FUTEX - presentation eng

The European FUTEX Convention, launched in 2005, became the unmissable Technical Textile innovation event in Northern Europe. FUTEX is the result of the close partnership between the City of Marcq-en-Baroeul and the CLUBTEX network of technical textiles professionals. It is chaired by Patrice Gallant, Chairman of CLUBTEX, and Bernard Gérard, MP and Mayor of Marcq-en-Baroeul and Vice-Chairman of Parliament's Textile Commission.

This biennial event has already held 4 editions mobilising more than 300 participants representing about ten nationalities.

A '4-in-1' event :

- Meetings : Technical textile indstrialist as well as researchers and final users will provide information, hold discussions and answer all questions on the proposed topic at conferences and round tables
- Future : the European students are encouraged to candidate to the FUTEX Sutend Challenge in textile innovation with surprising, unexpected and promising projets
- Image : the FUTUROTEXTILES exhibition in partnership with lille3000 allows to demonstrate the scope of Technical Textile applications
- Exchanges : about 15 stands are run by professionals who present their activities, exhibit their recent innovations and share their needs for future projects

The themes of the previous issues:

2005 : the Textiles for Health and for Automotive with Patrick Devedjian, then Minister of Industry

2007:  the Extreme Textiles with Jean-Louis Etienne Medecin and Explorer of the north and south poles

2009 : Towards Textile Housing? with Patrick Coulombel, co-founder of Architectes de l'Urgence (Emergency Architects)

2011 : the Invisible Textiles with Joël de Rosnay, futurologist and biologist, specialised in the new technologies

FUTEX in 2012 : FUTEX is lending its know-how for the opening of CETI for the FUTUROTEXTILES AWARDS 2012

FUTEX partners :
DIRECCTE - Conseil Regional - Lille Metropole - UP-tex - UIT Nord - APIM - IFTH - OSEO - j'innove - HEI - ENSAIT- lille3000