AlpTextyles Conference at Confindustria Moda: catch up on the event videos on YouTube!

📹 The videos of the AlpTextyles Conference at Confindustria Moda are now online.

A chance to revisit the conversations, ideas, and insights that shaped our dialogue on textile heritage, innovation, and the Alpine dimension.
Explore the institutional introductions and roundtable talks — and keep the discussion alive with us!

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Opening remarks
Hon. Vannia Gava
Italian Deputy Minister of the Environment and Energy Security (IT)

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Opening remarks
Aleš Kegl
Project Officer, Interreg Alpine Space (AT)

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Roundtable 1 | Threads of Change: Climate-Neutral Innovation for Alpine SMEs
This roundtable presents practical solutions from the AlpTextyles Orientation Guides and explore how business support organizations can help upscale them, fostering sustainable regional development, low-carbon value chains, and green jobs across the Alps.

Speakers:
Jawad Reddani, Agricultural Advisor | Prometerre (CH)
Enrico Sironi, Textile Entrepreneur | Lino (IT)
Victoire Satto, Founder and CEO | The Good Goods (FR)
Emma Casella, Industrial Designer | FibershedDACH (CH)
Alix Arto, Multidisciplinary Designer | FibershedDACH (CH)
Carolin Schelkle, PhD | Industrial Design and Materials Research (DE)

Moderation:
Robin Oddon, International and Development Director | TECHTERA (FR)

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Roundtable 2 | Weaving the Future: Safeguarding Alpine Textile Heritage
This roundtable focuses on innovative strategies to safeguard, revitalize and valorize Alpine textile heritage. Drawing from the AlpTextyles Safeguarding Toolkits, it explores how cultural institutions and heritage communities can document, digitalize, and breathe new life into traditional practices—building bridges between cultural identity and post-carbon futures.

Speakers:
Marco Rendina, Managing Director | EFHA – European Fashion Heritage Association (IT)
Agostina Lavagnino, Head of the Ethnography and Social History Archive (AESS) – Culture Directorate | Regione Lombardia (IT)
Kati Sekirnik, Head of Arts and Crafts Centre Škofja Loka | RAS (SI)
Ursula Tries, Master student | HAFL Bern (CH)
Bruno Motter, Design student | FH Joanneum, Graz (AT)
Christoph Walser, Director | Montafon Museums (AT)

Moderation:
Katarina Šrimpf Vendramin, PhD | ZRC SAZU, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SI)

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Roundtable 3 | Towards Circularity: Policy Tools for a Sustainable Textile Landscape

Diving into cross-sectoral policy recommendations aimed at supporting Alpine textile ecosystems, this session provides insights for regional authorities and EUSALP bodies on aligning climate action, cultural heritage, and SME support to foster sufficiency-oriented growth, reduce emissions, and build resilient cross-border value chains.

Speakers:
Mimi Urbanc, PhD | ZRC SAZU, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SI)
Pascal Gautrand, Managing Director | Collectif Tricolor (FR)
Patrizia Maggia, President | Agenzia Lane d’Italia (IT)
Sylvain Guetaz, European Cooperation Officer, Directorate of International Relations | Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (FR) / Co-Leader of EUSALP Action Group 2

Moderation:
Cassiano Luminati, Director | Polo Poschiavo / Lead Partner Interreg Alpine Space project AlpTextyles (CH)

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AlpTextyles Partners
Polo Poschiavo
ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
emlyon business school
Razvojna agencija Sora
Regione Lombardia
Sistema Moda Italia
BELLISSIMO
Istituto Marangoni
TECHTERA
Stand Montafon
Mediplant
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg