Workshop on Identifying Standards Needs to Facilitate a Circular Economy for Textiles

Date: October 17, 2023 - October 19, 2023

Event Location:  Virtual only

Organized by: ASTM Committees D13 on Textiles and E60 on Sustainability

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Approximately one week prior to the start of the workshop, an email from symposia@astm.org containing the single WebEx link, for attending each day of the workshop, will be sent to those who have registered by October 6th. Those who register after that date will receive the email one to three business days after registering.

 

About the Event

The Workshop on Identifying Standards Needs to Facilitate a Circular Economy for Textiles will be held October 17, 2023 - October 19, 2023. The workshop is organized by ASTM Committees D13 on Textiles and E60 on Sustainability, with support from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), and will be held virtually. The language of the workshop will be English.

 

Objective and Scope

The workshop will bring together relevant stakeholders (e.g., textile industry professionals, sorters/graders, recyclers, sustainability professionals) to discuss what standards are needed to help facilitate circularity for textiles. Some of the needs that have been previously identified are more harmonized input specifications for recycling processes, harmonized terminology, needs for textile sorting, digital identifiers, and circular design.

This workshop will also educate the textile circularity industry about the consensus standards development process, and the roles that ASTM International and AATCC can play in fulfilling those needs.

 

Abstract Submission

To participate in the symposium, authors must submit a 250 to 300-word preliminary abstract using the online Abstract Submission Portal no later than DATE. To ensure your abstract was received into the ASTM database, please email symposia@astm.org and let us know that you have submitted an abstract.

The abstract must include a clear definition of the objective and approach of the work discussed, pointing out material that is new, and present sufficient details regarding results. The presentation and manuscript must not be of a commercial nature nor can it have been previously published. Because a limited number of abstracts will be accepted, be sure that the abstract is complete to allow for careful assessment of the paper's suitability for this symposium. The symposium chair(s) will notify you via email by DATE of your paper’s acceptability for presentation at the symposium. If the preliminary abstract is accepted, the author will be requested to submit a final abstract a few months before the symposium. The final abstracts will be distributed in a program booklet at the symposium.

 

Publication Information

Symposium authors are required to submit their papers for ASTM publication in Selected Technical Papers (STP), an online and printed, peer-reviewed publication for the international scientific and engineering community. STP papers should be full-length technical papers of approximately 10,000 words, significantly contribute to the technical literature, and must include a review of past work in the relevant area and present information of current interest or probe new fields. After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM Editorial Office will send authors’ instructions via email, but also can be found by clicking here.

Manuscripts to be peer reviewed for the STP are due online no later than DATE at the ASTM Editorial Office. The corresponding author (the author who is the main contact with ASTM Headquarters) will receive a copy of his/her paper in portable document format (PDF). All published authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their papers at a nominal cost. Only those papers submitted by the manuscript due date will be included in the STP. Please note that all submitted papers are subject to peer review by two independent reviewers.

The STP will be submitted to the Library of Congress with an ISBN number and will be reviewed for inclusion in the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) and Google Scholar.

 

Technical Program

 

Registration

Registration information will be posted at a later date.

 

 

Registration

Registration is now open. The fees to attend this event are listed below.

 

Through

October 6, 2023

 After October 6, 2023
ASTM Member $50.00 $75.00
Non-member $75.00 $100.00
Presenter Waived Waived
Student Waived Waived

Not an ASTM Member?  The cost for a 2023 Individual Membership is $75.00. If you would like to become a member of ASTM International and Committees D13 and E60 to begin taking advantage of all the ASTM membership benefits, including attending this event for a reduced free, please use the link below to join ASTM before registering for the event. After you have become a member, please return to this webpage to register for the event as an ASTM Member.

ASTM International Membership

All Attendees – All attendees must be registered to attend this workshop.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Approximately one week prior to the start of the workshop, an email from symposia@astm.org containing the single WebEx link, for attending each day of the workshop, will be sent to those who have registered by October 6th. Those who register after that date will receive the email one to three business days after registering.

Students – Students may be eligible for a reduced registration fee provided they meet certain requirements. To qualify for the reduced fee you must be an active ASTM Student Member, full-time student, not employed full-time, and be able to provide a current valid university email address for registration.  To register as a student, please email ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org.

Cancellations – A refund of the workshop fee will be honored only if requested at least 10 business days prior to the start of the event. To cancel your registration, please click the "Modify My Registration" button found in your registration confirmation email and follow the prompts to cancel your registration. Please contact Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org or 610-832-9522 if you need assistance.

If you have questions concerning online registration, please contact Symposia Operations at
symposia@astm.org, Tel: 610-832-9522, or ASTM Technical Support at https://www.astm.org/contact.

 

Technical Chair Contact Information


Amanda Forster
NIST
Email: amanda.forster@nist.gov


Kelsea Schumacher
NIST
Email: kelsea.schumacher@nist.gov

 

Continuing Education Units

Workshop attendees interested in receiving 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) must complete the CEU application form in the back of the program booklet and email it to ASTM Symposia Operations at symposia@astm.org. You must be registered and have attended the entire event in order to receive the CEU’s. A certificate will be sent to you via email approximately 1 to 2 weeks after the workshop concludes.

 

Hotel Information

The event will be held at the Virtual Only in , . More information on how to make your sleeping room reservation will be posted approximately 12 weeks prior to the start of the event.

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COPY AND PASTE CW HOTEL INFORMATION

 

Standards Development Meetings

Committees D13 and E60 invite you to attend their future standards development meetings. There is no fee to attend these meetings, and membership in ASTM International is not required to attend. For more information about the committees and their future meetings, please visit the committees’ homepages:

Committee D13 Homepage

Committee E60 Homepage