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Fashion-Textiles-Wearables (FTW) 2026
13 - 15 April 2026 | Manchester, UK 

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in collaboration with

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​​​Confirmed Keynote Speakers

of

FTW 2026​​​​

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Professor Carolyn Hardaker  

Head,

School of Design Innovation     
De Montfort University  

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Professor Walter Leal   

Chair,

Climate Change Management 

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences   

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Jason Kent   

Chief Executive Officer    
British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA)   

​​​Keynote Speakers of FTW 2025​​​​​​​​​​

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​          Professor Lynn Boorady   

          Head, Department of Design         and Merchandising     
        Oklahoma State University   

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            Professor Parikshit Goswami

                             Director

      Technical Textile Research Centre
              University of Huddersfield

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           Professor Calvin Wong 

Professor in Fashion 

CEO & Director, AiDLab

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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           Professor Bastian Quattelbaum        Qualitätsmanagement  

      Hochschule Niederrhein 

      University of Applied Sciences

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            Professor Iqbal Mujtaba

                             Chair

Computational Process  Engineering 

University of Bradford

Latest Articles

Original Article - RC (Research Complete)

Green approach to the creation of naturally dyed nylon and polyester with antimicrobial properties

Anjali Agrawal*, Deepali Rastogi

*National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata

Department of Fabric and Apparel Science, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi

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Original Article - RIP (Research in Progress)

RE3Tex – a project to enhance circular economies in the textile and clothing industry

Ida Marie Brieger, Natalie Fohrer and Markus Muschkiet

Center Textile Logistics, Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences​

Past Events

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​Keynote Speakers

​Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam, 

Professor in Sustainability Accounting & Transparency

University of Aberdeen Business School

Dr. Michael Klode

Programme for Sustainability in the Textile and Leather Sector (STILE)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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SWFC 2022

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Smart Wearables & Fashion 4.0 Congress (SWFC) 27-28 October 2022

Keynote speakers: 

Professor Deepti Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi; ​​

​Professor Ragib Hasan, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Dr. Kunal Mankodiya, University of Rhode Island, USA

TFIC 2022

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Textile and Fashion Innovation Congress (TFIC) 21-22 April 2022

Keynote speakers: 

Professor Parik Goswami, Head,  Department of Fashion and Textiles, Director, Technical Textiles Research Centre, University of Huddersfield  

Professor Lynn Boorady, Head,  Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising, Oklahoma State University

Anthony Bednall, Associate Professor & Head,  Department of Fashion,

Kingston University

TFIC 2021

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Textile and Fashion Innovation Congress (TFIC) 15-16 April 2021

Day 1: Keynote by Prof. Prasad Potluri, Professor of Robotics and Textile Composites, Director, Northwest Composites Centre, The University of Manchester

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