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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