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Conference Program Day One - April 29, 2026


9:30 AM - 9:40 AM


9:40 AM - 10:00 AM


10:10 AM - 10:50 AM


11:30 AM - 11:50 AM


OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS Kelly Drennan, Executive Director, Fashion Takes Action


KEYNOTE: The evolving policy landscape for textiles and circularity Jessica Franken, VP, Government and External Affairs, SMART


PANEL DISCUSSION: The changing role of retailers in textiles recycling


Moderator: Iulian Bobe, Co-Founder and CEO, UpCycle Fiber; Carmen Garma, Director of Circular Design, Eileen Fisher; Heath Nettles, Deputy Director, National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC), Steven Bethell, Co-Founder, Bank & Vogue


INDUSTRYROUNDTABLE: Beyond the first loop: exploring circularity in practice Amelia Eleiter, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Debrand Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Senior Director, Sustainable Product & Packaging, Lululemon Terri Riedle, Head of Partnerships, North America, Samsara Eco


12:00 PM - 12:10 PM


12:10 PM - 12:20 PM


12:30 PM - 12:50 PM


1:50 PM - 2:00 PM


2:00 PM - 2:40 PM


INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Textile circularity in the USA Scott Hamlin, Founder and CEO, Looptworks


INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Building the digital backbone for circular textiles Shamini Dhana, CEO, Dhana


KEYNOTE: From donations to data: rewiring the circular economy at scale David Eagles, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Goodwill Industries International


INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Policy insights from our Fashion ReModel project Jennie Romer, Director of Policy, North America, Ellen MacArthur Foundation


PANEL DISCUSSION: Strategies and technologies for improving the collection and sorting of textile waste


Moderator: Jennie Romer, Director of Policy, North America, Ellen MacArthur Foundation; Barbara Maida-Stolle, President & CEO, Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina; Camille Tagle, Co-Founder, FABSCRAP Stuart Ahlum, Co-Founder and COO, SuperCircle


2:50 PM - 3:00 PM


3:00 PM - 3:10 PM


3:20 PM - 4:00 PM


INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Textile recycling reinvented Jené D’Ambrosio, President and Co-Owner, D’Ambrosio Trading


INDUSTRY PRESENTATION: Smarter sorting for a circular future: the role of AI and data in feedstock identification for textile recycling


Hans Chan, CTO & Co-Founder, Matoha


PANEL DISCUSSION: Closing the loop – how to increase collaboration across the supply chain to achieve fiber-to-fiber recycling


Moderator: Sarah Coulter, Americas Program Director, Accelerating Circularity; Diane Woods, Global Head of Business Development and Product, Reju; Jimmy Summers, Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of Environmental, Health, and Safety, Elevate Textiles; Meredith Boyd, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, UNIFI


4:10 PM - 4:30 PM


4:30 PM - 4:40 PM


KEYNOTE: T2T recycling now Edd Denes, CEO, Accelerating Circularity


CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS Kelly Drennan, Executive Director, Fashion Takes Action


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