Workshop on Smart Textiles, Wearables & Internet of Things

Smart textiles and intelligent clothing are firmly established elements in today's electronic world. It is commonly understood, that this particular application field is important for the future of both industries: Textiles and Electronics. The rise of Smart Textile and Wearables represents a significant opportunity for manufacturers of advanced OE materials and devices to implement their innovations in textiles for fashion, architecture, sports, medical, protection, and safety. Succeeding in this highly multidisciplinary field, is the challenge research and industry is facing equally.

The Workshop on Smart Textiles, Wearable Technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) will give an overview on the current developments in the field of Smart Textiles and Wearables with a particular focus on the application of Organic Electronics in Textiles for fashion, architecture, automotives, medical textiles, special-purpose textiles, protection, etc. Furthermore, the various components like actuators, sensors, connections, energy storage and generation, as well as communication will be addressed. Top-notch research in materials and technologies for achieving the components' functions will be presented, by addressing the different components per application area.

Workshop Topics include:

Novel concepts on fibres and nanomaterials (organic, polymer, inorganic) for Smart Textiles and Wearables
Advanced structures of Textiles and Wearables
Integration concepts of Organic Electronic devices in Smart Textiles
Manufacturing methods for Wearables (from lab to large scale)
Surface functionalization of electronic textile materials and architectures
Wearable Technologies
Light Emitting Devices (OLED, Displays) for Smart Textiles
Energy Generation (Photovoltaics, Piezoelectricity)
Medical Textiles
Storage of Energy (Batteries, Capacitors)
Sensors, Transistors & Actuators
Internet of Things (IoT) for communication of Smart Wearable Technologies and Devices

Workshop International Organizing Committee (tentative)

L. V. Langenhove, Department of Textiles, Ghent University, Belgium
A. Lymberis, European Commission, Belgium
G. Priniotakis, University of West Attica, Greece
C. Gravalidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Lydia Kavraki Rice University, USA Plenary Speaker	Thomas Anthopoulos University of Manchester, UK	George Malliaras University of Cambridge, UK	Jesus Santamaria University of Zaragoza, Spain
Wolfgang Tress Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland	George Volonakis University of Rennes, France	Ta-Ya Chu National Research Council Canada & Uni. of Toronto, Canada	Marco Fanciulli University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Amparo Guemes Gonzalez University of Cambridge, UK	Elefterios Iliopoulos University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece	Panagiotis Keivanidis Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus	Dimitrios Koutsouras University of Bath, UK
Emmanuel Kymakis Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Greece	Alexandra Paterson University of Kentucky, USA	David Payne Imperial College London, UK	Lajos Balogh Precision Nanomedicine, USA

Henryk Turski Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland	Yannis Missirlis University of Patras, Greece	Ilise Feitshans O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, USA	Thomas Riedl University of Wuppertal, Germany
Raul Arenal University of Zaragoza, Spain	Michael Turner University of Manchester, UK	Antonio Agresti University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy	Tom Macdonald University College London, UK
Anna-Maria Pappa Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE	John de Mello Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway	Martyn McLachlan Imperial College London, UK	Yen-Hung Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Martin Heeney Imperial College London, UK	Elefterios Lidorikis University of Ioannina, Greece	Xavier Rocquefelte University of Rennes, France	Konstantinos Daskalakis University of Turku, Finland

Leszek Majewski University of Manchester, UK	Spiros Anastasiadis University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece	Rossella Greco University of Oulu, Finland	Ravi Silva University of Surrey, UK
Stefano Toffanin CNR-ISMN, Italy	Vasileios Koutsos University of Edinburgh, UK	Fabio Cicoira Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada