Experts
The lecturers of Textile Roofs are specifically invited on the basis of their experience and skills in the topic they cover. The morning sessions are chaired by Prof. Rosemarie Wagner (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). The complete list of lecturers for TR25 will be announced pretty soon:
Over the years, a large number of national and international experts have sustainably enriched the “Textile Roofs” program. Here is a selection of our former lecturers (in alphabetical order):
Torsten Balster
Head of Research and Development bei vector foiltec GmbH, Germany
Björn Beckert
CEO Fabritecture (USA), Las Vegas, United States
Katja Bernert
Textile Architecture, formaly MehlerHeytex, Germany
Björn Bojara
International Sales Manager, FIAB HF, Poland
Heidrun Bögner-Balz
Prof. at Stuttgart University of Applied Science with chair on Sustainable Materials in Construction
Aoife Brennan
Business Manager at Fabric Architecture, United Kingdom
Stev Bringmann
CEO and Founder of 3dtex, Berlin, Germany
Stephan Brückner
Managing Director konstruct AG, Germany
Wujun Chen
Prof. at Jioatong University Shanghai, P.R. China
Łukasz Dłucik
CEO Abastran sp. z o.o, Poland
Fevzi Dansik
Managing Partner at Asma Germe Membran Sistemler, Turkey
Bruce Danziger
Principal of Danziger Engineering Collaborative, Inc., USA
Antonio Diaferia
Supervisor and Chief Engineer at Maffeis Engineering SpA, Italy
Maxime Durka
Business Developement Manager Tensile and Biogas Structures at Sioen Industries, Ardooie, Belgium
Dirk Emmer
Head of Project Development & Sales at Temme // Obermeier GmbH, Rosenheim, Germany
Vladimir Ermolov
Prof. at Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy), CEO & Founder of Verteco Co. Ltd.
Nelson Fiedler
Founder and CEO of Fiedler Engenharia Ltda., Vila Ligia, Brazil
Christoph Gengnagel
Prof. at School of Architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
Martin Glass
Director at gmp architekten, Germany
Nicholas Goldsmith
Founder & Principal of FTL Design Engineering Studio, New York, United States
Fabian Graber
Head of Technology and Engineering at Jakob Rope Systems, Trubschachen, Switzerland
Irina Grigoryan
Director at Ruchaika, Belarus
Kai Heinlein
Product Manager at technet GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Jürgen Hennicke
University lecturer at various architectural study programmes, former assistent and scientist with the famous architect Frei Otto, Germany
Rogier Houtman
Managing Director at Tentech bv, Netherlands
Jürgen Holl
Product Manager at technet GmbH, Germany
Yoshinaka Iizuka
Chairman and Engineering Advisor of Kyoritsu Industries Co., Ltd., Japan
Janek Jeschke
CEO Stoffdach GmbH, Germany
Anwar Khairoullin
General Director at the Association of Creative Laboratories of Forms, Kazan, Russia
Nikolai Kugel
arch22 bogenrieder crumbach kugel, Stuttgart, Germany
Martin Kunz
saai | Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbau, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan Lay
Project Engineer at Wacker Engineers, Germany
Oliver Lippert
Civil Engineer at RYKLIN Statik, Heidelberg, Germany
Josep Llorens
Teacher for Architectural Technology at the Barcelona School of Architecture, Spain
Claudia Lüling
Prof. at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Raju Mahadevan
Founder & Director, Techno Specialist Consulting Engineers, Dubai, UAE
Carl Maywald
Corporate Scientist at vector.foiltec, Germany
Marijke Mollaert
Prof. at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Andrey Moroz
CEO of CJSC „Lommeta“, Russia
Richard Müller
Head of the R&D Department at Ettlin AG, Germany
Olga Myskova
Prof. at Moscow State University named after A.N. Kosygin
Matti Orpana
CEO of Tensotech Consulting, Finland
Gennady Okeanov
Senior Architect at „Eurodesignproject“ LLC
Ruy Pauletti
Hab. Associate Professor at the Polytechnic School at the University of São Paulo (EPUSP), Brasil
Pyotr Puhov
Vice-Head of Kurganstalomost for Marketing and Sales, Kurgan, Russia
Feike Reitsma
Director Textile Architecture Division at IASO SA, Lleida, Spain
Christoph Riethmüller
Head of Technology Center Smart Living Textiles at Deutsches Institut für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf, Germany
Robert Roithmayr
CEO and Founder of Formfinder Software GmbH, Austria
Sergej Ryklin
Founder and CEO of Ryklin Statik, Heidelberg, Germany
Meltem Sahin
Founding Partner of ASMA GERME MEMBRAN , AG STRUCTURES, Assistant Professor at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts
Natalia Saprykina
Head of the Department „Basics of Architectural Design“ at Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy).
Christiane Sauer
Professor at Weißensee School of Art and Design, Berlin, Germany
Abdul Sathar T.K
Managing Director at Technospan Structures Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
Cornelius Schlotthauer
Architect at atelier matthiessen schlotthauer, Germany
Yaniv Shemesh
Founder & CEO of Keshatot garden & Shade products – Israel
Dmitry Shvidkovsky
Rector of the Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy)
Lorenzo Spedini
Founder and CEO of Ecomembrane Srl, Cremona, Italy
Thomas Stegmaier
Chief Sustainable Officer at German Institute for „Textil + Faserforschung (DITF)“, Denkendorf, Germany
Dieter Ströbel
Product Manager and Development Engineer at technet GmbH, Germany
Jessica Stürmer
Computational Disigner at se cover GmbH, Germany
Bernd Stimpfle
CEO at formTL, Germany
Bahadir Senol
CEO at SNL TENSI / Brand Manager, European Commission / Project Expert, Turkey
Patrick Teuffel
Prof. at Eindhoven University of Technology / TEUFFEL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, Germany
Lutz Tippmann
Product Engineer at Heliatek GmbH, Dresden, Germany
Jean-Christophe Thomas
Ass. Prof. PhD at Université de Nantes, France
Jos Tomlow
Retired Professor of Art, History and Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz – Germany
Jörg Tritthardt
Engineer at Tritthardt + Richter, büro für leichtbau – lightweight design, Radolfzell, Germany
Jörg Uhlemann
Vice Director of the „Prüf- und Zertifizierungsstelle NRW71“, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Rosemarie Wagner
Prof. at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Mikael Wallin
VP Marketing & Sales FORSSTROM HF AB, Lysekil, Sweden
Achim Wichtler
Huck Group – Manfred Huck GmbH, Germany
Christian Wilde
Product Manager for HeliaFilm® at Heliatek, Germany
Daniel Wujanz
Product Manager SCANTRA at technet GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Xuetao Shao
Ph.D. Candidate at Space Structure Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University – P.R. China
Lea Zimmermann
PhD Student at German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) Denkendorf, Germany











































































