To promote the multidisciplinary exchange of textiles and clothing, the "2012 BIFT-ITAA international joint seminar" was held in from March 27th to 29th. Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology Hold. The conference was co sponsored by Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology and the international textile and Garment Association (ITAA, namely International Textile & Apparel Association), jointly organized by China Fashion Association, China Fashion Designers Association and China Textile publishing house. The theme of the conference is "fashion dialogue 2012" (Fashion Dialogue 2012), with sub topics: consumer behavior, design and aesthetics, history / culture, procurement and marketing, visual merchandising, education, social psychology, sustainability and social responsibility, textile and garment industry, textile and garment science and technology design, etc.

131 delegates from universities, colleges and research institutes in China, the United States, Canada, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India were sent to the conference. Design works More than 60 pieces, more than 130 papers. Over the course of 3 days, more than 40 design works from China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea and Hongkong will be exhibited and more than 20 design works will be exhibited. At the same time, around the "fashion dialogue 2012", another 130 papers on topics such as design, history, marketing, education and industry will be grouped and discussed. In addition, coincides with the China International Fashion Week, during the conference, a number of business, industry and fashion week visits have been arranged to exchange views on how to improve the academic level and international influence of researchers.

Yu Hong, assistant professor of fashion department at the University of Winterson, Canada, said in an interview that many fashion educators at many universities in the world are concerned about the current situation of Chinese fashion teaching. As an international exchange platform, this conference just shows the current educational situation of Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology as a leading fashion University in China. Some representatives from North American state universities have been surprised to see the Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology's hardware, teachers and students' design works.

Zheng Rong, vice president and professor of the school of clothing art and engineering, Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, said that Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology has held several high-level events recently. international The forum and seminar are very happy to communicate with colleagues from North America and Japan and Korea, and this is also a rare learning opportunity for teachers and students of Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology.

After the seminar, some of the teachers from all over the world showed their design works as representatives.