Delhi to host conference on 'Textiles - A Decade Ahead'

An international conference on "Textiles - A Decade Ahead” is going to be held on 9-10 September 2011 at PHD House, Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi. The North India Section of the Textile Institute and Department Of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi will jointly organize the conference.

The conference will be of interest to machinery manufacturers, technology suppliers, textile and clothing producers, researchers, technologists and academicians across the textiles industry.

The conference will deliberate on:

• Developments in machines, processes and products
• Fibres, yarns, fabric, processing, clothing and marketing innovations
• Use of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, plasma processing in the area of textiles and clothing
• Innovative & newer applications of textiles and method of production
• Futuristic textiles & likely developments
• Sustainable processes and products
• Manufacturing set-ups, marketing and organizational changes

The speakers expected to deliberate are –
Prof. Satish Kumar - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
Dr PR Roy - Director Fibre2fashion.com.
Mr. Debashish Banerjee Consultant, Kolkata.
Mr. Alam B. Kamil - Reliance Corporate Park Navi Mumbai.
Mr. Manohar Samuel - Birla Cellulose, Mumbai
Mr. A. Mediratta - Walmart and many more.

Technical session will talk about

• Raw Materials – Fibres
• Yarns and Fabrics
• Business and Management
• Textile Chemical Processing
• Technical Textiles
• Branding and Retail