Conference Proceedings Physical participation of the event was kept limited due to post pandemic situation. Only 80 audience participants were registered for an auditorium of 200 seating capacity (at US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water). And, for online participation via ZOOM, around 400 participants registered from all around the world. The event proceeded with invited talks by the international academicians and professionals and the national industry experts. The event sessions covered the topics of post covid19 challenges for textile businesses, economic growth through innovation, collaboration and industry services, functional materials and materials for healthcare and medical applications, nanotechnology and smart textiles. Additionally, the conference had a research track too, where research papers of various topics related to textile applications were presented. The proceedings book of the conference was also published and released on first day of the conference, i.e. 09 June 2020 [2].
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Prof. Monica Ferraris, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Italy, spoke on ‘virucidal effect against coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 of a silver nanocluster/silica composite sputtered coating on textiles’.
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Prof. Sung Hoon Jeong, Management Vice President, Department of Organic and Nano Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea, spoke on ‘smart textiles and their applications’.
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Prof. Lieva Van Langenhove, Department of Textiles, Ghent University, Belgium, spoke on ‘smart
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Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon, Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency and Switch-Asia Rpac Project Manager, United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, spoke on ‘circular economy in textile sector for achieving SDGs: climate action, nature action, and pollution and chemical action’.
