Techtextil North America has chosen five  Advisory Council Members to aid in the development of its 2017 Symposium. The show will be held at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center in Chicago, IL where the technical textile industry will gather together in June.

The council members are: Jess Jur, PhD., assistant professor, Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science at N.C.State University; Sam Buff, director, Textile Technology Center at Gaston College; Genevieve Dion, associate professor, Design Department at Westphal College of Media Arts and Design Founder; Shima Seiki Haute Tech Lab at ExCITe Director, Center for Functional Fabrics at Drexel University; Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman, Kolon Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology; and Gordon Gillerman, director, Standards Coordination Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, who is an observer to the board.

The highly acclaimed technical textile conference – which is held concurrently with Techtextil North America’s trade show floor brings speakers from a variety of backgrounds and industries to divulge new advancements in the marketplace. Techtextil North America Symposium session topics to include: Smart textiles in the connected car ecosystem; Optimizing the design and fabrication of functional fabrics; Smart textile product design; The technical textile industry talent challenge; and Two part session Standards and certification – trade facilitators and From lifestyle equipment to medical devices – standards and regulatory expectations.

More info: www.techtextilna.com