ATNT-2011 to Kick-Off with 125 Papers in India
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The Seventh edition of ATNT (Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens, and Technical Textiles) international conference will be held in the textile city of Coimbatore, India, December 15 - 17. Texas Tech University, USA, is co-organizing the conference along with Kumaraguru College of Technology in Coimbatore. More than 125 papers spanning the entire textile supply chain will be presented in 16-plus sessions. Textile scientists from industry and academia from eight countries will convene on the Kumaraguru College of Technology campus for this special event.
Conference participants will come from the U.S., U.K., Australia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and India, and include leading textile companies and academia such as Porous Materials, Ithaca USA, Enercon Industries USA, Lakshmi Machine Works, Voltas, University Institute of Chemical Technology, RWTH Aachen University of Germany, and RMIT of Australia. A special technical workshop on "Opportunities in Technical Textiles" will be conducted by the co-organizing secretary, Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech University.
According to Prof. Srinivasan, co-organizing secretary of ATNT-2011, "this conference provides a healthy mix of papers from academia and industry and will provide a deliberative platform for the participants from India and abroad to enjoy cutting-edge textile science and Indian hospitality."
For the first time, the conference will have chairpersons of leading textile associations such as The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry, The Southern India Mills Association, The South India Textile Research Association, and The South India Cotton Association in one platform to highlight the status of the global textile industry.
More information about ATNT-2011 is available online of directly from the organizing secretaries: Prof. Srinivasan at srinivasanj2003@yahoo.co.in and Dr. Ramkumar at s.ramkumar@ttu.edu.
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