Lightning Talks // Future-Proofing Packaging and Textiles with Data

28 Apr 2026
Main Stage
As industries face mounting sustainability pressures and shifting consumer expectations, data is emerging as the ultimate design material. In this fast-paced Lightning Talk series, innovators from across packaging and textiles share how data insights, smart systems, and circular design thinking are reshaping the future of how we make, move, and reuse materials.
Speakers
Ellen de Ruiter
Ellen de Ruiter, Business Development - polySCOUT | TNO
Tom Whitehead
Tom Whitehead, Head of Machine Learning - INTELLEGENS
Kristin Schmidt
Kristin Schmidt, Strategy Assistant, Algorithms & Applications, Safer Materials Advisor Lead - IBM