Our online workshop about the SmartX programme and the upcoming third/final call for funding took place on November 4 and was organized by our German partners, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum and DITF. In the first funding call from SmartX Europe, nine projects out of 34 applications were approved and have already been initiated. A total of 16 European […]
SmartX Europe was present at the Mod’tíssimo Showcase, which took place in late Ferbruary, 2020 in Porto. Our local partner, Portuguese Textile Cluster / CITEVE, was there to represent the programme and raise awareness about our funding calls. With more than 6,850 participants from different countries interested in novel technology, products, trends and partnerships, Mod’tíssimo was […]
SmartX Information Session at the Workshop on the Potential for Smart Textiles for the Austrian Industry This German-language workshop, jointly organized by the Austrian Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear Industry Association, the Austrian Ministry of Climate, Environment, Energy, Mobility Innovation and Technology and the Austrian Institute of Technology, presented the final result of a Study […]
Our first workshop of 2020, “Smart textiles through IoT technologies,” was held in Lille and attracted over 40 industry professionals from France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and the UK. Attendees included representatives from SMEs, startups, research universities, and members of the press. Several large companies were also in attendance, interested in exploring ways to be involved […]
The Budapest event was attended by many businesses and organisations: from textile to footwear, from fashion to industrial markets, from design to manufacturing and trading. Like the audience, the topics were quite diverse, and presentations had a pedagogical approach that allowed all attendants to be fully captivated and attentive. Lutz Walter (ETP and EURATEX) gave […]
The event aimed to promote the importance of Key Enabling Technologies”(KETs) and spark debate around Research, Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Portuguese and European industrial ecosystem. Throughout the session, participants shared the developments of innovative projects carried out by CeNTI and the Textile Cluster (CITEVE), and the speakers engaged the audience to discuss and […]
On the 26th November, SmartX landed in Boras, Sweden, for a regional workshop hosted by Smart Textiles. The seminar featured great interactions between speakers and the highly involved public, creating an open atmosphere. Most of the workshop participants are future applicants of our SmartX call, which opens on the 1st of December. The workshop was […]
Organized by our German partner DITF Denkendorf on November 13, 2019, the half-day information event explained the goals, structure, and approach of SmartX. Part of the event was focused on explaining how the SmartX programme aims to improve the development and production of smart textiles and to create new, cross-sector value creation networks in the […]
The regional workshop was organized on the 13th of November 2019 in Barcelona by our Spanish partner Texfor. It aimed to highlight the potential of smart textiles and how the SmartX programme is going to boost innovation to develop an end-to-end smart textiles manufacturing value chain in Europe. As with other SmartX workshops, the main […]
The second SmartX workshop was organized in conjunction with Centexbel’s “Textile Wearables in the world of IoT” conference in Liège, Belgium on the 1st of October 2019. The event was attended by a variety of industry experts, including innovators, designers, creative labs, technology providers, and economic promoters. Speakers from prominent research institutes, universities, and companies […]