Steve Warner, BeaverLake6 Report
				
			
				
				Shelly Martin, Sustainability Analyst and Training Manager, EarthShift
				
			
				
				Nicholas Goldsmith, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Principal, FTL Design Engineering Studio
				
			
				
				Maurizio Macagno, Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder, Sensoria Inc.
				
			
				
				Oliver Meier, Sales Representative, Staubli Corp.
				
			
				
				Uday Vaidya, UT/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing; and Chief Technology Officer, IACMI
				
			
				
				Jin Kaufmann, Senior Engineer, T.E.A.M. Inc.; Owner, Novacomp Inc.
				
			
				
				K.P.Reddy, CEO SoftWear Automation; General Partner, CTW Venture Partners
				
			
				
				Carol Little, Founder, CKL Textile Consulting; Senior Materials Manager, Pearl Izumi
				
			
				
				Dr. Peter J. Hauser, NCSU College of Textiles, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
				
			
				
				Innovation Award Banquet honoring The Quantum Group
				
			
			
				
				Symtech sponsors table
				
			
			
				
				PA Group sponsors table
				
			
				
				Unifi sponsors table
				
			
				
				Jim Borneman, Editor in Chief, Textile World presenting the 2015 Innovation Award to The Quantum Group’s founder, Jeff Bruner
				
			
				
				Jeff Bruner, founder of The Quantum Group
				
			
			
				
				Victor Bartell, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
				
			
				
				Bob Benko, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
				
			
				
				Charles Willard, long-term member of The Quantum Group family
				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
				Jeff Dugan, Cofounder and Vice President, Research, Fiber Innovation Technology Inc.
				
			
				
				Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Distinguished Professor & Executive Director, The Nonwovens Institute
				
			
				
				Dr. Abdel-Fattah Seyam, NCSU College of Textiles, Department of Textile and Apparel Management
				
			
				
				Kial Gramley, Cofounder and Vice President, Market and Business Development, FibeRio Technology Corp.