Symposium 2024

“IGNITING INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE”

As a part of the project “Chair for Sustainability and Textile Innovation-Phase 2” the Second International Symposium on “Igniting Innovation for Sustainable Textile” is going to be organized by Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). The event will be held on zoom platform. The first symposium was successfully organized by UNU-FLORES and scheduled on September 6-7, 2023 in Dresden, Germany.

The main focus of the symposium is to bring academicians, scholars, researchers, industry experts, and policymakers together to provide a platform for discussing the challenges, latest advancements, sustainable and innovative solutions covering several fields in textile engineering, sustainability, and innovation.

We invite all aspiring researchers worldwide to submit their research papers, case studies, and creative works in the form of posters or research papers. The full paper will be peer-reviewed before its final acceptance and will be published as conference proceedings.

Call for Paper:

The topic of the paper submitted to Symposium2024 includes but is not limited to:

Renewable energy in the textile industry
Textile Industry 4.0
Automation in Textile Industry
Wastewater Management
Sustainable Dyes and Chemical Management
Life Cycle Assessment
Resource nexus in Textiles
Sustainable Chemical Processing
Sustainable Water Management/ Water Consumption
Textile Supply Chain, Merchandising, Fashion Designing
Nanotechnology in Textiles
Sustainable Textile Waste Management
Sustainability and Circularity
Innovation for Sustainability

Date: November 19, 2024- November 21, 2024

Venue: Zoom Platform

Registration: Not Required (OPEN FOR ALL)

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Edeltraud Guenther

Director, UNU-FLORES, Germany

Prof. Dr. Michael Rauch

Research Group Leader, RG Textile Finishing and Coloration, Hof University, Germany

Dr. Mubarak Ahmad Khan

Scientific Advisor, Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, Bangladesh

Invited talks

Dr. Natascha van der Welden

Independent Researcher and Consultant in Sustainable Textiles and Fashion, UNU-FLORES, Germany

Dr. Enrico Fontana

PhD, Cranfield University, UK

Kamol Gomes

Doctoral Researcher, UNU- FLORES, Germany

Mohammad Shamsul Arafin

Advisor - Economic Cooperation and Private Sector Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Program

The whole program is split into three themes namely “Resources and Their Nexuses in Textile Industry”, “Special Sustainable Tools for Sustainability Assessment in Textile Industry”, and “Water and Waste Management in Textile Industry” aligned with the name of the courses offered by CSTI that explores the latest innovation, challenges, and solutions in these segments to create a sustainable textile industry. Moreover, there will be two panel discussions on the textile sustainability with the prominent experts. As creativity, technology, and know-how are necessary, these three sessions will play a role in achieving a sustainable future of the textile industry along with SDGs through the interdisciplinary engagement of world-class personnel.

Theme 1: Resource Nexus in Textile Industry

Related SDG Goal