Keynotes
Lidewij Edelkoort, Dean of Hybrid Design Studies and Associate Provost, Parsons School of Design / Keynote: Going Wild
Kirsi Niinimäki, Associate Professor in Design, Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Speakers and Panelists
Maarit Salolainen, Adjunct Professor in Textile Design
Pirjo Kääriäinen, PoP Design Driven Fibre Innovation
Michael Hummel, Associate Professor in Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering
Harri Puputti, Vice President, Quality, Lindström Group
Helena Hyvönen, Professor Emerita
Zane Berzina, Professor for Conceptual Design of Materials and Surfaces, Weissensee Art Academy Berlin
Mark van Vorstenbos, Head of Textile and Fashion, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Educational Talks
HIL DRIESSEN, Design teacher, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands)
TONJE KRISTENSEN JOHNSTONE, Senior lecturer and PhD student in textile design, The Swedish School of Textiles (Sweden)
ESSI JOHANNA GLOMB, Researcher and Lecturer, Textile Prototyping Lab, DXM – Design and Experimental Material Research, Weissensee Art Academy Berlin (Germany)
MARIJA JENKO, Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
PREETHI GOPINATH, Associate Professor of Textiles and Director of the MFA Textile Program, The New School / Parsons, School of Fashion (US)
GABRIEL ASFOUR, The New School / Parsons (US)
MARK VAN VORSTENBOS, Head of Textile and Fashion, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (Netherlands)
MAARTJE BOER, lecturer in (textile) design, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Netherlands)
TINA DOWNES, Principal Lecturer in Textile Design in research and education, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, (UK)
ZANE BERZINA, PhD, Professor for Conceptual Design of Materials and Surfaces, Textile and Surface Design Department, DXM – Design and Experimental Material Research, Weissensee Art Academy Berlin (Germany)
BEATA HAMALWA, M Tech Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town (South Africa) Founder, Fashion Design, College of the Arts, Windhoek (Namibia)
LOUISE RAVNLØKKE, Assistant Professor, PhD and Textile Designer / KAREN MARIE HASLING, Assistant Professor, PhD, teaches Design for Planet and fashion and textile design, Design School Kolding (Denmark)
RIIKKA RÄISÄNEN, Leader of the BioColour project, Researcher, Principle Investigator, HELSUS Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki (Finland)
ALEXIA VENOT, Textile Designer & Material Researcher, Sustainability for Textile & Social context, the research lab of Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
ANTONIN MONGIN, Textile and material designer, PhD student SACRe, PSL – Research University Paris
Design Talks
JENNI FISK , CEO, Head of Design, Ren Design Oy
MARI NURMENNIEMI, Artist and Designer
ELINA LAITINEN, Artist and Designer
TALISA DWIYANI, Master student of Creative Sustainability, Department of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University
OUTI LES PYY, Sustainable Fashion Speaker, Influencer, Blogger and Trashionista