This year's annual conference, held in The Age Theatre of the Melbourne Museum, will host the following speakers. Where available, please click on the links for their abstracts and biographical details.
Ms K. Joy Nunn - Chief Executive Officer, Circle, LLC and Strateline Industries -
Presentation: No such thing as Waste
Mr Edward Warcaba - Sustainability Manager, InterfaceFLOR
Presentation: Sustainable & Innovative Product Design and Manufacturing
Dr Randy Meirowitz- President, RnD Technical Solutions Inc
Presentation: Microencapsulation Technology and Applications in Textiles
Dr Gerhard Blaum - Manager, Coating Division, CHT R. BEITLICH GmBh
Presentation: Reducation of Energy, Waste Water and Production Time by Using Intelligent Finishing Methods based on Foam Technology
Mr Guido Juchli - Director Marketing & Sales, Schaetti Ag
Presentation: Latest Innovation on Textile Coating & Laminating
Mr Keith Cowlishaw - Head of School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
Presentation: Sustainability Challenges for the Textile Industry - Ecological Necessity, Social Responsibility and Profitability
Dr Ross Hearne - General Managaer, Corporate Services - South Asia, Kimberly Clark Corporation
Presentation: KC Sustainability - W Winning Approach
Dr Roger Holmes-Browne - Group Project Manager, Geofabrics Australasia
Presentation: Manufacture of Spunbond Geotextiles with Recycled Polymer and Lower Energy Usage
Dr Martin Schlegel - Managing Director, Advanced Polymer Technology
Presentation: Does the Game Change? An Overview of Synthetic Turf Surfaces for Various Sporting Applications
Dr Ioan I. Negulescu - Professor, Textile Science, Apparel Design and Merchandising, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University
Presentation:
Mr Trevor Barrows - Principal Consultant, CarbonView
Presentation: Understanding and Managing the Carbon Economy
Key Dates
Abstracts to be submitted by…………………………….31st July 2008
Notification of acceptance of abstract ………………….4th September 2008
Final Presentation & Paper to be submitted by ………2nd October 2008
Annual Conference ...........................................................13th November 2008
Timing
Speaker presentations will be scheduled to suit the final program in time slots of 30 minutes inclusive of introductions and question time. Therefore, your presentation should be for between 20 and 25 minutes only. Please limit your slides to 20.
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