Programme

Conference Area (15 June 2021)

10:00

Registration

10:10

EDA welcome message

Jean-François Ripoche
EDA, Director Research,
Technology and Innovation

10:30

Keynote speech
Advanced materials for emerging and disruptive technologies

M.Gen. Côrte-Real Andrade
Deputy Director DGRDN
EDA PT R&T Director

11:00

Keynote speech
The European Defence Fund – a real boost for EU-wide R&D cooperation

Erno Vandeweert
European Commission
DG DEFIS Deputy HoU
EDF Capability Development

11:30

Keynote speech
Textiles in European Commission’s policy priorities and initiatives

Marco Manfroni
European Commission
DG GROW Policy Officer

12:00

Coffee break

12:10

Overview of the STILE Project.

José María García Gonzalo
STILE Consortium

12:35

Presentation of the Roadmap for the development of smart textiles in European defence

Cláudio Monteiro dos Santos
STILE Consortium

13:00

Presentation of the STILE proof of concept

Gilda Santos
Josué Ferri Pascual

STILE Consortium

13:30

Lunch break

Panel 1. Foresight on advanced and digitalised smart textiles in the European defence sector. 
Moderator: Prof. Raul Fangueiro (University of Minho)

Smart Textiles are a new generation of materials and systems with advanced multifunctional properties which, given their ability of being integrated into uniforms and platforms, have drawn the attention of defence stakeholders. In this context, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has incorporated the Smart Textiles into the Strategy Research Agenda (SRA) of the CapTech Materials & Structures, and a Technology Building Block (TBB) is devoted to this area. Furthermore, other EDA CapTechs, such as the CapTech CBRN and Human Factors and the CapTech Ground Systems have performed initiatives related to “Smart Textiles”.
This panel will reflect on the foresighted evolution of the Smart Textiles in the upcoming years and their role and potential applications within the European defence field.

14:30

Introductory speech.
Advanced and digitalized smart textiles – potential applications for the European defence sector

Contra-Alm. Mário Durão
AFCEA President

14:50

Panel discussion.

Contra-Alm. Mário Durão
AFCEA President

José Agrelo
ES MoD, EDA Deputy ES R&T PoC

Óscar Jiménez Mateo
ES MoD, SDGPLATIN/DGAM
HoU R&D Plan & Monitoring

Maj. Marco Pinto
PT MoD, EDA R&T PoC

15:50

Coffee break

Panel 2. Visualising a European dual use programme for multifunctional smart textiles.
Moderator: Prof. Costas A. Charitidis (National Technical University of Athens)

The field of Smart Textiles can be applied to both the military and civil sectors, being therefore defined as a dual use technology. This enables a wide range of potential cross-fertilising exchanges between both sectors.
Due to the increasing interest toward dual use applications, this panel will contemplate different perspectives related to the possibility to develop a European dual use programme for multifunctional smart textiles, analysing the advantages and challenges of making a programme on this matter available as well as the potential roadmap that should be defined and followed to achieve its implementation.

16:15

Introductory speech.
Textile structure materials and their Dual Use perspectives in the European Industrial Ecosystem

Achilleas Stalios
HaDEA of European Commission
Head of Sector, Advanced Materials

16:35

Panel discussion.

Achilleas Stalios
HaDEA of European Commission
Head of Sector, Advanced Materials

António Braz Costa
President of TEXTRANET
CEO CITEVE and CeNTI

Daniel Fiott
European Institute for Security Studies
Security and Defence Editor

Guillermo González
ISDEFE, Head of Foresight Area

Lt.-Gen. António Fontes Ramos
Vice-Pres. General Council of EuroDefence Portugal

Lutz Walter
Secretary General of the Textile European Technology Platform

17:35

EDA Closing remarks

Giuseppe G. Daquino
EDA, Materials CapTech moderator

Panagiotis Kikiras
EDA, HoU Technology & Innovation Unit

17:55

End of the Conference Area

Exhibition Centre (15 – 16 June 2021)

15 June 2021

09:30

Registration.

10:00 – 17:45

Exhibition Area – Stands and posters.


16 June 2021

10:00 – 13:00

Exhibition Area – Stands and posters.
Exhibitors’ pitch space

Exhibitors’ pitch space

Hour

Pitch

Speaker

Organisation / Company

Title

10:00

Pitch 1

Charlotte Kjellander

TNO, Holst Centre

Flight Sensing Shirt. A smart shirt for physiological monitoring of fighter pilots.

10:15

Pitch 2

Sergio Luengo-Sánchez

Olocip

Powering smart textiles with artificial intelligence for assessing physical fatigue, injury prevention and stress detection

10:30

Pitch 3

Nathalie Perrier

Bren-Tronics

Bren-Tronics

10:45

Pitch 4

Rustam Ismailov

Vulpés Electronics

Providing constant ambient temperature inside the clothing to increasing forces safety and performance during tactical operation

11:00

Pitch 5

Papp István

Thriveo Central Europe

Foldable, built-in command panel

11:15

Coffee break

11:30

Pitch 6

Luisa Arruda

Fibrenamics

Cotton fabric functionalized with graphene nanoplatelets and its potential as piezoresistive sensors.

11:45

Pitch 7

Diana Ferreira

University of Minho

Natural fibers and nanoparticles as building blocks for multifunctional fibrous systems

12:00

Pitch 8

Sofia Scataglini

Center for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Military Hospital Queen Astrid

Smart clothing for monitoring physical function and performance in the military

12:15

Pitch 9

Gilda Santos

CITEVE

ACAMS II. An Adaptative Camouflage Soldier System

12:30

Pitch 10

Nils-Krister Persson

University of Boras, Smart Textiles, Swedish School of Textiles

Dynamically Smart Textiles

End of the Exhibition Centre

NOTE: On 16 June 2021, the Exhibition Centre will include a dedicated space for the exhibitors to make speeches, providing more detailed explanations of the products, services, and projects shown in the Exhibition Area.

Participants will be invited to provide their “like” to the pitches, through the SLIDO tool.