Textile experts from across the country and around the world will gather at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles from June 11-14, 2006, for the AUTEX (Association of Universities of Textiles) Conference.
Founded in 1994, AUTEX is an interdisciplinary organisation of universities with international reputations in textile education and research.

  The AUTEX Annual Conference has become one of the premier international conferences where the leading researchers in textiles meet and discuss their present activities,” said Dr. William Oxenham, chair of the conference and associate dean for academic programs for NC State’s College of Textiles. The College of Textiles is pleased to host the event this year and to show textile researchers all over the world the facilities and faculty we have here in the United States.”
AUTEX’s goal is to play a leading role in the future development of textile education and in basic, strategic and applied research targeted at the needs of textile companies for a highly skilled work force and product innovation.

Papers and abstracts are now being accepted; the deadline for submissions is November 18, 2005.