Circular Textile Innovations Sweden – Sustainable System Change in the Textile Industry

You are invited to the CITEX closing conference at RISE in Stockholm. The CITEX sub-projects are being finalised and we want to share the results with you!

CITEX is a project funded by BioInnovation, with the goal to contribute to a more sustainable textile industry.

Programme

09.00 Registration 

09:30 Welcome and introduction to the day 

Cecilia Tall, moderator for the day, Sverker Danielsson, BioInnovation, Heidi Hautajärvi Stenmark, project leader for the co-ordination of CITEX, RISE 

 09:45 – 13:30 BLOCK 1 Research Results

Chemical recycling of man-made fibers (MMCF), project leader Tahani Kaldéus, The Loop Factory with project partners

Innovative fibre mixes and yarn spinning techniques, project leader Anna Hammarstedt, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute with project partners

Mechanical textile recycling in Sweden – environmental and economic condition, project leader, Johan Strandberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute with project partners

NETWORKING LUNCH opportunity to network and smaller exhibition

Dialogue and discussion – Which barriers & challenges, as well as prospects have been identified for both chemical and mechanical recycling in Sweden? And what are the prerequisites and possibilities for innovative fibres? What should be the research focus going forward? 

13:30 – 16:00 BLOCK 2 – Insights and perspectives on policy and actions for the future bioeconomic textile industry 

Ulrika Simonsson, TEKO, Lisa Schwarz Bour, RISE, Helena Claesson, Södra, Marcus Hartmann, H&M

Dialogue and discussion – New challenges arise from the European Union, what actions does the industry need to take and what developments are needed in Sweden to strengthen the textile industry when it comes to recycling and increasing the use of bio-based and recycled fibres?

When? 29th of May, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Where? RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Drottning Kristinas väg 61, 114 28 Stockholm Sverige

Link for registration