The premier edition of the Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference — created by combining conferences previously held in Aachen, Germany, and Dresden, Germany — attracted 500 visitors including 20 percent from outside Germany; and highlighted the areas of textile chemistry, materials research, technology and engineering.

The conference, held at the Eurogress Congress Center in Aachen, offered a variety of lecture topics including tether technology for space applications, materials research and plastics technology for lightweight textile structures and new composite materials, and textile machinery, among others.

At the conference, the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology (ITB) at the Techniche Universität Dresden recognized Wolfgang Truemper with an award for his diploma thesis, while the Aachen Textile Center Inc. awarded its Förderpreis Textil 2007 to Sascha Pargen, Benedikt Wirth and Melanie Wipfler for work on their respective theses.

An exhibition of 80 posters submitted by students and associates of the organizing research institutes rounded out the conference.

The next Aachen-Dresden International Textile Conference will be held on Dec. 4-5, 2008, in Dresden. The conference will alternate between the cities of Aachen and Dresden on an annual basis.

December 18, 2007