Keynote Presentations (in alphabetical order of speakers' names)


 Alan Prichard, Prichard Consulting LLC, formerly of Boeing Company, USA
The potential for 3D fabrics in aircraft composites

Andrew Walker, University of Manchester, UK
Growth opportunities for composites

Frank Ko, University of British Columbia, Canada
Textile Structural Composites

Jialu Li, Tianjin Polytechnic University, China
Developments in 3D Fabrics and 3D Textile Composites

John Hearle, Chairman of TexEng Software Ltd, UK
A review of 3D fabrics: past, present and future

Nandan Khokar, BITEAM, Sweden
Aligning 3D fabric-forming processes with industrial requirements

Niall Finn, CSIRO Materials science and Engineering, Geelong, Australia
3D seamless preforms for automotive seating applications

Stepan Lomov, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Internal structure, mechanical properties and damage behaviour of non-crimp 3D woven orthogonal composites

Subh ash Anand, University of Bolton, UK
3D knit fabrics for medical applications

Xiaogang Chen, University of Manchester, UK
Manufacturing 3D fabrics on commercial machinery