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En
Europa existen más de 150,000 empresas del sector textil que dan empleo
a 2 millones de personas y generan unos ingresos anuales de £138 billones
de libras esterlinas. Las nuevas tecnologías suponen
una clave para que este importante sector europeo siga siendo competitivo ante
la aparición de nuevos mercados en países en vías de desarrollo
cuya producción es más barata. Durante este congreso se presentarán
tecnologías que están a punto de transformar el sector textil. La
nanotecnología permite integrar aparatos electrónicos en telas capaces
de emitir imágenes en la propia ropa, vigilar el estado de salud de la
persona que la lleva, emitir fragancias, mantener límpia la prenda, y hacer
que nunca hace falta planchar la tela. Ponentes - "Fashion
and Technology in 20:20", Baroness Susan Greenfield, The Royal Institution
- "The
Importance of New Technology to the Survival and Regeneration of the UK's Textile
Industry", Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry
- "New
and Emerging Textile Technologies", Professor Carl Lawrence, University of
Leeds, The School of Design
- "High Performance
Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Based Fibers and Yarns", Dr Alan Dalton,
University of Texas, Dallas
- "Purista
Fabrics - Fresher for Longer", Dr John Payne, Arch Chemicals Inc.
- "Nanocoatings
for High Functionality Textiles", Dr Jas Pal Badyal, Surface Innovations
- "Developments
in Fabric Technologies", TBC, The Woolmark Company
- "Interactive
Scent Work for Health and Well-being: A Visionary Overview", Dr Jenny Tillotson,
Central Saint Martins
- "Wearable Electronics
- Keeping in touch 20:20", Dr Ian Pearson, BT Exact
- "Textile
and Fibre Development Technology", Ken Atkinson, CSIRO
- "Integrated
Microelectronics for Large-area Sensor and Display Systems", Christl Lauterbach,
Infineon Technologies AG
- "Self-cleaning
of Textiles Coated by TiO2: Their use in Clothing, Hospital and Aircraft Industries!",
Dr John Kiwi, EPFL
- "Intelligent Polymer
Systems: The Shape Memory Effect", Prof. Dr Andreas Lendlein, mnemoScience
Ltd
- "The Future of Electronic Fabrics",
TBC, Eleksen
- "E-Textile: A New Frontier
in Textile", Dr Rita Paradiso, Smartex
- "Health
Monitoring Through Wearable Computing", Dr Pavel Lukowicz, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology
- "Use of Nano-Silver
in Infection Control", Robert Kwan, JR Nanotech Ltd
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