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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
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