the Finished Garment

Filipa Pereira, Customer Success Manager

Haelixa Ltd

16:30

Final Discussion. End of Conference.


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Optional Separately Bookable Site Visit to 
Brightfiber Textiles & Sorting Facility 
22 March 2023, Wednesday
08:30 - 11:15 hrs.
 
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Brightfiber Textiles will open the first 100% circular raw materials factory for the fashion industry in Amsterdam. This factory will process old sweaters and clothing into high-quality fibers and yarns. This factory can produce 2.5 to 3 million kilos of textile raw materials per year. Ellen Mensink, who will be speaking at the conference founded Brightfiber and is also Founder of Brightloops. Loop.a life is the brand the factory ‘will’ produce.

08:30 Depart from Hotel Lobby - Amsterdam Marriott Hotel
09:00 Arrive Brightfiber Textiles & Textiles2Textiles facility
Short presentation by Hans Bon, Director
Tour and discussion for 1 and half hour
10:45 Leave facility
11:15 Arrive back to Hotel

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