Keynote speakers

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Jenny Sabin

Assistant Professor Cornell University
Principal
Sabin Design Lab

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Professor Joan Farrer

Associate Dean Enterprise and Innovation, Professor of Design and Innovation
University of Portsmouth

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Ben Hanson

Senior Contributor & Analyst
WhichPLM


Session 1 - New Material Forms

Jane Scott

Senior Teaching Fellow
University of Leeds

Rasa Weber and Luisa Rubisch

Founders and Creative Directors
Rasa Weber

Dr Veronica Kapsali

Technical Director
MMT

Sally Angharad Booth

Freelance Trend Consultant,
Design Writer

Dr Annie Shaw and Matt Ault

Director of Studies for the Department of Design and Senior Lecturer
Manchester Metropolitan University


Session 2 - Digital Futures

Mark Lyness

Retail and Consumer UK Manager
PTC

Dr Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem & Jenipriya Sebastian

Research Associate and Master's Student
Manchester Metropolitan University

Jamie Symon

Senior Sales & Channel Development Manager
EFI Optitex

Tansy Fall

Editor - Industry Digitalisation
WTiN


Session 3 - Towards Sustainable Futures

Valérie Boiten

Junior Consultant and Researcher
Prospex Institute

Esther Inwood Young

Designer: Specialist in Materials & Colour Trend Development
Páramo

Jaime Rocha Gomes

CEO
Ecofoot

Catherine Weetman

Director
Re-think Solutions

Faye Power

Lecturer
Bolton University


Session 4 - Advanced Manufacturing

Catherine Counsell

Design and Development Manager
Camira Fabrics

Jamie Potter

CEO
Flexciton

Pravin Mistry

President and CEO
MTiX

Yariv Bustan

VP Product and Marketing
Twine Solutions Ltd

Brian J McCarthy

Knowledge Transfer Manager - Advanced Materials for Functional Systems
Knowledge Transfer Network


Session 5B - Academic Research Papers

Dorota Watson and Iain Bromley

Senior Academic Curriculum Consultant and Senior Lecturer
The University of Chichester and Northampton University

Linda Ohrn-McDaniel

Associate Professor
Kent state University

Mercy Wanduara

Lecturer and Chairperson Fashion Design and Marketing
Kenyatta University

Casey Stannard and Kathy Mullet

Assistant Professor and Associate Professor
Louisiana State University and Oregon State University


Session 6 - Biological Circular Economy

Aniela Hoitink

Research, Textile and Concept Design
NEFFA

Dr Katie Beverley

Research Officer
PDR

Richard James MacCowan

Founder
Biomimicry UK

Jane Wood

Senior Lecturer (Textile Technology)
Manchester Metropolitan University