The ninth edition of Techtextil North America Symposium will be held from 24-26 April 2012 at the Georgia World Congress Center in at Atlanta, GA.

"We are pleased to announce that in 2012, ATME-I (American Textile Machinery Exhibition-International) will be incorporated into Techtextil North America.Also in 2012, Texprocess Americas (formerly SPESA Expo) will co-locate with Techtextil North America in adjacent halls providing tremendous value for textile and sewn products industry professionals at all levels of the textile and sewn products manufacturing and application supply chains. The co-location means that attendees will be able to move freely between the individual shows and benefit from the industry-leading educational and networking seminars and special events all in the same venue," organisers Messe Frankfurt said recently in a statement.

"This co-location will offer speakers a potentially new audience and exposure to new industries.As always, the timing of the 2012 edition will be such that participants will have ample time to walk the exhibition floor," they added.

Multi-track sessions will feature technical and application specific presentations relevant to the industry."Previous Techtextil North America Symposiums have received high praise and acclaim proving once again that Techtextil North America is THE "must attend", most comprehensive event for the technical textile industry," Messe Frankfurt said.

Papers are especially solicited in the following areas, with emphasis on work that will impact the industry in the short term as well as in the future:

1) Extreme fibers, fabrics, materials and technology for special applications

2) Composites - involving high performance fibers/fabrics

3) New materials and new standards for safety and protection

4) Automotive, aerospace, transportation applications

5) Smart/intelligent coatings, nonwovens, and other materials

6) Technical nonwovens

7) Innovative materials - what, when, and how technical textiles will impact the industry

8) Medical - special applications

9) Green technology involving technical textiles

10) Packaging with technical textiles

Consideration will be given preference to those papers relating to:

1) New development and technology in all fiber/fabric forms

2) Innovations in materials, processes, or manufacturing techniques

3) Developing products and applications for technical textiles

4) Technical textiles research that may impact the industry

5) Markets (existing or emerging), industry issues (trade and others), trends, etc.

6) Relevance to practical applications and short to medium term adoption

Selection of the papers to be presented will be based on abstracts of 300-500 words. Authors should emphasize new and significant findings/developments.

Abstracts must be received by August 5, 2011.

Though electronic submission (email) is preferred, the abstract may also be sent by fax or mail.

Lorie Gross, Marketing Manager

Techtextil North America

1600 Parkwood Circle, Suite 615, Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Phone:678-732-2433

Fax:770-984-8023

[email protected]

www.techtextilNA.com

The abstract must include the name, company or other affiliation, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address and mailing address of the speaker and/or the person to whom correspondence about the abstract should be directed.Only one speaker per presentation will be allowed, though co-authors may be listed.The speaker for the paper should be underlined and (the speaker only) will receive a complimentary symposium registration. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their abstracts by September 30, 2011.

Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide a full paper and/or presentation by April 1, 2012.The papers/presentations will be published in the Conference Proceedings on a USB Stick provided to all registrants. While full papers are preferred, extensive outlines and PowerPoint presentations will be considered for inclusion on the USB Stick (in pdf only). Authors are responsible for securing any necessary copyright or other clearance for all abstracts, papers and other materials submitted.

All presentations should be planned to run approximately 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions.

For questions, please contact Lorie Gross at 678-732-2433 or [email protected]