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Wednesday 12 November
What kind of sustainable future do Europeans want?
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Format: Lecture and conversation
For those who find the future exciting and want to be inspired
Participants: Olivier Rostang, Kairos Future, Birgitta Losman, Science Park Borås, Git Guldare, Textile Fashion Center
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
What kind of sustainable future do Europeans want? And what do they believe is possible? Explore the survey on how consumers in Europe think, and be inspired by how we can work with sustainable consumption as part of innovation efforts.
Speakers’ Corner
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:00 – 14:15
Format: Short lectures/presentations
For those who who want new perspectives on how the industry is currently being reshaped.
Patricipants: Ulrika Sjövall, Cellbes, Emmy Hägglund Holmer, Slow Fashion Designer and Kajsa Åström, Habit
Moderator: Louise Wintzell
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy and TEX!SWEDEN
Who shapes the future of fashion – the brands, the media, or the consumer?
At Speakers’ Corner, voices that dare to speak honestly about tomorrow’s textile and fashion industry come together. We bring together representatives from some of Sweden’s most influential companies and leading voices—for conversations that don’t shy away from reality, but seek solutions.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November 15:00 – 15:45, Thursday, 13 November, 13:45 – 14.00 and 15:00 – 15.45.
Guided tours of the Textile School’s unique lab environments
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 14:00 – 15:00
Format: Guided tour
For those who are part of a company or organization and want to conduct tests or establish a collaboration with The Swedish School of Textiles.
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles, the University of Borås
Welcome to no less than three guided tours in the unique laboratory environments at The Swedish School of Textiles! Learn about their work with the entire textile process in a full-scale setting, and the opportunities for companies and organisations wishing to conduct tests or collaborate with the university.
Theme 1: Advanced Textile Structures
Theme 2: Design
Theme 3: Fibres, Testing, and Recycling
Mending and Repairing; Valuable Textiles and Historical Reuse
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:10 – 15:00
Format: Lecture
For those who seek inspiration from the past.
Participants: Viktoria Holmqvist, curator responsible for the Textile Museum’s collections
Organizer/host: The Textile Museum of Sweden
Drawing inspiration from the museum’s collections, Viktoria Holmqvist from the Textile Museum shares insights on historical sustainability, the value of textiles, and what we can learn from the past. Mending and repairing clothes was a given in earlier times. We don’t have to go far back in history to find a very different—and more sustainable—approach to textiles and consumption than what we have today.
Next Textile Mindshift part 1
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Seminar
For those who want insights, ideas, and inspiration.
Participants: Konrad Olsson, Scandinavian MIND, Moon-Suck Song, Panagora, Ted Boman, Gina Tricot and Erik Hedlund, Eton Shirts
Moderator: Linda Pimmeshofer
Organizer/host: TEX!SWEDEN
Where is Swedish fashion headed – and who’s leading the way forward? At NEXT TEXTILE, some of the industry’s most influential voices gather for a powerful conversation about the future’s opportunities, responsibilities, and innovations. Under the theme “Mindshift – The Vision – The Future,” leaders and visionaries driving change meet in an industry where sustainability, digitalization, and creativity converge in a new reality.
Part 2, 15:45 – 17:00, see below
From Vision to Reality – How Tech and New Business Models Drive the Transformation of the Textile Industry
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Panel discussion
For those who are entrepreneurs, industry professionals, and students interested in the potential of start-up ventures.
Participants: Viktoria Arndt, Kappahl, Sofia Sandgren, SpaceRenter Fastigheter, Johanna Strömberg, Lyreco Sverige, Wendy Heijne, Studio Heijne, Nora Eslander, Renasens and Rikard Ledin Da Rosa, RecoMended.
Organizer/host: Borås INK
With technology as an enabler and circular business models at the core, startups and established industry players come together to discuss how innovation can not only reduce the climate impact of the textile sector but also create new business opportunities. How do we build business models that are sustainable – for both the planet and profitability? How can we collaborate across borders to scale solutions? Welcome to a conversation fueled by insights, experience, and a strong belief in the future.
Digital Product Passports for Profitable Circularity
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Presentation and discussions
For those who are about to implement Digital Product Passports.
Participants: Jonas Larsson, The Swedish School of Textiles
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles and Science Park Borås
A presentation of key success factors for implementing Digital Product Passports – and how they can be used to generate new revenue streams and support more sustainable consumer behavior. You get learnings from recent development and training projects, and an opportunity to join the initiative Data to Business.
How Do We Stitch Together a Functional Extended Producer Responsibility for Textiles?
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Seminarium
For those who are decision-makers.
Participants: Cecilia Nyqvist, TEKO, Susanne Nejderås, Government Assignment at the University of Borås, Magnus Nikkarinen, Swedish Trade Federation, Yvonne Augustsson, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Birgitta Losman, Former Special Investigator on EPR for Textiles
Moderator: Git Guldare, Centre Director, Textile Fashion Center
Organizer/host: Government Assignment Textile & Fashion 2030, University of Borås
Sweden – like many other EU countries – is caught between municipal responsibility for textile waste collection and an upcoming extended producer responsibility (EPR) system, the framework of which is still uncertain. This seminar, hosted by the government assignment at the University of Borås, brings together key stakeholders working to shape an economically and environmentally sustainable EPR model for Sweden.
Stay updated on the latest developments in textile waste collection, material circulation, and extended producer responsibility, and prepare yourself and your company for textile EPR together with us!
From Burden to Opportunity
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 14:30 – 15:00
Format: Lecture
For those in small and medium-sized enterprises interested in DPP
Speaker: Suvi Haimi, Ovido
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
The future of Europe’s textile industry will not be won on price, but on transparency and sustainability. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a chance for SMEs to prove durability, traceability, and circularity, and to turn these into a competitive advantage against fast fashion. Beyond compliance, preparing for DPP helps automate data collection and reduce manual workflows, strengthen supplier collaboration, and reduce costs: under the revised Waste Framework Directive, accurate product data can directly lower EPR fees. Drawing on lived experience and concrete case studies, this session shows how SMEs can digitize their product data and prepare for DPP. We will also show how bigger companies can prepare for DPP and simultaneously cut manual work, unlock new business models from textile waste, and make sustainability not just visible, but profitable.
Also on Thursday, 13 November, 10:00 – 10:30.
Speakers Corner
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:00 – 15:45
Format: Short lectures/presentations
For those who who want new perspectives on how the industry is currently being reshaped.
Participants: Josefine Nyström, the Swedish School of Textiles, Ted Boman, Gina Tricot, Katarina Lindström, Renasens, Anna-Karin Sundelius, Naturvårdsverket, och Amanda Thorén, Bencha
Moderator: Louise Wintzell
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy and TEX!SWEDEN
Next Gen Fashion – consumption, circularity, and new values
At Speakers’ Corner, voices that dare to speak honestly about tomorrow’s textile and fashion industry come together. We bring together representatives from some of Sweden’s most influential companies and leading voices—for conversations that don’t shy away from reality, but seek solutions.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November 14:00 – 14:15, Thursday, 13 November, 14:00 – 14.15 and 15:00 – 15.45
Guided Tour in Smart Textiles Showroom
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:20 – 15:40
Format: Guided tour
For those who are interested in the textile innovations of the future.
Organizer/host: Smart Textiles, Science Park Borås
Are you interested in the textile innovations of the future? Welcome to book a ticket to a guided tour at Smart Textiles Showroom.
Smart Textiles Showroom is open from 12 to 4 PM on Wednesday and 11 AM to 4.
TEX-Brein – importance of European collaboration
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 15:45 – 16:15
Format: Seminar
For those who are interested in European collaboration.
Participants: Enrico Venturini, NEXT TECHNOLOGY TECNOTESSILE (NTT), Prato, Italy
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås in collaboration with TEX-BREIN, a European innovation project for smart textiles
Why is European collaboration important for the textile industry, and what can TEX-Brein contribute?
Circular fashion and social benefit
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:45 – 16:30
Format: Panel discussion
For those who Is interested in practical industry tools and good examples.
Participants: Didriksons, Inretrn and Räddningsmissionen. The panel discussion is led by the Nordic Textile Academy.
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
How can textile resources become valuable for both businesses and society?
An inspiring conversation about how civil society and the private sector can join forces to drive change. We explore how circular fashion can generate social benefits and new opportunities – with concrete examples from KlädRätt, Didriksons, Nudie Jeans, and Care of Carl. The discussion also highlights how digital innovation, through players like Inretrn, can redistribute returns and contribute to a more sustainable textile industry.
From Socks to Steel – Textile Waste as a Raw Material for the Steel Industry
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:45 – 16:30
Format: Seminar
For those who are working in industry as well as decision-makers at municipal, regional, and national levels.
Participants: Birgitta Losman, University of Borås, Felicia Fernstedt, Borås Energi och Miljö, Viktoria Arndt, Kappahl, Rebecka Nordsvahn, RISE, Pontus Hydén, Höganäs AB och Hanna Ljungqvist Nordin, Profu
Organizer/host: University of Borås, Borås Energi och Miljö, RISE, Kappahl och Höganäs AB
What do we do with our old socks? Find out in the project “Lump becomes biochar for the steel industry,” which combines technological development and policies supporting circular material flows between municipalities, the textile industry, and the steel industry.
Next Textile Mindshift part 2
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:45 – 17:00
Format: Seminar
For those who want insights, ideas, and inspiration.
Participants: Liv Havander, eComID, Frans Borgstrand, Shoreline, Kristoffer Schroeder, Rudholm Group, Nora Eslander, Renasens, Camilla Westerlind, Fashionlab Tech and Gustav Karlsson, WEON
Organizer/host: TEX!SWEDEN
Gain insights, ideas, and inspiration – straight from the future builders of the industry.
The fashion and textile sector is entering a new era. How can technology, innovation, and collaboration drive sustainable development and profitability – at the same time? Meet four forward-thinking voices shaping the future of Swedish and international textile trade.
Part 1, 14:15 – 15:00, see above.
Panel discussion: AI as a driver for the future textile industry
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 15:45 – 16:45
Format: Moderated panel discussion
For those who are interested in how AI can enhance business competitiveness across the entire textile value chain.
Participants: Researchers from the Swedish School of Textiles and the Department of Information Technology, along with representatives from TEKO and the company FoV Fabrics
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles
How can artificial intelligence become a key to a more sustainable, efficient, and competitive textile industry? This discussion brings together different perspectives on TexAI – a unique eight-year research initiative that combines textiles and AI with the ambition to transform the entire value chain.
CLO 3D & AI – The Future of Digital Tools in Design & Construction
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:45 – 17:00
Format: Seminar and live demonstration
For those who work in design, product development, or pattern making – as well as sustainability managers looking to streamline and digitize their product development process.
Participants: Maja Palmborg & Wendy Heijne
Organizer/host: Fashion Factory
CLO 3D and AI are the solutions transforming your construction and design process from the first sketch to the final digital sample. Digital product development makes the work faster, smarter, and significantly more sustainable. Here, you’ll see how it works in practice and how you can take a sketch all the way to a finished product image using AI.
‘From Waste to Wonder’ – concrete examples of business value
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 16:00 – 16:30
Format: Lecture
For those who want to see the value in what already exists.
Participants: Caroline von Post and Susanne Beskow, Beskow von Post
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
Design company Beskow von Post will give a lecture at the Nordic Textile Academy during Borås Textile Days over two days, November 12–13. With the theme ‘From Waste to Wonder,’ the company aims to show how a business can gain far greater value by deconstructing garments to rebuild new clothing. Brand communication can be so much more than a logo – it can also take responsibility for the environment and contribute to the reuse of textile resources.
Also on Thursday, 13 November, 11:30 – 12:00.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) from a European Perspective
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 16:30 – 17:00
Format: Panel discussion
For those who are interested in producer responsibility for textiles and how it is approached in other parts of Europe.
Participants: Birgitta Losman, University of Borås
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
The EU is about to introduce producer responsibility for textiles. How do different textile clusters and business think about it? Where is consensus and what conditions differentiate regions in Europe?
Loopholes – a Circular Toolkit: When Strategy Meets Design Thinking
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 16:30 – 17:00
Format: Lecture
For those who want to explore alternative approaches to material flows, user behaviors, product lifecycles, and system change.
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
The Loopholes Toolkit is a practical and creative tool that helps teams identify circular opportunities, challenge established mindsets, and create new business value.
Also on Thursday, 13 November, 11:00 – 11:30.
Fabric of Life Award
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Format: Awards ceremony
Awards gala in conjunction with the presentation of the 2025 Fabric of Life Award. An evening celebrating courage, innovation, and sustainability in the textile and fashion industry.
Read more: https://www.fabricoflifeaward.com/
Thursday 13 november
Successful Circular Business Models
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 08:30 – 09:20
Format: Seminar
For those who are interested in how to implement circular strategies and business models.
Participants: Klas Cullbrand, RE:Source, Wajahat Hussain, BioRestore, Kevin Gelsi, Nudie Jeans och Taina Flink Xvii Sustainability
Participants: RE:Source and Xvii
Organizer/host: Borås Textile Days
The global climate impact of the textile industry makes it essential for companies to find sustainable and commercially viable solutions. Through interviews with 16 pioneers in the circular economy, we share insights, experiences, and concrete examples of how players in the textile and other resource-intensive industries successfully implement circular strategies and business models.
Blue Innovation – Algae as a Fossil-Free and Renewable Dye for the Textile Industry
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 09:45 – 10:05
Format: Presentation
For those who work in the textile industry.
Participants: Nils-Krister Persson, University of Borås and Anna Björkquist, University of Borås
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles
Dyeing is one of the most environmentally impactful stages in the textile value chain. Algae have been proposed as a substitute material. Algae are organisms that photosynthesize, meaning they have built-in mechanisms to interact with light. We discuss what is feasible from an industrial perspective.
Old Fashion Consumption in New Ways
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 09:45 – 10:15
Format: Panel discussion
For those who want to be inspired by history.
Medverkande: Johannes Daun, Textile Museum of Sweden, Karin M Ekström, Swedish School of Textile, Daniel Hjelmgren, Swedish School of Textile and Anne Ludvigson, Ludvig Svensson.
Moderator: Jenny Balkow, Swedish School of Textile
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textile and Textile Museum of Sweden
Clothing consumption has changed throughout history. Today, the conditions — but also the challenges — are completely different from, for example, 50 years ago. How can we benefit from looking back and learning from what was done right in the past? In this panel discussion, experts from various fields share their perspectives on how we can draw inspiration from historical clothing consumption. Can we take elements of the old and do them in new ways?
War, Tariffs, and Trump – What the Global Situation Means for the Textile Industry
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 09:45 – 10:30
Format: Interview with Daniel Ekwall
For those who want to know how the global situation affects the textile industry.
Participants: Professor Daniel Ekwall, University of Borås, Lina Färm, University of Borås
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles
Daniel Ekwall, Professor of Textile Management and Visiting Professor at the Swedish Defence University, looks ahead and offers advice to the textile industry in times of global uncertainty.
From Vision to Reality: Automation & Circularity in Next-Generation Textile Production
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 09:45 – 10:30, 10:45 – 11:30
Format: Lectures, panel discussions, and workshop
For those who are working with sustainable textile production, fashion, innovation, or circular economy or who just want to be the first to see next-generation technology for second-hand, local production, remake, and resource optimization.
Participants: Erik Valvring, Ellen Flybäck, Anett Aldman, Jennifer Tengroth and Gudrun Bonér, Science Park Borås, Petra Ärlsjö, Automation Region, Jan Johansson and Sven Sörbo, Eton Systems, Felicia Lundberg, Textilproducenterna, Karin Arnell, Färgeriet EK, Hanna Säll, Aalto Unitiversity
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
Welcome to a “morning session” where theory, practice, and new technology come together in the circular transition! Gain insights on automation and digital solutions as well as practical tips for circular transformation.
Break with coffee between the two sessions. Feel free to combine it with the tour of DO-tank right after the end of the programme at 11:30.
Talk sustainability without greenwashing
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 09:45 – 12:00
Format: Lecture and Workshop
For those who are entrepreneurs or business owners wanting to gain knowledge about sustainability communication.
Participants: Andreas Rolfer Wrangö and Kajsa Ljungberg, Westander
Organizer/host: Borås INK
Far too many companies get stuck in greenhushing and miss the chance to position themselves as a responsible brand. This may stem from fear of greenwashing or a desire to have everything perfect first. But there are ways forward.
Driving Profitability with Data
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 09:45 – 12:00
Format: Workshop
For those who want to learn more about how data can be used to create more profitable and efficient e-commerce solutions.
Participants: Sophie Aubard, yayloh, Jarle Snertingdalen, Villoid and Jessika Ödling, Dema.
Organizer/host: TEX!SWEDEN
This workshop, co-hosted by yayloh and Dema, will explore how data can be used to unlock more profitable and efficient e-commerce operations. We’ll dive into a real-life case with Villoid, the Norwegian fashion platform curating both emerging and established brands.
From Burden to Opportunity
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 10:00 – 10:30
Format: Lecture
For those in small and medium-sized enterprises interested in DPP
Speaker: Suvi Haimi, Ovido
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
The future of Europe’s textile industry will not be won on price, but on transparency and sustainability. The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a chance for SMEs to prove durability, traceability, and circularity, and to turn these into a competitive advantage against fast fashion. Beyond compliance, preparing for DPP helps automate data collection and reduce manual workflows, strengthen supplier collaboration, and reduce costs: under the revised Waste Framework Directive, accurate product data can directly lower EPR fees. Drawing on lived experience and concrete case studies, this session shows how SMEs can digitize their product data and prepare for DPP. We will also show how bigger companies can prepare for DPP and simultaneously cut manual work, unlock new business models from textile waste, and make sustainability not just visible, but profitable.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November, 14:30 – 15:00.
From creative idea to production-ready design – the next big leap in fashion productdevelopment
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 10:30 – 11:00
Format: Presentation
For those interested in the possibilities of AI
Participants: Frans Borgstrand and Blenda Averfalk, Shoreline
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
AI in the fashion industry isn’t just about creating beautiful images – it’s about connecting the creative idea with production-ready design.
What happens when an AI-generated sketch can be transformed directly into graded patterns and a complete tech pack in PLM? In this session, we explore how new technology is already transforming product development – and what lies just around the corner.
We’ll share insights and examples of how AI, 3D, and 2D technologies can work together to enable a more creative, efficient, and sustainable development process.
How the Innovation System Can Strengthen and Develop Your Business
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 10:30 – 11:15
Format: Seminar and panel discussion
For those who are working in small and medium-sized enterprises, want to increase their knowledge about the opportunities and support available within the innovation system.
Participants: Lisa Lundin, Regional Development Officer Region Västra Götaland, Markus Danell, Operations Manager Wargön Innovation and Anna Lindgren, Project Coordinator Science Park Borås
Moderator: Adrian Zethraeus, Project Coordinator Science Park Borås
Organizer/host: Textile Movement through Science Park Borås
How can collaboration be a springboard for achieving our goals?
Project Dress Code – About Workwear, Rural Areas, and Perceptions of Higher Education
Language: 🇸🇪
Tid: 11:00 – 11:45
Format: Lecture
For those who are interested in textiles and clothing beyond fashion – yet as an essential part of human identity.
Participants: Philip Warkander, Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Textiles
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles
Could the design of protective clothing be a reason steel plants struggle to attract new employees? “Project Dress Code – for a more attractive industry,” funded by Vinnova, explored the role of workwear in Sweden’s steel industry.
What began as a focus on garments soon expanded to larger and more existential questions – about the relationship between urban and rural areas, young people’s view of higher education, and what defines a meaningful life.
Loopholes – a Circular Toolkit: When Strategy Meets Design Thinking
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 11:00 – 11:30
Format: Lecture
For those who want to explore alternative approaches to material flows, user behaviors, product lifecycles, and system change.
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
The Loopholes Toolkit is a practical and creative tool that helps teams identify circular opportunities, challenge established mindsets, and create new business value.
Also on Wednesday, 13 November, 16:30 – 17:00.
Guided Tour in the DoTank Center
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 11:30 – 12:00
Format: Tour with presentation
For those in the textile and fashion industry.
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
Join a guided tour of the DoTank Center and discover prototypes, innovations, and how the space can support your business in the textile and fashion industry.
‘From Waste to Wonder’ – concrete examples of business value
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 11:30 – 12:00
Format: Lecture
For those who want to see the value in what already exists.
Participants: Caroline von Post och Susanne Beskow, Beskow von Post
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
Design company Beskow von Post will give a lecture at the Nordic Textile Academy during Borås Textile Days over two days, November 12–13. With the theme ‘From Waste to Wonder,’ the company aims to show how a business can gain far greater value by deconstructing garments to rebuild new clothing. Brand communication can be so much more than a logo – it can also take responsibility for the environment and contribute to the reuse of textile resources.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November, 16:00 – 16:30.
Keeping Up?
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:00 – 13:30
Format: Seminar
For those who are interested in collaboration toward a shared direction for sustainable business.
Participants: Helena Waker, Stockholm Fashion District, Christian Lundell, The Nordic Textile Academy
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
Foresight into the Swedish Fashion Industry
The textile and fashion industry is moving fast – but are we keeping up? Welcome to a dialogue between Helena Waker, CEO of Trade Partner & Stockholm Fashion District, and Christian Lundell, CEO of Nordiska Textilakademin.
Together, they offer an engaging conversation filled with insights into the industry’s current issues and how competence, collaboration, smart working methods, and the importance of staying up to date can become our strongest tools in a time of change.
Next Retail
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:00 – 13:45
Format: Seminar
Participants: Maria Wahlgren and Caroline Thorén, Nexer Group, Sara Király, Google Cloud Nordics
Organizer/host: TEX!SWEDEN
Retail and fashion are changing rapidly, and customers demand greater relevance, faster service, and sustainable solutions. With Google Cloud’s new AI technology, companies can analyze customer data, predict trends, and create personalized, seamless experiences across all channels.
Digital traceability and automation help reduce waste, increase circularity, and improve sustainability. By combining technology and insights, the industry can both streamline operations and create value for both customers and the environment.
Shrinking Population, Collapsing Consumption
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:00 – 13:45
Format: Lecture
For those who want to understand how demographic shifts are disrupting today’s economic models – and what that means for future societies and consumption.
Participants: Philip Warkander, the Swedish School of Textiles
Organizer/host: The Swedish School of Textiles
A radical demographic shift is approaching. For the past 700 years, the global population has steadily grown – a foundation that today’s economy and welfare systems rely on. But what happens when this growth halts or reverses? Our current economy, based on each generation consuming more than the last, will need to be completely reimagined.
AI as an Enabler of a Stronger Design Process
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:00 – 13:45
Format: Seminar
For those who are interested in examples from the textile sector of how AI can strengthen the design process.
Participants: : Martina Eriksdotter, AI Sweden, Andrea Nordwall, Blekinge Institute of Technology
Organizer/host: AI Sweden in collaboration with Borås INK och Science Park Borås
AI is revolutionizing the creative sector – from textiles to architecture and film. In the RE:CREATE project, we explore how technology can unleash creativity, renew design processes, and strengthen collaboration between industry, academia, and the public sector. How can AI support future design work, open up new collaborations, and deepen understanding of needs? Welcome to a conversation on how we can shape the next step in the creative sector’s transformation together.
From Words to Action – Making Sustainability Concrete
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Format: Seminar and Q/A
For those who want to stay ahead in an industry where passivity is no longer an option.
Participants: Emma Garotte Fredman & Ellen Flybäck
Organizer/host: Fashion Factory
Is your company ready for the EU Textile Strategy, product passports, and increased supply chain transparency? New EU legislation is changing the rules of the game for the entire textile industry. Transparency, circularity, and accountability are no longer optional – they’re becoming legal requirements. What does this mean for your business? How can you prepare – and turn this transition into a competitive advantage?
This Is What We Want! Young Voices on Making Your Brand Attractive
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:30 – 14:15
Format: Lecture
For those who want to understand how young people think and what they want—so your brand can become truly relevant.
Participants: Emily Dahl, journalist and trend analyst
Organizer/host: Borås Textile Days
Journalist and trend analyst Emily Dahl offers an insightful guide to the consumers of tomorrow – straight from the reality of Gen Z. She will cover topics such as:
- What young people dream about right now—from climate anxiety to a collective longing for safety and belonging.
- How the pandemic still shapes their consumption patterns and what they value.
- Sustainability—yes, but not in the way you might think.
- Why Gen Z is searching for a “third space”—and how you can help create it.
- Do’s and don’ts when engaging with a demanding, fast, savvy, and skeptical audience.
Speakers Corner
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 13:45 – 14:00
Format: Short lectures/presentations
For those who who want new perspectives on how the industry is currently being reshaped.
Participants: Helena Waker, Trade Partners Sweden and Stockholm Fashion District, and Charlotte Nordén, Cellbes
Moderator: Louise Wintzell
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy and TEX!SWEDEN
Do boards dare to think long-term when profitability is under pressure?
At Speakers’ Corner, voices that dare to speak honestly about tomorrow’s textile and fashion industry come together. We bring together representatives from some of Sweden’s most influential companies and leading voices—for conversations that don’t shy away from reality, but seek solutions.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November 14:00 – 14:15, 15:00 – 15:45 and Thursday, 13 November, 15:00 – 15.45.
Beyond Graduation – Why Creativity Remains Essential for Fashion and Textile Designers in Professional Practice
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 14:00 – 14:45
Format: Panel discussion
For those who are alumni, small-scale entrepreneurs or creatives working in fashion and textiles, design enthusiasts, or anyone seeking access to creative meeting places and looking to expand their knowledge or network in a professional context.
Participants: Erik Gustafsson, senior lecturer in innovation and entrepreneurship at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Stina Randestad, Fashion designer and founder of STINARAND and Fares Zerezghi, Director of Creative Services at Värmeverket.
Moderator: Nana Sacko, Textile Movement Talent
Organizer/host: Textile Movement Talent
Talent Talks highlights creativity as a driving force in fashion—extending beyond the classroom and into professional practice. This panel brings together fashion designers, academics, and industry experts to explore why bridging the gap between academic learning and professional practice is crucial, and why creativity remains essential.
Can you reach young adults with sustainability messages on social media?
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Seminar and panel discussion
For those who want to increase their knowledge of how sustainability messages can be packaged on social media.
Participants: Adrian Zethraeus, Science Park Borås, Elin Svensson and Julia Engström, Göteborgsregionen, Johannes Gustavsson, Communication Consultant
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
How do young adults actually perceive sustainability communication on social media, and what sparks their interest? In the Remore project, we have tested what works and what falls flat. It’s less about perfect messages and more about authenticity, the right tone, and who says what. Welcome to a seminar where we share insights, examples, and lessons learned on how more sustainable lifestyles can be encouraged.
The Jobs of the Future are Circular – But What Do They Look Like?
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 14:15 – 15:00
Format: Introductory lecture followed by panel discussion
For those who are in a leadership position or work in HR within the textile and fashion industry, engaged in the transition to circular jobs and interested in sustainable competence.
Participants: Christian Lundell, Nordiska Textilakademin, Taina Flink, Xvii, Ann Carlsson, Blåkläder, Caroline Andermatt, Myrorna, Viktoria Arndt, Kappahl, Madeleine Jonsson, Regional Councillor and Chair of the Environment and Regional Development Committee, Region Västra Götaland och Katarina Pettersson, Borås Energi & Miljö
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
What does it take to create the sustainable jobs of the future? At Borås Textile Days, we explore this together with leading actors who are already active in this field. Don’t miss this unique conversation about the next steps for the labor market, where both environmental benefits and personal development are at the center.
Small Particles, Big Consequences – Learn, Discover, and Act!
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 14:15 – 15:45
Format: Seminar and workshop
For those who want to increase your knowledge about microplastics from textiles and understand how the textile industry identifies, manages, and can reduce emissions.
Participants: Professor Amit Rawal, holder of the King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science
Organizer/host: University of Borås
Textiles, especially synthetic materials like polyester and acrylic, are one of the largest sources of microplastics in our oceans and lakes. These tiny plastic fibers are invisible to the eye but have a huge impact on the environment and health. Welcome to an interactive seminar focusing on textiles. Through lectures, practical exercises, and group discussions, you will learn where microplastics come from, how the textile industry contributes — and what we as consumers, producers, and societal actors can do about it.
Personal style begins where fast fashion consumption ends
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:00 – 15:45
Format: “Take over” conversation on open stage. They’ll be offering sparkling kombucha.
For those who are interested in how engagement in sustainable fashion can lead to real change — both in lifestyle and career choices.
Participants: Anna Lindström, the Swedish School of Textiles, Anna-Carin Abrahamsson, Ge för livet Second hand, Frida Landbäcker, modeprofil, Marielle Krus, Bubbleroom
Organizer/host: Science Park Borås
From fast fashion consumer to passionate circulent. F/activists share their ongoing “conscious consumer journey” after months in the f/ACT movement and how it has influenced both their private and professional lives.
Speakers Corner
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:00 – 15:45
Format: Short lectures/presentations
For those who who want new perspectives on how the industry is currently being reshaped.
Participants: Moon-Suck Song, Panagora, Linnea Magnusson, XV Production, Daniel Ekvall, Swedish Defense University, Lisa Rosengren, Fristads och Ann Rydholm, Taiga
Moderator: Louise Wintzell
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy and TEX!SWEDEN
What does it take to invest in the textile industry of the future?
At Speakers’ Corner, voices that dare to speak honestly about tomorrow’s textile and fashion industry come together. We bring together representatives from some of Sweden’s most influential companies and leading voices—for conversations that don’t shy away from reality, but seek solutions.
Also on Wednesday, 12 November 14:00 – 14:15, 15:00 – 15:45 and Thursday, 13 November, 13:45 – 14.00.
What Learning Journey Does Your Company Need for Upcoming EU Legislation
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:15 – 16:00
Format: Seminar
For those who are interested in the competence needs of the future.
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy,
What can you do to provide your employees with the skills required to meet the EU’s new textile strategy? What kind of competence development is needed to succeed in the transition to more circular ways of working? And what role do leaders and culture bearers play when the change needs to become reality?
In this seminar, we show how the Lifelong Learning project within Textile Movement can support small and medium-sized textile and fashion companies in West Sweden in their transition.
Guided Tour in Smart Textiles Showroom
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:20 – 15:40
Format: Guided tour
For those who are interested in the textile innovations of the future.
Organizer/host: Smart Textiles, Science Park Borås
Are you interested in the textile innovations of the future? Welcome to book a ticket to a guided tour at Smart Textiles Showroom.
Smart Textiles Showroom is open from 12 to 4 PM on Wednesday and 11 AM to 4.
Leadership as a Catalyst for Innovation
Language: 🇸🇪
Time: 15:45 – 16:30
Format: Inspirational lecture
For those interested in leadership during change processes.
Participants: Malin Lindgren, MLS
Organizer/host: The Nordic Textile Academy
How do you lead yourself and your team in an industry facing unprecedented uncertainty and major challenges? We know that circular and sustainable business models are necessary, yet the industry is currently facing lower demand, weaker sales, and shrinking margins. It’s easy—whether as a business leader or individual—to become paralyzed and fall back into old habits. So, what kind of leadership is needed in these transformative times? And is there something within leadership itself that might be undermining joy and innovation?
FINAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Achim Berg
What is the Future of Sustainability in Fashion?
Language: 🇬🇧
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
Format: Format: Lecture and Q&A
For those who are iterested in the Future of the Textile and Fashion Industry.
Organizer/host: Textile Fashion Center
Dr. Achim Berg is a fashion & luxury industry expert, advisor, investor, author, speaker and founder of FashionSIGHTS. He is also dedicated to exploring and shaping the Future of Fashion.
During his 24 years at McKinsey & Company – 14 of those as Partner and Senior Partner – he built and led the firm’s fashion and luxury advisory and co-founded & edited the State of Fashion report.
In February 2025, he founded FashionSIGHTS, an independent corporate think tank focusing on advising top decision-makers in fashion and luxury and conducting research on the ever evolving industry. He is currently writing a book about the Future of Fashion.
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