Innovative uses of leather and collagenic fibres. State of the Art Design Perspectives: Advanced Textiles for Healthcare and Wellbeing. Symposium on Smart Sustainable Textile Systems. Royal College of Art

Description

RCA Textiles special symposium linking technological advances, smart and sustainable aspects of textiles to initiate collaborative research-led projects that address health and wellbeing.
The event is by invitation only and offers an opportunity for our potential collaborative partners in industry and academe to present and interrogate some of the challenges and priorities for design-led innovation in this domain.
Held in our Senior Common Room, invited Professors, Heads of Programmes, staff and students from across disciplines in the RCA will be taking part in this interdisciplinary event. Speakers include Dr Kai Yang, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Dr Jenny Tillotson, Cambridge University, Professor Marie O’Mahony, Dr Elif Ozden-Yenigun, Textiles RCA, Professor Long Lin, School of Chemistry, Leeds University, Dr Sara Robertson WEAR Sustain.

Period	3 Mar 2018
Held at	Royal College of Art, United Kingdom