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Textile Exchange Conference 2025 kicks off next week in Lisbon

From October 13 to 17, 2025, the Textile Exchange Conference will take place at the Lisbon Congress Centre, bringing together brands, supply-chain partners, innovators, farmers, NGOs, academics, and more for a week of collaborative learning and exchange. Under the theme “Shifting Landscapes”, this year’s agenda highlights the urgent need for the textile industry to adapt rapidly to changing environmental, political, and economic conditions, while linking adaptation to broader systems transformation.

Organizers emphasize that adaptation is already happening in many regions – from regenerative agriculture to circular business models – and that the conference will explore how local, place-based insights can inform industry-wide strategies and global frameworks.

What to expect

+++ A hybrid format, offering both in-person sessions in Lisbon and an interactive virtual program for online participants.

+++ Field trips on October 17 to local material producers and sustainability initiatives, providing attendees with practical examples of adaptation in action.

+++ Multiple learning pathways designed to help participants navigate sessions most relevant to their focus areas – including supply chain transformation, material innovation, climate resilience, and circular systems.

Get Tickets

Registration remains open, and both in-person and virtual tickets are still available for those wishing to join the event.

This year’s conference sends a clear message: as landscapes shift, the textile industry must evolve – faster, more collaboratively, and with stronger connections between local innovation and global systems.

https://textileexchange.org/conference-2025/


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