Events
Calendar
The International Year of Natural Fibres will be celebrated at conferences, seminars, exhibitions and fashion shows around the world
| Date | Event | Venue (Organizer/s) |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
| 22 | Official launch of the International Year of Natural Fibres | Rome (FAO) |
| February | ||
| 8-9 | International Workshop and Exhibition on Jute | Dhaka, Bangladesh (IJSG) |
| 20-24 | Fair and Exhibition on Uses of Natural Fibres | Atuntaqui, Ecuador (Fundacion Junto a Tí) |
| March | ||
| 7 | "The Social Life of Plants", including a display of ethnographic textiles and fibres | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK (RAI) |
| 7 | Natural Fibres: New outlook for the fashion market | Umbertide, Italy (Arianne - International Consortium for the Study of Natural Textile Fibres) |
| 3/03-19/04 | "Our Daily Thread" textile display | Grand Forks, B.C., Canada (Grand Forks Art Gallery and Museum/BSWG) |
| 18 | IYNF 2009 Reception | Renewable Energy House, Brussels (IWTO) |
| 18-19 | International Meeting for Visioning the Cotton Development Path for Mozambique | Maputo, Mozambique (IAM) |
| 21 | Illinois Lama Association Spring Conference | Jacksonville, IL., United States |
| 25 | Coir design competition | Alappuzha, India (Alappuzha BDS) |
| 30/03-1/04 | Technical workshop: "Natural fibers - their role in the carbon economy" | Seattle, United States (Washington State University) |
| April | ||
| 2 | Sustainable Business and Design Conference | New York City, USA (Fashion Institute of Technology) |
| 3-5 | First Annual Maritime Fibre Arts Retreat | Liverpool, Queens County, Canada |
| 3-5 | International meeting: Shearing, sorting and grading of wool - Celebration 20th anniversary of ATELIER | Noyers sur Jabron, France (ATELIER) |
| 4-5 | The Alpaca Fiber Symposium | Belmont, NC, United States (Gaston College, Textile Technology Center) |
| 7-9 | 6th International Conference and Exhibition | Cairo, Egypt (Textile Research Division, National Research Centre) |
| 15-17 | China International Natural Fibre Forum | Jinghong City, China (XDAP/FAO) |
| 15-17 | Combined New Zealand and Australia Conference | Dunedin, New Zealand (The Textile Institute/University of Otago) |
| 15-18 | 2nd International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications | Rome (University of Rome "La Sapienza") |
| 16-18 | International seminar: "Emerging trends in production, processing and utilisation of natural fibres" | Mumbai, India (ISCI, IFS, ICAR) |
| 16-19 | Creative Fibre Festival | Timaru, New Zealand (Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society) |
| 17-19 | Fiber Forum 2009 | Lake Junaluska, NC, USA (Southeast Fiber Forum Association) |
| 18-19 | Alpaca shearing festival - from field to fashion | Stockton, NJ, USA (WoodsEdge Wools Farm) |
| 20 | Natural fibres fashion show | Rome (FAO) |
| 24-26 | Portland Handweavers Guild Annual Sale | Portland, OR, USA |
| May | ||
| 2-10 | National Alpaca Week in Australia | Australian Alpaca Association |
| 9-10 | Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool festival | Lake Elmo, MN, United States |
| 16-17 | 8th Annual Spring Fling, Alpaca Extravaganza | Stockton, NJ, USA (WoodsEdge Wools Farm) |
| 16-17 | European meeting: Wool from here and other places | Cernier, Switzerland (ATELIER) |
| 18-20 | Exhibition and seminar: Heritage of Thai silk | Paris, France (UNESCO) |
| 21-22 | Coir mats and matting exports to Turkey | Alleppey, India (Alappuzha Coir Floor Covering Cluster) |
| 22 | Presentation on natural fibres | Gdynia, Poland (Gdynia Cotton Association) |
| 25-28 | European Animal Fibre Week | Biella, Italy |
| 27-28 | 6th International Conference, European Industrial Hemp Association | Wesseling, Germany (EIHA) |
| 28-31 | International Symposium "Plant Fibers: View of Fundamental Biology" | Kazan, Russia (Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics) |
| 30/05-2/06 | Traditional handicrafts wool festival | Biella, Italy |
| June | ||
| 3 | Natural fibres, health and sustainability | Terrassa, Spain (Centre de Documentació I Museu Tèxtil, Centre d'Innovació Tecnològica-CTF) |
| 3-7 | National Conference and 2nd World Conference, Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association | Cleveland, Ohio (AOBA) |
| 6 | UK Ravelry day 2009 | Coventry, UK |
| 6-26 | Wool & Willow Festival | Wales, UK (The Minerva Arts Centre in Llanidloes) |
| 11-14 | Estes Park Wool Market | Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States |
| 13-21 | Victoria Fibrefest | Victoria, BC, Canada |
| 15-18 | 78th Congress, International Wool Textile Organisation | Frankfurt, Germany (IWTO) |
| 16-20 | "Sheep is life" celebration | Farmington, NM, United States (Dibé bé Iiná) |
| 17-18 | International Natural Fibres Congress | Frankfurt, Germany (Messe Frankfurt) |
| 19-21 | Hemp fair: Applications and altermative technologies | Porto, Portugal (Feira do Cânhamo) |
| 20-21 | Fiber Festival hosted by WoodsEdge Wools Farm | Stockton, NJ, USA (WoodsEdge Wools Farm) |
| 21-24 | Pan-Commonwealth Natural Fibres Skills Development Programme | Bangalore, India (Commonwealth Secretariat) |
| 21-26 | Week of Natural Fibers | Aurel Vlaicu University, Romania (FAO/ESCORENA) |
| 26/06-3/07 | Fibre Week 2009 | Olds, Canada (Olds College) |
| July | ||
| 3-5 | Festival "Linen and needle" | Vallée du Dun, France (Association Alliance et Culture) |
| 4-19 | Three Shires Textile Festival | Cheshire, England (Visit Chester/Chesire Tourism Board) |
| 15 | Natural fibres in Andalucia: Opportunities and Threats | Seville, Spain (Junta de Andalucía) |
| 25-26 | Fiber Arts Festival at Bonanzaville | West Fargo, ND, USA |
| 25-26 | Fabulous Fibres | Planet Ice, Maple ridge, BC, Canada (Whonnock Weavers and Spinners) |
| 27 | Book Launch: The Story of Abaca (Elizabeth Potter Sievert) | Makati City, the Philippines (Fiber Industry Development Authority) |
| August | ||
| 7-9 | Fiber Arts Tour Weekend | Maine United States (Maine Fiberarts) |
| 7-16 | WAFTA Naturally Members’ Exhibition | Fremantle, Western Australia (WA Fibre and Textile Association) |
| 8 | Linen Festival | Grand Forks, B.C., Canada |
| September | ||
| 2-3 | Ars Textrina International Textiles Conference | Leeds, UK (University of Leeds) |
| 3-4 | 10th International Cotton Conference | Gdynia, Poland (Gdynia Cotton Association/Technical University of Lodz) |
| 7-11 | 68th Plenary, International Cotton Advisory Committee | Capetown, South Africa (ICAC) |
| 9-11 | International Congress on Natural Fibres | Bahia, Brazil (SECTI) |
| 10 | Grand Opening: Mother Nature's Fibres (runs to 6 November) | Costume Museum of Canada, Winnipeg |
| 10 | The Evolution of Natural Fibres (runs to 5 December) | Binghamton University, NY, USA |
| 11-14 | IYNF event, Milano unica textile fair | Milan, Italy (Cotton and Linen Industries Foundation/ Sistema Moda Italia) |
| 12 | Day of wool and other natural fibres | Oijen, The Netherlands (ShetlandSheep) |
| 12-13 | Fall Fashion Preview & Fashion Show | Stockton, NJ, USA (WoodsEdge Wools Farm) |
| 19 | Fashion Show: Nature is the New Black (8.00pm) | Costume Museum of Canada, Winnipeg |
| 21-25 | Organic Cotton World Congress - From Fashion to Sustainability | Interlaken, Switzerland (Helvetas, Organic Exchange, ITC, IMO, SECO) |
| 24-26 | Expo Forestal México | Centro Banamex, Mexico City (CONAFOR: Comisión Nacional Forestal) |
| 25-27 | Natural fibres retreat and workshop | Port Hadlock, WA, Washington, USA (Knit-N-Nature) |
| 27/09-2/10 | 10th Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Convergence | Masterton, New Zealand |
| October | ||
| 1-4 | Paris Fashion Week at the Ethical Fashion Show | Paris, France |
| 3 | FeltUnited - First Annual International Day of Felt | Global |
| 10-11 | 16th Annual Convention and Annual General Meeting, Hemp Industries Association | Washington, DC, USA |
| 17-18 | New York State Sheep and Wool Festival | Rhinebeck, NY, United States |
| 17-18 | Knitting and Weaving Global Networks | Oxford, UK |
| 17-25 | The real colour show: exhibition of naturally dyed textiles | Powys, Wales |
| 20-22 | Meeting of FAO Intergovernmental Groups on Hard Fibres and on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres | Pasay City, the Philippines (FAO) |
| 21-22 | Iranian Animal Fibres Conference | University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 25 | World Food Day/IYNF Symposium | Pacifico Yokohama Conference Centre, Japan (FAO Liaison Office in Japan) |
| 26-7/11 | The Warp and The Weft | Oxford University Botanic Gardens, Oxford University Ruskin School of Art and TFD Trading for Development (UK) |
| November | ||
| 3-8 | International Mohair Summit | Eastern Cape, South Africa (Mohair South Africa) |
| 4-7 | European Confederation for Flax and Hemp (CELC) 60th Annual Congress | France (Strasbourg) |
| 6-8 | Fiber In Demand, Naturally! | Saskatoon, Canada (Saskatoon Prairieland Park Corporation) |
| 6-8 | Goat Gala and ALPACA Odyssey Show at Farmfair International 2009 | Alpaca Canada and Alberta Goat Breeders [Canada] |
| 6-8 | Goat Gala and ALPACA Odyssey Show at Farmfair International 2009 | Alpaca Canada and Alberta Goat Breeders [Canada] |
| 10-28 | Gabriel in Design | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| December | ||
| 1- January 10, 2010 | Fabulous Fibres - Talk and Exhibition at the Haslemere Museum | Haslemere, Surrey, UK |
| 1-3 | Conference on Kenaf and Allied Fibres (ICKAF 2009) | Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) |
| 14-15 | Natural Fibres 09 Conference | London (IOM3) |
| 14-18 | Closing Exhibition (internal) | FAO, Rome |
Acronyms
AOBA - Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association - http://www.alpacainfo.com/
ATELIER - European Association for the Study, Liaison, Innovation and Research into Textiles - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/atelier.laine/index.htm
BSWG - Boundary Spinners and Weavers Guild, Grand Forks, British Columbia - http://www.eiha.org/
EIHA - European Industrial Hemp Association - http://www.eiha.org/
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - http://www.fao.org/
IAM - Mozambique Cotton Institute - http://www.iam.gov.mz/
ICAC - International Cotton Advisory Committee - http://www.icac.org/
ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research - http://www.icar.org.in/
IFS - Indian Fibre Society
IFIBRAM - Training Institute for the Production of Fibre Plants of the Amazon
IJSG - International Jute Study Group - http://www.jute.org/
IMO - Institute for Market Ecology - http://www.imo.ch/
INTROP - Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Malaysia - http://www.introp.upm.edu.my
IOM3 - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK - http://www.iom3.org/
ISCI - Indian Society for Cotton Improvement
ITC - International Trade Centre - http://www.intracen.org/
IWTO - International Wool Textile Organisation - http://www.iwto.org/
RAI - Royal Anthropological Institute - http://www.therai.org.uk/
SECO - Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs - http://www.seco.admin.ch/
SECTI - Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation, Bahia, Brazil
XDAP - Xishuangbana Dai Autonomous Prefecture
How to be listed as an IYNF event
To be listed in the International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF) calendar you must display the IYNF logo, and related information materials, at the event and on your webpage. The basic steps:
1. Apply for permission to use the IYNF logo - download application form from:
http://www.naturalfibres2009.org/en/iynf/media.html
2. Return the completed application form along with the following details of the event:
- Name of the event
- Name of the organizers
- Date of the event
- Venue of the event
- A brief description of the event
- URL of a webpage with more information about the event