Agenda

Digital Product Creation
Strategic Innovation
Disruptive Technology
Scaling Assets

NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

Day 1: 28 February 2023

8:00am

Delegate Registration

Lobby

9:00am

Opening Remarks

Room 1

Nicola MacEwen, Fashion Retailing Educator & Consultant, Framingham State University and UNTUCKit

9:10am

How Fashion Brands Can Create VALUE within the Metaverse: Community First

Room 1

Kazbek Bektursunov, Executive Board Member, Metaverse Fashion Council

Anna Karenina, Initiator, Metaverse Fashion Council

9:50am

Promoting Creative Leadership

Room 1

Jo Andrews, VP Global Apparel & Headwear, Skechers

Panel: Powering Digital Transformation Through Education

Room 2

Caroline de Baere, Footwear Industry Expert & Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts

Jenifer Roberts, Associate Professor, MSU

Dr. Lynn Boorady, Professor & Department Head, Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising, Oklahoma State University

10:30am

Morning Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

10:40am

1-2-1 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

11:40am

Boost your Digital Product Creation with Modern PLM

Room 1

Matt Nakari, Sale GEO Lead, Centric Software

Walter Wilhelm, Partner, Black Ink Strategy

The DPC Collaboration Gap: Why Brands Struggle to Collaborate at Scale with their Digital Assets

Room 2

Brian Lindauer, Co-Founder & CEO, Vibe IQ

12:20pm

Stronger Partnerships: Building Trust and Using Technology to Increase Speed across Brands and Suppliers

Room 1

Tiffany Radon, Manager of Technical Design, Carhartt Inc

How to Prevent a Blizzard

Room 2

Raj Dhiman, Co-Founder, Retail Strategy Group

1:00pm

Lunch

Exhibition Hall

2:00pm

3D Creation Workspace: CLO-SET - How to Maximize the Value of 3D Assets in your Product LIfe Cycle

Room 1

Jessica Kim, CLO-SET Business Development Manager, CLO Virtual Fashion

Leveraging PLM to Scale a Global Multi-Brand Retail Business

Room 2

Thomas Adams, Strategic Account Executive, PTC

Rebekah Christensen, PLM Product Manager, Concepts in Technology

2:40pm

The State of WOC (Women of Color) in Retail

Room 1

Kimberly Minor, CEO, Bumbershoot Group

Liza Amlani, Principal and Founder, Retail Strategy Group

Using End to End Digital Workflows to Reduce Cost, Improve Lead Times and Empower your Value Chain

Room 2

Anoshan Wickramaratne, AVP - Strategic Partnerships, MAS Holdings

3:20pm

Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

3:30pm

1-2-1 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

4:30pm

Data-Driven Design: Size Table and Market Share Analysis

Room 1

Andre Luebke, General Manager, Humanetics

Jami Pinto, Chief Product and Sustainability Officer, FIGS

5:10pm

3DRC Grand Challenge Winner Announcement

Room 1

Sandra Gagnon, Senior Director - 3D Virtual Transformation, Target

5:15pm

Closing Remarks

Room 1

Nicola MacEwen, Fashion Retailing Educator & Consultant, Framingham State University and UNTUCKit

5:20pm

Drinks Reception

Exhibition Hall

Day 2: 01 March 2023

9:00am

Driving Brand Growth During Uncertain Times

Room 4

Matthew Field, Co-Founder, MakerSights

Lisa Bougie, Board Director, MakerSights

The Real-time Revolution - Transform Your 3D Pipeline, Create Amazing Content & Speed Up Your Go-To-Market

Room 5

Barry Zundel, CEO & Founder, Trapdoor Creative

Nick Cottle, COO, Trapdoor Creative

What are You Doing to Streamline and Explore the Full Potential of Your Color Process and Ecosystem?

Room 6

Thorsten Traugott, VP Sales, Coloro

Jamil Ramjaun, Head of Retailer & Brand Management, Global Markets, Coloro

10:00am

Opening Remarks

Room 1

Nicola MacEwen, Fashion Retailing Educator & Consultant, Framingham State University and UNTUCKit

10:10am

Overseas Manufacturing is Obsolete: How Nearshoring will Revitalize the Fashion Industry

Room 1

Sean Scott, Co-Founder & CEO, COMUNITYmade

10:50am

Refreshment Break

Exhibition Hall

11:00am

1-2-1 Meetings

Exhibition Hall

12:00pm

Where You Are And Where You’re Going: Discovering Your Value and Getting Your Career on the Digital Fast Track

Room 1

Christian L Harris, Sr. Technical Designer, 3D Global Development Standards, Nike

Change Fatigue and the Power of Change Management to keep the Digital Journey on Track

Room 2

Eryn Gregory, Sr Director - Technical Design and Quality, Gap Inc

Focus Group: A Practical Discussion About 3D Fabric Physics: How the 3DRC SOP Can Help

Room 4

Josh Scott, Snr Manager Digital Product Creation / Technical Design, Old Navy

Michelle Greenhouse, Senior 3D Artist + Materials Manager, Target

12:40pm

From Pixel to Parcel: The Digital Transformation

Room 1

Don Whaley, Vice President Marketing, Americas, Kornit Digital

Your OpModel is Busted; Rebuilding for a Post-Pandemic Future

Room 2

Drew Cekada, Principal & Retail Lead, Kalypso

Traci Stapleton, Director, Kalypso

1:20pm

Lunch

Exhibition Hall

2:20pm

The Importance of Product Assortment Curation Across Physical and Digital Channels

Room 1

Michelle Bowler, Global Head of Merchandising, Wayfair

Liza Amlani, Principal and Founder, Retail Strategy Group

Addressing the Root Challenge with Digital Product Creation

Room 2

Emma Scott, CEO, Founder, Emma Scott Couture

3:00pm

Panel: The Transition to DPC in Fashion is Inevitable

Room 1

Safir Bellali, Strategic Advisor | DPC and Digital innovation, 3DRC Education Chair, ex VF, Aliph

Dr. Lynn Boorady, Professor & Department Head, Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising, Oklahoma State University

Keala Stephan, Director Digital Product Creation, Patagonia

Dr. Anupama Pasricha, Professor & Department Chair, Fashion Design & Merchandising, St. Catherine University

Janette Cox, VP Digital Product Creation and Technical Design, High Life LLC

Digital Twin Technologies for Smart Cities & Indigenous Futurism 2025 for a Sustainable World

Room 2

Natacha Alpert, Founder, Natureverse

3:40pm

Closing Remarks

Room 1

Nicola MacEwen, Fashion Retailing Educator & Consultant, Framingham State University and UNTUCKit