Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "How to Enter Technical Textiles Markets: Positioning your Company for the Recovery - The 5th Symposium Proceedings" report to their offering.

The aim of this meeting was to inform participants about the crucial issues facing a company entering or expanding their activities in technical textiles, to update participants on the state and future prospects for world markets, to review the latest market opportunities and to highlight emerging new technologies.

The Chairman of the meeting was Professor Roshan Shishoo. Speakers included representatives from Messe Frankfurt, IFAI, Dow Corning, TNO Defence, Safety & Security, ENSAIT and Peratech.

The full Proceedings are now available on CD-Rom, containing the presentations of the lecturers PLUS FULL AUDIO FILES OF THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS, over 2 1/2 hours of expert discussion and analysis of the current and future prospects for the technical textiles industry.

Key Topics Covered:

Conference Chairman: Roshan Shishoo, Shishoo Consulting, Sweden

Keynote paper 1: How to use technical textiles to position your company for the future Professor Roshan Shishoo (Shishoo Consulting)

Session 1: Fundamental issues for transforming your company

1.1 Addressing the skills crisis Vladan Koncar (ENSAIT, France and AUTEX)

1.2 How and why to test Rob Croskell (SGS)

1.3 Technical Textiles - an Indian company's perspective Neeraj Karhade (Polycrest Innovations)

1.4 How to protect your investments in innovation Richard Paalman (European Patent Office)

1.5 Funding opportunities in the EU and UK Stephen Kay (NWTexnet)

1.6 Lessons learned in the start-up of a new company Guillaume Tiberghien (Tibtech Innovations)

Workshop 1

Session 2: Market prospects: views from around the world Chair: Stephen Kay (NWTexnet)

Keynote paper 2: World markets - a year of turmoil Michael Jaenecke (Techtextil)

2.1 North America: The US outlook Stephen Warner (IFAI)

2.2 North America: The view from Canada Jacek Mlynarek (CTTG)

2.3 The European view: Germany Werner Zirnzak (IVGT)

2.4 The European view: France Karine Wallois (Clubtex)

2.5 The European view: Italy Aldo Tempesti (TexClubTec)

Workshop 2

Session 3: New opportunities offered by growing end-use markets Chair: Jacek Mlynarek (CTTG)

Keynote paper 3: The Active ProtectionSystem two years on: new learnings, new challenges, new opportunities, two new technology platforms Liz Mallen (Dow Corning)

3.1 Artificial (sports) surfaces Albert Prisse (European Synthetic Turf Organisation/EATP)

3.2 The medical textiles market Curt White (Aegis)

3.3 Military textiles Anton Luiken (TNO Defense, Safety & Security, Director of Alcon Advies)

3.4 Nanotechnology and smart textiles David Lussey (Peratech)

3.5 Technical textiles and the environment Mike Rushforth (Beyond Surface Technologies) (TBC)

Workshop 3

Session 4: New opportunities offered by emerging technologies

Keynote paper 4: Small is beautiful - flexibility in innovation Rule Niederstadt (Ecoatech)

4.1 Multifunctional coating technologies John Almond (Alexium)

4.2 Experiences in developing plasma technology Stephen Coulson (P2i)

4.3 Digital printing Marcus Timson (FESPA)

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c675b1/how_to_enter_techn

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