The third international conference on a "Circular Economy for Textiles & Plastics" will focus on:
Reuse, Repair & Recycling
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Programme
Day 1: November 17, 2022
9.00 Welcoming
Jan Laperre - Centexbel (Chairperson)
Keynote: On the importance of reporting on the circular content of your product
Saskia Walraedt - Polymatters
9:30 Challenges and opportunities linked to the Circular Economy
Circular but not necessarily Economy, the challenge to find metrics for (plastics) waste prevention
Anne Scheinberg - ISWA
Limits and challenges of textile recycling
Anton Luiken - bAwear
Presentations of the scientific posters
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 The importance of Ecodesign in a Circular Economy model
A Life Cycle Assessment study on recycling of post-consumer textiles
Jana Enking - CML, Leiden University
Design as an enabler for circular textiles
Tom Duhoux - Vito
12:30 Lunch
13:30 New technologies to support the road to Circular Economy
Making rejuvenated fibres for technical textiles
Koen De Ruyck - Purfi
Hyperspectral imaging as a tool to identify and sort textiles and plastics
Rémi Tilkin - Centexbel
Second-life for short fibers/powders generated during yarn manufacturing processes
Eduardo Fages - AITEX
New debonding primer for easy separation of multimaterials
Maxime Olive - Rescoll
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Plastics and Circular Economy
Holistic processes for the cost-effective and sustainable management of End-of-Life Aircraft Composite Structures
Elke Demeyer - Centexbel
Opportunity of Recycling Polypropylene Disposable Facemasks and PPE into Composites
Philippe Vroman - GEMTEX, ENSAIT
Valorisation of post-industrial PET film waste
Sofie Huysman - Centexbel
17:30 Closing and drink
18:00 Conference dinner
Day 2: November 18, 2022
9:00 Recycling as a specific path in Circular Economy
Circular design in plastics: Walloon strategy to implement circularity in plastic products and industry
Aurore Mourette – Plastiwin
Implementing a recycling technology for a biobased fiber. The case of NOOCYCLE®
Luna Aslan - Noosa
Recycling of polyester from textile wastes via solvent-based recycling
Maximilian Wende - Fraunhofer IVV
Tailoring crystallinity in PET fibers for increased enzymatic de-polymerization
Cristina Palacios-Mateo - Maastricht University
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Textiles and Circular Economy
Circular economy in the carpet industry: challenges, approaches, solutions
Ansgar Paschen - TFI Institut für Bodensysteme an der RWTH Aachen
Impact of secondary raw material in the circular textile economy
Dieter Stellmach & Gabriela Maestri - DITF
OEKO-TEX® - a reliable partner in the context of Circular Economy
Carolin Franitza - OEKO-TEX®
13:30 Closing and Lunch
Conference speakers

Saskia Walraedt, Polymatters
Saskia Walraedt holds a PhD in polymer chemistry from UGent. She started her professional career in 1996 at ICI, now known as Huntsman. After various functions at Huntsman, Honeywell and TotalEnergies, she joined essenscia in 2009 to support members with the implementation of the REACH legislation. She further built her career in sustainability and circular economy. Since 2018, she heads the department essenscia PolyMatters, representing the polymer producers and plastic converting industry.

Anne Scheinberg, ISWA
Dr. Anne Scheinberg, Global Recycling Specialist, Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimisation.
Dr. Anne Scheinberg is here to talk about the CALC (Circular and Low Carbon Cities) Project. In the 1980s she was a young professional working on municipal recycling in North America. Since 1997 she has focused on sustainable waste management and recycling in low- and middle-income countries. She currently divides her time between process facilitation, supporting informal recyclers in SouthEastern Europe, and working on metrics for waste prevention -- the subject of her presentation today.

Anton Luiken - bAwear
Anton Luiken studied organic chemistry at the University of Nijmegen (NL). He has worked for 22 years in applied research at TNO, focusing on improving the environmental performance of the textile supply chain. He is a consultant in the field of circular textiles and specialist in textile recycling. At bAwear he is responsible for the metrics on textile materials, processes and products.

Jana Enking, CML
Jana Enking holds a master degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University with a focus on chemical and process engineering. She is a PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University, Netherlands, where she is working on the sustainability of products, processes and industries. Her research includes the development of Life Cycle Assessment methodology with a focus on recycling industries, currently studying recycling processes of PET-containing post-consumer textiles.

Tom Duhoux, Vito
Tom Duhoux has more than 10 years of experience in applying sustainability and circularity principles in businesses. He was co-founder of a sustainability consultancy and has proven the concept of circular business innovation in the textiles industry by founding the circular denim brand HNST. Before his consultancy work, he worked in the field of waste management in Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK. Tom is researcher Circular Economy at VITO and involved in various research projects on circular textiles.

Koen De Ruyck, PurFI
Textile Engineer & Master in Supply Chain, Koen has been working in the textile business for 34 years as
- Production Manager/Director (Sofinal)
- Purchase Manager FE (Sofinal)
- Commercial Director (Sofinal & Ter Molst Int.)
- General Manager (Tissat Deslee)
- Supply Chain Director EU (DesleeClama)
- General Manager of a StartUp (PurFi)

Rémy Tilkin, Centexbel
Rémi Tilkin is a chemical engineer and holds a PhD in material science. For 2 years now, he is a researcher at Centexbel, in the "Medical & Sustainable Materials" group. Rémi conducts research on the development of new sustainable textiles (bio-based additives and dyes, antimicrobial textiles) and new technologies for textile sorting and recycling.

Eduardo Fages, AITEX
Degree in Chemistry (University of Alicante, 2005). Research Doctorate (Ph.D.) by Polytechnic University of Valencia, 2012. His PhD thesis dealt with the development of antibacterial PP fibres by means of melt spinning process with nanoparticles. He began working at AITEX in 2006 as a technician in the Nanotechnology and Technical Fibres Research Group. Since 2008, Eduardo is coordinating the Materials and Sustainability Research Group. This R&D group is focused on several technical fields: applied circular economy, biocomposites, non-wovens, lamination processes and functional textiles development. He has managed, coordinated, and participated in several R&D projects at regional, national and international programmes.

Maxime Olive, Rescoll
Dr. Dipl. Eng. Maxime OLIVE is an R&D Engineer with more than 17 years´ experience in the adhesive industry, especially formulation issues and debonding strategies. From 2010 to 2015 Maxime has worked as Team Manager of the Sustainable Chemistry Department in RESCOLL, with activities ranging from adhesive dismantling strategies to adhesive formulation (including substitutions of substances and REACH impact studies) or Life Cycle Assessment. In 2015 Maxime took a position as IP and Innovation Manager in RESCOLL with activities devoted to the development of RESCOLL’s home technologies in smart adhesives and coatings.

Elke Demeyer, Centexbel
Elke Demeyer studied bioscience engineering at KULeuven, Belgium. In 2021, she joined Centexbel-VKC as member of the Plastic Characterisation, Processing & Recycling group. Her research focusses on the development of self-reinforced and natural fibre-reinforced biobased thermoplastic composites, how to boost their performance, reducing their ecological impact and creating a circular economy

Philippe Vroman, GEMTEX, ENSAIT
Associate Professor at ENSAIT School of Textile Engineering, member of the GEMTEX Textile Research laboratory, Lille University/France. Specialist in innovative, advanced and bio-inspired nonwoven materials. Private and collaborative research project manager, MSC and PhD projects supervisor. Recently invested in collaborations with textile and interior designers for developing new textile and composites materials based on recycled fibrous materials.

Sofie Huysman, Centexbel
Dr. ir. Sofie Huysman obtained a master degree in Materials Engineering and a PhD in sustainable materials management at Ghent University.
She works at Centexbel as a research scientist in the group of “Functional Thermoplastic Textiles” for 6 years and is involved in several regional and European projects on extrusion of thermoplastic polymers, focusing on sustainable materials.

Aurore Mourette, Plastiwin
Graduated in Environmental Law, Aurore Mourette has managed in her career the ecological transformation of an industrial area in France, was the CEO of a company linked to 3D printing technology, a Policy Officer for the European Federation of Waste Management Companies where she was able to deal with files on the circular economy in Brussels, she is now the Managing Director of the Walloon cluster, Plastiwin, representing the (bio)plastics, composites, rubber and synthetic textiles industry in Wallonia thanks to its network of 130 members.

Luna Aslan, Noosa
Luna Aslan is a business engineer and entrepreneur. Since 2019 she focuses on the development of NOOSA, as co-founder. Her expertise lies in polylactic acid textile fibers, chemical recycling and circular practices across the textile industry.

Maximilian Wende, Fraunhofer - IVV
Maximilian Wende successfully completed his studies in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Munich in 2019. As a scientist and project manager he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV for more than two years. Maximilian conducts research in the recycling of packaging, composite and textile materials with the solvent-based CreaSolv® Process.

Cristina Palacios-Mateo, Maastricht University
Cristina is currently doing her PhD at Aachen-Maastricht Institute of Biobased Materials (AMBIM) studying the enzymatic recycling of polyester fibers and microfibers. For this, she takes on a multidisciplinary approach, combining her background on biotechnology with her interest in polymer engineering and sustainability. At the moment she also collaborates within the “Glaukos” EU-funded H2020 project.

Ansgar Paschen, TFI
Education: Study of Mechanical engineering with specialization „Textile Technology“, degree PhD
Professional experience: 18 years positions as technologist and Head of Technology at several manufacturers of Textile Machinery
Actual: Team leader Machine Technology and Digitalisation at TFI - Institut für Bodensysteme an der RWTH Aachen e.V.

Dieter Stellmach, DITF
Dieter Stellmach (°1958) has been working at the Center of Management Research of the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research in Denkendorf (DITF) since 1986 as senior project manager and EU contact point co-responsible for research in organisation and management of sustainable textile value creation towards the circular economy, and in textile digitisation. He is active member of networks about fibres and textiles on regional, national and European level.

Gabriela Maestri, DITF
Gabriela Maestri (°1996) is a Textile Engineer (2019) and a M.Sc. Textile Engineer (2022) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina – Brazil. She participated in research projects in the area of technical and smart textiles (2014-2022). Currently, she is working at the Center of Management Research of the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research in Denkendorf (DITF) as a Research Associate, and contributes in projects with a focus on circular economy and material flow processes in a textile industry approach.

Carolin Franitza, OEKO-TEX®
Carolin Franitza is Stakeholder Manager at OEKO-TEX®. Her main responsibility are the exchange and committee work related to stakeholders of OEKO-TEX® and the associated institutes. Prior to the appointment to this role, she developed approaches for implementing circularity within OEKO-TEX® as part of the product management. Carolin holds a bachelor degree in Textile- and Clothing Management.
Conference dinner
Your travel companion is welcome to join the conference dinner. Please indicate his/her participation on the registration form.
Venue
The Gruuthuus cellar, a beautiful 14th century cellar
Hoogpoort 50 - Gent
Date
17 November 2022 - (18h.00)
Price:
60,00 euro per person (VAT not included)
Organisation


Scientific posters
List of submitted scientific posters
TEX2CE: From linear to circular textiles
Stijn Van Vrekhem - Centexbel
Sc-CO2 and NADES assisted extraction of impurities from polymer melts
Kevin Moser, Elke Van De Walle, Irma Mikonsaari - Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology / Centexbel-VKC
CISUFLO - Circular sustainable floor coverings
Ine De Vilder - Centexbel
Biobased FortePlastics tackling fossil feedstock dependency and microplastic accumulation
Felicitas Pellengahr, Jolande Celis - B4PLASTICS
The project “raw material classification” – Spinnable reclaimed fibres from textile waste
Johannes Leis - Sächsisches Textilforschungs-Institut e.V.
Road to 100
Iris van Laar - Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Smart Fiber Blending
Maud Kuppen - Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Circular solutions for yarn spinning production waste of research facilities
Cristina Palacios-Mateo - Maastricht University
Measuring True Costs in the textile value chain
Evelien Dils, Tom Duhoux, Karolien Peeters - Vito
A Research Agenda on Digital Product Passports
VUB – Brussels School of Governance: Prof. Harri Kalimo, Prof. Tomas Wyns, dr. Stijn Van der Perren
VUB – Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology: Prof. Bram Lievens, dr. Dorottya Varga, Laura Temmerman
KU Leuven – Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycle: Prof. Karel Van Acker, dr. Luc Alaerts, René Reich, Veerle Vermeyen
Textile fibres in a circular economy
KU Leuven – Sustainability Assessment of Material Life Cycles: Prof. Karel Van Acker, dr. Luc Alaerts, Veerle Vermeyen,
Utrecht University – Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development: Prof. Ernst Worrell
Introducing European Horizon 2020 Twin Projects HEREWEAR, MY-FI and NEW COTTON towards bio-based solutions for the clothing industry
Lien Van der Schueren & Guy Buyle (HEREWEAR, Centexbel), Silvia Gava (MY-FI, Mogu), Paula Sarsama (NEW COTTON, Infinited Fiber)
C-4CE | Competencies for Circular Economy
Myriam Vanneste, Centexbel
Conference fees
The registration fee covers the conference sessions, proceedings, coffee breaks and lunches.
The conference dinner is not included and has to be ordered separately.
VAT not included
Payment upon reception of the invoice.
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Venue
Novotel Gent Centrum
Hoogpoort 52
BE 9000 GENT
Parking
Hotel parking
Entrance Hoogpoort 52
To be reserved in advance!
Rate : € 30 / 24 hours.
Alternative parking nearby
Vrijdagmarkt at 300 m from the hotel.
Rate: € 23.50 / 24 hours.
To improve air quality, Ghent’s inner city (the area within the ring road) is a low emission zone. Only vehicles that meet entry requirements will be allowed into this zone.
Hotel accommodations
If you would like to stay overnight at the hotel, you can book your hotel room directly by clicking the link below:
Sponsoring
This conference is also made possible thanks to the following sponsors:
OEKO-TEX® enables consumers and companies to make responsible decisions which protect our planet for future generations.
Our mission is to create trust in textiles and leather and in their production - the concept of circular economy presents a guidance for further innovation and development at OEKO-TEX®.
Carolin Franitza - Stakeholder Manager - OEKO-TEX®
bAwear Score is a young but experienced organization active since 2019 and was founded on the problem: “Why is it so difficult to access reliable and credible impact calculations for textile products?” Together with our partner SimaPro, we set a goal to change this. We believe textile LCA calculations should be accessible, credible and cost-effective. Enabling any company in the supply chain to gain credible insights, make better decisions and build communications around facts and figures.
That is why bAwear Score provides solutions to create product-level impact transparency. Combining best-in-class LCA software with textile supply chain expertise, we enable you to gain impact insights based on primary and secondary data. Empowering you to become aware and in control of your product's environmental performance by generating credible data to identify impact hotspots, improve decision making and back up your sustainability communications.
Fast, efficient and cost-effective.
Jesse Dolstra, Business Development
Promote your products & services
400 EURO PROMOTION PACKAGE
Publication of your corporate logo
- on the conference website
- on the welcoming slides
- on all conference-related publications
900 EURO PROMOTION PACKAGE
Promotion stand
Publication of your corporate logo
- on the conference website
- on the welcoming slides
- on all conference-related publications
CORPORATE LOGO - technical specifications
- your corporate logo will be published on the website upon reception
- please send us your corporate logo in the best quality
- format: preferably eps; other formats: jpg, png, tiff or gif
- size: 300 dpi
PROMOTION STAND
- the conference participants will visit the promotion stands during the reception, coffee and lunch breaks
- the stands may be installed on November 17 & 18 from 7.30 am onwards
- table on demand
- electricity is available, please bring along your own extension leads