ISPO Textrends Conferences

ISPO Textrends Conferences 2019

At ISPO Textrends Conferences in hall C4 we offer exciting insights and interesting presentations on upcoming trends and topics. Highly respected international speakers will share latest information, new developments and their view of the future on the stage in C4 (C4.20).

ISPO Textrends Conferences is divided into 2 major topics:

Road Map to the Future on 3rd/4th February, talking about Utopia, Textile Trends, User Centered Design, Social and Economical Developments and a solution for the global Textile Waste Problem.

The second major topic takes place on 5th/6th February and is about AI (Artficial Intelligence) in Textile looking at Algorithm-Based 3D knitting, Sustainability and X-industry inspirations.

Have a look at the schedule, select what’s most interesting for you, pass by at ISPO Textrends Conferences in hall C4 at booth 20 and enjoy the presentations. Listen and get inspired.

3 - 4 FEBRUARY 2019 | ROAD MAP TO THE FUTURE

Hall C4 - 20

Speakers

David Shah - ISPO Textrends Jury
Editor in Chief
David Shah
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Joanne Thomas
Head of Content
Joanne Thomas
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Clare Varga
Director of Activewear (Sport)
Clare Varga
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Louisa Smith
International Textile Trend Consultant
Louisa Smith

Monitoring trends and transformations in the sports and outdoors industry as well as perceiving consumer attitudes, Louisa's global research unearths new inspirations and ideas. Her graphic visions focus toward a balanced future, where sustainability, creativity and performance all merge as one.

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Mirella Becucci
Mirella Becucci
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Dorota Kabala
Dorota Kabala
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Sara Canali
Sara Canali
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Jeffrey Hsu
Manager
Jeffrey Hsu
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10.00 - 11.30

Reaching for Utopia

The textile industry is sitting in the midst of the perfect storm: global trade wars and tariff threats; the growth of the experiential economy at the cost of fashion; rising consumer concerns over sustainability, wastage and pollution in the clothing industry; changing priorities and new perceptions of luxury amongst younger consumers; everything  anti-trade is gaining traction – streetwear, counterfeiting, irony, casualization, protest; renewed fears of recession.

David Shah  - Editor in Chief - View

12.00 - 12.30

Global preview of the SS21 colours that will be key for the sportswear and activewear industry

Coloro, in collaboration with WGSN, will give a global preview of the SS21 key colours that will be key for the sportswear and activewear industry.

Joanne Thomas - Global Creative Content Editor - Coloro
Clare Varga - Director of Activewear (Sport) - WGSN

13.00 - 13.30

ISPO Textrends Trends Fall/Winter 2020/21

Key colors and mega trends that will inspire the activewear market through the entire textile chain to anticipating the future needs of the consumer. Louisa will also present the additional five key textile trends unique to ISPO Textrends. 

Louisa Smith - Textile Trend Consultant

14.00 - 14.30

User Centered Design and Sport-Gener-Actions   

Sports industry is strongly focused on user needs. User Centered Design let companies and product developers work more efficient, with better - more creative and accurate results. Contemporary society is constituted by complexes individuals that by acting and interacting, activate a cross-fertilization process that makes the borders of the generational groups always less rigid, as well the boundaries of the various sports disciplines. The lecture will present examples, as well as methods and tools to work on innovative products. The myriad developments of technology, drive the pace of progress constantly, rhythmically, creating an advanced  movement exploring a sporting and cultural new dynamism.

Mirella Becucci - C.I.A. Srl
DOROTA KABALA - we-design.studio

15.00 - 15.30

A view on social and economical developments of the next decade and its impact on the industry

We are going through the fastest commerce revolution ever. It is consumer driven and technology enabled. Innovation is reaching us at an even higher pace in the next decade and it is important to be aware how those developments will impact our life and business. The first base for all future technologic developments has been set over the last decades and now Generation Z will exploit it in a new and partially unexpected way. Also the sporting goods industry will need to think more intensively about which business models will drive the future.

Sara Canali - Sara Canali Creative Consulting

16.00 - 16.30 | Only on the 3rd

An Eco-Friendly Solution For Global Textile Waste Problem

Consumers are buying more and throwing away more. Today textile waste is destined for landfill. There isn’t an existing efficient technology nor system that can deal with the textile waste at economical scale today – with increased import regulations, shipping away is no longer an option, and we are soon faced with the problem of “what do we do with it?”

FENC® will present a case study of how FENC® TopGreen® Recycling Solutions has facilitated to remove plastic waste from destroying our oceans, and how the world’s first FENC® TopGreen® rTEX textile to textile recycling is a path towards a more sustainable eco-friendly future.

Jeffrey Hsu - Manager - FENC R&D Center

5 - 6 FEBRUARY 2019 | AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

Hall C4 - 20

Speakers

Dominik Šurc
Dominik Surc
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Project Management & Senior Researcher
Alexander Artschwager

<p>Technical Business Administration at the University Stuttgart.<br />
Coordination and substantive processing of national and international research projects with strong industry participation. Fields of research: Virtual companies with focus on product development and cooperation in the textile chain. Consulting emphasis: Selection and implementation of ERP systems.<br />
Conception configuration of the SAP ERP system for the textile industry (Best Practice) as well as shaping worldwide the Business Development for this sector. Jointly responsible for the technology transfer initiative of the 12 close to economy research institutes of the State Baden-Württemberg to industry since the beginning of August 2015. Jointly responsible for the conception of the Microfactory and Industry 4.0 activities at the DITF.</p>

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Alexander Behm
Alexander Behm
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Dr. Christian Kaiser
Dr. Christian Kaiser
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Giusy Bettoni
CEO & Founder / C.L.A.S.S.
Giusy Bettoni
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Louisa Smith
International Textile Trend Consultant
Louisa Smith

Monitoring trends and transformations in the sports and outdoors industry as well as perceiving consumer attitudes, Louisa's global research unearths new inspirations and ideas. Her graphic visions focus toward a balanced future, where sustainability, creativity and performance all merge as one.

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Dr. Vanessa Daelmen
Dr. Vanessa Daelman
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Elena Conti
Multisectoral Reserach and Innovation
Elena Conti
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Anouk Groen
CMF Design Forecaste
Anouk Groen
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10.00 -10.30 | On the 5th

Algorithm-Based 3D Shape Knitting of Shoes

Integrated digital engineering as the basis for the individualized and automated production is one of the main research areas at the DITF Denkendorf. In this context, a microfactory concept for textile production with print, cut & sew method has been developed and demonstrated. 

In cooperation with the flat knitting machine manufacturer Stoll, the DITF now present a microfactory workflow for automated knitting of shoe uppers. Based on a 3D mesh representing the shoe last geometry and predefined stitch parameters, a flattening algorithm produces a one-to-one 2D equivalent geometry. In a subsequent step, requirements regarding color arrangement, machine configuration and knitting technique are taken into account, resulting in a bitmap image which can be immediately processed in a design step with Stoll software tools. Finally, the software generates a knitting program and activates the machine.

Dominik Šurc – DITF
Alexander Artschwager – Project Management & Senior Researcher - DITF
Alexander Behm – Product Manager Technical Textiles - H. Stoll AG & Co. KG

10.00-10.30 | On the 6th

Skiing Pants Made in a Microfactory - a Complex Product Produced in a Simplified Process Chain

The Digital Textile Microfactory shows that a fully integrated, fully automated and adaptable workflow process from design concept to finished garment is possible with digital technology.

Consumers and their buying decisions are highly dynamic and trend driven, yet the supply chains of the fashion industry are rigid, slow and inflexible. In this context, digital technologies offer a great opportunity to overcome these limitations and to realize the flexibility, agility and adaptability required in today's supply chains. Companies are therefore using more and more digital tools, technologies and production methods, but often only aiming at quick wins, such as virtual sampling or fast market introduction only. A continuous use of the digital database from virtual product assessment to production would significantly increase the flexibility of process chains as well as the economic benefit for the companies. With the Digital Textile Microfactory concept, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences and the DITF are jointly pursuing the goal of harnessing this potential for industry and bringing it closer to companies and students in research and teaching.

Christian Kaiser - Professor - Hochschule Albstadt-Sigmaringen

11.00 - 11.30

Everything AI, everything o.k.?

Digitization offers new opportunities and shapes new visions of the textile industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) is regarded as one of the key technologies and is steadily gaining in importance. Virtual prototyping, individualized mass production and smart textiles are just some of the buzzwords which are used to point out the potential of a fundamental transformation in the whole process chain. But besides the integration of AI technologies in the work flow there is the need to take a closer look on the gap between digital options and analogue reality. What about the human scale? How will AI change society and consumers´ needs?
Nora Kühner presents an insightful round-up of current developments, mapping new approaches to the future of textile and sports business.

Nora Kühner - Fashion design consulting

12.00 - 12.30

From Sustainability to Circular Economy. Activating new dimension of values for contemporary consumer

Responsible Innovation and Circular Economy analyzing the key pillars and values of the two. Key smart innovative materials, and related brand adoptions, that inspire creativity and infuse technology, performance and sustainable credentials that take steps toward a circular economy. An excursus of the contemporary role of communication will set a new way of design thinking that represents a shift in culture to empower businesses to be competitive and socially responsible.

Giusy Bettoni - CEO Founder - C.L.A.S.S.

13.00 - 13.30

ISPO Textrends Trends Fall/Winter 2020/21

Key colors and mega trends that will inspire the activewear market through the entire textile chain to anticipating the future needs of the consumer. Louisa will also present the additional five key textile trends unique to ISPO Textrends. 

Louisa Smith - Textile Trend Consultant

14.00 - 14.30

MOOV&COOL® 

Devan has teamed up with the Bakala Academy (University of Leuven) to evaluate the impact of sportswear clothing and our Moov&Cool technology on body core temperature during sports performance. Next to testing in different climates (hot and cold), some tests also focused on indoor sport activities. Not only professional athletes participated, but also recreational athletes did some tests according to a fixed protocol in a high-tech climate chamber. The obtained trends were very promising and will be presented in the presentation.

Dr. Vanessa Daelman - Devan Chemicals

15.00 - 15.30 | Only on the 5th

Do your clothes contribute to microplastic pollution?

Microplastic release in domestic and industrial washing cycles - Laboratory methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Elena Conti - Multisectoral Research and Innovation - Centrocot

16.00 - 16.30 | Only on the 5th

X-Industry Design Inspiration for Active Products - CMF 3D Design Stories for the Active Market

Inspirations for this forecast come from charismatic characters, world events and innovations that inspire us to go on adventures to find out who we are, what we want and where we want to go.

Come take a visual journey through the moodboards and films from the latest CMFD forecast (color material finish & design), and the social trends which drive them. We see sports design going in 3 directions: Earth Inspired, rugged adventurous design -  Personality inspired, personal styles which break away from the mold - Space inspired, technology driven design styles.

Anouk Groen - CMF Trend Forecaster - Director/Owner of RNA Design NV