English (GB)Agenda
NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
Day 1: 24 June 2025
Delegate Registration
LOBBY
Opening Remarks
Room 1
Alina Diaz, Founder and CEO, Alina Diaz - Petite Fashion Design
Intellectual Property, Identity & Innovation: Building Fashion Licensing Partnerships with Marvel, Disney & Paramount.
Room 1
Paakow Essandoh, Founder & CEO, Mizizi
Start-up Tech Sparks
Room 1
Morning Refreshment Break
EXHIBITION HALL
Networking 1-2-1 Meetings
EXHIBITION HALL
Panel Discussion: Virtual Showrooms & AI - The Future of Retail
Room 1
Dinesh Pai, Professor, University of British Columbia
Fashion’s Digital Transformation: Are We Ready for Fully Automated Design?
Room 2
Sustainability Beyond Buzzwords: What’s Actually Working?
Room 3
Deep Dive: Digital Pattern-Making: What’s Slowing Down Adoption?
Room 4
How AI-Powered Consumer Insights Reduce Risk
Room 1
Can 3D Eliminate Overproduction? A Data-Driven Case Study
Room 2
Faster, Smarter, Leaner: How Automation Unleashes Creativity & Speed
Room 3
Lunch
EXHIBITION HALL
Roundtables
Room 1
Joseph Altieri, Consultant, Manufacturing Expert & Educator, Fashion Institute of Technology
Mara Dondero, Director of Technical Design & 3D, Centric Brands Group
Karina Ochoa de Baker, Creative Director & Consultant, Infinito Studio
Think Tank: Unlocking PLM’s Full Potential with AI
Room 4
Think Tank: How to Achieve True-to-Life Digital Textiles
Room 5
Panel Discussion: Luxury, Tech, and AI - Can They Really Co-Exist?
Room 1
Integrated Fashion Value Chain: Where is each New Tech being used?
Room 2
Michael Ferraro, Executive Director, Fashion Institute of Technology
No More Samples? How We Went Fully Digital
Room 3
Deep Dive: Stretch & Shrinkage - Getting to the Knitty-Gritty of Knit Pattern Adjustments
Room 6
Pat Trautman, President, Global Garment Engineering
Lisa Lowell, founder, lns cad services
Reducing Physical Samples: How 3D Cut Waste & Time to Market
Room 1
Aligning Product Strategy with Consumer Demand - Before You Launch
Room 2
How Sensor-Embedded Clothing is Reshaping Wearables
Room 3
Afternoon Refreshment Break
EXHIBITION HALL
Afternoon 121 Meetings
EXHIBITION HALL
Roundtables
Room 1
Tabitha Chilton , Sr. Manager - Product Development & DPC, Hanes Brands
Christian L Harris, Digital Expert, Christian L Harris
Janette Cox, VP Digital Product Creation and Technical Design, High Life LLC
Isaac Korn, Senior Director of Innovation, Perry Ellis International
Pat Trautman, President, Global Garment Engineering
Think Tank: Smart Document Management: Reducing Errors & Approvals in Fashion Workflows
Room 4
Think Tank: Exploring Real-Time Visualization: Enhancing Creativity, Efficiency, and Scale in Digital Pipelines
Room 5
Panel Discussion: AI vs. Human Creativity: Where Do Designers Still Win?
Room 1
Jill Mazur, Independent Consultant, Independent Consultant
Isaac Korn, Senior Director of Innovation, Perry Ellis International
Scaling 3D: Why Adoption is Still Failing (and How to Fix It)
Room 2
From Artistic Expression to Corporate Mandate
Room 3
Mathew Drazic, Founder + Creative Director, AGENCY Footwear
Deep Dive: Sustainable Materials: What’s Actually Delivering on Its Promise?
Room 6
How Digital Humans Are Revolutionizing Apparel
Room 1
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
Room 1
Alina Diaz, Founder and CEO, Alina Diaz - Petite Fashion Design
Drinks Reception
EXHIBITION HALL
Day 2: 25 June 2025
Think Tank: Sustainable Decision-Making: How AI is Reducing Fashion Waste
Room 4
Think Tank: Digital Thread in Fashion: How to Create a Fully Connected Value Chain
Room 5
Think Tank: The Power of Pre-Launch Testing: How to Validate Products Before Production
Room 6
Think Tank: Integrating AI, 2D & 3D: A Renaissance in Creativity
Room 7
Opening Remarks
Room 1
Alina Diaz, Founder and CEO, Alina Diaz - Petite Fashion Design
Navigating DPC Challenges - Ask the Experts
Room 1
Jessica Couch, Founder, Luxor & Finch
Karen Martone, Director Creative Design Technologies, PVH
Samantha Cordoba, 3D Senior Director, Li and Fung
Diane Limbaugh, Instructor, Oklahoma State University
Janette Cox, VP Digital Product Creation and Technical Design, High Life LLC
Panel Discussion: Virtual vs. Physical: The Future of Color Approval Workflows
Room 1
Doug Bynum, Senior Partner, natific AG
Ryan Stanley, Senior Director of Color, PVH
Digital Transformation's Fatal Flaw: The Human Factor
Room 2
Paige Dommels, President, Paige Dommels Consulting
Valerie Jeffords, President, Practical Magic Consulting
The True ROI of Digital Product Creation: Where’s the Real Business Value
Room 3
EU vs. US Regulations: Are We Ready for What’s Next?
Room 4
Morning Refreshment Break
EXHIBITION HALL
Morning 121 Meetings
EXHIBITION HALL
Made-to-Order at Scale: A Case Study in On-Demand Fashion
Room 1
The Digital Product Passport in Action: A Brand’s Road to Full Traceability
Room 2
Creating Immersive Consumer Journeys: The Role of AI & XR in Retail
Room 4
Lunch
EXHIBITION HALL
Roundtables
Room 1
Jill Mazur, Independent Consultant, Independent Consultant
Dinesh Pai, Professor, University of British Columbia
Michelle Greenhouse, Chair, Target
Panel discussion: AI-Driven Fashion: Innovation or Industry Disruption?
Room 1
Panel Discussion: Collaboration is Broken: How We Fixed Brand-Supplier Relationships
Room 1
Liza D, Founder & Dean , The Cut Design Academy
How We Reduced Returns by Fixing Our Fit Strategy
Room 2
Call to Action – Join our ASTM Subcommittee on Drape Validation
Room 3
Michelle Greenhouse, Chair, Target
Panel Discussion: 3D is Dead - Long Live 3D
Room 1
Christian L Harris, Digital Expert, Christian L Harris
Pat Trautman, President, Global Garment Engineering
Safir Bellali, Strategic Advisor | DPC and Digital innovation, 3DRC Education Chair, ex VF, Aliph
Karina Ochoa, creative director, INFT Studio
Closing Remarks
Room 1
Alina Diaz, Founder and CEO, Alina Diaz - Petite Fashion Design