Textiles Tomorrow Summit 9h00–16h10
VENUE: Undergraduate Centre, Otakaari 1, Lecture hall B (Y203a)
9h30 Welcome / Maarit Salolainen, Adjunct Professor in Textile Design
9h35 Keynote I: Going Wild / Lidewij Edelkoort, Dean of Hybrid Design Studies and Associate Provost, Parsons School of Design
10h30 New Materials at Aalto University / Pirjo Kääriäinen, PoP Design Driven Fibre Innovation
11h00 Ioncell / AaltoCHEM, Michael Hummel, Associate Professor in Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering
11h30 Industrial Insights to Sustainable Futures / Harri Puputti, Vice President, Quality, Lindström Group
12h00 Lunch and mingling
13h30 Keynote II: Sustainability, Industrial Transformation and Textiles / Kirsi Niinimäki, Associate Professor in Design
14h30 Intervention – What the Hell, Textiles? / Video statements: Kati Miettunen, Oldouz Moslemian, Jouni Partanen, Orlando Rojas and Yu Xiao
15h00 Discussion panel / 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 / Lidewij Edelkoort / Maarit Salolainen
moderator Pirjo Kääriäinen
16h00 Closing statement / Kirsi Niinimäki
16h30 Shuttle buses from Otakaari 1 to EMMA
Evening Programme, 17h00–21h00
VENUE: Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Ahertajantie 5, Espoo
17h00 Interwoven exhibition visit, EMMA
17h30 Book presentation: Interwoven – Exploring Materials and Structures / Maarit Salolainen
18h30 Cocktail dinner, venue Lumière WeeGee