Events organized by partners

CONTEXT Newsletter 7.2022 (European Network to connect research and innovation efforts on advanced Smart Textiles) Download

#Hacktex project consortium - Second Transnational Project Meeting in Athens, Greece on 26/7/2022 On July 26th 2022, #Hacktex project (Innovative smart textiles and entrepreneurship) consortium met for its second Transnational Project Meeting in Athens, Greece. Last The meeting was hosted by Cre.Thi.Dev. and started with a welcome from Mr. Dimos Papakpnstantinou. Right after that, Ms. Luminita Ciobanu, from TUASI, the partner coordinator also dedicated some words to the partnership, as it was the first physical meeting the consortium was able to hold because of the pandèmics. Afterwards, TUIASI continued with the introduction of general aspects of the project. Then, [...]

Participation of UNIWA representatives to the Kick-off meeting of Circutex project at UPV The kick-off meeting of CircuTEX project “Circular Economy in Fibrous Composites and Technical Textiles Through the Use of Virtual Laboratories” took place in Alcoy on 31.05.2022. The project involves 5 partners from different countries, coordinated by the UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA (UPV)-SPAIN. The other partners are: AINTEK SYMVOULOI EPICHEIRISEON EFARMOGES YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS EKPAIDEFSI ANONYMI ETAIREIA (IDEC)– GREECE PANEPISTIMIO DYTIKIS ATTIKIS (UNIWA) – GREECE KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS (KTU) – LITHUANIA UNIVERSITATEA DIN ORADEA – ROMANIA During this meeting, the working tasks for the following working months were [...]

International Conference on Textile and Apparel Innovation (ICTAI-2021) The Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering participated in the International Conference on Textile and Apparel Innovation (ICTAI-2021) on 8-10 June with the presentations “Regenerated Cellulosic Fibers from Agricultural Waste” by S.Plakantonaki and Mechanical And Physical Properties of Biobased Alkyd Emulsion Modified with Colloidal nano-SiO2 by  L.-O. Angelis. During the 1st presentation, the scope of the projects “Innovative Bridal Dresses and Baptismal Clothes From Peach Textile With eco-Consciousness” (RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE project T1EDK-00084), Erasmus+ “Climate change in Agriculture” and Erasmus+ Fostering innovation in the Jordan and Moroccan textile industry [...]

Webinar: Climate change and livestock production The 5th session of the webinar series on the subjects of “Climate Change in Agriculture” organised by the CLICHA consortium will explore the topics of Livestock production towards climate change. Please click below to download the invitation to the webinar: Download PDF

Webinar: “Vegetation evolution, Agroforestry and Climate change” - 28/04/21 Please click the button below to read more details: Download PDF

EU industry and research exchange on Technical Textiles The Laboratory of Design and Development of Innovative Knitted Textiles and Garments in the Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering is participating in the 4th European Industry and Research Exchange entitled: “Biobased fibres and recycling materials, processes and applications for Technical Textiles” by presenting the RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE project “Innovative Bridal Dresses and Baptismal Clothes From Peach Textile With eco-Consciousness” (project code T1EDK-00084). The 4th European Industry and Research Exchange is a digital Conference that will take place on 11 and 12 March 2021. More information and the [...]

Call for short term Scientific missions We are pleased to announce the opening of the 7th Call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) of the COST Action CONTEXT (CA17107): “European Network to connect research and innovation efforts on Advanced Smart Textiles” PERIOD MARCH 2021 – MAY 2021 Deadline for applications (February 26th 2021) PROPOSED TOPICS: Smart textiles for health and medical applications Smart textiles for automotive and aeronautic applications Smart textiles for personal protection applications Smart textiles for building and living applications Smart textiles for sports and wearables’ applications For more information regarding the applications, please click on the [...]

Webinar 25/2: State of the art of advanced smart textiles State of the art of advanced smart textiles in healthcare and medicine, automotive and aeronautics, personal protective equipment, building and living, sports and wearables. Click the button below to find out more information and register in the webinar: Download PDF

Bio-based fibres and recycling materials for Technical Textile processes and applications Dear Madam or Sir, it is our pleasure to invite you to the 4. European meeting of experts for technical textiles, processes, ideas and research. Due to ongoing COVID-19 travel and meeting restrictions we will meet as in 2020 only online. In the last years more than 150 participants and speakers from 17 countries attended the digital meeting. We hope that this year’s event will attract even more European and international participants. The event language is English. Participation is free of charge. Click the button below for more [...]