ESPR and Digital Product Passport in textiles: traceability and transparency along the value chain

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

Eleonora Rizzuto, AISEC President, Chief Sustainability & Due Diligence Officer Bulgari, Ecomondo STC
Chiara Catgiu, AISEC, Senior Manager Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG
Anna Dimasi, AISEC, Business Strategy Consultant

Program

Introduction by the Chair
Eleonora Rizzuto, AISEC, Bulgari, Ecomondo Scientific Technical Committee

Opening Institutional Addresses
Giorgia Di Giovanni, Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
Mauro Scalia, EURATEX (TBC)

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)
Attila Kiss, CEO Gruppo Florence
Speaker, representative luxury fashion brand (TBD)
Speaker, DPP provider (TBD)
 
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
Speaker, representative luxury fashion brand (TBC)
Luca Campadello, Erion Textiles
Andreas Schneider, Global Textile Scheme
Guy Buyle, Centexbel (TBC)

Closure by the Chairs
Eleonora Rizzuto, AISEC, Bulgari, Ecomondo Scientific Technical Committee