Wilson College of Textiles will host the Inaugural Evolving Textiles Conference: Materializing TheFuture. This year’s conference will be held completely virtually on March 16-17, 2022. The themes are circularity in textiles and alternative fibers.

The purpose of Evolving Textiles is to define the current landscape in terms of alternative fibers and circularity in textiles and explore the direction for the future. The conference will identify challenges and opportunities with the intention of developing attainable goals and work toward having a measurable impact on sustainability in the textile industry over time.

Some of the most knowledgeable and compelling change-makers in the industry will facilitate an event that invites all stakeholders to consider their role in the supply system and work toward actionable change.

With speakers from all corners of the globe and aspects of the industry, the event will focus on sustainability in textiles from a holistic perspective. It will be attended by representatives from Patagonia, VF Corp., Textile Exchange, Bear Fiber, Cornell, etc.