The University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus would like to invite you to our upcoming virtual breakfast series on the 27th November 2020.

This event will see three keynote speakers discuss What is Circular Design? Looking at examples in the sector and future innovations.

Along with industry analysis, there will be insights from local businesses and thought leaders.

Speakers

Dr Kate Goldsworthy

Reader in Circular Textile Design

Co-Director, Centre for Circular Design (CCD), Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London

Bio

Kate is a designer and academic working to bridge materials science, industry and design through multidisciplinary & practice-led research. Having worked in the design industry for over ten years, in 2012 she completed the first UK practice-based doctorate focused on ‘designing textiles for the circular economy’. Since then she has continued to explore future manufacturing and recovery contexts, including ten years with UK fibre-to-fibre technology start-up Worn Again Technologies. She advises on several industry boards and policy groups and her design work has been exhibited & collected internationally.

Sarah Hayes

Circular Strategy Lead, Sustainability Dept at H&M Group

Dr Merryn Haines-Gadd

University of Exeter

Merryn is a design, innovation and sustainability researcher and has embodied this role in various capacities within industry and academia over the last 12 years. She is currently a post-doc researcher within the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE). She works in the EPSRC consortium ‘Manufacturing Immortality’ investigating the design opportunities and Circular Economy implications of implementing self-healing materials within product development. Merryn will discuss her recent project which is to explore the development of bio-hybrid and synthetic self-healing materials and potential use in the textile industry.

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN OUR WEBSITE!

www.circulartextiles.co.uk

The Circular Textiles website is an incredible opportunity to join up the local Fashion industry, giving designers, makers and creators (and everything in between) a place to showcase their business and give those seeking repairs, designers or manufacturers a place to find them!

If you have any questions please get in touch. Please feel free to share with friends or colleagues who think may be interested, this event is suitable for all levels of staff involved in the fashion and textiles sector.

There is no cost to attend this Future Focus; it is fully funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

There are eligibility criteria in order to attend the workshop, if we are unsure of your eligibility we will email to ask more questions and then to confirm your place.

Future Focus Events, run by Unlocking Potential and funded by the European Regional Development Fund bring inspiring and influential speakers together and put them in front of Cornish Businesses to help share global ideas and future-proof business. To find out more about the next Event or Lab, visit the website www.unlocking-potential.co.uk, email hello@unlocking-potential.co.uk or call 0845 600 3660.