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Spain to host Smart Fabrics Europe from Oct 29-31, 2013

Smart Fabrics Europe, from October 29-31, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain, will host fashion designers, physiosensor engineers, textile manufacturers, lighting aficionados and everyone in between. Hundreds will gather to network and learn the latest on protection, surveillance and privacy applications; product developments coming out of partnerships; and fashion, design and wearable technologies.

Smart Fabrics speakers are eager to share their latest discoveries as electronics and textiles try to integrate into mainstream marketplaces more and more every day. This conference will have dedicated sessions on the trends and obstacles engineers and designers face as they merge technology with the human body.

Some of the topics to be discussed at the three day event include:

1. Interactive Fashion, by Daan Roosegaarde, Dutch artist, architect and creative director of Studio Roosegaarde

2. Smart Fabrics 101, by Jan Zimmerman, head of textile innovation, Forster Rohner AG

3. Electronic Couture by Moritz Waldemeyer, designer

4. We had a dream – Weaving Light, by Cristina Bini, CEO, Luminex S.r.l.

5. Let’s not waste the power of fashion, by Marina Toeters, design and research in fashion technology

6. Record breaking innovation, by Giuseppe Musciacchio, general manager, brand development, Arena Group