Sunday, May 19, 2024
| 3:00-7:00 PM | Registration & Check-in | Palisades West |
| 5:00-6:00 PM | Keynote Address: “History, Current Capabilities and Future Plans for the Manufacturing Solutions Center” Speaker: Jeff Neuville, Director, Manufacturing Solutions Center – Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC | Palisades ABC |
| 6:30-8:30 PM | Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres | Dunes Ballroom |
Monday, May 20, 2024
| 6:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast (vouchers provided) | Café Amalfi |
| 7:45 AM | Welcome – Day 1 Presentations Don Alexander, STRC Chairman | Palisades ABC |
| 8:00 AM | “Spray Technologies (Low Waste, Fast Changeover, Low Add-on)” Speaker: Rick Stanford, VP Global Business Development, Baldwin Technology Company, Inc., Charlotte, NC | |
| 9:00 AM | “Noble’s Planet Positive Initiative”, Speaker TBD, Noble Biomaterials | |
| 10:00 AM | Break | Palisades ABC |
| 10:15 AM | “Heat and Moisture Management of Fabrics and Garments – Testing Methods and the Science Behind” Speaker: Dr. Jan Beringer, Senior Scientific Expert, Hohenstein Laboratories GmbH & Co. KG, Bönnigheim, Germany | |
| 11:15 AM | “Unlocking the Potential of Biobased Materials for Reduction of Environmental Impact” Speaker: Dr. Ludwig Huber, Senior Project Manager, Rudolf, Geretsried, Germany | |
| 12:15 PM | Wrap-up Discussion | |
| 12:30 PM | Buffet Lunch | Atlantic View II |
| Afternoon | Social Activities / Personal Time | |
| 6:30-9:00 PM | Cocktails & Dinner (Cocktails at 6:30 PM) | Dunes Ballroom |
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
| 6:30-8:30 AM | Breakfast (vouchers provided) | Café Amalfi |
| 7:45 AM | Welcome – Day 2 Presentations Don Alexander, STRC Chairman | Palisades ABC |
| 8:00 AM | “Measuring UV Protection for Apparel Fabrics” Speaker: Diana Wyman, Executive Vice President, AATCC, Research Triangle Park, NC | |
| 8:45 AM | “UV Protection Factor as a Function of Cotton Fabric Construction, Dyeing, & UV Absorber Application” Speaker: Katelyn Lee, Manager, Textile Chemistry Research & Safety, Cary, NC | |
| 9:30 AM | Break | Palisades ABC |
| 9:45 AM | “Electronics in Textiles” Speaker: Despina Papadopoulos, Visiting Professor, Collaborative Arts Program, New York University | |
| 10:45 AM | “Second Generation of Cotton Cationization: Sustainable Dyeing and Finishing of Cotton Using Reactive Dyes” Speaker: Mohamed Ramadan Abd Allah Mohamed, Ph.D., Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University | |
| 11:45 AM | Conference Wrap-up | |
| Noon | Conference Adjourns |
