Event
ESPR and Digital Product Passport in textiles: traceability and transparency along the value chain
Innovation Arena - South Hall
The textile sector is entering a new regulatory and technological phase driven by the Digital Product Passport (DPP) under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). This session will explore how digital systems, artificial intelligence and new technologies can enhance transparency, optimize sorting processes and improve the quality of secondary raw materials - key enablers for a truly circular fashion system. Particular attention will be given to the integration of DPP with product identification technologies, enabling efficient and reliable data exchange between producers, EPR schemes and end-of-life operators. By bringing together policy, industrial and technological perspectives, the session aims to deliver actionable insights to accelerate circularity across the textile value chain.
Session Chairs
Chiara Catgiu, AISEC, Senior Manager Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG
Anna Dimasi, AISEC, Business Strategy Consultant
Program
Introduction by the Chair
Chiara Catgiu, AISEC, Senior Manager Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG
Opening Institutional Addresses
Giorgia Di Giovanni, Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
Mauro Scalia, EURATEX
Roundtable discussions
Session 1 – DPP & ESPR: data, technologies, and traceability for circular fashion
Moderated by: Chiara Catgiu, AISEC
Eleonora Foschi, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)
Federico Falorni, Bulgari
Guido Bellitti, Studio Chiomenti
Andrea Zambianco, Saipem
Guy Buyle, Centexbel
Session 2 – From data to value creation: how interoperability and AI enable DPP in textiles
Moderated by: Anna Dimasi, AISEC
Rinaldo Rinaldi, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Luca Campadello, Erion Textiles
Alfio Fontana, Humana People to People
Massimo Paloni, Brandart
Federico Fraboni, Calzedonia
Andreas Schneider, Global Textile Scheme
Closure by the Chairs
Anna Dimasi, AISEC
Organized by: Ecomondo STC & AISEC (Italian Association for the Development and the Promotion of the Circular Economy)
3 November, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Language
English
Category
Sustainable and Circular Textiles
Tag
Event organized by Scientific Technical Committee International event
Speaker
Giorgia Di Giovanni
Technical official, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
Rinaldo Rinaldi
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management - University of Florence
Luca Campadello
Director General, Erion Textiles
Eleonora Foschi
Researcher, ENEA
Andreas Schneider
Founder and CEO of Global Textile Scheme
Chiara Catgiu
Member of the AISEC Board of Directors and Senior Manager, KPMG Sustainability & Climate Change Services
Alfio Fontana
Corporate Partnership & CSR Manager