EVENT PREVIEW | POLYMERS IN FOOTWEAR
Footwear brands kick off innovation dialogue
We preview AMI’s second edition of Polymers in Footwear, taking place in Cologne, Germany, in October
Main image: Crocs LiteRide collection
AMI will stage the second Polymers in Footwear conference in October, providing a comprehensive market overview, discussing future trends, key challenges and exciting opportunities for the footwear industry and its supply chain. This high-level international event will bring together polymer and additive suppliers, processing machinery experts, shoe designers, manufacturers, brand owners and retailers. Polymers in Footwear 2018 will cover the latest, ground-breaking innovations in polymer solutions and technologies, and explore future ambitions of this market. The two-day conference takes place on 10-11
October at the Maritim Hotel in Cologne, Germany. It will be an essential meeting place for footwear industry professionals to get an up-to-date view on market trends, keep up with new material and technology developments for footwear applica- tions, discuss the most demanding challenges with innovators in the industry, and to network with experts from forward-thinking companies from around the world that are shaping the future of the footwear market. Green solutions and sustainable options,
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technological breakthroughs, impressive research projects, Industry 4.0 and future
opportunities that will help you gain a competi- tive advantage in this extremely fast-moving industry — all these issues and trends will be covered. Here we take a closer look at the line-up of expert speakers.
Current and future trends The opening session of Polymers in Footwear 2018 kicks off with a presentation by Joana Vaz Teixeira, International Business Intelligence Manager, at APICCAPS & World Footwear in Portugal, on global footwear market perspectives. This is followed by a panel discussion on industry chal- lenges and opportunities that new innovations present to the footwear market. The discussion is joined by Sabrina Zinner, Manager Material Engineering Innovation Footwear, Puma in Germany, Alec Jessiman, Performance Engineer at Saucony Human Performance and Innovation Lab in the United States, Chris Bellamy, Product and Manufacturing Engineering, at Wiivv Weara- bles in the United States and Stefano Ferniani, Senior Director, Global Innovation at Crocs in Italy.
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