Marc Hunger is Head of Global Marketing at Merck Performance Materials Division in Darmstadt. Before joining Merck, Marc has worked as R&D Manager and Category Director in several FMCG companies like Reckitt Benckiser and Freudenberg. Marc holds a PhD in Chemistry of University Heidelberg and a MBA from University of Kaiserslautern. Marc has broad experience in FMCG and B2B industry with focus on product and business development as well as innovation management.

Stefan Höfs, Business Development Manager Industrial Central Europe at Roland DG,Stefan Höfs, Business Development Manager Industrial Central Europe at Roland DG,started his career in the digital printing world at a German LFP dealer as Service Manager for leading brands such as Roland DG. In 2013 he joined Roland as a Product Specialist. During this period, he was involved in several co-creation projects, including a proofing and mock-up solution for the packaging industry in cooperation with CGS, and the development of the Roland haptic proof solution for the décor industry. Since January 2018 he has been responsible for the development of industrial markets for Roland DG Central Europe.

Michael Nothelfer is the founder of caddon printing & imaging GmbH, as well as the Managing Director of caddon color technology GmbH.

Presently associated with NIFT Bhopal as Professor, Kislaya Choudhary is an accomplished design professional with more than 16 years of enriched experience in field of textile design and research. Having extensive exposure with international and retail brands in home furnishing segment she specialises in print and surface design and product development, print CAD, fashion and textile, trends and forecast. She visited North Carolina State University, College of Textiles as a visiting faculty in 2014-15. She has presented and published research papers and articles in international and national forums and journals and have represented, planned and executed various design exhibitions.

Hitoshi Ujiie is program director for Master of Science in Surface Imaging at Jefferson. His involvement in the set-up of The Center for Excellence in Surface Imaging has provided him with the rare opportunity to research and implement cutting edge surface imaging technologies. This academic site makes it possible for him to meet and assess industry leaders and developers on an impartial basis as well as creating a forum that introduces new applications to the public.

Marc Van Parys obtained his PhD in Chemistry and has held professorships at Technical University Ghent, as well as Ghent University. He has been heading the Textile and Research Department at the Textile Training and Development Centre TO2C. Marc is the president of the Belgian Textile Association, Unitex, and founder of textile consultancy, TexZeppelin.

Caroline Zöller, Forteam Kommunikation is CEO of a Cologne based agency specialised in visual communication, large format printing and interior design. Together with an experienced team of graphic designers, printers and sign makers she realises visual communication concepts for interiors, exhibitions and trade shows and gives lectures and workshops on the topic.

After studying Interior Design in Mainz, Andreas Weidner held various leadership positions for brands such as smart, Montblanc, adidas and Swarovski. In each case, he was responsible for concept design and design development of retail and exhibition spaces which were implemented worldwide. Since 2016, he has been the Head of Design at Knoblauch and has been a member of the Executive Board. He is a lecturer at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf for Retail Design and is a speaker at various retail conventions.

Katharina Jebsen is a freelance designer, researcher, author and lecturer. She studied Textile Design at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany. Her selected publications, exhibitions and awards include “Textile Design – From Experiment to Series”, “DesignMarch Reykjavik”, “Grassimesse”, wall hanging for Bauhaus Foundation Dessau and the “Newcomer finalist German Design Award” in 2015.

Veena Sarojiniamma has been working in inkjet printing industry for the last 16 years, and has made contributions in printhead development, inks and inkjet printing. Veena has led several product development processes from concept through to testing and implementation; one of the key contributions was in the development of Xaar 1001. Currently she works as Ink Application Scientist at Industrial Inkjet Ltd, where she is responsible for qualifying inks with Konica Minolta printheads. Veena holds a Masters in Physics and a PhD in Materials Science and has published several research articles in international journals as well as co-authoring a patent on piezo-electric actuators.