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 by Nicole Rycroft, Founder and Executive Director of Canopy Planet
Cyrill Gutsch, Parley for the Oceans
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
Luke Haverhals, NFW® Natural Fiber Welding
Osman Yousefzada, Osman Studio
Andy Bass, Ecovative and Forager
Moderated by Sian Sutherland, A Plastic Planet
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
Cyrill Gutsch, Parley for the Oceans
Natalia Culebras Cruz, Dior Men | Dior Homme
Moderated by Sameerah Balogun, Central Saint Martins MA Fashion Communications
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
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
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 by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome | European and International Environmental Policy Expert
Alice Roche-Naude, Futerra
Maeve Galvin, Fashion Revolution
Moderated by Georgina Johnson, The Slow Grind
Matthias Foessel, Beyond Surface Technologies AG, Switzerland
Jessica Giannotti, Crùbag | Marine Scientist
Aurélie Fontan, Osmose Studio
Moderated by Clare Press, Wardrobe Crisis
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
Cyndi Rhoades, Worn Again Technologies
Ross Barry, LBM Textiles
Helene Smits, Recover®
Harald Cavalli-Björkman, Renewcell
Moderated by Rachel Cernansky, Vogue Business
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
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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