Full of circular inspiration
PROGRAM 2026
This year’s program once again was inspiring and meaningful. A diverse line-up of themes that really matter within the circular textile sector – from workwear to fashion, from outdoor to sports and shoes.
A balanced mix of perspectives, innovative solutions and real-life stories. All focused to embracing circular business models in textiles. Something for every professional to discover.
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SEPTEMBER 30
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Presentation participant Innovation Square
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| 12.00 | CLOSED TO VISITORS 12.00 - 14.00 | CLOSED TO VISITORS 12.00 - 14.00 | ||
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| 12.45 | SOLD OUT - TexConnect | The route to reuse and new raw materials Follow the journey of a discarded, cotton-rich garment through collection, sorting, reuse and recycling. Together with an interactive panel of value-chain experts, we explore where value is lost and what is needed to increase reuse and high-quality textile-to-textile recycling. 12.45 - 14.00 Stadstheater De Boemel Hosted by Stichting UPV Textiel. Arrival and lunch are included. | |||
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| 14.15 | Eco-Design & Product Development - Care Maintenance & Longevity 14.15 - 15.00 Moderator: Tjeerd Veenhoven
Participants: Elise van der Laan - Care & Repair, Maurits Tiethoff - Dobbi, Kees Timmermans - HAVEP, Milou America - HEMA, Mariette Hoitink - House of Denim, Terry Hommelberg - Livera, Sina Steidinger - MENDED
In collaboration with: MODINT, Rosan van Boven - FABRIEK FRIS, Leontine Wagenaar - SPIZES
Eco-Design & Product Development - Care Maintenance & LongevityDESIGN TO LAST
How better design can reduce defects, returns and costs -
MAKE IT LAST
From Compliance to Commercial Opportunity | |||
| 14.30 | Closing the Loop: Connecting Procurers and Innovators for Circular Workwear Dedicated side event is designed specifically for workwear procurers, buyers, brands, suppliers and value chain partners working towards a more circular workwear sector. 14.30 - 15.30 Hosted by Rijkswaterstaat Water, Traffic and Environment Service (RWS WVL), Interreg NWE Circular Shift and The Green Gear Alliance. Closing the Loop: Connecting Procurers and Innovators for Circular WorkwearAt Circular Textile Days, the Circular Workwear Community and Interreg NWE Circular Shift bring procurers, suppliers and value chain partners together to talk practice. With the Green Gear Alliance, we look at key market developments and opportunities about collection and collaboration throughout the chain, followed by an interactive discussion. | |||
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| 15.00 | Official Opening of Circular Textile Days 2026 15.00 - 15.05 Fleur Gräper-van Koolwijk – Mayor of Tilburg Official Opening of Circular Textile Days 2026Circular Textile Days 2026 will officially be opened by Fleur Gräper-van Koolwijk, Mayor of Tilburg. In her opening remarks, she will welcome the international textile community to Tilburg and mark the start of two days dedicated to collaboration, innovation and accelerating the transition towards a circular textile industry. The gap between ambition & reality Interview 15.05 - 15.20 Featuring:
Lukas Mauve (Moderator),
Paola Weir, Primark The gap between ambition & realityOver the past three years, Primark has developed and tested its Circular Product Standard 2.0, turning circular design principles into practical solutions for its teams and suppliers. In this interview, Paola Weir discusses the progress, challenges and key decisions behind this work, and how Primark plans to scale circularity across the business in the years ahead. Lessons Learned Panel Discussion 15.20 - 16.30 Featuring:
Robert Klauer – VAUDE, Joffrey Delfgaauw – O'Neill, Jutta van Ballegooijen – HVEG Group, Moderated by Lukas Mauve Lessons LearnedWhat happens when circular ambition meets reality? VAUDE, O'Neill and HVEG Group take the audience behind the scenes of real projects, revealing what they underestimated, how they responded and what they learned along the way. | |||
| 15.15 | Supply Chain Collaboration & Product Data Sharing 15.25 - 15.50 Moderator: Jeanet van der Stoel - GS1
Participants: Thijs verhaar - KNITWEAR LAB, Niccy Kol - RADDIS, Esther Smit - REMAKE SOCIETY, Charles Graft - SYMPANY Supply Chain Collaboration & Product Data SharingWhy collaboration and trusted product data are becoming business-critical. From individual data to shared chain value: Where does better product data sharing create the most value today? Making agreements that work: What agreements are needed on data quality, ownership, access, standards and responsibilities? Turning pressure into progress: How can companies use new data requirements, such as sustainability reporting and Digital Product Passports, to improve collaboration? | |||
| 15.30 | Press Tour: What’s New in Circular Textiles? The Press Tour is a quick 20-minute look at what’s new at Circular Textile Days, from new developments and launches to research, collaborations and the people behind them, giving media a chance to spot stories and find interesting people to follow up with during the event.
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| 16.00 | NuCollect – Sorting at Home, Value Downstream: Rethinking Textile Collection for Reuse and Recycling 16.00 - 16.20 Featuring: Dr.-Ing. Georg Stegschuster (ITA Augsburg & CirTex) | Closing the Loop: From Collection to New Feedstock This guided tour takes you through the textile journey from collection and sorting to repair, reuse and recycling, showing how the different parts of the chain connect and how used textiles can find their way back into the textile industry as valuable feedstock. 16.00 - 16.20 | ||
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| 16.30 | Smart Buying for a Sustainable FuturePurchasing decisions have long come down to two things: price and performance. Edwin Maes argues there's a third dimension of value that matters just as much: sustainability.
In Smart Buying for a Sustainable Future, Edwin Maes shows how sustainable purchasing shapes three things directly: the impact an organisation has, the risks it carries, and the competitive position it builds over time.
The session is relevant for professionals responsible for textile sourcing, procurement, sustainability requirements and product specifications, in both public and private organisations.
| CircSim - Simulate and understand Circular Economy 16.30 - 16.50 Featuring: Dr.-Ing. Thomas Fischer (DITF & CirTex) | Materials & Product Innovation: From Better Materials to Better Products Now for this part, looks at how choices around fibres, fabrics and components shape a product from the start, taking you through materials, design, sourcing and production and highlighting developments that can help designers, developers, sourcing teams, manufacturers and brands make more informed choices. 16.30 - 16.50 | |
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| 17.00 | Making Circularity Work: From Ambition to Implementation This guided tour looks at how textile companies can turn legislation, reporting requirements, traceability, Digital Product Passports, standards and circular ambitions into practical systems and processes, covering everything from strategy and data to implementation and scaling. 17.00 - 17.20 | |||
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| 17.30 | CTD Café Networking & Industry Discussions 17.30 - 18.30 The programme includes: Truth or Dare audience warm-up The Best Mistake We Ever Made Audience Reality Check Future Perspective From Ambition to Reality Featuring Jack Stephenson Buschman (Host) Thijs Verhaar – Knitwearlab Jody van der Vegte – UnravelNow Jasmien Wynants – Masjien Powered by: Gemeente Tilburg, MODINT, De Maere Foundation and Business Development Corporation Moenchengladbach. CTD CaféCircular Textile Days closes Day 1 with CTD Café: The Whole Truth — an honest and interactive evening about what circularity really looks like in practice. Expect truths and dares, lessons from initiatives that didn’t go to plan, live myth-busting and a look at what comes next. Featuring Michael Pfeifer (MOOT Upcycling), Thijs Verhaar (KNITWEAR LAB), Jody van der Vegte (UnravelNow) and Jasmien Wynants (MASJIEN), moderated by Jack Stephenson Buschman (Soul.com). | |||
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| 18.30 | DJ & NetworkingWrap up the day with music, drinks and informal networking. Connect with fellow visitors, exhibitors, speakers and partners in a relaxed setting while continuing the conversations from the programme. | |||
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OCTOBER 1
- Presentation Exhibitor
Presentation Associate
Presentation participant Innovation Square
Presentation external
Side event
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| MAIN STAGE | INNOVATION INTERACTION AREA | WORKSHOP / SIDE EVENTS | TOURS | |
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| 10.00 | Law & Legislation A concise update from the European Commission on the latest European legislation and policy developments impacting the textile industry, followed by an open Q&A. 10.00 - 11.15 Featuring:
Carsten Wentink – European Commission,
Edwin Maes – Centexbel,
Jeannet van der Stoel – GS1,
Patrick Welp – Vodde,
Moderated by Bianca Streng Law & LegislationStay up to date with the latest EU policy and legislative developments affecting circular textiles. Hear directly from the European Commission, ask your questions, and gain practical insights into upcoming regulations and what they mean for your organisation. | |||
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| 10.30 | From DPP ambition to action: real-world lessons from Xandres & Fabienne Chapot Learn from real-world DPP implementations with Xandres and Fabienne Chapot, then assess your own DPP readiness and identify practical next steps. 10.30 - 12.00 Hosted by Jolanda Kooi, CEO of tex.tracer, and Nikki Admiraal, DPP Lead From DPP ambition to action: real-world lessons from Xandres & Fabienne ChapotKnowing what a Digital Product Passport is, is one thing. Actually implementing one is where the real questions begin.
What data do you already have? What's missing? Who owns it internally? How do you involve suppliers? And how do you make sure the information behind your DPP is reliable enough to actually use?
Following tex.tracer's CTD workshop in 2025, this year's session moves from theory and brainstorming to real-world implementation. Jolanda Kooi, CEO of tex.tracer, and Nikki Admiraal, DPP Lead, will share practical lessons from implementations with Xandres and Fabienne Chapot, including what worked, where challenges emerged and what it takes to move forward with verified product and value chain data. | |||
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| 11.15 | The Digital Product Passport at the border: what can businesses expect from customs autorities? What will the Digital Product Passport mean in practice when textile products enter the EU? John Wouters shares Dutch Customs’ current perspective on the upcoming requirements, how controls may work in practice, and what textile and fashion companies should prepare for. 11.15 - 11.30 Featuring: John Wouters | |||
| 11.30 | Regulating Towards Circular Textiles: An Inspector's Perspective An introduction to the role of the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate and how regulation is translated into practical enforcement. 11.40 - 12.00 Marietta Harjono – Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate Regulating Towards Circular Textiles: An Inspector's PerspectiveLearn how the Inspectorate supervises textile legislation, including ESPR and waste shipment regulations, and gain insight into how enforcement contributes to a more circular textile sector. | |||
| 11.45 | Who Pays for the Transition to Circularity? Textile circularity needs more than innovation, it needs investment in the sorting and recycling capacity to make it work at scale.
Ellen, from Brightfiber and the Dutch Recycle Group, will share the financial challenges facing the sector and what is needed to attract investment and build capacity.
She will also introduce her idea for a transition fund to support the recycling sector and explore what it will take to turn textile-to-textile recycling into reality. 11.55 - 12.15 Featuring:
Ellen Mensink- | |||
| 12.00 | 95percent: How Circularity Becomes Economically Scalable Short presentation 12.40 - 12.50 What happens to defective footwear and clothing that can no longer be sold through regular retail channels? 95percent: How Circularity Becomes Economically ScalableWhat happens to defective footwear and clothing that can no longer be sold through regular retail channels? At 95percent, these products are given a second chance. Through repair, refurbishment and resale, their lifetime is extended and potential waste is turned back into value. A circular ambition into an economically viable and scalable business model. | |||
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| 13.00 | Digital Product Passport & Traceability 13.00 - 13.25 Moderator: Niccy Kol - RADDIS
Participants: Nicoline Lugtenberg - ETP, Jeanet van der Stoel - GS1, Mr. Besim ÖZEK - İTHİB, Edmondo Grigolato - ORIGOVERO, Bart van Gorcum - VALUESORT Digital Product Passport & TraceabilityEvery company can show you a dashboard full of data. However, very few can show you the decisions that dashboard actually drove. Isn't that the real gap we ought to focus on? We need our primary farm data to continuously iterate and improve field outcomes. Demonstrating this positive impact will, hopefully, inspire our partners to perform even better. | |||
| 13.15 | The Dutch Circular Textile Industry 2026: Mapping the Frontrunners RVO presents the 2026 edition of The Dutch Circular Textile Industry, the sector guide showcasing Dutch frontrunners driving the transition towards circular textiles. 13.20 - 13.50 Speaker: Friso Pietersen, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) The Dutch Circular Textile Industry 2026: Mapping the FrontrunnersRVO launches the 2026 edition of The Dutch Circular Textile Industry, showcasing 115 Dutch frontrunners and the ecosystem driving circular textile innovation and international collaboration. | |||
| 13.30 | Sympany This session will show how project SORTED will lower textile sorting costs by 60-80% using automation, robots, AI and cooperation between all partners in the textile chain. 13.35 - 13.55 Featuring: Johan Jongkind | Workshop: New European Durability Standards – What’s next for Workwear and Clothing? Discover what new European standards on physical durability mean for workwear and clothing, and how your organization can prepare. 13.30 - 15.00 Hosted by NEN
Featuring Daniëlle van Veen (NEN), Edwin Maes (Centexbel), and Hugo Vedder (Fristads). Workshop: New European Durability Standards – What’s next for Workwear and Clothing?Physical durability’ plays an increasingly important role in the production of workwear and other clothing. New European standards addressing this, are currently in development. What do these new agreements mean for your organization? Find out in this interactive workshop.
During the workshop, you will gain insight into the background of the new European requirements and learn how to apply these to products, quality standards, or procurement criteria. You will exchange best practices with peers from across the textile supply chain and learn how industry experts are contributing to the development of practical, applicable standards.
Whether you work in product development, design, quality control, compliance, or procurement: you will leave the workshop with a clear picture of the upcoming changes and an understanding of the steps your organization can take right now.
The workshop is led by Daniëlle van Veen (NEN), Edwin Maes (Centexbel), and Hugo Vedder (Fristads).
Want to join?
Participation in this workshop is free for professionals working in product development, design, quality, compliance, or procurement.
Make your reservation through the Circular Textile Days ticket shop. | ||
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| 14.00 | The Value We WearPublic lecturer and cultural strategist Ellen Haeser explores how our emotional connection to clothing influences longevity, consumption and circular behaviour. Discover why creating meaning may be just as important as creating products. | ACT The textile industry is changing worldwide. The Circular Transition Action Plan.Textiles is a sector-wide approach preparing the Dutch textile industry for this change by connecting stakeholders, removing barriers and accelerating innovation.
We will take you through the opportunities we see and how we can help make your innovation successful.
ACT.Textiel. From fabric to action. 14.05 - 14.25 Featuring: Claire Teurlings, Project Leader ACT.Textiel, together with all partners: ROM NL, InWest NL, EIT Culture & Creativity, Modint, Stichting Fibershed, Cibutex, Dutch Circular Textile Valley, Contactgroep Textiel Brabant, NewTexEco and TOS13. With thanks to CLICKNL. | ||
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| 14.30 | The Value We Create How can brands create lasting value in a market that increasingly asks consumers to buy less and choose better? 14.30 - 15.05 Moderated by Ellen Haeser The Value We CreateHow can brands and retailers build a viable business around buying less and choosing better? This session brings together brands and retailers to explore what drives consumer choices, how businesses can create value beyond selling more, and where opportunities such as better products, repair, resale, loyalty and new business models can support a more circular future. | |||
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| 15.15 | Digital Business Constellations in Circular Fashion & Textile Technology This session looks at how European regulations like ESPR, DPP and EPR are changing the textile industry, and how Dutch companies and technology providers are working together on the data, traceability and digital tools needed to turn these requirements into practical solutions and new opportunities across the textile value chain.
15.15 - 15.35 Featuring: Prof. dr. ir. Troy Nachtigall- TOS 13 AI and Virtual Try-On: The Route to Reducing Returns AI and virtual try-on can help reduce fashion returns, but only when they’re backed by accurate body and product data. This session explores how brands can connect data and AI to get sizing right, reduce returns and prevent waste from the start. 15.35 - 16.00 Featuring: Mark Zenzinger- Alvanon | |||
| 15.30 | Serious game on scaling impact How do you turn sustainability ambitions into scalable impact within your organisation? This interactive serious game lets you experience directly the dynamics that can accelerate or hinder that kind of change.
Together with peers, you translate these insights to your own organisation and identify concrete actions to increase impact on people, planet and business. 15.30 - 16.30 Featuring: Jody vd Vegte. Serious game on scaling impactThis session is designed as an interactive and reflective session for company leaders and sustainability professionals working to scale impact from within.
This session takes place on the small stage and cannot be registered for in advance: places are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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| 16.00 | Digital Innovations Hub Bever and VYNX share how they’re using AI and automation to make resale faster, more affordable and practical at the scale of a real retail business. 16.00 - 16.25 Featuring: Vincent van der Holst,
Niels Ruijsbroek-Vynx & Bever | |||
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| 16.30 | From Inspiration to Reality - Closing Reflections Industry leaders reflect on the key insights from Circular Textile Days and share the actions they will take back to their organisations. 16.40 - 17.00 Featuring Borre Akkersdijk – BYBORRE Daily Paper (speaker to be confirmed) From Inspiration to Reality - Closing ReflectionsAs Circular Textile Days comes to a close, leading fashion brands look back on the ideas, collaborations and innovations that inspired them, and discuss what is needed to turn inspiration into lasting impact. | |||
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CoNFIRMED PARTICIPANTS 2026
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A new chapter in a historic textile region
Tilburg has been a textile city for centuries.
Today it hosts recyclers, research institutes, manufacturers and circular pioneers, making it a natural home for the next phase of Circular Textile Days.
