There is one new and exciting twist. The event will be virtual, held in a massive multi-floor "convention center" with attendees seated at 8 person tables and moving table-to-table as seats open, sending notes agreeing to meet others privately, or one-on-one at a table for two. This is a bit of a learning curve. As a preview, simply log on to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01JxUBNU2Y for a short excellent tutorial. Registration for the event will close on April 27.

This two-day virtual event will be hosted by experts and leaders of the natural dye community. Discussions will explore market intel, dyestuff innovation, quality management, transparency, product development, and more! Presenters include: Krystle Moody Wood, Materevolve Jimmy Rowe, Cotton Inc. Ajoy Sarkar, Fashion Institute of Technology Steve Richardson, Archroma Alexandra (Alli) LaPierre, Patagonia Kathy Hattori, Botanical Colors Lydia Wendt, California Cloth Foundry Sarah Bellos, Stony Creek Lilah Horwitz, Eileen Fisher

This intensive 2.5-day course is your opportunity to deepen your understanding of how baby diapers, incontinence and feminine care products are designed, how they function, and how their material components influence final design and costs. You’ll receive technical instruction on raw materials used in the components of modern absorbent hygiene products (AHPs) and how and why they’re assembled the way they are. You’ll reverse-engineer a selection of products to gain a hands-on understanding of product construction and component function. And…

Since 2008, a combined show known as “ITMA ASIA + CITME” has been held in China, scheduled to take place every two years. Taking off in Shanghai, the milestone event features the unique strengths of the ITMA brand and China's most important textile event -CITME. This move to combine the two shows into one mega high-quality event is strongly supported by all nine CEMATEX European textile machinery associations, CTMA (China Textile Machinery Association) and JTMA (Japan Textile Machinery Association).

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is North America’s largest tradeshow in the outdoor industry drawing attendees from around the world. Summer Market is all about face-to-face — it’s where products are shown, orders are written, new accounts are found, connections are made and brands are launched. This show is about buying, sourcing, strategic meetings, trend, education and networking with decision makers, influencers, stakeholders, key buyers and athletes that influence the outdoor market.

HIGHTEX is a meeting place of the Middle East and Eastern Europe in which technical textiles, nonwovens, technical textiles raw materials, semi and finished products, and production technologies will be displayed.