A Passion for Print!’ textile conference to run in April

Fespa UK will run its 2019 Textile Conference - entitled ‘A Passion for Print!’ - on 9 - 10 April at Hatfield House. A supporting networking dinner will be held on 9 April at Sopwell House, where accommodation can also be provided.

The conference will explore topics related to interior textile printing. Speakers include: Emma Tuddenham, association manager, Fespa, who will open the event; Terry Raghunath, business development for printed decorative applications, HP on the topic ‘Printed Interior Décor’; Kate Hills, founder, Make it British, who will provide an ‘Overview of the Textile Market’; Sharon Donovich, regional product marketing manager, Kornit Digital on ‘Web-to-Print and Neopigment inks’; Eric Beyeler, global marketing manager - digital printing, DuPont Advanced Printing talking on ‘Sustainability in Textiles’; Annette Taylor-Anderson, creative director/designer, ATADesigns and Elisa Fanella, managing director, Elisa Interiors, both presenting ‘Designing for Interior Textiles’; Julie Pentney, technical manager for home textiles, Turner Bianca on ‘Providing Textiles for the High Street’; and Premier Textiles talking on ‘Textile Substrates - What You Need to Know’.