Registration now open – Circular Economy Program for Fashion and Apparel
Take part in an action-oriented training program designed specifically for Québec’s fashion and apparel companies.
Training, coaching, and personalized support to help you structure your actions, identify tailored strategies, and move from intention to action!
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Materials, processes and key players for a more sustainable textile clothing industry
Vestechpro joins forces with the Tunisian research laboratory LGTex and the French textile testing center CETELOR to organize the 10th edition of CIRAT, an international conference of applied research on textiles and materials.
Vestechpro will be delighted to open the CIRAT in Montreal on November 9, 2023, with an entire day dedicated to technologies, international advances and stakes for Textile Circularity.
Interpreters will provide simultaneous translation (French <-> English) of the event at the Maison du développement durable, in Montréal.
Discover the detailed program now:
8 a.m. to 8.10 a.m. – Coffee and registration
8:10 am - Opening remarks
o Dr Amel Babay and Dr Riadh Zouari, CIRAT organizers and members of LGTex, Laboratoire de recherche en Génie Textile - Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques (ISET) de Ksar Hellal
o Paulette Kaci, Managing Director, Vestechpro
o Laurence Jeanmichel, Director, CETELOR
o Director of LPMT
o Dr Narjes Rjiba, President, ATCTex - Tunisian Association of Textile Researchers
o Professor Hédi Belhadj Salah, President, University of Monastir
o Professor Rym Saied, Head of the General Directorate for Research Promotion in Tunisia
o Her Excellency Lorraine Diguer, Canadian Ambassador to Tunisia
8:45 a.m. - Opening Conference
Andrée-Anne Lemieux, Professor, Director of the IFM-Kering Sustainability Chair, Institut Frrançais de la Mode, France
9:10 a.m. - Transformation and recycling of residual textiles
o Mechanical recycling of textile waste: a new resource for composite bricks - José Carlos Ferreira, Vestechpro
o Innovative practices for a circular artificial leather sector - Professor Slah Msahli, Director of LGTex
o Transforming textile waste into sustainable building materials: a step towards the circular economy - Hamid Lamoudan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
o Recycling textile fibers as a sustainable raw material for molded pulp packaging - Tarik Jabrane, Researcher, Innofibre - Innovation Center for Cellulosic Products
o Recycling used cotton fabrics by dissolution and dissociation - Professor Yixiang Wang, McGill University
10:30 a.m. – Coffee Break and networking
10:45 a.m - Importance and role of data in the transition of the clothing-textile sector to the circular economy
o Textile waste in Canada: Opportunities for reuse and recycling - Sabine Weber, Professor, Seneca College - School of Fashion
o Portrait of textile consumption in Montreal - Ennouri Triki, Principal Researcher, Vestechpro
o A sustainable approach to textile waste recycling in Tunisia - Mohamed Ben Hassen, Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Ksar Hellal
o Assessing the social impact of the Circular Economy in the textile and clothing value chain - Obtaining accurate and correct data - Lis J. Suarez-Visbal, Utrecht University
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. - Lunch
1 p.m. to 2 p.m - Round table: circular fashion industry: myth or reality?
Moderator: Madeleine Goubau, fashion columnist and lecturer at ESG - UQAM's École supérieure de mode
o Cécile Branco, Director of Vision, Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, Simons
o Mélissa Bolduc, Founder and CEO, Melow Design
o Mariane Maltais-Guilbault, M.Env. Planning Consultant, Ville de Montréal
o Daniel Normandin, Director CERIEC | Centre d'études et de recherches intersectorielles en économie circulaire and Executive Director RRECQ | Réseau de recherche en économie circulaire du Québec
o Melissa Stoia, Director - Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, PME MTL Est-de-l'Île, Coordinator - Synergie Montréal
2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. - Break
2:15 p.m. - Closing conference
o Eric St-Arnaud, General Manager, Renaissance
o Paulette Kaci, General Manager, Vestechpro
2.45 p.m. to 4 p.m. - End of event and networking
The international conference program also includes two days in Tunisia on November 10 and 11, featuring presentations by leading professionals and researchers on a number of other topics:
- Technical materials and intelligent textiles
- Bio-based materials and composites
- Digitization and management
- Fashion and comfort
These conferences will be recorded in Tunisia and available for replay.
Corporate rate $300
This general rate of $300 (plus taxes) applies to all non-academic professionals wishing to participate in the International Conference activities.
Academic Rate $375
This rate of $375 (plus taxes) applies to researchers, teachers, staff from higher education institutions or affiliated organizations.
Student rate $75
If you are a student (CEGEP, college or university), you can join the event at the preferential rate of $75 (plus taxes).
To receive the student promo code, please send contact@vestechpro.com a scanned version of your student ID card.
The rate includes lunch and coffee breaks for each participant.
Program subject to change.
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