Dear colleagues,

The 14th International conference Textile Science and Economy, in the organisation of Technical Faculty „Mihajlo Pupin“, University of Novi Sad will be held as hybrid conference meeting 25th October 2024.

The conference gathers every year a number of participants who share their ideas and achievements in various fields of the textile and clothing industry. Last year, the conference was successfully held in hybrid form. There were 28 accepted papers from 11 countries.

Recently, the textile sector has been facing a number of challenges due to changing trends on the market and new ways of doing business. For that reason, the main topic of the conference will be related to sustainability in the textile and clothing industry and the transition of this industry to zero carbon and zero waste.

Connecting and cooperating on the basis of knowledge and experience represents a significant path towards sustainability and development of the textile and fashion industry. Through the presentation of the conference participants, it is planned to analyze the current situation in the textile industry, present new approaches related to textile materials, technologies and business models that will contribute to improving the solution of sustainability and business problems during the time of great changes in the world market.

The organization of this conference aims to bring the academic community and the economy closer and to expand cooperation with other educational and scientific institutions and economic entities.

Conference include but not be limited to following topics:

• Advanced Fibers and Materials
• Yarn Structures and Spinning
• Textile Manufactoring (Knitting, Weaving, Nonwovens)
• Biomaterials
• Nanotechnology
• Clothing
• Comfort Science
• Coloration and Finishing Printing
• Fashion and Design
• Composites
• Technical Textiles
• Sustainability of textile and clothing
• Textile Recycling
• CAD/CAM technologies
• Modeling and simulation of textile materials and clothing
• Smart Textiles,
• Nanotechnology
• Testing and Material Analysis
• Circularity and New Business Models,
• Entrepreneurship in Textile and Clothing field
• Machines in Textile and Clothing Industry
• Education in the Field of Textiles and Clothing
• Retailing and Branding

Submitted papers for the conference will be published in a conference's Book of proceedings with an ISBN number.

The conference will be held as hybrid conference meeting, partly at the Technical faculty „Mihajlo Pupin“ in Zrenjanin, Serbia and partly online for the participants who are unable to attend the conference in person in Zrenjanin. More information you can find at the conference web site: http://www.tfzr.uns.ac.rs/tnp/