8:45 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

• Jeff Smith Senior VP & General Manager, Modern Meadow

9:00 am Keynote: Breaking Down Definitions of Bio-based Materials to Facilitate Consistency Across the Fashion & Textile Industry

• Aaron Amstutz CTO, Natural Fiber Welding

Riding the Recyclability & Decomposability Wave on The Route to Net-Zero

9:45 am Integrating End of Life Into the Innovation Process to Deliver Biobased Materials or Long-Term Circular Applications

• Jayesh Vir Co-Founder & President, Green Whisper

10:15 am Panel Discussion: Reimagining a Regenerative Future in The Fashion & Textile Industry With Circular Biosynthetics

• Anders Schorling Overgård Engineer, Sustainable Materials & Textile, Bestseller
• Aaron Amstutz CTO, Natural Fiber Welding
• Andrew Yip Head, Materials & Process Innovation, PANGAIA
• Edward Brial CEO & Co-Founder, Materra

Towards Bio-based Alternatives in Fashion & Beyond

11:00 am Speed Networking & Morning Coffee

11:45 am Identifying Alternatives to Elastane that Improve Circularity in Textiles While Maintaining Elastane’s Long-Lasting, Mechanical Stretch & Recovery

• Merryn Chilcott Sustainability & Technical Manager, BAM Bamboo Clothing

12:15 pm Synchronising the Recycling Stages of Cellulose Between Manufacturing & Bio-based Material Companies

• Shahriare Mahmood Chief Sustainability Officer, Spinnova

12:45 pm Networking Lunch Break

1:45 pm Panel Discussion: Enhancing Control of Microfiber & Microplastic Pollution in National Regulation

• Melissa Braithwaite Manager, Product Development, Ananas Anam
• Christophe Bocquet Director, Quality, Compliance, Customer Service & Corporate Social Responsibility, Chloe
• Aaron Amstutz CTO, Natural Fiber Welding
• Lewis Shuler Head of Innovation, Alpine Group / Paradise Textiles

2:30 pm Engineering Bio-based Materials for Durable Automotive Applications

• Felix Horn Supply Chain Management Director, Out for Space

Capital Gains from a Consumer-Centric Approach to ‘Bio-based’

3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments

3:30 pm Defining Sustainability Benefits of Biopolymers to Push for Customer Awareness

• Alessia Giannini Sector Specialist, Luxury Fashion Brand

4:00 pm Panel Discussion: Ensuring Performance of Bio-based Products to Meet Regulatory Demand & Customer Satisfaction

• Aniela Hoitink Founder & CEO, NEFFA | New Fashion Factory
• Aaron Amstutz CTO, Natural Fiber Welding
• Irene Maffini Investor (Sustainability & Materials Adviser), PDS Ventures

4:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

• Jeff Smith Senior VP & General Manager, Modern Meadow

5:00 pm Innovation Forum