Advanced Textiles Expo 2026

Flexfactory and SUSTAIN: A Comparison of North American and European Pathways to Successful Collaboration and Entrepreneurship (Room OCCC West, W221B)

02 Nov 26
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

Tracks: Emerging Technologies Conference

Speaker(s): Amanda Mills, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University; Marie O'Mahony, Programme Leader, MSc E-textiles and Wearable Technologies, Knowledge Exchange Enterprise (KEE) Champion Fashion and Textiles, WSA, University of Southampton, UK

What makes for successful collaboration, one that results in a clear pathway to entrepreneurship, IP or product commercialisation? This presentation brings together speakers from NCState University and WSA, University of Southampton who are working together to explore this important topic under the SUSTAIN research programme at WSA and FlexFactory at NCState. The two universities will jointly host a series of workshops, seminars and other events in US and UK.