Conference Dates: 15-17, December, 2011
Organized by:
Department of Fashion Technology,
Department of Textile Technology,
TIFAC CORE in Textile Technology & Machinery
KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Coimbatore- 641 049, Tamilnadu, India
and
Texas Tech University, The Institute of Environmental & Human Health, USA.
About the Conference
An International Conference on Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles-ATNT 2011, will be held in Coimbatore city, popularly known as ‘Manchester of South India’ from December 15 to 17, 2011. It is jointly organized by Kumaraguru College of Technology, India and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, USA. The conference is broad based and will focus on the emerging and cutting-edge advancements in the frontier areas of Natural and Synthetic Fibers, Polymer and Fiber Production, General Textiles, Textile Machinery, Coloration and Finishing, Textile Testing, Nanotechnology, Smart Textiles, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles.
India is emerging as a textile and manufacturing powerhouse with enormous growth opportunities. With the burgeoning middle class population over 300 million; there will be an explosion of textile material usage in all sorts of applications, providing a huge market for global textile players. India is a preferred place for multinationals to venture into a myriad of business opportunities including nonwoven, medical, technical textiles and apparel sectors. The conference theme and the place are ideal in the globalized economy and will provide a common platform for international experts to exchange knowledge on the latest technological developments taking place in the global arena of textiles and allied fields. Given the importance of India in the global trade, this conference is timely and would open up a number of opportunities for global players for collaboration. This year’s conference will be the seventh international conference organized by Texas Tech University in India.
Topics of Interest for the Conference:
Papers are invited from prospective speakers on the following themes:
Advances in Spinning, Weaving and Knitting
Nonwoven Processes and Applications
Medical and Technical Textiles
Defense Textiles: Personnel Protection and Decontamination
Technology
Advances in Natural Fibers and Synthetic Polymers
Composites Processing and Applications
Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
Smart and Wearable Electronic Textiles
Developments in Textile Machinery
Developments in Textile Testing and Instrumentation
Current Development and Research in Coloration and Finishing
Garment Processing and Apparel Fashion Trends
Fiber and Textile Economics and Marketing
Textile Trade and Marketing
Globalization in Textile and Fiber Industry
Other topics of interest within the scope of Conference theme are also invited.
Full papers not exceeding 12 pages (A4 size), preferably in MS Word format should be sent by email to atnt2011kct@gmail.com or s.ramkumar@ttu.edu on or before Oct 15, 2011. For detailed guidelines regarding submissions please refer the link given in the main menu.
Papers must be presented by the authors or coauthors personally and will not be published in the proceedings unless presented.
Important Dates:
Last date to submit full text : October 15, 2011
Notification of paper acceptance : November 1, 2011
Registration for sponsorships/exhibition and
advertising in the souvenir : November 15, 2011
Papers submitted after November 1, 2011 may not be included in the conference proceedings.
For details please contact
Dr.Srinivasan Jagannathan,
Professor & Head,
Department of Fashion Technology,
Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Email: atnt2011kct@gmail.com or srinivasanj2003@gmail.com
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