{"id":65201,"date":"2019-07-31T07:42:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T05:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=65201"},"modified":"2019-08-05T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T12:00:19","slug":"shape-the-future-at-the-dornbirn-gfc-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/shape-the-future-at-the-dornbirn-gfc-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Shape the Future at the Dornbirn-GFC 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More than 100 international experts will present their latest innovations of the textile industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the undeniable climate change and the eco-social imbalances on the globe, sustainable resource management has become a key element for our future. So has become fundamental rethinking in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>As generator of ideas and networks, the Dornbirn-GFC would like to encourage rethinking and thus, offers its platform of sustainability and circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Microplastics&#8221; &#8211; A challenge of the 21st century. The internationally renowned marine research centre &#8220;Scripps Institution of Oceanography&#8221; in California has been won over for the congress! The American expert Sarah-Jeanne Royer will present new research results and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>How to deal with the &#8220;digital footprint&#8221; or the &#8220;Life Cycle Analysis&#8221;? &#8211; Criteria that are used in the very performance-driven textile and nonwovens industry will be completely re-introduced into the evaluation in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Rosellen\/Dir Microsoft brings the technology from the software industry into the game. Can it make a positive contribution to recycling management and sustainability? The digitalization expert will provide new aspects and innovations relevant to this field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink digital. But is it also secure\u2026?!\u201d &#8211; top expert Stefan Achleitner from Palo Alto Networks\/California will provide profound insights into \u201cCyber Security\u201d &#8211; what does the actual landscape look like?<\/p>\n<h3>The First Dornbirn-GFC STARTUP DAYS<\/h3>\n<p><em>Come and see where Startups meet Industry, Research and Brands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first Dornbirn-GFC STARTUP DAYS take place on September 11 &#8211; 12, in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Because of being characterized by a different development dynamic in comparison to established companies, Start-ups often have to face failure. In spite of innovative ideas, gap closure between technology and the market are regularly missing. The STARTUP DAYS are designed to provide a networking platform for young companies.<br \/>\nStartups in the areas of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart Fibers<\/li>\n<li>Smart Applications<\/li>\n<li>Smart SportsTech &amp; Outdoor<\/li>\n<li>Smart Sustainability &amp; Circular Economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>will be present at the congress.<\/p>\n<p>The participants of the Dornbirn-GFC 2019 will be welcomed with ideas and visions at the \u201cStartup Tent\u201d on the congress site.<\/p>\n<h3>Top-class Plenary Lectures on the Opening Day<\/h3>\n<p>\u201eMan-made Fibers in Europe: new as well as existing challenges in a politically changing environment.\u201d<br \/>\nThis lecture will be the opening on the first day, given by Necat Altin\/CEO CIRFS.<\/p>\n<p>Uday Gill\/CEO Indorama Ventures will profoundly explore the challenges of sustainability of synthetic fibers, as well as shed some light on future prospects in his lecture.<\/p>\n<p>Robert van de Kerkhof\/CCO Lenzing will address this topic from the perspective of the\u00a0 cellulose fiber industry.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Panel: Sustainability\/Circular Economy &#8211; are we leading or lagging? &#8211; a highly interesting discussion about \u201cCircular economy\u201d with the three worldwide biggest fiber producers. Furthermore, what does the rapidly growing sports brand Lululemon expect from the fiber industry and how will the EU Commission accelerate this concern.<br \/>\nUday Gill\/CEO Indorama Ventures, Robert van de Kerkhof\/CCO Lenzing, Gunjan Sharma\/CMO Reliance, Yogendra Dandapure\/Dir Lululemon und Mauro Scalia\/Dir EURATEX will try to provide insights and answers in regards to this future-oriented matter led by the experienced industry consultant Walter Woitsch\/Partner Syngroup.<\/p>\n<h3>Panel: Digitalization in Europe<\/h3>\n<p>Specialists with expertise and practical experience will elucidate whether digitalization will boost innovation in the European economy. High-level representatives of the industry and IT will debate about the current situation. Can Europe compete with \u201cSilicon Valley\u201d in terms of innovation environment, or is it already time for a \u201cSilicon Valley &amp; beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Riegler\/Partner PwC, Stefan Achleitner\/ Research Palo Alto Networks, Jochen Adler\/CTO Oerlikon, Robert Rosellen\/Dir Microsoft, Martin Ohneberg\/CEO Henn discuss this topic led by Josef Mantl \u2013 communication expert and member of the \u201cPresidential Campaign\u201c of Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, participants of the Dornbirn-GFC can expect more than 100 expert lectures on key topics as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiber innovations<\/li>\n<li>Circular Economy and Sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Digitalisation and Smart Textiles<\/li>\n<li>Surface modification and Additives<\/li>\n<li>Sports and leisure wear<\/li>\n<li>Nonwovens and Technical Textiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Young Scientist Forum: \u201eStartups match traditional Industry Innovation?\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Young scientists will also discuss the hot topic \u201cStartups\u201d guided by the industry consulting firm SYNGROUP.<\/p>\n<p>How can traditional innovation processes be matched with Startup companies? &#8211;<br \/>\na crucial question for research in order to launch innovations and to enhance collaboration.<\/p>\n<h3>Simply Download the New Main Programme<\/h3>\n<p>The new main programme for the 58<sup>th<\/sup> Dornbirn-GFC covers a detailed overview of the approx. 100 expert lectures presented parallel within two and a half days in three halls of the Kulturhaus Dornbirn.<br \/>\nJust download the main programme from the homepage of the congress.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dornbirn-gfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.dornbirn-gfc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>58<sup>th<\/sup> DORNBIRN GLOBAL FIBER CONGRESS (DORNBIRN-GFC)<br \/>\nSeptember 11 &#8211; 13, 2019 Austria<br \/>\nCommunicating Fiber Innovations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability\/circular economy, digitalization, technical textiles, nonwovens and the first STARTUP DAYS are the hot topics at the Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress, Austria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[11401,6821,304,10771,1110],"class_list":["post-65201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-cirfs","supplier-indorama-ventures","supplier-lenzing-gruppe","supplier-microsoft","supplier-scripps-institution-of-oceanography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65201"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=65201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}