Speakers at the Autumn meeting 2026
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Image: Scapa Media / Halmstad Municipality
Urszula Hansson
Municipal Councilor (S), Halmstad Municipality
Urszula Hansson is 1st Vice Chair of the Municipal Executive Board's Community Planning Committee.
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Mats Johansson
Texpertis AB
Senior textile consultant with 45 years of experience in research and development of various textile materials, processes and designs. After a professional life in the manufacturing industry and the Swedish School of Textiles, he now has his own consulting firm with textile education at schools and companies as well as the development of new fiber materials and improved products, always with a focus on function and sustainability. Driven by a never-ending curiosity about materials and people.
The lecture is about: Textile materials yesterday, today, tomorrow!?
A look at fiber materials and production processes for sustainable textiles. Where we stand and where we are headed. We talk about EU strategies, the development of fibers and fabrics, and consider whether environmentally friendly, long-lasting and circular are even possible to combine.
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Michael Bo Jensen
Alumichem
Michael Bo Jensen has more than 50 years of experience in the water industry and has worked with water treatment, water quality and resource optimization in a variety of industrial operations during his career. Today he is active at Alumichem, where his work includes solutions for water purification and reuse in the laundry industry and aquaculture. With his many years of experience and practical knowledge, Michael contributes a solid perspective on how effective water treatment can support both operations, resource utilization and environmental considerations.
The lecture is about: From wash water to competitive advantage: how industrial laundries can meet the next wave of water demands
The water issue is quickly becoming one of the most important sustainability and operational issues for the laundry industry. How are industrial laundries affected by increased requirements around PFAS, microplastics and water consumption, and what solutions are already available today?
Image: Ida Fridvall, Halmstad University.
Farzaneh Etminani
Halmstad University and Research and Innovation Center, Region Halland
Farzaneh Etminani is a professor at Halmstad University and research leader at the Research and Innovation Center, Region Halland. Her research focuses on machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare.
She leads CAISR Health, a research profile program funded by the Knowledge Foundation, and information-driven close care, which studies the entire care chain and the patient's care journey using AI and ML — with a focus on the 65+ group — with the aim of identifying inter-organizational gaps for individuals seeking care from multiple healthcare supplier members. Her work is conducted within the framework of Sweden's triple-helix model, where academia, regional healthcare and industry partners collaborate.
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Nina Nagskov Jorgensen
DI (Danish Confederation of Industry)
Nina Nagskov Jørgensen is a chief consultant in DI and works with the association ARI - Waste and Resource Industry. Nina works with circular economy, waste and recycling, and including the upcoming extended producer responsibility for textiles.
The lecture is about: the Danish implementation of extended producer responsibility on textiles.
