The main activities of the Textile ETP revolve around Networking, Learning and EU Funding.
According to our current strategy, adopted in 2018, the Textile ETP acts as Strategic Connector, Think Tank and Advocate and Intelligence and Funding Access Provider to all our members across Europe.
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The main activities of the Textile ETP revolve around Networking, Learning, and EU Funding.
According to our current strategy, adopted in 2018, the Textile ETP acts as Strategic Connector, Think Tank and Advocate, and Intelligence and Funding Access Provider to all our members across Europe.
From the Annual Public Conference to Annual General Assembly through the Thematic workshops and webinars, networking events are a strong part of the Textile ETP’s activities.
In multi-year intervals, the Textile together with its members develops strategic research and innovation roadmaps charting the most likely future direction of the European textile and clothing industry, broader market and technology trends, and their link to public policies and support programmes. The latest comprehensive roadmap entitled “Towards the 4th Revolution of Textiles and Clothing” was adopted in 2016. A public version can be downloaded here.
To increase our reach into all domains of relevance for textile research and innovation, to have a higher impact- in our advocacy work, and the provide a broader range of funding opportunities for our members the Textile ETP engages in strategic cross-sectoral partnerships and alliances.
Smart textiles and wearables are a major innovation frontier for the textile, clothing, and electronics industries and are expected to open up attractive niche market opportunities in several sectors worth 1.5 B € in 5 years.
Textile ETP, in collaboration with TITERA, crafted a Europen Masterclass programme representing a 15-months learning journey, spanning 7 content modules for a total of 12 webinars. Leading technology developers, industry innovators, and end-market experts across all disciplines of the European smart textiles ecosystem will share their insights and latest developments to enable you to realise the innovation potential in this growing field.
The Textile Project Proposal Information Exchange System (TEPPIES) is our members-only brokerage system designed to help our research and industry members to form strong European consortia to successfully apply for funding opportunities provided by the EU research and innovation framework programme.
