SATRA announces next footwear webinars

Registrations are being taken for SATRA’s online presentations on issues relating to the design and production of footwear.

SATRA’s programme of regular webinars presented on a variety of key industry topics is proving very popular with members around the world. Hundreds of online attendees have taken advantage of this provision, all of whom have the opportunity to pose questions before the event, during the presentation or afterwards. Answers can then be provided either as a live response at the conclusion of the session (when it is presented live) or as personalised emailed advice, which is a particularly valuable service whenever confidential information about the member’s products needs to be discussed.

Forthcoming SATRA webinars include the following events, which will be presented at 10:00 BST and repeated as a recording at 16:00 BST to accommodate delegates located in North or South America:

Thursday 1st October 2026 – ‘Digitising last assessment’. This webinar explores how SATRA translates last assessment into the digital medium, and how key dimensions are defined and extracted from 3D CAD files. Delegates will learn how a digital last assessment can be used to accurately measure key dimensions, ways that it supports fitting decisions through comparison with established industry guidelines, and how it enables population coverage analysis using global foot dimensions data.

Thursday 19th November 2026 – ‘Underfoot performance’. Join us to investigate how footwear outsole, midsole and plate technologies interact to influence performance. This member-only webinar will also consider supercritical foam, carbon plate variations, rocker geometries, stack heights and underfoot comfort. In addition, the session will explore why no single component works in isolation, and how complete system design affects testing.

Online library of video presentations

In addition to the regular live events, SATRA has built an online library of recordings of the webinars as well as supplementary video presentations on many key footwear-related issues, access to which is reserved for member companies. This online provision ensures that all members who were unable to watch the live online events can still benefit from the experience of SATRA’s experts and other industry figures by logging onto the dedicated website section at www.satra.com/resources whenever they choose.

SATRA members can also access a comprehensive library of SATRA Bulletin technical articles and other industry-related information at this location.

Publishing Data

This article was originally published on page 32 of the September 2026 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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