For the sixth year running Vedran is heading the Inkjet and Decorative Inks Department at Evonik Coating Additives. Since starting at Evonik, Vedran has been responsible for providing technical support to customers, testing of the suitability of additives to be used in inkjet, and for the development of additives across several application spaces. Vedran has an academic background in textile chemistry, a postdoc in the field of functional pigment dispersions, and before joining Evonik was affiliated with Fujifilm Speciality Ink System in Broadstairs, UK.

Eliav Priel is a seasoned business development executive in the digital printing industry and has worked in companies such as Scitex, HP-Scitex, Megaink, Matan (EFI) and Bordeaux. Eliav brings with him over 25 years of relevant international business management experience in the digital printing markets.

Reinhold Schneider is head of the research group Colour and Functional Printing at the German Institute for Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) in Denkendorf, Germany. Dr Schneider is chemist and received his PhD degree at the University of Stuttgart in 1992. His scientific work focuses on the field of textile printing, dyeing and finishing of textile materials and smart textiles. In recent years he focuses mainly on the formulation of functional inks for the digital functionalisation of textile surfaces.

Thomas Fischer studied engineering cybernetics at the University of Stuttgart. His PhD dealt with cooperative product development of protective clothing in a European network. Since 2000 he is with DITF Denkendorf, currently as a Deputy Director of the Centre for Management Research. His current work focuses on digital engineering, sustainability and the application of AI methods in the textile industry.