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Join SmartX - The new European Smart Textiles Innovation Community

New technologies are emerging in the smart textile world, offering market opportunities but also facilitating skills enhancement and cross-sectoral partnerships.

Join the Smart X Community! Hundreds of experts dedicated to learning, knowledge exchange and project development in e-textiles, wearables and related technologies from across Europe.

Kicking off mid-October 2022, the new European Smart Textiles Innovation Community brings togeth­er lead­ing indus­try inno­va­tors and tech developers from all over Europe.

After the success of the SmartX Europe project, and our 'Innovating in Smart Textiles' Masterclass, we are combining these two communities of +1000 experts!

Join this unique Com­mu­ni­ty and benefit from meet-ups, visits of smart textile labs/industry facilities, and an online brokerage/coaching system to connect providers with companies seeking smart textile solutions.

Interested in joining the Community?

Join this new European Smart Textiles Innovation Community, and meet lead­ing indus­try inno­va­tors and tech devel­op­ers from all over Europe.

More information on the subscription levels here.

The need of Smart Textiles in Europe

Smart textiles show promising growth across many end markets:

What services does the SmartX Community offer?

  • E-Learning

    Regular expert webinars, topics related to smart textile innovation, technical webinars targeted at researchers and tech developers + business & market trends webinars targeted at companies/start-ups, Collective topic/speaker selection by community members, Possibility for (premium) subscribers to host their own webinars, Q&A sessions led by technical moderators, recordings accessible through a community platform.

  • Physical Meet-Ups

    Community meet-ups are linked to industry & research events such as trade fairs, conferences, cluster/association assemblies, project workshops, an annual calendar of events to coordinate travels, message board on the community platform to plan meet-ups between community members.

  • Partnership Development

    Broker contacts/exchange between members of the community, build new partnerships to participate in EU projects or to create business development ventures, post & follow up inquiries on the community platform, and news on funding opportunities.

  • Coaching & Mentoring

    Find expert coaches & experienced mentors through an online database, Contract experts through simple transparent contracts, Recommendation & review system for coaches & mentors.

  • Info Access & Promotion

    Access all information and contacts in one single platform, promote information about yourself & your company with a relevant audience in webinars, platforms & newsletters, receive a monthly newsletter packed with relevant Smart Textiles news from across Europe, and share your latest news & events across all community channels (community, newsletter, social media…).

Subscription Levels


Any questions? Contact us!