The Karnataka unit of Textile Association India (TAI) will organise the 13th international conference on ‘Functional Textiles and Apparel: Global requirements and opportunities’ and the 71st All India Textile Conference early next year.

About 700 delegates are expected to participate and 25 speakers will be talking on different subjects at the conference to be held at NIMHANS convention hall in Bangalore from January 22.

Centre and state government officials as well as representatives of several professional bodies are also expected to attend the two-day conference, organiser sources said.

The main objective of the conference is to help in building successful relationships between the leading textile manufacturers, retailers, and other external agencies that are in the same trade by addressing issues concerning them and identifying the common interests to shape up the future.