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Future TexStyle Congress – check out the event agenda
The first Future TexStyle Congress focuses on the changes in global and local markets in connection with the ecological transformation in Europe. The Congress, composed of three sections, Green, Innovation and Business, means three days of substantive knowledge meetings with textile industry leaders from Poland and abroad. The event will include individual presentations and panel discussions with the participation of well-known textile artists, producers and experts in sustainable development.
Future TexStyle Congress – check out the event agenda
Day I | 7 May 2025
FUTURE TEXSTYLE CONGRESS: GREEN TexStyle
10:30 | Opening of the Conference
- Welcome addresses
- Congress Introductory Panel
- Katarzyna Błachowicz, vice president of the management board at the coordinator of the Waste Management and Recycling Cluster
- Ireneusz Chabrowski, president of the Polish Textile Association
- Andrzej Mochoń, President of the Management Board of Targi Kielce SA
- MyTeXStyle – film
10:50 | Opening lecture: Textiles and climate challenges
- Maria Andrzejewska
Director General of UNEP/GRID-Warsaw, Vice President of the National Foundation for Environmental Protection
11:10 | Panel: The green transformation of the textile industry - circular economy trends
- Wioletta Czarnecka, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture, Climate and Environment, Marshal's Office of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
- Tomasz Laudy, CEO, VIVE Textile Recycling (tbc)
- Katarzyna Błachowicz, vice president of the management board at the coordinator of the Waste Management and Recycling Cluster
- LPP Representative (tbc)
11:40 | Networking over coffee (break)
12:00 | One-to-one interview: Ecodesign and manufacturers' obligations under EU directives (online)
- Anna Szajkowska
DG Envy, European Commission (tbc)
12:20 | Circular fashion
- Monika Surowiec
Circular Fashion Research
12:30 | Panel: Challenges for the Industry – Consumer and Business
- Monika Surowiec, Circular Fashion Research
- Joanna Leoniewska-Gogola, Deputy Director, Deloitte, (tbc)
- Wtórpol representative (tbc)
13:00 | Networking over coffee (break)
13.15 | The importance of certificates in building a competitive advantage
- Representative of Control Union Poland (tbc)
13:30 | Textile recycling in practice
- VIVE Textile Recycling Representative (tbc)
13:35 | Panel: Development of an Ecosystem for Collection and Recycling of Textiles – Opportunities for the Polish Economy
- Adam Rogaliński, Head of Municipal Waste Management Department, Kielce City Hall (tbc)
- Representative of the Ministry of Climate and Environment (tbc)
- Leszek Wołowiec, President of the Management Board, Inter-Municipal Municipal Waste Management Plant
- VIVE Textile Recycling Representative (tbc)
14:10 | Global market for recycled textiles - opportunities for Polish producers
- Fiber 2Fashion Representative (online)
14.30 | Q&And with the experts
15.00 | Tour over the My TexStyle exhibition
The organizers reserve the right to introduce changes to the programme.
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