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Following significant uptake in sustainability seminars from exhibitors, and with digital solutions events growing alongside the fair’s new Digital Solutions Zone, the fast-approaching fair is set to stage one of its largest fringe programmes ever – including nearly 40 seminars and product presentations, four panel discussions, and eight domestic forums covering trends, fashion, innovation, and more. With five presentation venues featuring diverse industry topics, visitors will be well-equipped to navigate three days of Autumn / Winter 2025-26 sourcing. The fair’s 30th anniversary edition will take place from 27 – 29 August 2024 across nine halls of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), and feature nearly 4,000 exhibitors from 26 countries and regions.
Ms Shea continued: “With the industry constantly changing, it is important for the fair to also adapt. As such, we are very excited to bring Messe Frankfurt’s global Texpertise Econogy concept to Shanghai, and grow Intertextile Apparel’s long-standing commitment to sustainability. We have also boosted the digital solutions content at this edition, including several topics focused on AI – which, as we are starting to discover, may hold the answers to many of the industry’s ongoing challenges.”
Taking place at venues Industry Insight and Talking Point, this theme explores topics important for industry players to advance in the IoT age. Front and centre will be the fair’s Textile Industry Digital Application Forum, featuring a presentation covering how innovation and technology are driving industry transformation, and several focusing on various aspects of AI, from intelligent design to its role along the length and breadth of the industry.
Featuring the Human Intelligence theme and its four key trends – UTILITY, CALM, PLURALISM, and PROJECTION – the Intertextile Directions Trend Forum will showcase various on vogue fabrics. Several Trend Forum Tours and the Intertextile Trends Autumn / Winter 2025-26 seminar by I.S. Planning will allow fairgoers to further delve into the theme.
One of the headline events is the Textile Investment Opportunities in the ASEAN Region panel discussion, supported by the ASEAN Federation of Textile Industries (AFTEX), featuring a seating of executives from nearly a dozen Asian textile associations. The discussions will be centred around textile industry investment opportunities in the wider region, with participating speakers gathering from Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam.
