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Techtextil is the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens showing the full range of potential uses of modern textile technologies.

Making new contacts, connecting technologies and opening up tomorrow’s markets – under the motto ‘Connecting the Future’, Techtextil represents the ideal starting point for innovations, from 9 to 12 May, 2017.

annett.doerfel@tu-dresden.deThe Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference will be organized by the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) of TU Dresden along with its Circle of Friends and Supporters. It will take place on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 November 2016 in Dresden, Germany. Since 2007 the textile research institutes of the regions of Aachen and Dresden have jointly organized the Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference. Boasting over 700 participants most recently, this conference counts as one of the most important textile conference in Europe. Starting in 2016, the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research, Denkendorf (DITF) will also be a co-organizer. The third co-organizer is the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials from Aachen. The Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference will take place on a yearly alternating basis at one of the three sites.

Various plenary sessions and special symposia are planned in the 2016 conference in Dresden. Those include: fiber-reinforced composite materials, protective and functional textiles, membranes, polymer materials, and functionalization of textile structures. Topics that will be covered are, among others: new materials, textile 2D and 3D constructions, textile machine modifications, textile production technologies, modeling and simulation, sensors and actuators, personal and property protection, testing, standardization, certification, recycling, modeling and simulation. Global megatrends, such as electromobility, industry 4.0, health, architecture, and environment will be covered in lectures and discussed by the audience. In addition, ADD-ITC and Forschungskuratorium Textil e. V. organize an industry transfer session where achievements within recent R&D-projects funded by the German goverment will be summarized.

In 2016 Switzerland and Austria are the official partner countries for the outline of the program, which comprises plenary lectures, invited keynote lectures and contributed talks. Furthermore, we expect more than 100 poster contributions. Three prizes for the best posters will be awarded.

On behalf of the textile research institutions of the Aachen, Dresden, and Denkendorf areas, we would like to invite all interested companies, research institutes, associations and students from around the world for a lively scientific exchange of experiences and information. Submitting of papers for oral and poster presentations is very welcome.

FLYER http://www.tensinet.com/files/Techtextil_Competitions/TT2017_FLYER_StudentCompetition.pdf INVITATION AND CONTITIONS http://www.tensinet.com/files/Techtextil_Competitions/TT2017_StudentCompetition_Invitation_20160701.pdf    

The TENSINET PARTNER MEETING will be held during the symposium 2016 at The KEY, Newcastle University

The TENSINET ANNUAL GENERAL  will be held during the symposium 2016 at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle University.

The TENSINET ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held during the symposium 2016 at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle University

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Open Event on Built projects

Prominent experts in the architectural and engineering world will present inspiring projects to illustrate the multitude of possibilities that lightweight structures offer. The following Keynote speakers have confirmed:

·         Shajay Bhooshan (Zaha Hadid Office, London). The keynote lecture will focus on Formfinding and Tectonic Articulation: Making Performative Logics Speak.

·         Julian Lienhard (str.ucture GmbH, Stuttgart). The keynote lecture will focus on Pushing the Boundaries of Textiles in Architecture.

·         Carl Maywald (Vector Foiltec GmbH, Bremen). The keynote lecture will focus on “Sustainability – the art of modern architecture”.

·         Al Fisher (BuroHappold Engineering). The keynote lecture will focus on recent projects, in particular his team’s applied research and design of wide span cable net roofs, including the London Olympic Stadium and its recent transformation.

The keynote lectures will be followed by more presentations on projects showing advances in design and applications.

The one day event (Fee £25) will be of particular interest to architects, engineers and professionals  who may not be able to attending the full conference but still want to be in touch with recent developments. Further information can be found at http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/tensinet2016/programme/ 

The proceedings will be published in an online issue of Procedia Engineering on www.ScienceDirect.com and be made freely accessible (open access) in perpetuity to a worldwide audience.