Conference programme Day One - 24th June 2026


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09:30 - 09:50 KEYNOTE: Textiles in Europe’s circular economy: latest trends Lars Mortensen, Circular Economy, Consumption and Production Expert, European Environment Agency


10:00 - 10:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: The true cost of textiles: waste, responsibility, and Europe’s future


Moderator: Adam Mansell, CEO, UKFT; Christian-Yves Crépet, Ambassador and Honorary Member of the Board, PETCORE Europe; Luca Campadello, General Manager, Erion Textiles; Lutz Walter, Secretary General, Textile ETP; Diane Woods, Global Head of Business Development and Product, Reju; Vincenzo Gente, Policy Officer, European Commission - Directorate-General for Environment


10:40 - 11:10 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE: T2T Alliance update


Ana Rodes, Head of Sustainability, Recover; Andreas Dorner, Managing Director, RE&UP; Bente Bauer, Co-Founder & Managing Director, 2B Policy; Beth Vosper, Senior Impact and Sustainability Manager, Circ; Sarah Cook, Chief Commercial Officer, Samsara Eco; Stina Billinger, Senior Director - Public Affairs and Sustainability, Syre


11:20 - 11:40 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE: Advancing the future of stretch, biobased and recycled elastane


Georgia Parker, Innovation Director - Validation, Fashion for Good; Lewis Shuler, VP of Advanced Concepts, Alpine Group; Maximilian Koehnlein, Senior Specialist - Apparel Material Innovation, On; Julien Born, Board Member and Managing Director, TIRA Fibers


11:50 - 12:00 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Sustainable textile choices: answers from a life cycle assessment perspective Claudia Giacovelli, InTex Programme Lead - Textiles, UNEP


12:00 - 12:10 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Nonwoven pathways: scaling circular solutions for Europe’s textile waste challenge Maria Ström, CEO, The Loop Factory


12:10 - 12:20 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Redesigning the commercial approach to make circularity at scale successful Jonatan Janmark, CEO, Circulose


12:20 - 12:30 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Mapping global textile waste and T2T recycling capacity: an industry-wide view of 2030 feedstock


Adam Gardiner, Recycled Lead, Textile Exchange


13:30 - 13:40 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: The collection revolution: unlocking Europe’s circular textile opportunity Sofie Schop, Executive Director Europe - Global Partnerships, WRAP


13:40 - 14:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Securing feedstock: collection, sorting, and supply chains


Moderator: Alan Wheeler, CEO, Textiles Recycling Association; Edward Atobrah Binkley, General Secretary, Ghana Used Clothing Dealers Association; Marina Chahboune, Founder and CEO, Closed Loop Fashion; Julianne Thibodeaux, Head of Global Commercial, FibreTrace; Sofie Schop, Executive Director Europe - Global Partnerships, WRAP


14.20 - 14.40 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE: One technology, three business models: how optical sorting connects the textile circular chain


Moderator: Silvia Gregorini, Sales Manager, PICVISA; Helio Moreira, Manager Head of Sorting, Textile House; Olivier Civil, CEO, Plaxtil Essaimons; Andrea Sala, Project Evaluation and Development Manager, A2A


14:50 - 15:00 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Making recycled cotton more accessible Ana Rodes, Head of Sustainability, Recover


15:00 - 15:10 INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Second hand material flows roadmap to action Karla Magruder, Founder and Board Chair, Accelerating Circularity


15:20 - 15:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: From commitment to action: the role of brands in textiles recycling Erik Lagerblad, CEO, Looper Textile; Jeppe Emil Mogensen, Design Director, Gabriel; Rebecca Howes, Head of Account


Development, DHL


16:00 - 16:20 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE: Accelerating post-consumer textiles recycling: how a PRO bridges innovation, scale-up and market demand


Raouf Medimagh, CEO and Co-Founder, Recyc’Elit; Stefan Bachevillier, Head of Impact, Refashion; Olivier Civil, CEO, Plaxtil Essaimons


16:30 - 16:50 KEYNOTE: The economics of textile-to-textile recycling Robert van de Kerkhof, CEO, ReHubs


10 Textiles Recycling Expo 2026


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