Join the Finnish Sustainable Textile Development Ride
7 October 2021 at 10:00-12:00 EEST (Helsinki time)
Get growth through collaboration with sustainable textiles solutions from Finland!
We warmly welcome you to join this webinar on the Finnish sustainable textile development ride organized by Business Finland, Finnish Textile and Fashion and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
The aim of the webinar is to engage global investors, potential customers and collaboration parties with Finnish sustainable textile innovations, which offer huge growth potential and business opportunities. International collaboration is essential to transform the global textile industry to meet sustainable targets.
Target group: This event is tailored for fashion brands, textile manufacturing companies, investors (especially interested in green transition and sustainable funding), researchers, companies providing AI, data platform and solutions for low volume high mix production and people who are interested in the Finnish innovations for sustainable textiles.
In addition to the webinar, you may sign up to 20-minutes 1:1 meetings, in order to initiate collaborations between the event participants on:
- October 7, 2021 at 12:00-16:00 EEST (Helsinki time)
- October 8, 2021 at 10:00-16:00 EEST (Helsinki time)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Agenda
October 7, 2021 at 10:00-12:00 EEST (Helsinki time)
Please access the webinar through the Agenda in the upper right hand corner and click the green button to join the webinar.
Welcome remarks
Moderator of the event: Ms. Kaisa Hernberg, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Communications, Business Finland
Opening remarks
Mr. Mika Lintilä, Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland
Finnish innovation portfolio for sustainable textile industry
Ms. Marika Ollaranta, Head of Bio & Circular Finland Program, Business Finland
Future of sustainable textile research in Finland
Mr. Ali Harlin, Research Professor, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Kick-start your bio-based business in Finland
Ms. Helvi Väisänen, Senior Advisor, Invest in Finland, Business Finland
Business Opportunities for sustainable textiles in Finland
Dr. Marja-Liisa Niinikoski, Managing Director, Finnish Textile and Fashion
Why to collaborate and invest in Finnish companies?
(10min presentations + 5min for Q&A)
Mr. Collin Barletta, Director of M&A & Corporate Ventures, Adidas
Mr. Erik Karlsson, Investment Manager, H&M CO:LAB, H&M
Ms. Laura Vinha, Communications Director, Infinited Fiber Company
Mr. Janne Poranen, CEO & Co-Founder, Spinnova
Mr. Jukka Kurttila, Creative Director, Finlayson Oy
Q&A
12:00 End of webinar
