speakers
Karin Flatøy Svarstad, Norway
Founder of North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference. Karin works as a textile artist, cultural mediator and for district development.
Title: North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference
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Nathalie Ketterle, Germany
Vice-President, European Wool Association AISBL
Founder and Head of Kollektion der Vielfalt, a wool initiative for native sheep breeds in Germany
Title: The European Wool Journey: Innovations, Collaborations, and Insights in Revitalising European Wool
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Jenny Shepherd, Isle of Man
Sheep farmer with Manx Loaghtan Sheep on a 200 acres farm
Title: A glimmer of hope for the future of Manx Loaghtan Sheep
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Meg Rodger, the Hebrides
Meg Rodger lives on the Hebridean island of Berneray where she has a flock of Hebridean sheep and runs the Birlinn Yarn Company.
Title: Birlinn galleys, Seafaring Sheep and a cloak fit for a Viking heroine
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Ronnie Eunson, Shetland
Ronnie Eunson is a farmer who runs Uradale Farm in partnership with son Jakob.
Title: What Shetland Wool Week has meant for Shetland’s farmers, knitwear industry and the wool market
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Viveka Velupillai, Shetland
Viveka lives on Uradale farm. She is Honorary Professor at the Department of English at the University of Giessen, Germany as well as Visiting Professor at The Language Sciences Institute of University of the Highlands and Islands.
Title: Loops on wires: How traditional skills have helped preserve Shaetlan
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Marita V. í Lágabø and Barbara Vestergaard, Faroe Islands
Barbara and Marita are the women behind the exciting project Vesturgarður. They will tell about how they found a simple and nature-friendly way to wash the Faroese wool.
Title: It started with a thought
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Svanhildur Pálsdóttir, Iceland
Heidi Greb, Germany
Ellen K. Frederiksen, Greenland
Jens Ivan í Gerðinum, Faroe Islands
Open stage speakers:
Alison Gault, Ireland
Senior Lecturer in Textile Art, Design and Fashion, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University
Title:Creating a traceable Irish grown yarn through the Future Island-Island Project
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Jan Broda, Poland
Professor at the Faculty of Materials, Civil and Environment Engineering of the University of Bielsko-Biala (Poland)
Title: Utilisation of wool from Polish mountain sheep
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