A one-day Digital Textile Conference will take place in Milan on 30 September. The Fespa hosted programme is being supported by the Fespa Italia Association in collaboration with Sistema Moda Italia, the Italian Fashion and Textile Federation, and Associazione Italiana Disegnatori Tessili, the Italian Textile Designers Association, both of which will field speakers. The event is sponsored by MS Italy.
The conference programme (which will be will be delivered in English and Italian and co-located with Fespa Italia Day) has been developed to provide PSPs with insights into the diverse market segments of digital textile printing, feedback from printers who have successfully entered the sector and technical guidance on how to address the opportunity, including updates on the latest technology developments in machinery, software, inks and textiles.
Confirmed speakers and panelists so far include Enrico Barboglio (Fespa Italia); Duncan MacOwan (Fespa); Ron Gilboa (InfoTrends); Fulvio Alvisi (AIDT); Andrea Ferrero (Miroglio Textiles); Lorenzo Zottar (The Color Soup); Gianluca Brenna (Stamperia di Lipomo); Dario Garnero (Stamperia Serica Italiana) and Andrea Barbiani (MS Italy).
Fespa CEO Neil Felton said: “Today, digital accounts for only a small proportion of all textile printing, but this is forecast to grow substantially in the years ahead, with estimates suggesting that digital could account for 5% of textile printing by 2020, up from 2% today. Clearly that’s a significant diversification opportunity for printers already invested in digital output technology and supporting workflows.”
Registration for the Digital Textile Conference can be found at www.fespadtc.com.