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Sustainability & CSR: What the future will bring

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(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET
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About Speaker Christian Ewert is the President of amfori, the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade. Prior to his role at amfori, Christian worked as President and CEO of ICTI CARE Foundation, the International Council of Toy Industries’ (ICTI) program to promote social compliance in the supply chain producing for the toy and children’s products industry. Christian previously worked as the Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Zapf Creation, Europe’s leading manufacturer of branded play & function and collector dolls and doll accessories. For more than 10 years he held the position of Managing Director and Chairman of North Sails Lanka which is the leading manufacturer of products for the windsurfing industry, operating two factories and employing more than 1000 staff. Christian had previously held the position of the CEO of Mistral Sports, the market leader in the windsurfing industry.
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Amfori is the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, bringing together over 2,400 retailers, importers, brands and associations from more than 40 countries. Amfori´s membership contains organizations of all sizes and all sectors with a combined turnover of more than one trillion euros. Amfori offers it´s members a practical framework and world-class tools that enable them to manage the social and environmental performance of their supply chains and anticipate trends. They also advocate for progressive policy and collaborate with impactful stakeholders to achieve common aims.

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(Thursday) 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm CET
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Avedis Seferian joined WRAP in 2004 and became its President and CEO in 2012. He has extensive knowledge of social responsibility issues within the highly complex worldwide supply chains of the apparel, textile and footwear sectors. A recognized expert in social compliance and responsible sourcing, he is a frequent speaker on topics in those fields and has contributed to many leading trade publications and news outlets. He is the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) and sits on the Impartiality Committees of several audit organizations. He also served on the Board of Advisors of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar.
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WRAP is an independent, objective, non-profit team of global social compliance experts dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane, and ethical manufacturing around the world through certification and education.

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(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
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Dieners was responsible for various positions as a sustainability and textile production expert. As a graduate of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences with a focus on textile technology and textile finishing and with many years of experience in management, Georg Dieners brings a wealth of expertise to OEKO-TEX®.
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With 25 years of experience, OEKO-TEX® is world leading in enabling consumers and business to protect our planet through responsible trading. OEKO-TEX® offers standardized solutions with which customers can optimize their production process and contribute to bring high-quality and sustainable products to market. All services provided by OEKO-TEX® serve to strengthen our customers’ systems, processes and products and, to create more sustainable businesses. Currently, 14,000 manufacturers, brands and retailers in nearly 100 countries work with OEKO-TEX®.
Georg Dieners was appointed Secretary General of the OEKO-TEX® Association in 2015. Before joining OEKO-TEX®

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(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CET
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Since 2018, Alexander has brought his experience with NGOs and international businesses to Fair Wear’s mission. Alexander is smart, engaged and enthusiastic. He has supply-chain experience and is used to working with a range of stakeholders.
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We are Fair Wear Foundation. Together with garment brands and other industry players we work on better labor conditions for the people who make our clothes. The men and women working in clothing factories often are still employed under dangerous, precarious and abusive conditions for poverty wages. That is why we’re pushing towards a new normal, where workers feel safe and respected and receive a salary that is enough to provide for their families. Fair Wear brands show that there is a better way to make clothes, a way that puts the people who make them front and center.

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(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CET
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Textile Exchange is a global non-profit that works closely with our members to drive industry transformation in preferred fibers, integrity and standards and responsible supply networks. We identify and share best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability and product end-of-life in order to reduce the textile industry’s impact on the world’s water, soil and air, and the human population.
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Liesl Truscott is the European and Materials Strategy Director with responsibility for developing and embedding Textile Exchange’s preferred materials program. Liesl has specialized in organic cotton and has a deep knowledge of the sector. With a first class degree in Environmental Management from the University of Newcastle in Australia, she has spent over twenty years in the fields of corporate social responsibility, occupational health and safety, and environmental management – working within both the private and public sector.

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(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm CET
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Janet holds almost 20 years’ experience in Sustainability and Apparel. With an academic background in environmental science, she started her career as in consultancy. After that, she moved to Solidaridad, where she held a number of different roles. As International Program Manager Sustainable Cotton&Textiles of the Solidaridad Network, she was responsible for high-level projects in the supply chain, as well as initiatives promoting sustainable market development and direct partnerships with brands and retailers. The role included strategy setting, stakeholder engagement and grant management. Since end of 2015, she is Executive Director for the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP). Janet has served several boards and councils. This included Council member of the Better Cotton Initiative and member of the Index Development Council for SAC. Janet is passionate about apparel and understands the complexity within the supply chain and the diversity of people associated with it . She is committed to working in the area of business and social and environmental responsibility.
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The Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP), a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to implement a Converged Assessment Framework that supports stakeholders’ efforts to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Website: www.slconvergence.org
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Since joining Better Work in 2013 Ivo has divided his time between the Geneva head office and Bangkok regional office of the International Labour Organization, with frequent visits to work with BW country teams in Asia, Middle East and the Americas. In this role, he is managing strategic partnerships, overseeing implementation of BWs next generation systems project plan and overseeing BW’s quality assurance framework for services delivered in over 1600 factories. Prior to BW, Ivo spent 7 years at Fair Wear Foundation where he focused on review of purchasing practices of member brands and management of training and verification services East Asia. Ivo started his work in the field at Better Factories Cambodia in 2006. He has a master degree in business studies from Maastricht University and a master degree in development studies from Utrecht University.
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As an ILO-IFC partnership, Better Work brings governments, global brands, factory owners, unions and workers together to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive. Our approach creates lasting, positive change through assessments, training, advocacy and research that changes policies, attitudes, as well as behaviour. By sharing our approach and the results of our on-the-ground work, we seek to influence policy makers and decision makers to promote decent work and better business. “

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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
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Changing how we are making business has been a common denominator throughout Markus´s professional career, be it as a consultant and member to the management team of KEKST CNC or at W. L. Gore & Associates. Markus has worked with a large number of organizations in Europe and in the US, from bluechips in the chemical or energy industry to globally operating foundations and the Vatican – in many cases with a view to making sustainable solutions more successful. At Gore, Markus is currently championing sustainability strategy execution in Gore’s Fabrics Division.
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Gore revolutionized the outerwear industry with waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX fabric more than 40 years ago and remains a leading innovator of performance apparel. Gore fabrics products provide comfort and protection in challenging environments and in everyday life, enabling wearers to safely and confidently achieve and experience more. From hiking in downpours to defense operations and fighting fires, Gore’s deep understanding of consumer and industry needs drives development of products with meaningful performance advantages.
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(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm CET
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Claudia Kersten is actively involved in the field of sustainable textiles since 2005. Currently, she is Managing Director of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). She served as GOTS Director Marketing and Finance from 2012 to 2017.Claudia has been an editor of the B2B magazine for sustainable textiles “natürlich natur” in Germany. Previously, she served as a board member with IVN, one of the GOTS founders based in Germany. Claudia has a master’s degree in Sustainability Management from the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany. Her special research interest lies in contributions of Standards to the ‘Business Case for Sustainability’.
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GOTS is comprised of four reputed member organizations, namely OTA (USA), IVN (Germany), Soil Association (UK) and JOCA (Japan), which contribute to the GOTS, together with further international stakeholder organizations and experts, their respective expertise in organic farming and environmentally and socially responsible textile processing. Our vision is that organic textiles will become a significant part of everyday life, enhancing people’s lives and the environment. Our mission is the development, implementation, verification, protection and promotion of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). This standard stipulates requirements throughout the supply chain for both ecology and labor conditions in textile and apparel manufacturing using organically produced raw materials. Organic production is based on a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic, persistent pesticides and fertilizers. In addition, organic production relies on adequate animal husbandry and excludes genetic modification. We see ourselves as contributing to sustainable development and actively cooperate with all relevant stakeholders.

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(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm CET
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Edward Hertzman received a degree in economics from NYU and spent more than a decade working as a top executive for major sourcing companies all over the world, including Synergies Worldwide and Pearl Global. He has partnered with globally recognized retailers and wholesalers all over the world with special expertise in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and China. He continues to consult widely on sourcing and supply chain matters. Mr. Hertzman sits on the Board for Delivering Good, a charitable organization that channels the resources of the fashion industry to those in need. In 2009, in response to a need in the industry, he founded Sourcing Journal Online.
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With more than 75,000 subscribers, Sourcing Journal Online is the largest trade journal devoted to the sourcing apparel and textile industry supply chain in the world. In Oct 2017, Penske Media (owners of WWD &FN) acquired Sourcing Journal and its sister publications Rivet and Vamp.
Global Sourcing: Trends, developments, opportunities

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(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET
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Han Bekke (1949) worked for more than 40 years for several trade associations in the Dutch clothing and knitting industry. In March 2013 he was elected as chairman of the board of MODINT (Dutch trade association for fashion, interior and textiles) and re-elected for a second term in June 2017. From 2006 till 2013 he was also secretary-general of the IAF (International Apparel Federation), became its treasurer in 2013 and serves as IAF President since 2016.
Other boards Han Bekke serves on:
– member of the Executive Committee of VNO-NCW (Confederation of Dutch Industries)
– chairman a.i. of Federation Dutch Creative Industries
– member of the board of Dutch Circular Textile Valley
– member of the Advisory Council of European Fashion Business School TMO
– chairman of the board of the Amsterdam Tailoring School
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The International Apparel Federation (IAF) is the world’s leading federation for apparel manufacturers, their associations, and the supporting industry. IAF’s membership include national apparel associations from more than 40 countries and associate members being prominent companies or institutes in technology, business services, retailing, logistics and education. IAF’s mission is to unite all stakeholders of the fashion and apparel industry, including brands, retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, and country associations from around the world to enable and promote smarter, stronger, more sustainable supply chains.
The IAF achieves its mission by:
- developing with its members a global vision on the industry’s optimal development, broadcasting this vision to its members and stakeholders and engaging with its members in projects to actively support the industry’s development.
- representing the industry in global platforms with the aim of achieving a greater level of global harmonization of rules and regulations.
- sharing a wide range of information obtained from our global network with our members.
- providing its members with a range of services fed by our global network and designed to add value
- connecting its members across the globe supporting them in expanding their own international network.

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(Thursday) 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm CET
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About USFIA
USFIA represents brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally. Founded in 1989, USFIA works to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede the fashion industry’s ability to trade freely and create jobs in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., USFIA is the voice of the fashion industry in front of the U.S. government as well as international governments and stakeholders. With constant, two-way communication, USFIA staff and counsel serve as the eyes and ears of our members in Washington and around the world, enabling them to stay ahead of the regulatory challenges of today and tomorrow. Through our publications, educational events, and networking opportunities, USFIA also connects with key stakeholders across the value chain including U.S. and international service providers, suppliers, and industry groups.
About Julia K. Hughes
Julia K. Hughes is President of the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA), which represents brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally. She represents the industry in front of the U.S. government as well as international governments and stakeholders, explaining how fashion companies create high-quality jobs in the United States and economic opportunities around the world. An expert on textile and apparel trade issues, Julie has testified before Congress and the Executive Branch. She frequently speaks at international conferences including the China & Asia Textile Forum, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Harvard University’s Bangladesh Development Conference, MAGIC, Prime Source Forum, Vietnam Textile Summit, and others. Julie served as the first President and is one of the founders of the Washington Chapter of Women in International Trade (WIIT) and is one of the founders of the WIIT Charitable Trust. She also was the first President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT). In 1992, she received the Outstanding Woman in International Trade award and in 2008, the WIIT Lifetime Achievement Award. She also is a member of the International Women’s Forum. She has an M.A. in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

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(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
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Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association. Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association.
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Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (İHKİB) is one of the most important industrial organizations of Turkish Apparel Industry, which is among the major manufacturing industries in Turkey, with its more than 9.000 member exporters and a rate of 75% in Turkey’s total apparel export. Istanbul has an important share in apparel trade and İHKİB plays a vital role in this industry. İHKİB, founded in 1986, is one of the four exporters associations under the General Secretariat of Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Associations (İTKİB). İHKİB has more than 9.000 member companies mostly located around Istanbul. The Association represents apparel industry extensively since the member companies of the Association realize 75% of Turkey’s total apparel exports which is around 17 billion $ annually. İHKİB’s main goal is to enhance the export capability of Turkey in apparel and promote the industry around the world. Besides, İHKİB supports its members in all kinds of trade related activities. In addition to these, İHKİB aims to promote common interests of the industry in both national and international platforms as well as in governmental levels.

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(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CET
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Christian P. Schindler is the Director General at the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), a position he has held since October 2004. Before this, between 1995 and 1998 he worked as personal assistant of two Members of Parliament in the German Bundestag, Bonn. In 1998 he joined the Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (BGA) in Bonn/Berlin as personal assistant and speechwriter of the Association’s President. Between 2001 and 2004 he studied at the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he wrote his thesis and obtained a doctorate degree in 2004. Dr. Schindler was appointed Economist of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation on October 1, 2004 and was promoted to the position of Director in 2006. At the Federation’s Annual Conference in Dubai, UAE, in September 2006 he was nominated and elected Director General as of January 1, 2007.
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The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) is the international forum of the global textile industry. It was founded in 1904. Its members are companies and associations from the textile and allied industries. The mission of ITMF is to:
- Connect its members by providing meeting grounds to strengthen relations along the entire textile value chain from fiber to fashion,
- Inform its members by collecting, analyzing and distributing relevant data and by providing neutral forums for discussions and the exchange of best practices,
- Represent the textile industry towards governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by actively participating in discussions about the evolution of the industry.

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(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CET
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Seray Seyfeli graduated from the Business Administration department and she has worked in the apparel sector for 20 years. Seray is the vice president at Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association and president of the Foreign Marketing Strategy Development Committee. She is the partner and general manager of Seyfeli company. She has been a member of the Aegean Business Women’s Association since 2013, and she has been the Vice President of the Board since 2017 as well as a member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly Women Council. She is working both in her own company and in Aegean Exporters’ Associations on organic and sustainable production.
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Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association is a non-governmental organization working in close collaboration with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade. The Association represents approximately 1.000 member companies that are located around the Aegean Region of Turkey and active in the fields of manufacturing and exporting a wide range of top quality apparel products. Exports realized by members of the Association total up to 1,3 billion $ per year. The Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association works in promoting apparel exports of the Aegean Region and Turkey, expanding the range of export products as well as finding new markets.The Turkish apparel industry is listed as the 7th largest exporter in the world and the 3rd largest supplier to the EU. The Aegean Region is one of the most important centers for manufacturing exclusive apparel products. To enhance the competitiveness of our members and the Turkish apparel sector, Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association focuses on sustainability awareness projects. Being a center of production of the high quality “Aegean Cotton”, the region has established itself as a manufacturing hub of knitted and woven men, women, children and babies wear. Moreover, the region has specialized in the manufacturing of organic textiles and apparel. The region is a reliable production partner for many worldwide known brands and retail chains by being flexible in terms of production and delivery times and a fashion-oriented mind.

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(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm CET
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Mr. Mostafiz Uddin is the Managing Director of Denim Expert Ltd – an internationally renowned, cutting edge, fully integrated, environmentally sustainable and social responsible compliant garment manufacturing plant based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is a visionary entrepreneur in the development of sustainable apparel systems. He is personally driven by social and environmental ethics and is recognized to be a game changer through the introduction of sustainable practices, innovation and fashion disruption, which he sees as keys to the future of the Bangladesh apparel.
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Mr. Mostafiz founded the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) to promote sustainable practices within the Bangladesh apparel industry and to raise the country’s image through different initiatives under the banner of BAE, including the Sustainable Apparel Forum (SAF), the Bangladesh Fashionology Summit and Bangladesh Denim Expo. Through these endeavors he strives to promote the advance of sustainable practices, including environmentally sound production methods, full transparency, innovation, circularity and technology.

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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
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Amora Carbajal is a skilled lawyer with more than fifteen years’ experience in different positions in the international trade and tourism industries. She has a masters in Alternative Policies for the Development at International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam. For more than 5 years, Ms. Carbajal was the director of trade commission of Peru in Italy where she developed apparel projects with global brands like MaxMara to promote Peruvian textile industry. Also she has worked as a Tourism Director for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru. Nowadays, she is director at Peru Trade, Tourism and Investment Office in the Netherlands (Benelux & Scandinavia).
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PROMPERU is the Commission for the Promotion of Peruvian Exports and Tourism. It’s an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism.The mission of PROMPERU is to position Peru in the global scene by promoting the nation’s image as a tourist destination and producer of value added products. In this way, it contributes to the country sustainable and decentralized development. PROMPERU is considered the best agency of promotion in South America, the second one in Latin America and the eleventh worldwide.

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(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm CET
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Dr. A Sakthivel has been elected as the Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) by the Executive Committee for the year 2020 to 2021. Dr. A Sakthivel was first elected to the board of Directors of Apparel Export Promotion Council in the year 1982 thus serving the council for almost four decades. He is also the first person in the history of AEPC, who is sworn-in for the fourth time as Chairman of the AEPC. His diligence has played a vital role in the growth of the Council and gradually led to the improvement of exports at the national level. Dr A Sakthivel has not only contributed his time and work to the Council but also served as Managing Committee Member of Federation of Indian Exporters organization (FIEO) for more than a decade. He was also the President and Regional Chairman of FIEO, Southern Region. Dr. A Sakthivel along with some exporters had established Tirupur Exporters Association in 1990 widely known as TEA. Dr A Sakthivel was the first President of TEA and he held the post continuously for a period of 27 years. During his tenure as President TEA, the export turnover of Tirupur Industry increased to a whopping Rs 27000 crores in 2016-17 from Rs 270 Crores in 1990. Government of India recognized his unparalleled service to export sector specifically to apparel Sector and knitting industry, creation of infrastructures such as industrial parks, ICDs and his contribution to the society with regard to education, drinking water, sanitation and drainage etc., by honouring him with one of the country’s most prestigious and esteemed Civilian Award “PADMA SHRI” in 2009 being the first in the overall textile industry. Besides being privileged with many honours and accolades, Dr A Sakthivel was also conferred with Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) in 2011 by Bharathiyar University for his pivotal role in motivating many enterprising and capable youngsters to make a career in exports and also for his dedicated involvement in visionary projects, initiatives and his immeasurable contribution for the growth of industry and development of society.
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Incorporated in 1978, AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India under Ministry of Textiles, Govt.of India, that provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as importers/international buyers who choose India as their preferred sourcing destination for garments. To promote, support and facilitate Indian apparel industry to enhance its competitive advantage and global positioning in a holistic and sustainable way that is beneficial to all stakeholders of the industry.
Digital Product Development: What it takes to become industry standard

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(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET
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Andrés is a Mechanical Engineer by the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC) and has an MBA from IESE Business School. He has experience in the construction sector but has worked in MANGO for the last 9 years. There, he started as a Womenswear Buyer but quickly moved on to the position of Head of Buying of the Menswear division. After 3 years he was appointed Head of Sourcing for all MANGO business units. As Head of Sourcing, he leads the strategy for Vendor Management, as well as CSR, Production Quality, Digital Product Transformation and others.
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MANGO is a Spanish clothing design and manufacturing company, founded in Barcelona, (Spain) by brothers Isak Andic and Nahman Andic. MANGO is the second largest fashion exporter in Spain, with 2,3 Bn EUR sales in 2019.

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Dr. Andreas Seidl has been CEO of the Human Solutions Group since 2002 and of the subsidiary Assyst GmbH since 2009. His concept of placing people at the center of product development and production was new and globally unique at that time. Today, Seidl is a sought-after expert in the digitalization of processes in the apparel industry.
About Company
Assyst offers software solutions for the entire process chain in the apparel industry – from the initial idea to product and collection development, design and the store. The key technology is the 3D simulation software Vidya, which photorealistically simulates designed clothing. Today Assyst’s solutions shape digital work in the apparel. Around 100 employees work at the Munich site and another 20 at Sistemi Assyt in Lainate/Milan. Partner companies also sell solutions worldwide.

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(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
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Ton Wiedenhoff joined Alvanon in 2019 as Executive Director, Europe. He heads Alvanon’s European team, and is responsible for the business development and support of key apparel retail, brand and sourcing clients. He also works closely with MOTIF, Alvanon’s online continual e-learning platform, to help client companies connect their apparel industry professionals to the skills and expertise they need to succeed in the digital age. Ton has over 30 years of experience in supply chain organization and integration. He has an outstanding record in helping apparel and brand clients optimize product quality, supply chain efficiencies and speed to market while achieving strategic sustainability and transparency objectives. Ton previously served as chief operating officer, managing partner and purchasing director of Dutch Brand House International BV managing brands Falcon Sportswear and Sjeng Sports, operating in Asia and Northern Europe. Prior to Dutch Brand House International BV, Ton co-founded Falcon International where, in addition to product development, sourcing, financial and logistics roles, he was responsible for the implementation of sustainable initiatives, like ‘Fair Wear Foundation’. He has also held senior purchasing, business development and management roles for K. Swiss Fashion International and Global Fashion Group. Ton graduated from HAN University of Applied Sciences with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Commercial Economics. In addition to Dutch, he speaks fluent English and German.
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Alvanon is a fashion-tech company, focused on the body and its application and implications in the apparel industry. It has developed a unique and innovative body data-driven approach, with a consumer-scanning element, to solving the challenges of sizing and fit inherent in the fashion industry. Since 2001, it has dedicated itself to body shape data research and has gathered more than 1.5 million body scans in 30+ countries, most recently, in China, Colombia, Costa Rica and the US. Combined with its deep apparel knowledge, this has allowed Alvanon to develop thousands of fit standards for hundreds of brands globally. www.alvanon.com

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Azfar is an entrepreneur with a background in supply chain management. 4 years ago he set up Lulusar – a women’s pret brand with a focus on using digital tools and technology to launch 12-16 collections a year. Lulusar is a vertical offering on demand products through its micro-factory. Its strength is the use of intelligent digital tools to develop, plan and produce products offered on its e-commerce platform.
About Company
Lulusar is a women’s pret brand with a focus on using digital tools and technology to launch 12-16 collections a year. Lulusar is a vertical offering on demand products through its micro-factory. Its strength is the use of intelligent digital tools to develop, plan and produce products offered on its e-commerce platform.

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In 2013, after his studies in computer science and has worked at the sportswear brand Adidas, Martin founded the company of Vizoo in Erlangen, Germany. Vizoo specializes in solutions to digitize materials for the Fashion industry. Since the founding and with Martin as one of the two Managing Directors, the company grew to become the number one technology provider in its field with clients in more than 30 countries worldwide.
About Company
Vizoo is the number one supplier of solutions for the physically accurate digitization of material swatches in the fashion industry.
Since 2013, we help fashion brands and their supply chain to digitize their material processes and create digital twins of their physical samples. Clients are using our technologies from 3D Design to eCommerce in more than 30+ countries globally. “

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A prolific dressmaker with years of experience in pattern making and technical design with brands like Jil Sanders and Hugo Boss; Pattima Baehr knows how to transform ideas into reality! At Global Apparel, Pattima supervised the company’s transition into 3D design, successfully working within the complex machinery of an established fashion house to make it compatible with new cutting edge technologies. Over the last 3 years, Pattima and her team gained deep insight into the hurdles and challenges involved in setting up systems of 3D development for a company supplying a wide range of products to multiple customers.
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Global Apparel GmbH is an international company that has established itself as a forerunner in the fashion industry. Offering a wide portfolio of services including product development, 3D development, quality management, sourcing and marketing; Global Apparel is a market leader in innovative and reliable procurement and order fulfillment.”

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For nearly half a century, Ram Sareen has served the garment industry with an extensive and storied history characterized by one word: disruptive. In fact, his mantra has always been, “Change is constant, growth is optional.”This philosophy is now ingrained in the DNA of Tukatech, the fashion technology solutions company Sareen founded in 1995. With an inventive spirit, Tukatech is known to simplify practices to meet the ever-changing needs of the apparel industry. Credited with successfully bringing digital pattern-making to dozens of countries, and leading innovation in virtual sample-making and cutting room solutions, Tukatech’s robust systems are implemented by fashion experts from all corners of the garment industry.
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Tukatech was founded in 1995 with the objective to have pattern makers create patterns digitally on the computer. On their silver anniversary, Tukatech is an influential fashion technology company known worldwide for innovative solutions and superior technical support. They are the industry’s leading provider of fashion software and machinery for product development, cloud collaboration, and garment manufacturing.
Industry Innovation: Digital solutions

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Michael Wax is a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record building B2B software businesses, having collectively raised >$100M and hired >300 people. He is currently Co-Founder and Managing Director at Forto, Europe’s first digital freight forwarding company, building a digital backbone for the global trade market. Prior to founding Forto, Michael founded KONUX, an AI company that focuses on infrastructure monitoring, funded by investors such as Andy Bechtholsheim, NEA and Alibaba. Michael previously worked at Bain & Company and holds a Masters degree in industrial engineering from TU Munich.
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FreightHub GmbH was founded in 2016 by Ferry Heilemann, Erik Muttersbach, Michael Wax and Dr. Fabian Heilemann in Berlin. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH. The company develops digital logistics technologies and services that go beyond transporting goods from A to B. The easy-to-use and intuitive platform enables customers to optimize and control their entire global supply chain. Forto is committed to global trade and strives to increase global prosperity while promoting sustainability. Further information is available at www.forto.com.

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Hakan Deniz Thiede, MD/CMO at Matrix Group Triple Tree Solutions is an expert in supply chain for Sourcing, Quality Management and CSR services.
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Triple Tree Solutions provides agile, transparent and Smart Digital Tools for the Textile Supply Chain, that enhance productivity and quality of products and services. Our vision is to help improve awareness, to provide transparency, to share Inspiration and to develop Concepts towards more Sustainability in the global Textile Supply Chain, operationally and digitally.

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Sebastian Rieder has always asked himself the question whether things can’t be made easier as they are. After 15 years of work in all segments of the fashion industry Sebastian Rieder finally co-founded the company BETAFASHION in 2018. Thanks to his early overview of the entire value chain, he was able to recognize the changes in the industry in all aspects at an early stage and with his company he was now able to make the missing pieces of the puzzle accessible to all market participants.
About Company
A completely new concept for a holistic solution of the existing and future structural problems of the clothing industry, which takes more responsibility for the industry to work in partnership with retailers. The company succeeds in doing all this by using the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce the risk of out-of-stock and overstocking for the retailers through demand & sales forecasts and human-like control of the entire merchandise flow.

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Nelson is a Lawyer turned private equity investor turned serial entrepreneur. With over 20 years of professional experience in top international firms, startups and high growth companies, he specializes in fintech, with a focus on the Payments, Lending and Trade Finance space. As a founder and former CEO of BillPay, Nelson guided the company to over € 3bn in factoring payments, as well as presiding over two exits, first to Wonga and then to Unicorn Klarna. Nelson is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of MODIFI, a digital trade finance fintech that provides working capital to SMEs worldwide.
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At MODIFI, we empower Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMEs) to trade internationally with digital trade finance. Many SMEs cannot afford to do business internationally without reliable access to finance but banks reject more than 50% of their requests, resulting in a devastating funding gap of $1.5 trillion USD. With innovative technology, MODIFI strives to change this landscape, creating a global ecosystem for trade. With our platform, SMEs can apply for finance in under 10 minutes and have the money in their account within 48 hours. We make trade finance easy, flexible and transparent, helping our partners grow their businesses and giving them peace of mind.

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Bobby has dedicated almost a decade to customization and on demand produced fashion. Today he is the founder of ZyseMe, an end-to-end technology connecting real consumer demand to brands’ production machinery. Bobby grew up in an entrepreneurial family in Sweden, has dual Master’s degrees in Engineering and Business Administration and prior to ZyseMe he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co in New York.
About Company
ZyseMe, an end-to-end solution connecting real consumer demand to brands’ production machinery. ZyseMe’s technology empowers brands and manufacturers to produce clothing made to each customer’s unique size and style. By enabling agile production, brands can produce only what is sold and thereby help them– cutting overproduction, returns, and inventory costs. There’s no self-measuring, body-scanning, or special equipment. Just smart, data-powered AI making customer-centric and sustainable production easy.

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Guido is a co-founder of Setlog with a track record of 20 years in digital supply chain management. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and an enthusiastic digital supply chain community builder.
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Setlog is a technology company that develops supply chain management and vendor compliance software. The OSCA® software enables companies to network with their customers, suppliers and service providers in order to accelerate processes and efficiently control and coordinate their supply chains.

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Alexander has already been working for hachmeister + partner since 2012 in the position of a Senior Controller in Benchmarking. He is the team leader for the industry clients and is responsible for the preparation of the reports. He has essentially pushed the development of the hachmeister + partner Competitive Intelligence Portal and is currently working continuously on extensions and optimizations of the benchmarking analyses.
About Company
hachmeister + partner provides consulting and benchmarking services for industry and retail companies in the fashion and lifestyle sector. Based on long-standing success, we have built up a personal network on owner and senior management level with a large number of market leaders. Our activities are focussed on the core areas strategy, processes and organization and these at all stages of the value-added chain. Our team of management consultants provides objective advice and pursues our customer’s goals of sustained value enhancement and growth maximization with expertise and sector specific knowledge. In addition to proven methodical competence, h + p places special emphasis on ease of implementation. We base our work on our unique data pool with which we can instantly recognize the most current structures and trends developments and which allows us to maintain a position at the forefront of the fashion sector.

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Camilla Olson is an inventor and holds two U.S. patents with four more in process. She is a serial entrepreneur; was a venture capitalist. She founded two big data predictive modeling companies in the pharma industry: one had its IPO the other was acquired for $95M a year after founding. Camilla returned to graduate school to earn an MFA in fashion design. Her design have been shown in Lincoln Center as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, on the red carpet of the Academy Awards, Met Gala and the White House. TEDx speaker January 2016.
She ran her own eCommerce label for 5 years and transitioned into Savitude, an AI solution for retail returns. Born in Alaska, Camilla is an inventor and holds two U.S. patents with four more in process. She is a serial entrepreneur; was a venture capitalist. She founded two big data predictive modeling companies in the pharma industry: one had its IPO the other was acquired for $95M a year after founding. Camilla returned to graduate school to learn design and her first fashion collection was selected to be shown in Lincoln Center as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Her designs were seen on the red carpet of the Academy Awards, Met Gala and the White House. In 2011, she received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Maryland and Honorable Mention as “Best Second Act Reinvention” on the website SecondAct.com. TEDx speaker January 2016. As a successful serial entrepreneur, Camilla builds new markets by matching technologists with domain experts for a more competitive result.
About Company
At Savitude, she brought engineers side-by-side with designers to solve the fashion return problem. We proved an 11% increase in sales and personalize clothing designs for all body types, based on a Knowledge Base of 40,000 interactions between design details and body type, with the latest trends updated regularly, while remaining true to your Brand DNA. Savitude, scales creativity by taking on the analytic side of designing for a realistic customer population so that designers can remain in their creative space. Savitude has been listed in Forbes as one of 60 Women-Led Startups That Are Shaking Up Tech Across The Globe, in the top 12 of Project Entrepreneur 2017, and the top 10 entrepreneurs over 60 by Seniorly. Savitude has competed on the stage of Techcrunch Disrupt Battlefield NY 2017, was selected to participate in Techstars 2017, and is currently in the Nasdaq Milestone Makers, WXR-Verizon 5G accelerator, Springboard, and the Verizon-Samson NEXTG showcase.

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Since 2019, Verena Ziegler is the creative head and co-founder of the idea to think fashion from the perspective of the individual body. Rather than adapting individual bodies to standardized norms and rules, the project explores the beauty of imperfection, identity and the arising of a new transient generation. In Verena`s interdisciplinary PhD investigation, the project started from scratch and ignored the hitherto dominant assumptions about the historical art and rules of standardized sewing patterns, going back to some 150 years ago (E. Butterick, 1863) at the beginning of the industrial age and capitalism. Instead, the project took an experimental body-centered approach to create algorithmically bespoke sewing patterns using off-standard intersection lines based on the individual body topology.
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The start-up business based in Germany with the patent and technology under OpenDress and in Switzerland with the B-B sales system as BeWear translates virtually processed 3D surfaces, generated from human body scan data via a mobile phone, into an anonymized avatar to generate clothing based on the individual body. The result is a new AI pattern design technique as the basis for developing mass tailoring bespoke sewing patterns.
Industry Innovation: Digital solutions

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(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm CET
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Michael Wax is a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record building B2B software businesses, having collectively raised >$100M and hired >300 people. He is currently Co-Founder and Managing Director at Forto, Europe’s first digital freight forwarding company, building a digital backbone for the global trade market. Prior to founding Forto, Michael founded KONUX, an AI company that focuses on infrastructure monitoring, funded by investors such as Andy Bechtholsheim, NEA and Alibaba. Michael previously worked at Bain & Company and holds a Masters degree in industrial engineering from TU Munich.
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FreightHub GmbH was founded in 2016 by Ferry Heilemann, Erik Muttersbach, Michael Wax and Dr. Fabian Heilemann in Berlin. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH. The company develops digital logistics technologies and services that go beyond transporting goods from A to B. The easy-to-use and intuitive platform enables customers to optimize and control their entire global supply chain. Forto is committed to global trade and strives to increase global prosperity while promoting sustainability. Further information is available at www.forto.com.

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Hakan Deniz Thiede, MD/CMO at Matrix Group Triple Tree Solutions is an expert in supply chain for Sourcing, Quality Management and CSR services.
About Company
Triple Tree Solutions provides agile, transparent and Smart Digital Tools for the Textile Supply Chain, that enhance productivity and quality of products and services. Our vision is to help improve awareness, to provide transparency, to share Inspiration and to develop Concepts towards more Sustainability in the global Textile Supply Chain, operationally and digitally.

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Sebastian Rieder has always asked himself the question whether things can’t be made easier as they are. After 15 years of work in all segments of the fashion industry Sebastian Rieder finally co-founded the company BETAFASHION in 2018. Thanks to his early overview of the entire value chain, he was able to recognize the changes in the industry in all aspects at an early stage and with his company he was now able to make the missing pieces of the puzzle accessible to all market participants.
About Company
A completely new concept for a holistic solution of the existing and future structural problems of the clothing industry, which takes more responsibility for the industry to work in partnership with retailers. The company succeeds in doing all this by using the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce the risk of out-of-stock and overstocking for the retailers through demand & sales forecasts and human-like control of the entire merchandise flow.

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Nelson is a Lawyer turned private equity investor turned serial entrepreneur. With over 20 years of professional experience in top international firms, startups and high growth companies, he specializes in fintech, with a focus on the Payments, Lending and Trade Finance space. As a founder and former CEO of BillPay, Nelson guided the company to over € 3bn in factoring payments, as well as presiding over two exits, first to Wonga and then to Unicorn Klarna. Nelson is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of MODIFI, a digital trade finance fintech that provides working capital to SMEs worldwide.
About Company
At MODIFI, we empower Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMEs) to trade internationally with digital trade finance. Many SMEs cannot afford to do business internationally without reliable access to finance but banks reject more than 50% of their requests, resulting in a devastating funding gap of $1.5 trillion USD. With innovative technology, MODIFI strives to change this landscape, creating a global ecosystem for trade. With our platform, SMEs can apply for finance in under 10 minutes and have the money in their account within 48 hours. We make trade finance easy, flexible and transparent, helping our partners grow their businesses and giving them peace of mind.

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Bobby has dedicated almost a decade to customization and on demand produced fashion. Today he is the founder of ZyseMe, an end-to-end technology connecting real consumer demand to brands’ production machinery. Bobby grew up in an entrepreneurial family in Sweden, has dual Master’s degrees in Engineering and Business Administration and prior to ZyseMe he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co in New York.
About Company
ZyseMe, an end-to-end solution connecting real consumer demand to brands’ production machinery. ZyseMe’s technology empowers brands and manufacturers to produce clothing made to each customer’s unique size and style. By enabling agile production, brands can produce only what is sold and thereby help them– cutting overproduction, returns, and inventory costs. There’s no self-measuring, body-scanning, or special equipment. Just smart, data-powered AI making customer-centric and sustainable production easy.

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Guido is a co-founder of Setlog with a track record of 20 years in digital supply chain management. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and an enthusiastic digital supply chain community builder.
About Company
Setlog is a technology company that develops supply chain management and vendor compliance software. The OSCA® software enables companies to network with their customers, suppliers and service providers in order to accelerate processes and efficiently control and coordinate their supply chains.

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(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CET
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Alexander has already been working for hachmeister + partner since 2012 in the position of a Senior Controller in Benchmarking. He is the team leader for the industry clients and is responsible for the preparation of the reports. He has essentially pushed the development of the hachmeister + partner Competitive Intelligence Portal and is currently working continuously on extensions and optimizations of the benchmarking analyses.
About Company
hachmeister + partner provides consulting and benchmarking services for industry and retail companies in the fashion and lifestyle sector. Based on long-standing success, we have built up a personal network on owner and senior management level with a large number of market leaders. Our activities are focussed on the core areas strategy, processes and organization and these at all stages of the value-added chain. Our team of management consultants provides objective advice and pursues our customer’s goals of sustained value enhancement and growth maximization with expertise and sector specific knowledge. In addition to proven methodical competence, h + p places special emphasis on ease of implementation. We base our work on our unique data pool with which we can instantly recognize the most current structures and trends developments and which allows us to maintain a position at the forefront of the fashion sector.

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Camilla Olson is an inventor and holds two U.S. patents with four more in process. She is a serial entrepreneur; was a venture capitalist. She founded two big data predictive modeling companies in the pharma industry: one had its IPO the other was acquired for $95M a year after founding. Camilla returned to graduate school to earn an MFA in fashion design. Her design have been shown in Lincoln Center as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, on the red carpet of the Academy Awards, Met Gala and the White House. TEDx speaker January 2016.
She ran her own eCommerce label for 5 years and transitioned into Savitude, an AI solution for retail returns. Born in Alaska, Camilla is an inventor and holds two U.S. patents with four more in process. She is a serial entrepreneur; was a venture capitalist. She founded two big data predictive modeling companies in the pharma industry: one had its IPO the other was acquired for $95M a year after founding. Camilla returned to graduate school to learn design and her first fashion collection was selected to be shown in Lincoln Center as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Her designs were seen on the red carpet of the Academy Awards, Met Gala and the White House. In 2011, she received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Maryland and Honorable Mention as “Best Second Act Reinvention” on the website SecondAct.com. TEDx speaker January 2016. As a successful serial entrepreneur, Camilla builds new markets by matching technologists with domain experts for a more competitive result.
About Company
At Savitude, she brought engineers side-by-side with designers to solve the fashion return problem. We proved an 11% increase in sales and personalize clothing designs for all body types, based on a Knowledge Base of 40,000 interactions between design details and body type, with the latest trends updated regularly, while remaining true to your Brand DNA. Savitude, scales creativity by taking on the analytic side of designing for a realistic customer population so that designers can remain in their creative space. Savitude has been listed in Forbes as one of 60 Women-Led Startups That Are Shaking Up Tech Across The Globe, in the top 12 of Project Entrepreneur 2017, and the top 10 entrepreneurs over 60 by Seniorly. Savitude has competed on the stage of Techcrunch Disrupt Battlefield NY 2017, was selected to participate in Techstars 2017, and is currently in the Nasdaq Milestone Makers, WXR-Verizon 5G accelerator, Springboard, and the Verizon-Samson NEXTG showcase.

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Since 2019, Verena Ziegler is the creative head and co-founder of the idea to think fashion from the perspective of the individual body. Rather than adapting individual bodies to standardized norms and rules, the project explores the beauty of imperfection, identity and the arising of a new transient generation. In Verena`s interdisciplinary PhD investigation, the project started from scratch and ignored the hitherto dominant assumptions about the historical art and rules of standardized sewing patterns, going back to some 150 years ago (E. Butterick, 1863) at the beginning of the industrial age and capitalism. Instead, the project took an experimental body-centered approach to create algorithmically bespoke sewing patterns using off-standard intersection lines based on the individual body topology.
About Company
The start-up business based in Germany with the patent and technology under OpenDress and in Switzerland with the B-B sales system as BeWear translates virtually processed 3D surfaces, generated from human body scan data via a mobile phone, into an anonymized avatar to generate clothing based on the individual body. The result is a new AI pattern design technique as the basis for developing mass tailoring bespoke sewing patterns.
Sustainability & CSR: What the future will bring

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About Speaker Christian Ewert is the President of amfori, the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade. Prior to his role at amfori, Christian worked as President and CEO of ICTI CARE Foundation, the International Council of Toy Industries’ (ICTI) program to promote social compliance in the supply chain producing for the toy and children’s products industry. Christian previously worked as the Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Zapf Creation, Europe’s leading manufacturer of branded play & function and collector dolls and doll accessories. For more than 10 years he held the position of Managing Director and Chairman of North Sails Lanka which is the leading manufacturer of products for the windsurfing industry, operating two factories and employing more than 1000 staff. Christian had previously held the position of the CEO of Mistral Sports, the market leader in the windsurfing industry.
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Amfori is the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, bringing together over 2,400 retailers, importers, brands and associations from more than 40 countries. Amfori´s membership contains organizations of all sizes and all sectors with a combined turnover of more than one trillion euros. Amfori offers it´s members a practical framework and world-class tools that enable them to manage the social and environmental performance of their supply chains and anticipate trends. They also advocate for progressive policy and collaborate with impactful stakeholders to achieve common aims.

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Avedis Seferian joined WRAP in 2004 and became its President and CEO in 2012. He has extensive knowledge of social responsibility issues within the highly complex worldwide supply chains of the apparel, textile and footwear sectors. A recognized expert in social compliance and responsible sourcing, he is a frequent speaker on topics in those fields and has contributed to many leading trade publications and news outlets. He is the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) and sits on the Impartiality Committees of several audit organizations. He also served on the Board of Advisors of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar.
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WRAP is an independent, objective, non-profit team of global social compliance experts dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane, and ethical manufacturing around the world through certification and education.

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Dieners was responsible for various positions as a sustainability and textile production expert. As a graduate of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences with a focus on textile technology and textile finishing and with many years of experience in management, Georg Dieners brings a wealth of expertise to OEKO-TEX®.
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With 25 years of experience, OEKO-TEX® is world leading in enabling consumers and business to protect our planet through responsible trading. OEKO-TEX® offers standardized solutions with which customers can optimize their production process and contribute to bring high-quality and sustainable products to market. All services provided by OEKO-TEX® serve to strengthen our customers’ systems, processes and products and, to create more sustainable businesses. Currently, 14,000 manufacturers, brands and retailers in nearly 100 countries work with OEKO-TEX®.
Georg Dieners was appointed Secretary General of the OEKO-TEX® Association in 2015. Before joining OEKO-TEX®

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Since 2018, Alexander has brought his experience with NGOs and international businesses to Fair Wear’s mission. Alexander is smart, engaged and enthusiastic. He has supply-chain experience and is used to working with a range of stakeholders.
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We are Fair Wear Foundation. Together with garment brands and other industry players we work on better labor conditions for the people who make our clothes. The men and women working in clothing factories often are still employed under dangerous, precarious and abusive conditions for poverty wages. That is why we’re pushing towards a new normal, where workers feel safe and respected and receive a salary that is enough to provide for their families. Fair Wear brands show that there is a better way to make clothes, a way that puts the people who make them front and center.

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Textile Exchange is a global non-profit that works closely with our members to drive industry transformation in preferred fibers, integrity and standards and responsible supply networks. We identify and share best practices regarding farming, materials, processing, traceability and product end-of-life in order to reduce the textile industry’s impact on the world’s water, soil and air, and the human population.
https://textileexchange.org/about-us/
Liesl Truscott is the European and Materials Strategy Director with responsibility for developing and embedding Textile Exchange’s preferred materials program. Liesl has specialized in organic cotton and has a deep knowledge of the sector. With a first class degree in Environmental Management from the University of Newcastle in Australia, she has spent over twenty years in the fields of corporate social responsibility, occupational health and safety, and environmental management – working within both the private and public sector.

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Janet holds almost 20 years’ experience in Sustainability and Apparel. With an academic background in environmental science, she started her career as in consultancy. After that, she moved to Solidaridad, where she held a number of different roles. As International Program Manager Sustainable Cotton&Textiles of the Solidaridad Network, she was responsible for high-level projects in the supply chain, as well as initiatives promoting sustainable market development and direct partnerships with brands and retailers. The role included strategy setting, stakeholder engagement and grant management. Since end of 2015, she is Executive Director for the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP). Janet has served several boards and councils. This included Council member of the Better Cotton Initiative and member of the Index Development Council for SAC. Janet is passionate about apparel and understands the complexity within the supply chain and the diversity of people associated with it . She is committed to working in the area of business and social and environmental responsibility.
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The Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP), a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to implement a Converged Assessment Framework that supports stakeholders’ efforts to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Website: www.slconvergence.org
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Since joining Better Work in 2013 Ivo has divided his time between the Geneva head office and Bangkok regional office of the International Labour Organization, with frequent visits to work with BW country teams in Asia, Middle East and the Americas. In this role, he is managing strategic partnerships, overseeing implementation of BWs next generation systems project plan and overseeing BW’s quality assurance framework for services delivered in over 1600 factories. Prior to BW, Ivo spent 7 years at Fair Wear Foundation where he focused on review of purchasing practices of member brands and management of training and verification services East Asia. Ivo started his work in the field at Better Factories Cambodia in 2006. He has a master degree in business studies from Maastricht University and a master degree in development studies from Utrecht University.
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As an ILO-IFC partnership, Better Work brings governments, global brands, factory owners, unions and workers together to improve working conditions in the garment industry and make the sector more competitive. Our approach creates lasting, positive change through assessments, training, advocacy and research that changes policies, attitudes, as well as behaviour. By sharing our approach and the results of our on-the-ground work, we seek to influence policy makers and decision makers to promote decent work and better business. “

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Changing how we are making business has been a common denominator throughout Markus´s professional career, be it as a consultant and member to the management team of KEKST CNC or at W. L. Gore & Associates. Markus has worked with a large number of organizations in Europe and in the US, from bluechips in the chemical or energy industry to globally operating foundations and the Vatican – in many cases with a view to making sustainable solutions more successful. At Gore, Markus is currently championing sustainability strategy execution in Gore’s Fabrics Division.
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Gore revolutionized the outerwear industry with waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX fabric more than 40 years ago and remains a leading innovator of performance apparel. Gore fabrics products provide comfort and protection in challenging environments and in everyday life, enabling wearers to safely and confidently achieve and experience more. From hiking in downpours to defense operations and fighting fires, Gore’s deep understanding of consumer and industry needs drives development of products with meaningful performance advantages.
gore-tex.com

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Claudia Kersten is actively involved in the field of sustainable textiles since 2005. Currently, she is Managing Director of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). She served as GOTS Director Marketing and Finance from 2012 to 2017.Claudia has been an editor of the B2B magazine for sustainable textiles “natürlich natur” in Germany. Previously, she served as a board member with IVN, one of the GOTS founders based in Germany. Claudia has a master’s degree in Sustainability Management from the Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany. Her special research interest lies in contributions of Standards to the ‘Business Case for Sustainability’.
About Company
GOTS is comprised of four reputed member organizations, namely OTA (USA), IVN (Germany), Soil Association (UK) and JOCA (Japan), which contribute to the GOTS, together with further international stakeholder organizations and experts, their respective expertise in organic farming and environmentally and socially responsible textile processing. Our vision is that organic textiles will become a significant part of everyday life, enhancing people’s lives and the environment. Our mission is the development, implementation, verification, protection and promotion of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). This standard stipulates requirements throughout the supply chain for both ecology and labor conditions in textile and apparel manufacturing using organically produced raw materials. Organic production is based on a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic, persistent pesticides and fertilizers. In addition, organic production relies on adequate animal husbandry and excludes genetic modification. We see ourselves as contributing to sustainable development and actively cooperate with all relevant stakeholders.

Time
(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm CET
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Edward Hertzman received a degree in economics from NYU and spent more than a decade working as a top executive for major sourcing companies all over the world, including Synergies Worldwide and Pearl Global. He has partnered with globally recognized retailers and wholesalers all over the world with special expertise in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and China. He continues to consult widely on sourcing and supply chain matters. Mr. Hertzman sits on the Board for Delivering Good, a charitable organization that channels the resources of the fashion industry to those in need. In 2009, in response to a need in the industry, he founded Sourcing Journal Online.
About Company
With more than 75,000 subscribers, Sourcing Journal Online is the largest trade journal devoted to the sourcing apparel and textile industry supply chain in the world. In Oct 2017, Penske Media (owners of WWD &FN) acquired Sourcing Journal and its sister publications Rivet and Vamp.
Global Sourcing: Trends, developments, opportunities

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(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET
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Han Bekke (1949) worked for more than 40 years for several trade associations in the Dutch clothing and knitting industry. In March 2013 he was elected as chairman of the board of MODINT (Dutch trade association for fashion, interior and textiles) and re-elected for a second term in June 2017. From 2006 till 2013 he was also secretary-general of the IAF (International Apparel Federation), became its treasurer in 2013 and serves as IAF President since 2016.
Other boards Han Bekke serves on:
– member of the Executive Committee of VNO-NCW (Confederation of Dutch Industries)
– chairman a.i. of Federation Dutch Creative Industries
– member of the board of Dutch Circular Textile Valley
– member of the Advisory Council of European Fashion Business School TMO
– chairman of the board of the Amsterdam Tailoring School
About Company
The International Apparel Federation (IAF) is the world’s leading federation for apparel manufacturers, their associations, and the supporting industry. IAF’s membership include national apparel associations from more than 40 countries and associate members being prominent companies or institutes in technology, business services, retailing, logistics and education. IAF’s mission is to unite all stakeholders of the fashion and apparel industry, including brands, retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, and country associations from around the world to enable and promote smarter, stronger, more sustainable supply chains.
The IAF achieves its mission by:
- developing with its members a global vision on the industry’s optimal development, broadcasting this vision to its members and stakeholders and engaging with its members in projects to actively support the industry’s development.
- representing the industry in global platforms with the aim of achieving a greater level of global harmonization of rules and regulations.
- sharing a wide range of information obtained from our global network with our members.
- providing its members with a range of services fed by our global network and designed to add value
- connecting its members across the globe supporting them in expanding their own international network.

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(Thursday) 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm CET
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About USFIA
USFIA represents brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally. Founded in 1989, USFIA works to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede the fashion industry’s ability to trade freely and create jobs in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., USFIA is the voice of the fashion industry in front of the U.S. government as well as international governments and stakeholders. With constant, two-way communication, USFIA staff and counsel serve as the eyes and ears of our members in Washington and around the world, enabling them to stay ahead of the regulatory challenges of today and tomorrow. Through our publications, educational events, and networking opportunities, USFIA also connects with key stakeholders across the value chain including U.S. and international service providers, suppliers, and industry groups.
About Julia K. Hughes
Julia K. Hughes is President of the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA), which represents brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally. She represents the industry in front of the U.S. government as well as international governments and stakeholders, explaining how fashion companies create high-quality jobs in the United States and economic opportunities around the world. An expert on textile and apparel trade issues, Julie has testified before Congress and the Executive Branch. She frequently speaks at international conferences including the China & Asia Textile Forum, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Harvard University’s Bangladesh Development Conference, MAGIC, Prime Source Forum, Vietnam Textile Summit, and others. Julie served as the first President and is one of the founders of the Washington Chapter of Women in International Trade (WIIT) and is one of the founders of the WIIT Charitable Trust. She also was the first President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT). In 1992, she received the Outstanding Woman in International Trade award and in 2008, the WIIT Lifetime Achievement Award. She also is a member of the International Women’s Forum. She has an M.A. in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

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(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
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Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association. Mustafa Cem Altan was born in İstanbul in 1958. He went to the UK for University Degree. He studied textile engineering at Nottingham Trent University between 1977 and 1983. After getting a Graduate degree from University, he started working for In retail groups of Beymen and Benetton in Nottingham. After all those years gaining experiences, Mustafa Cem Altan has started his own business as foreign trading company selling turkish garments to the UK’s market and marketing Turkish garment internationally. He has been the founder and chairman of Aycem textile since 1991. He is a board member of Istanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association, International Apparel Federation (IAF), The Turkish Clothing Manufacturer’s Association.
About Company
Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association (İHKİB) is one of the most important industrial organizations of Turkish Apparel Industry, which is among the major manufacturing industries in Turkey, with its more than 9.000 member exporters and a rate of 75% in Turkey’s total apparel export. Istanbul has an important share in apparel trade and İHKİB plays a vital role in this industry. İHKİB, founded in 1986, is one of the four exporters associations under the General Secretariat of Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters Associations (İTKİB). İHKİB has more than 9.000 member companies mostly located around Istanbul. The Association represents apparel industry extensively since the member companies of the Association realize 75% of Turkey’s total apparel exports which is around 17 billion $ annually. İHKİB’s main goal is to enhance the export capability of Turkey in apparel and promote the industry around the world. Besides, İHKİB supports its members in all kinds of trade related activities. In addition to these, İHKİB aims to promote common interests of the industry in both national and international platforms as well as in governmental levels.

Time
(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CET
Location
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Christian P. Schindler is the Director General at the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), a position he has held since October 2004. Before this, between 1995 and 1998 he worked as personal assistant of two Members of Parliament in the German Bundestag, Bonn. In 1998 he joined the Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (BGA) in Bonn/Berlin as personal assistant and speechwriter of the Association’s President. Between 2001 and 2004 he studied at the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he wrote his thesis and obtained a doctorate degree in 2004. Dr. Schindler was appointed Economist of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation on October 1, 2004 and was promoted to the position of Director in 2006. At the Federation’s Annual Conference in Dubai, UAE, in September 2006 he was nominated and elected Director General as of January 1, 2007.
About Company
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) is the international forum of the global textile industry. It was founded in 1904. Its members are companies and associations from the textile and allied industries. The mission of ITMF is to:
- Connect its members by providing meeting grounds to strengthen relations along the entire textile value chain from fiber to fashion,
- Inform its members by collecting, analyzing and distributing relevant data and by providing neutral forums for discussions and the exchange of best practices,
- Represent the textile industry towards governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by actively participating in discussions about the evolution of the industry.

Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CET
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Seray Seyfeli graduated from the Business Administration department and she has worked in the apparel sector for 20 years. Seray is the vice president at Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association and president of the Foreign Marketing Strategy Development Committee. She is the partner and general manager of Seyfeli company. She has been a member of the Aegean Business Women’s Association since 2013, and she has been the Vice President of the Board since 2017 as well as a member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly Women Council. She is working both in her own company and in Aegean Exporters’ Associations on organic and sustainable production.
About Company
Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association is a non-governmental organization working in close collaboration with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade. The Association represents approximately 1.000 member companies that are located around the Aegean Region of Turkey and active in the fields of manufacturing and exporting a wide range of top quality apparel products. Exports realized by members of the Association total up to 1,3 billion $ per year. The Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association works in promoting apparel exports of the Aegean Region and Turkey, expanding the range of export products as well as finding new markets.The Turkish apparel industry is listed as the 7th largest exporter in the world and the 3rd largest supplier to the EU. The Aegean Region is one of the most important centers for manufacturing exclusive apparel products. To enhance the competitiveness of our members and the Turkish apparel sector, Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association focuses on sustainability awareness projects. Being a center of production of the high quality “Aegean Cotton”, the region has established itself as a manufacturing hub of knitted and woven men, women, children and babies wear. Moreover, the region has specialized in the manufacturing of organic textiles and apparel. The region is a reliable production partner for many worldwide known brands and retail chains by being flexible in terms of production and delivery times and a fashion-oriented mind.

Time
(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm CET
Location
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Mr. Mostafiz Uddin is the Managing Director of Denim Expert Ltd – an internationally renowned, cutting edge, fully integrated, environmentally sustainable and social responsible compliant garment manufacturing plant based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is a visionary entrepreneur in the development of sustainable apparel systems. He is personally driven by social and environmental ethics and is recognized to be a game changer through the introduction of sustainable practices, innovation and fashion disruption, which he sees as keys to the future of the Bangladesh apparel.
About Company
Mr. Mostafiz founded the Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) to promote sustainable practices within the Bangladesh apparel industry and to raise the country’s image through different initiatives under the banner of BAE, including the Sustainable Apparel Forum (SAF), the Bangladesh Fashionology Summit and Bangladesh Denim Expo. Through these endeavors he strives to promote the advance of sustainable practices, including environmentally sound production methods, full transparency, innovation, circularity and technology.

Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
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Amora Carbajal is a skilled lawyer with more than fifteen years’ experience in different positions in the international trade and tourism industries. She has a masters in Alternative Policies for the Development at International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam. For more than 5 years, Ms. Carbajal was the director of trade commission of Peru in Italy where she developed apparel projects with global brands like MaxMara to promote Peruvian textile industry. Also she has worked as a Tourism Director for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru. Nowadays, she is director at Peru Trade, Tourism and Investment Office in the Netherlands (Benelux & Scandinavia).
About Company
PROMPERU is the Commission for the Promotion of Peruvian Exports and Tourism. It’s an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism.The mission of PROMPERU is to position Peru in the global scene by promoting the nation’s image as a tourist destination and producer of value added products. In this way, it contributes to the country sustainable and decentralized development. PROMPERU is considered the best agency of promotion in South America, the second one in Latin America and the eleventh worldwide.

Time
(Thursday) 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm CET
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Dr. A Sakthivel has been elected as the Chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) by the Executive Committee for the year 2020 to 2021. Dr. A Sakthivel was first elected to the board of Directors of Apparel Export Promotion Council in the year 1982 thus serving the council for almost four decades. He is also the first person in the history of AEPC, who is sworn-in for the fourth time as Chairman of the AEPC. His diligence has played a vital role in the growth of the Council and gradually led to the improvement of exports at the national level. Dr A Sakthivel has not only contributed his time and work to the Council but also served as Managing Committee Member of Federation of Indian Exporters organization (FIEO) for more than a decade. He was also the President and Regional Chairman of FIEO, Southern Region. Dr. A Sakthivel along with some exporters had established Tirupur Exporters Association in 1990 widely known as TEA. Dr A Sakthivel was the first President of TEA and he held the post continuously for a period of 27 years. During his tenure as President TEA, the export turnover of Tirupur Industry increased to a whopping Rs 27000 crores in 2016-17 from Rs 270 Crores in 1990. Government of India recognized his unparalleled service to export sector specifically to apparel Sector and knitting industry, creation of infrastructures such as industrial parks, ICDs and his contribution to the society with regard to education, drinking water, sanitation and drainage etc., by honouring him with one of the country’s most prestigious and esteemed Civilian Award “PADMA SHRI” in 2009 being the first in the overall textile industry. Besides being privileged with many honours and accolades, Dr A Sakthivel was also conferred with Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) in 2011 by Bharathiyar University for his pivotal role in motivating many enterprising and capable youngsters to make a career in exports and also for his dedicated involvement in visionary projects, initiatives and his immeasurable contribution for the growth of industry and development of society.
About Company
Incorporated in 1978, AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India under Ministry of Textiles, Govt.of India, that provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as importers/international buyers who choose India as their preferred sourcing destination for garments. To promote, support and facilitate Indian apparel industry to enhance its competitive advantage and global positioning in a holistic and sustainable way that is beneficial to all stakeholders of the industry.
Digital Product Development: What it takes to become industry standard

Time
(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET
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Andrés is a Mechanical Engineer by the Polytechnical University of Catalonia (UPC) and has an MBA from IESE Business School. He has experience in the construction sector but has worked in MANGO for the last 9 years. There, he started as a Womenswear Buyer but quickly moved on to the position of Head of Buying of the Menswear division. After 3 years he was appointed Head of Sourcing for all MANGO business units. As Head of Sourcing, he leads the strategy for Vendor Management, as well as CSR, Production Quality, Digital Product Transformation and others.
About Company
MANGO is a Spanish clothing design and manufacturing company, founded in Barcelona, (Spain) by brothers Isak Andic and Nahman Andic. MANGO is the second largest fashion exporter in Spain, with 2,3 Bn EUR sales in 2019.

Time
(Thursday) 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm CET
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Dr. Andreas Seidl has been CEO of the Human Solutions Group since 2002 and of the subsidiary Assyst GmbH since 2009. His concept of placing people at the center of product development and production was new and globally unique at that time. Today, Seidl is a sought-after expert in the digitalization of processes in the apparel industry.
About Company
Assyst offers software solutions for the entire process chain in the apparel industry – from the initial idea to product and collection development, design and the store. The key technology is the 3D simulation software Vidya, which photorealistically simulates designed clothing. Today Assyst’s solutions shape digital work in the apparel. Around 100 employees work at the Munich site and another 20 at Sistemi Assyt in Lainate/Milan. Partner companies also sell solutions worldwide.

Time
(Thursday) 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET
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Ton Wiedenhoff joined Alvanon in 2019 as Executive Director, Europe. He heads Alvanon’s European team, and is responsible for the business development and support of key apparel retail, brand and sourcing clients. He also works closely with MOTIF, Alvanon’s online continual e-learning platform, to help client companies connect their apparel industry professionals to the skills and expertise they need to succeed in the digital age. Ton has over 30 years of experience in supply chain organization and integration. He has an outstanding record in helping apparel and brand clients optimize product quality, supply chain efficiencies and speed to market while achieving strategic sustainability and transparency objectives. Ton previously served as chief operating officer, managing partner and purchasing director of Dutch Brand House International BV managing brands Falcon Sportswear and Sjeng Sports, operating in Asia and Northern Europe. Prior to Dutch Brand House International BV, Ton co-founded Falcon International where, in addition to product development, sourcing, financial and logistics roles, he was responsible for the implementation of sustainable initiatives, like ‘Fair Wear Foundation’. He has also held senior purchasing, business development and management roles for K. Swiss Fashion International and Global Fashion Group. Ton graduated from HAN University of Applied Sciences with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Commercial Economics. In addition to Dutch, he speaks fluent English and German.
About Company
Alvanon is a fashion-tech company, focused on the body and its application and implications in the apparel industry. It has developed a unique and innovative body data-driven approach, with a consumer-scanning element, to solving the challenges of sizing and fit inherent in the fashion industry. Since 2001, it has dedicated itself to body shape data research and has gathered more than 1.5 million body scans in 30+ countries, most recently, in China, Colombia, Costa Rica and the US. Combined with its deep apparel knowledge, this has allowed Alvanon to develop thousands of fit standards for hundreds of brands globally. www.alvanon.com

Time
(Thursday) 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm CET
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Azfar is an entrepreneur with a background in supply chain management. 4 years ago he set up Lulusar – a women’s pret brand with a focus on using digital tools and technology to launch 12-16 collections a year. Lulusar is a vertical offering on demand products through its micro-factory. Its strength is the use of intelligent digital tools to develop, plan and produce products offered on its e-commerce platform.
About Company
Lulusar is a women’s pret brand with a focus on using digital tools and technology to launch 12-16 collections a year. Lulusar is a vertical offering on demand products through its micro-factory. Its strength is the use of intelligent digital tools to develop, plan and produce products offered on its e-commerce platform.

Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CET
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In 2013, after his studies in computer science and has worked at the sportswear brand Adidas, Martin founded the company of Vizoo in Erlangen, Germany. Vizoo specializes in solutions to digitize materials for the Fashion industry. Since the founding and with Martin as one of the two Managing Directors, the company grew to become the number one technology provider in its field with clients in more than 30 countries worldwide.
About Company
Vizoo is the number one supplier of solutions for the physically accurate digitization of material swatches in the fashion industry.
Since 2013, we help fashion brands and their supply chain to digitize their material processes and create digital twins of their physical samples. Clients are using our technologies from 3D Design to eCommerce in more than 30+ countries globally. “

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(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm CET
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A prolific dressmaker with years of experience in pattern making and technical design with brands like Jil Sanders and Hugo Boss; Pattima Baehr knows how to transform ideas into reality! At Global Apparel, Pattima supervised the company’s transition into 3D design, successfully working within the complex machinery of an established fashion house to make it compatible with new cutting edge technologies. Over the last 3 years, Pattima and her team gained deep insight into the hurdles and challenges involved in setting up systems of 3D development for a company supplying a wide range of products to multiple customers.
About Company
Global Apparel GmbH is an international company that has established itself as a forerunner in the fashion industry. Offering a wide portfolio of services including product development, 3D development, quality management, sourcing and marketing; Global Apparel is a market leader in innovative and reliable procurement and order fulfillment.”

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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm CET
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For nearly half a century, Ram Sareen has served the garment industry with an extensive and storied history characterized by one word: disruptive. In fact, his mantra has always been, “Change is constant, growth is optional.”This philosophy is now ingrained in the DNA of Tukatech, the fashion technology solutions company Sareen founded in 1995. With an inventive spirit, Tukatech is known to simplify practices to meet the ever-changing needs of the apparel industry. Credited with successfully bringing digital pattern-making to dozens of countries, and leading innovation in virtual sample-making and cutting room solutions, Tukatech’s robust systems are implemented by fashion experts from all corners of the garment industry.
About Company
Tukatech was founded in 1995 with the objective to have pattern makers create patterns digitally on the computer. On their silver anniversary, Tukatech is an influential fashion technology company known worldwide for innovative solutions and superior technical support. They are the industry’s leading provider of fashion software and machinery for product development, cloud collaboration, and garment manufacturing.
Recorded Presentations
Week 1

Christian Ewert, (President, amfori)

Avedis H. Seferian, (President & CEO, WRAP – Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production)

Georg Dieners, (Secretary General, OEKO-TEX Association)

Alexander Kohnstamm (Executive Director, Fair Wear Foundation)

Liesl Truscott, (Director of fiber, materials and European Strategy, Textile Exchange)

Janet Mensink and Ivo Spauwen (SLCP - Social & Labor Convergence program & ILO Better Work)

Markus Wieser, (Sustainability Strategy at Gore Fabrics W.L. Gore & Associates)

Claudia Kersten (Managing Director, GOTS - Global Organic Textile Standard)

Edward Hertzman (Founder & President, Sourcing Journal)
Week 2

Han Bekke (President, IAF - International Apparel Federation)

Julia K. Hughes (President, USFIA - United States Fashion Industry Association)

Cem Altan (Board Member, IHKIB – Istanbul Apparel Exporters Association)

Christian P. Schindler (Director General, ITMF – International Textile Manufacturers Federation)

Seray Seyfeli (Vice President, EIB – Aegean Exporters' Associations)

Mostafiz Uddin (Founder & CEO, Denim Expert Limited)

Promperù – Peruvian Commission for Export and Tourism Promotion)

Dr. A Sakthivel (Chairman, AEPC – Apparel Exporters Promotion Council of India)
Week 3

Andrés Fernández (Buying director, Mango)

Dr. Andreas Seidl (CEO, Assyst)

Ton Wiedenhoff, (Executive Director Europe, Alvanon)

Azfar Hasan, (CEO, Lulusar)

Martin Semsch, (Managing Director, Vizoo)

Pattima Baehr (Head of Pattern Department & 3D Projects, Global Apparel GmbH)

Ram Sareen (Founder & CEO, Tukatech)
Week 4

Michael Wax, (Founder & CSO, Forto)

Deniz Thiede, (CMO, Tripple Tree)

Sebastian Rieder, (BETAFASHION Co-Founder & CEO)

Nelson Holzner, (Co-Founder & CEO, Modifi)

Bobby Östberg, (Founder & CEO, Zyseme)

Guido Brackelsberg, (Managing Director, Setlog)

Alexander Tewes, (Senior Controller / Benchmarking, h+p Hachmeister + Partner)

Camilla Olson, (CEO, Savitude)

Verena Ziegler, (Co-Founder and CEO, BeWear)
Speakers
Experts and thought leaders of some of the most forward-pressing challenges our industry – like sustainability, trade developments, digital product development, and industry changing innovations.

