Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to welcome you to participate in the International Conference on Textile and Apparel Innovation (ICTAI-2022). The Conference will be held on 20th – 22nd September, 2022 at Vitebsk State Technological University (Republic of Belarus).
ICTAI-2022 will inspire and welcome innovative ideas, methodologies, research findings and processes in Textile, Clothing and Footwear Technologies, Fashion Design, Economy and Education.
The conference aims at presenting the latest research advances, sharing expert knowledge and exchanging ideas, identifying trends in Textile and Apparel Manufacturing and establishing international research collaborations.

Research Areas of Interest:

• Advanced Fibres and Materials
• Innovation in Spinning, Weaving, Knitting Technologies
• Textile Finishing and Dyeing
• Technical Textiles and Composites
• Nanotechnology and Electrospinning
• Smart Textiles
• Clothing and Footwear Technologies
• Textile, Clothing and Footwear Machinery
• Textile Testing, Measuring Technology and Quality Control
• Design and Marketing of Textile, Clothing and Footwear
• Ecological and Environmental Issues, Waste Recycling
• Textile Management
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Textile Education and Training

ICTAI-2022 will bring together researchers, students and industry professionals from different countries.
The conference will be held in a hybrid online-offline format.
Conference languages: English and Russian
The conference program will be composed on the basis of applications received (due to the registrations on the conference website ictai.vstu.by). When registering in the participant’s personal account, it is necessary to fill in the fields with the requested information and to attach a file with an abstract.
Based on the results of the conference, it is planned to publish a collection of conference materials. The conference proceedings materials will be registered in the scientific database RSCI.
The number of articles from one author in a collection is no more than two.
The number of authors in one article is no more than five.
The file with the full text of the article must be attached in the participant’s personal account no later than the deadline.
The organizing committee reserves the right not to include in the collection the articles which are out the thematic field of the conference and drawn up not in accordance with the requirements below.
Travel and accommodation of conference participants is carried out at the expense of the sending party.
Participation in the conference is free of charge.

We look forward to welcoming you to ICTAI-2022 Conference in Vitebsk!