On November 4-6, 2023 ITMF Annual Conference Keqiao Shaoxing China was held in Keqiao, Shaoxing. The conference focused on the theme of "Digitalization and Circularity Megatrends Shaping the Textile Industry", and explored the transformation and cooperation of the global textile industry. Nearly 1,000 people attended the conference, including textile experts and business leaders from nearly 60 countries and regions around the world, well-known domestic experts, leaders of large enterprises and organizations, government representatives of textile industry clusters, and representatives of the news media.
As an important platform for promoting industrial consensus and strengthening cooperation in the global value chain, the ITMF unites the constructive strength of the textile industry in various countries (regions) and effectively promotes the openness, integration, innovation and sustainable development of the global textile industry. In 2021,the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award approved by the Management Committee of the ITMF, it has been established to recognize the sustainability and innovation achievements of the textile industry, and is awarded to enterprises, organizations or individuals that have significantly improve the textile manufacturing industry in the integrated areas of innovation and sustainable development.
In 2023, a total of five projects around the world will receive the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award, with Winner Medical’s "Biodegradable Nanofiber Masks" project receiving the award.
