Company executives and visitors attending Texhibition Istanbul had the opportunity to experience expectations for the future of the industry by participating in seminars held over three days. On the first day of the exhibition, Cécile Rosenstrauch, Global Creative Director of Nelly Rodi, conducted a trend seminar titled “Spring/Summer 2026 Clothing and Fabric Trends.” Textile artist Gül Bolulu met with participants in her seminar, “Three-Dimensional Textiles: Nature's Hidden Fibers.” In the Blue & Black Texhibition area, Gönül Altunışık and Selvi Yiğci, Founders and Creative Directors of ALLDENIMS, organized a seminar on denim trends and Indigo AI. Özkan Çokaygil, Group Manager of Sales and Business Development at Trendyol, was the speaker for the seminar titled “New Opportunities in Textile Exports: E-Export.”
On the second day of the exhibition, a seminar titled “Digital Product Passport” was held, moderated by Besim Özek, a board member of İTHİB and Director of Strategy and Business Development at BOSSA. The speakers for the seminar were Arzu Konyalı, Global Sustainability Director of LCW, and Özlem Güneş, Deputy Secretary-General of İTKİB. The seminar titled “Training the Textile Designers of the Future: Inclusive Education and Development with Artificial Intelligence” was moderated by Gül Bolulu, President of the Textile Designers Association, and featured speakers including textile designer Büşra Balota, Prof. Dr. Günay Atalayer from Marmara University Fine Arts University, and AI educator Özgecan Üstgül. Ebru Debbağ conducted a seminar titled “The Impact of Marketing on the Changing and Evolving Dynamics of the Denim Sector,” which included examples from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
On the third day of the exhibition, a seminar titled “Be Prepared for Sustainability Regulations; Time is Running Out” featured a speech by Marwa Zamaray, European Climate Pact Ambassador. Bikem Kanık, Board Member of Orbit Consulting, moderated the seminar titled “Cyclical Value Chains in the Fashion Industry.” Speakers included Jyotsna Gopinath, Innovation Analyst at Fashion For Good, Kadir Cesur, Circular Business Development Manager at Circulose, Özgür Alper Güler, Sales and Marketing Director at Kipaş Textile, Rui Pereira, Vice President of Sales at Smartex, and Serkan Bayır, Business Modeling and Development Manager at Ekoten."
