Sino-Africa International Symposium on Textiles and Apparel (SAISTA 2021)
Background to SAISTA
China has the largest and most advanced textile industry in the world and, as such, wishes to support the development of industry in developing countries and those along the Road and Belt Region, especially in Africa. Africa has a rich textile history but in recent years the significance and growth of its textile industry has been impeded by a number of factors, including capacity constraints relating to higher education opportunities, academic and practitioner expertise and science and engineering research facilities. In order to promote education and research to contribute to the revitalization of the African textile and apparel industry, the leaders of Donghua University, China, and Moi University, Kenya, decided in 2015 to organize an annual Sino-Africa symposium on Textiles and Apparel (SAISTA), alternating between China and Kenya or other African countries. The past events include SAISTA 2015 in Shanghai, China; SAISTA 2016 (the first Sino-Africa Cultural Exchange Forum, SACEF) in Mombasa, Kenya; SAISTA & SACEF 2017 in Shanghai, China; SAISTA & SACEF 2018 in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; SAISTA & SACEF 2019 in Shanghai, China; SAISTA 2020 in Kenya and China held online. Six conference proceedings have been published, which contain hundreds of papers on various most attractive topics in the field.
Starting from 2016, the Sino-Africa Cultural Exchange Forum (SACEF) has been added to SAISTA in order to reinforce Sino-Africa people-to-people exchange and collaborations in social sciences, contributing to the friendly relationships between China and African countries. The objective of the Seventh Sino-Africa International Symposium on Textile and Apparel (SAISTA 2021) is to provide a platform for textile and apparel professionals from universities, research institutions and industry to promote collaboration between China and Africa in textile and apparel education and research as well as to explore potential business opportunities and cultural exchanges. SAISTA 2021 will be hosted jointly by Donghua University, China and Moi University, Kenya both on- and off-line from November 05-07, 2021.
Objective of SAISTA
The objective of the Seventh Sino-Africa International Symposium on Textile and Apparel (SAISTA 2021) is to provide a platform for textile and apparel professionals from universities, research institutions and industry to promote collaboration between China and Africa in textile and apparel education and research as well as to explore potential business opportunities. SAISTA 2021 will be held in Donghua University, Shanghai, China from November 05-07, 2021.
Organizers
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Co-organizers
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Sponsors
“111 Project” Biomedical Textile Materials Science and Technology
Technical support
National Textile Volunteer Group for Road and Belt Initiative
Donghua University Student Chapter of Society for Advancement of Material and Processing Engineering
Time: November 05-07, 2021
Venue: Donghua University
(Shanghai, China)
Scope of SAISTA 2021
The Symposium welcomes papers on all aspects of the textile and apparel industry. Specifically, the following specialisms will be included:
✔ Chinese textiles in Africa
✔ Protective textiles and clothing for COVID-19
✔ Functional and technical textiles
✔ Advanced textile processing technology
✔ Fibers for textile and apparels
✔ Apparel technology and manufacturing
✔ Textile and apparel marketing and management
✔ Apparel and accessory design
✔ Textile History
✔ The Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative and textile industry
✔ Eco-friendly textile technology and products
Conference Schedule
November 05
Conference registration and reception
November 06-07
· Keynote speech 1: Professor from Africa
· Keynote speech 2: Professor from China
· Keynote speech 3: Professor from Germany
· Keynote speech 4: Professor from United Kingdom
· 15 general speeches
Speech time: Keynote speech 30 min; general speeches 15 min. (including the time of question and answer)
Language: Both conference papers and presentations should be in English.
Application methods
1. Application for oral presentation
Please send the abstracts to: SAISTA2021@126.com before July 20th, 2021.
2. Requirements:
· Should include paper title, author(s), affiliation(s) and contact information
· Underline the Presenting Author
· 300 words in English
· All papers on this conference will be published in the proceedings.
3. Format of the full paper:
· The manuscript should be presented in the following order: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main body, Acknowledgments and References. The Presenting Author should be marked with underline. (see attached sample paper, articles with questionable formatting will be rejected)
· The full paper should be in the format of MS-word document in English.
· The full paper of general speeches should be no more than 5 pages.
Please send the full papers to: SAISTA2021@126.com before July 31th, 2021
4. Contact information:
¨ Professor Yiping QIU, College of Textiles, Donghua University
¨ 2999 North Renmin Road, Songjiang District of Shanghai, China 201620
¨ Tel: 021-6779 2621
¨ Email: SAISTA2020@126.com
5. Important Deadlines:
Submission of abstracts: July 20th, 2021
Submission of full paper: July 31th, 2021
