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WTiN will invite a host of industry professionals and key opinion leaders to join delegates virtually and discuss the latest advancements in biobased and biosynthetic materials. Meet our first Innovate: Biobased Materials speakers. 
Madelaine Thomas WTiN
Alexa Raab Director of Communications, Covation Biomaterials & Sorona®
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If you would like to join Innovate: Biobased Materials as a speaker please contact events@wtin.com.

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Madelaine Thomas

WTiN

Head of Content

As WTiN’s Head of Content, Madelaine is responsible for all WTiN content. Working at WTiN for over nine years, Madelaine has witnessed the move towards digitalisation in the industry and was a key player in launching WTiN’s Textile 4.0 branded products. As current editor of Nonwovens Report International and former editor of Digital Textile, International Dyer & Finisher and Textile 4.0, Knitting International journals (and their online counterparts on WTiN.com), Madelaine has a wealth of knowledge across the textile & apparel value chain. She is also the Editor of the ITMA Daily News and INDEX News. She holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Leeds, UK and a First Class Honours degree in International Journalism from Liverpool John Moores, also in the UK.

Alexa Raab

Director of Communications, Covation Biomaterials & Sorona®

Alexa Raab is a dedicated, collaborative leader who unites her expertise in communications, brand strategy, marketing, and management as the Director of Communications for Covation Biomaterials and Sorona®, an eco-efficient performance fiber. The brand’s sustainable vision, and commitment to improving the environment without compromising quality, is an inspiration to her. It’s this level of commitment to innovation that has motivated her to remain with DuPont for 18 years. “I am proud to work with teams that are creating products the world needs and that improve how we live,” she explains. “We most recently launched our new sub-brand and Common Thread certification program during the global pandemic and we did not face any opposition. Instead, all we heard was: ‘How can I help?’”

Prior to joining the Sorona ® team, Raab was the global communications and brand manager for DuPont’s packaging and digital inks group, where she managed a global team. It was the second time she led a global team at the company, after holding the marketing communications role with Verlasso ® where she worked with various stakeholders to propel the project forward. She also has extensive experience with DuPont’s personal protection business with brands including Nomex ®, Kevlar ®, Tyvek ®, and Tychem ®, where she mastered digital tools and held a corporate communications role focusing on internal needs with team members working on the shop floor.

Raab has a graduate certificate in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business from the University of Delaware. She is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, which further developed her process improvement skills, and LEAD Training certified. She earned her degree in Communications with minors in English and Art History from Villanova University. Outside of work, Raab is a proud homeroom mother at her children’s school.

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