EU Textiles DPP Conference 2026
PALACIO DE CONGRESOS DE VALÈNCIA
Driving Readiness, Technology & Opportunity
29th September 2026
08h30 - 18h30
Delegate Capacity: 250
ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH
08.15 | Doors Open | Main Foyer
08:30 – 09:15 | Registration & Networking Breakfast | Main Foyer | Arrival, Coffee, Exhibitor Stands open
09:15 – 09:30 | Opening Remarks | Auditorium 2 | Host: Ken Davies, | “Digital Product Passports; A Global Commercial Revolution: From Compliance to Competitive Advantage”
09:30 - 09:50 | Keynote 1 | Auditorium 2 | "The Digital Product Passport for Textiles - Heralding a new dawn of traceability and circularity" | Clara Cherblanc, Head of Public Affairs, Federation de la Mode Circulaire | Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel, CEO, Arianee
09:50 - 10.10 | Solution Focus 1 | Spherity | “Beyond the Pilot: Scaling DPPs to Unlock Authentication, Circularity, and Customer Value in Textiles” | Giuseppe Benenati, Director of Sales, Spherity
10.10 - 10.30 | Keynote 2 | Auditorium 2 | "Achieving International Interoperability to deliver a beyond-compliance DPP system” | Carolynn Bernier, Project Director, CIRPASS 2
10:30- 11:10 | Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition | Main Foyer
11:10 – 11.30 | Keynote 3 | Auditorium 2 | “Preparing for DPP: A Roadmap for Textile Businesses” | Devendra Gupta, Head of Product , OEKO-TEX
11.30 – 11.50 | Panel 1 | Auditorium 2 | "Implementing a Successful DPP Project: Strategy, Execution, Results"
11.50 – 12.10 | Solution Focus 2 | Auditorium 2 | “Making Textile DPPs work: Practical Insights, Challenges and Wins from DigiProd Pass Pilots" | Sohag Salauddin, Managing Director, DigiProd Pass Ltd
12.10– 12.30 | Keynote 4 | Auditorium 2 | “How Standards facilitate the Interoperability needed for successful Digital Product Passport projects” | Aurore Lubrano, Global Retail Ecosystems, GS1
12.30 – 13:40 | Networking Lunch & Exhibition | Main Foyer
13:40 – 14.00 | Keynote 5 | Auditorium 2 | "“Recognising the Value of Waste through DPP implementation” | Denisa Gibovic, CEO, Blueroom Innovation
14:00 – 14:20| Solution Focus 3 | Auditorium 2 | "Case Studies: Early Movers. Piloting DPPs in the Textile Value Chain" | Pauline God, Policy and Industry Expert. TrusTrace
14.20 – 14.40 | Panel 2 | Auditorium 2 | "Brand & Retailers , Designing DPPs as a tool for compliance, marketing, and resale"
14.40 – 15:20 | Coffee, Networking & Exhibition | Main Foyer
15:20– 15.40 | Solution Focus 4 | Auditorium 2 | "Building solid data foundation for LCA-based Digital Product Passports." | Maximilian Hagmann, Senior Decarbonization Executive, Carbonfact
15.40 – 16:00 | Solution Focus 5 | Auditorium 2 | "Turning Compliance into Competitive Advantage"
16.00 - 16.20 | Closing Panel | Auditorium 2 | "The Road Ahead: From Pilots to Mandatory Implementation and Beyond"
16:20 – 16.30 | Closing Address | Auditorium 2 | Host: Ken Davies, | “Turning Regulation into Innovation and Opportunity”
16.30 – 18.30 | International Drinks Reception | Networking & Exhibition | Main Foyer
18.30 | Conference Ends
