Last 30 and 31 March 2017, the 12^th Annual Public Conference of the European Technology Platform (ETP) for the Future of Textiles and Clothing took place in Brussels, Belgium.

Last 13 and 14 February 2017, the iTechStyle Summit - 1^st International Conference of Textile and Clothing, organized by Portuguese Technological Center for the Textile & Clothing Industry - CITEVE - in collaboration with Associação Selectiva Moda, was held at the Porto Cruise Terminal, Matosinhos, Portugal.