10th Future Fabrics Expo | SEMINAR SERIES

Our popular Seminar Series hosted an inspirational line-up of speakers, discussing key themes which were seen throughout our materials sourcing showcase - the largest, dedicated and globally sourced display of over 10,000 sustainably sourced and responsibly produced textiles from over 220 suppliers in a magnitude of fibre categories. 



This year, thought leaders, industry vanguards and change-makers tackled topics such as agricultural waste, biodiversity, plastic-free fashion, regenerative agriculture, forgotten fibres, cutting-edge innovations and so much more.

 

Click a seminar discussion below to re-watch and relive the experience!

KEYNOTE SPEECH - DAY 1

Keynote by Nicole Rycroft, Founder and Executive Director of Canopy Planet

OPENING SPEECH

Cyrill Gutsch, Parley for the Oceans

HARVESTING AGRICULTURAL WASTE: 

Identifying and capturing the material opportunities locked into farmed waste streams

Valerie Langer, Canopy Planet

Jothi Kanayalal, Fashion for Good

Alexandra Lanot, University of York and Textile Circularity Centre

Moderated by Yasmin Jones-Henry, Financial Times | Raeburn | ING Media

CAN THE FIBRE BASKET EVER BE PLASTIC FREE?

The implications and opportunities in replacing fashion's dependency on plastic fibres

Luke Haverhals, NFW® Natural Fiber Welding

Osman Yousefzada, Osman Studio

Andy Bass, Ecovative and Forager

Moderated by Sian Sutherland, A Plastic Planet

CLIMATE: ACTION & IMPLEMENTATION

The roadmap to COP27 and delivering positive impact

Megan Stoneburner, Textile Exchange

Alexandria Lee, UNFCCC Climate Champions, Fashion Sector

Laila Petrie, 2050 | UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action Working Group

Catherine Salvidge, WRAP

Moderated by Yasmin Jones-Henry, Financial Times | Raeburn | ING Media

PURPOSE IS THE NEW LUXURY

Cyrill Gutsch, Parley for the Oceans

Natalia Culebras Cruz, Dior Men | Dior Homme

Moderated by Sameerah Balogun, Central Saint Martins MA Fashion Communications

IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS:

The journey from concept to catalysing impact

Nikita Jayasuriya, The Mills Fabrica

Scarlett Yang, Designer / Creative Technologist

Dian-Jen Lin, Post Carbon Lab

Moderated by Amanda Johnston, Curator of the Future Fabrics Expo

FOSTERING RECIPROCAL HUMAN AND BIODIVERSITY RELATIONSHIPS:

Restoration and preservation of the Amazonian biosphere and community co-operation in action

Alexandre Capelli, LVMH Group

Flavia Amadeu, AMADEU - Amazonian Materials and Design United

Meriem Bouamrane, MAB Research and Policy: Ecology and Biodiversity at UNESCO

Virgilio Viana, Foundation for Amazon Sustainability – FAS

Moderated by Clare Press, Wardrobe Crisis

UNDERSTANDING THE POWER OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Megan Meiklejohn, Land to Market

Sheila Cooke, 3LM - Land and Livestock Management for Life

Cate Havstad-Casad, Range Revolution | Casad Family Farms

Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, HD Wool® Active Insulation

Moderated by Dr. Helen Crowley, Pollination Group

KEYNOTE SPEECH - DAY 2

Keynote by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome | European and International Environmental Policy Expert

TRACEABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY:

Exploring the tools and reporting to enable the radical honesty that shifts the needle and changes practice

Alice Roche-Naude, Futerra

Maeve Galvin, Fashion Revolution

Moderated by Georgina Johnson, The Slow Grind

HARNESSING BIO FEEDSTOCKS OF THE FUTURE

The material innovations poised to positively change our relationship with natural systems

Matthias Foessel, Beyond Surface Technologies AG, Switzerland

Jessica Giannotti, Crùbag | Marine Scientist

Aurélie Fontan, Osmose Studio

Moderated by Clare Press, Wardrobe Crisis

ORGANIC COTTON IN TRANSITION

The power of partnerships to leverage change for people and planet

Chandra Prakash Jha, FFBS - Fashion For Biodiversity Solutions GmbH

Murat Arioz, Kipas Textiles

Sophie Robinson, Beauty, Wellbeing and Textiles at Soil Association Certification

Moderated by Annabelle Hutter, Säntis Textiles

BUILDING A PATHWAY TO CIRCULAR TEXTILES SYSTEMS

Cyndi Rhoades, Worn Again Technologies

Ross Barry, LBM Textiles

Helene Smits, Recover®

Harald Cavalli-Björkman, Renewcell

Moderated by Rachel Cernansky, Vogue Business

THE POWER OF POLICY TO PROMPT CHANGE

John McNally MP, The Scottish National Party

Mike Buckley, Campaign Central | Independent Commission on UK/EU Relations

Shazia Saleem, Pop London

Moderated by Tamara Cincik, Fashion Roundtable FRSA

THE FUTURE OF FORGOTTEN FIBRES

Diversifying the fibre basket by revisiting historical fibres with nature-positive potential

Besim Ozek, Bossa

Denis Druon, Marmara Hemp

Hannes Schoenegger, Bananatex® | QWSTION

Moderated by Mohsin Sajid, Denim History | Endrime® Ltd.

10th Future Fabrics Expo

June 28-29th 2022

Hosted by The Sustainable Angle

Magazine London, London, UK

Video Production: The Kushner Productionz

Photography Credits: Paul Cochrane, Alex Tecson, and Justyna Szymanska

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