Haelixa CEO Patrick Strumpf to speak at Global Fashion Summit 2025
Haelixa CEO Patrick Strumpf will speak at the Global Fashion Summit 2025 in Copenhagen on June 4. He'll join the 'Fibre Futures' panel to discuss next-gen materials, traceability, and innovation in fashion. Strumpf will highlight Haelixa's DNA-powered solutions and the need for transparency to scale sustainable and circular supply chains industry-wide.
Patrick Strumpf will join the panel discussion titled 'Fibre Futures', which will discuss the critical role of next-generation materials in transforming the fashion supply chain. With the industry increasingly shifting towards sustainability and circularity, this conversation will highlight the challenges and opportunities of scaling fibre innovations that reduce environmental impact and drive systemic change.
The panel will bring together experts in fibre development, recycling technologies, and regenerative systems to discuss how innovation, policy, and investment must align to make circular models commercially viable and environmentally sound. Patrick will discuss the urgent need for transparency and traceability in the fashion supply chain – an area where Haelixa continues to lead with cutting-edge traceability solutions using DNA technology. His participation reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering a more responsible and accountable fashion industry.
'We're building bridges of trust between all supply chain partners. Our DNA-powered traceability solution creates visibility from fibre to finished garment.'
Patrick Strumpf, CEO Haelixa
Panel Details 'Fibre Futures'
Patrick will speak on June 4th from 11:30 AM to 12:35 PM in a dynamic panel session focused on pioneering technologies and material innovation. This forward-looking discussion will explore: Pioneering technologies are redefining material innovation, transforming nature, waste and beyond into boundary-breaking fabrics
From a product point of view, what are the barriers and bridges on the pathway to scaling textile and material innovation?
What cutting-edge strategies and technologies can drive fibre-to-fibre by incentivising new materials, given resource capacity and demand?
Joining Patrick on stage will be fellow thought leaders and innovators from across the textile innovation ecosystem, each contributing unique perspectives on scaling sustainable solutions and transforming the future of materials:
Brooke Roberts-Islam
Writer, Author & Consultant, Forbes, Business of Fashion, Penguin & Techstyler
Andreas Dorner
General Manager, RE&UP
Nienke Steen
Global Director for Apparel, Textiles and Footwear, Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
Tana Dai
General Manager, Erdos Cashmere Group
Thamires Pontes
CEO & Founder, Phycolabs Note: The headline, insights, and image of this press release may have been refined by the Fibre2Fashion staff; the rest of the content remains unchanged.
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