Remanufactured Fashion

Dr. Pammi Sinha is an Associate Professor in the School of Design at the University of Leeds. Her research interests are in the area of design process, interface between design and technology, design in sustainable development within a developing economy and the global dimensions of managing textiles and clothing that have reached their end of life. Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled,” Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, testing and sustainability evaluation of textiles and clothing materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 75 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 2 books of chapter and 13 books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines. He is the editor-in-chief of Textiles and Clothing Sustainability journal of Springer. Additionally, he is one of the directors of Textile and Bioengineering Informatics Society, (TBIS) which is a charitable organization created to foster, develop and promote all aspects of science and technology in bioengineering of materials, fibers and textiles. Dr. Geetha Dissanayake holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree (Textile and Clothing Technology) from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and Management Accounting qualifications from the CharteredInstitute of Management Accountant (CIMA), UK.  Geetha’s PhD was supported by the prestigious Dorothy Hodgkin postgraduate award and the SCI CDT studentship. Her research sought developing remanufacturing solutions for the end of life textile waste. Her specialization and research interests include sustainable fashion and textiles, end of life waste management, supply chain, and remanufacturing.

Defining remanufacture within a waste management context.- Closed Loop Systems, Logistics and Reverse Logistics.- Design and business models prevalent within the fashion industry.- Exemplars and case studies of remanufactured fashion design.- Systems requirements for remanufactured fashion as an industry.- Issues raised for sustainability through remanufactured fashion.