Endorsement for Dornbirn
The sixty-third edition of the Dornbirn Global Fibre Conference concluded in the Austrian town on September 13. More than 500 delegates attended.
There were 125 presentations on the programme for the three-day event in four parallel sessions.
Secretary general of the European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing, Lutz Walter, said he was certain the figure of 500 delegates would represent a low watermark for the event in the years ahead.
He suggested that the main reason for the attendance figure was that the industry is going through a difficult period, with many companies in what he called cost-containment mode. But he said: “I am in no doubt that in the coming years participant numbers will come roaring back as there is simply no competing event in terms of quality and relevance of content.”
Mr Walter went on to explain that, while there is no shortage of conferences seeking to address textile innovation, the Dornbirn Global Fibre Conference stood out for its “technical depth and industrial relevance”. He said that, in his opinion, the Dornbirn event is “the engine room of textile innovation”.
