One of the pioneers of Fashion Blockchain. He is the co-founder and CEO of blockchain-powered circular fashion platform Lablaco, a circular retail platform enabling brands and retailers to digitize and connect items at all steps of the value chain.

From Italian/American and English families, Albrighi was born in London but raised between Florence and Milan, where he grew a deep passion for the Italian fashion scene. He started sewing as an apprentice tailor at 20 years old in the historical sartoria A. Caraceni in Milan, serving clients from Karl Lagerfeld, Gianfranco Ferrè and Calvin Klein. After two years of learning the basics of traditional Italian bespoke tailoring he moved to Florence to learn the basics of cutting suits from Neapolitan cutter and master Mario Sciales at Sartoria M. Marinaro, serving the Florentine aristocracy as the Pucci family and other historical families.

After this period, he set up his own tailoring house, featured in the Louis Vuitton Milan City Guide as one of the best ateliers in town, with clients ranging from members of the Arab Royal family, fashion photographer Giovanni Gastel, to the Co-Founder of Net-A-Porter, Arnaud Massenet, who then became the first investor in Lablaco.

Albrighi has been at the forefront of disrupting the linear fashion system, especially in the luxury market. Since its beginning, Lablaco has contributed to a more sustainable fashion system, based on future innovations in the industry and in the accessibility of conscious shopping.

A Unique Style Expert: Integrating the Art of Design with Data Science

As director of men's apparel at Stitch Fix, a personal style service powered by AI. Stitch Fix Ryen focussed on integrating the art of style with the science of data science to create a responsive design process. 

Anderson is a data-driven creative employing innovative design strategies to drive product-line success. Forecast trends, design products customers will buy, and seek out emerging marketplace opportunities through business analysis and data science. He has over 20 years of experience working with fashion design in the San Francisco area, working for companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Old Navy and GAP. 

Lizzy is an international authority on runway shows and a forecaster of future trends. Her impressive knowledge of sartorial history and advanced understanding of design theory is combined with a prescient vision that dissects key trends in art, history, cultural, catwalk, street style, and social influences to predict future direction.

As Head of Catwalk for WGSN Lizzy was responsible for delivering key design and style direction to guide the wider fashion world, while her Business of Fashion masterclass at Polimoda Florence delivered training in cross-functional engagement by providing direction, coaching, support, and mentoring.

Chief Sustainability Officer at DRESSX, the largest fashion store for digital-only collections from well-known brands and 3D designers. Olga is passionate about helping companies that create innovative solutions to restore our planet and supporting purpose-driven entrepreneurs.

Olga has a degree of a Mechanical Engineer and a Master degree in Finance. She is a distinguished business leader with 10+ years of progressive experience in Project Management and Sustainable Development.

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Olga spent 3 years in Central Africa, where she founded a non-profit organization to bring awareness to local communities about environmental issues and waste and plastic management

Cofounder of The Digital Fashion Group

Heading up Northumbria University School of Design London, he developed and delivered a unique Master Qualification Programme Framework for Fashion and the Creative Industries, along with Degree level fashion programmes for this international profit-making centre.

He is an academic strategist experienced in innovative programme conceptualisation, validation and delivery, and an experienced lecturer, visiting professor, and External Examiner for MA and BA programmes in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, India and China.

As a divisional board member of Coats Viyella PLC, he set up and directed the first contemporary brand design studio in India delivering an international design approach to ISO 9001 standards. He consults on executive and designer recruitment to deliver creative excellence and collections for studios around the world.

For the RSA Student Design Awards, he created the Fashion Promotions Section to represent changes in fashion education delivery, serving as a fashion judge for 13 years, for 7 years was a Marketing & Fashion judge for Graduate Fashion Week, and delivered a keynote speech “The Future of Fashion Education” at the Museum of London. Publication contributions include “Future in Progress” for the International Fashion Institute.

Sean is a graduate of St. Martin’s School of Art in London.

Founder and CEO of Holition, a London-based creative innovation studio. Working across a wide variety of technologies including augmented reality, machine learning, projection mapping, haptic and robotics to name but a few, Holition’s creative technology projects bring audiences closer to brands, connecting digital to retail by delivering memorable retail experiences online, in-store and through mobile.

Chippindale is a Digital entrepreneur, with a creative technology start-up turned SME, and a wide experience of mentoring and advising business and academic institutions around the world. International Marketing Director with over twenty five years of experience in luxury goods, and with an emphasis on digital, and a proven track record of creating value and driving sales using insights, creativity, innovation, collaboration and cultural sensitivity.

A South African fashion designer specialised in digital fashion and augmented reality. He is based in Berlin, Germany and is the founder of the labels Antonio Ciutto and 6 ⅞ . Self-taught developer and also a professor, his work is about new practices and technologies applied to fashion, such as Mixed Reality, digital simulation, computer draping, unfolding, and prototyping.

Ciutto holds a master's degree from Central Saint Martins, in London, and has a bachelor in Architecture. He graduated from CSM in Womenswear in 2000 and set up his own label pioneering engineered digital print. His collections have been presented on catwalks in cities such as Paris, Milan, Berlin and Tokyo, and off-schedule during London Fashion Week. His garments have been available in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Denmark, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Dubai and Kuwait.

In 2006, he became designer in residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum and collaborated on ‘6 7/8’, runner-up for the Fashion Fringe Award. In 2016, he started in FashionTech, mentoring a fashion hackathon. In 2017, his team ‘mimemeAR’ won a Fashion Fusion Award for their AR fashion app.

Ciutto is Digital Professor for Design at The Digital Fashion Group Academy. He also taught Fashion Drawing and Illustration Graphics, 3D & Surface Design at the Fashion Faculty of Hochschule Trier, in Germany. He was an Associate Professor of Apparel Design at Rhode Island School of Design and Visiting Lecturer of the Fashion Bacharelate at the University of the Creative Arts Rochester. He was also a full-time faculty and visiting artist at The Art Institute of Chicago.

After the Master in Business Administration in Madrid (Spain) and a sales & marketing working experience in NYC (USA), David worked for 3 years in his family’s company Clementoni spa where he continued to develop his expertise in Sales & Marketing covering also the entire Supply Chain process.

He left his family business to build a business family, Italian Artisan was founded to pursuit the vision of creating a sustainable ecosystem for Premium Brands and Italian Producer.

Since 2013, David has matured deep experience in start ups, open innovation, Italian production clusters architecture, ecosystem building and knowledge of the entire value chain. In line with his areas of expertise,

David is often invited as guest lecturer and public speaker by major national and International universities, Associations and Government Institutions (ie: OCSE, European Commission, NYU, Politecnico Milano, and many more)

David founded Italian-Artisan.com in 2015 to pursuit his vision of creating a sustainable ecosystem for premium brands and Italian manufacturers. Thanks to technology they help international brands to source premium production partners in Italy & outsource their made in Italy supply chain coordination, easily, sustainably and transparently.

Italian Artisan won Best European Fashion Start-up award in 2018. In 2021 with more than 700 manufacturers on the platform, Italian Artisan became the biggest made in Italy online platform for fashion manufacturing

VISITING PROFESSOR Fashion Farming & Supply Chain | Fashion institute of technology | NYC Entrepreneurship | The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) International sales & Digital Internationalisation | Università Politecnica delle Marche | Ancona Fashion Tech Master in Luxury and Fashion Management della LUISS Business School di Roma Virtual Prototyping & Production | Polimi, Politecnico di Milano Entrepreneurship | Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Montani | Fermo | CNA Program Start up brand identity | Domus academy Adriatic entrepreneurship program | E-capital | Fondazione Marche

GUEST SPEAKER EVENTS SMEs Ecosystem building - European Commission Fashion Production clusters - OCSE

Co-founder of PlatformE, a fashion industry platform for MTO (made-to-order) powering mass digital experiences for some of the biggest fashion houses at LVMH, Kering and independent groups. Cruz is an Industrial Engineer and an avid entrepreneur passionate about technology, especially related to web, commerce, and retail, and also virtual (3D, AR, VR). 

He is also a co-founder of the digital fashion startups DDIGITT and Skinvaders, having an active role in the digital transformation of the fashion industry through several perspectives, from production and brand development to consumer and virtual experiences. Cruz is part of the Advisory Board of MyDidimo and MOXY. His previous experiences include companies such as FedEx, Accenture, and Groupon.

Cruz holds a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the University of Porto and a Master's in Literary, Cultural and Interart Studies from the same University.

Co-founder, Chief of Product and Executive Chairman at Unspun. The fashion tech startup is based in San Francisco and Hong Kong and works to make the fashion industry intentional, inclusive, and sustainable through custom-fit, on-demand manufacturing.

Unspun is making custom-fit jeans from phone scans, and have been selectively collaborating with other brands. Named TIME Magazine Best Invention of 2019, H&M Foundation Global Change Award winner, Fast Company World Changing Idea 2021, and other recognitions.

Esponette is a designer and scientist and founded Unspun in order to solve some of the problems in the fashion industry. Before Unspun, she developed products and materials in the outdoor gear and apparel industry, helped design robot-human soft interfaces, and taught product design as an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon. She serves as a SBIR proposal reviewer for the US National Science Foundation and received a BS in Fiber Science & Apparel Design from Cornell and an MFA in Design from Stanford.

Executive Director of the FIT Design and Technology Lab (DTech) at FIT. He is the Creative Director of the Innovation Center at FIT and responsible for Industry Partnerships and Collaborative Programs for the college.

Creative technologist, researcher, artist and educator, Mr. Ferraro’s career spans the worlds of computer animation, software development, virtual reality media production, fine art, commercial entertainment and higher education.

He came to FIT from Lehman College/CUNY where he spent 12 years as an associate professor in the digital media program of the art department. In 2015, working with students, he won a NY Emmy for Graphics and Animation Supervision for a series of PSA’s entitled “Best of the Bronx”.

During the 90’s, Mr. Ferraro built and exhibited large scale Virtual Worlds in contemporary center’s around the world. Prior to Lehman, Mr. Ferraro founded Possible Worlds an innovative real-time animation studio working with clients such as Warner Bros. MTV, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

In the mid 1980's Mr Ferraro was one of the co-founders of Blue Sky Studios and served as System Architect of the Academy Award winning CGI StudioTM production animation system. Before co-founding Blue Sky, Mr. Ferraro worked on the R&D team of MAGI Synthavision who produced most CGI sequences for the first feature film to use computer animation, Disney’s TRON.

He made his first picture with a computer in 1969.

A documentary-maker and visual anthropologist working at the intersection of storytelling and social sciences involved in  filmmaking, qualitative methods of research, and teaching, and has worked an ethnographic researcher at the State Department of Social Welfare and Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro, and as UN-Habitat consultant.

Antonia holds a PhD degree in Social Anthropology with Visual Media and an MPhil degree in Ethnographic Documentary, both from the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, UK.

After 15 years experience working as a freelancer for audiovisual companies, in 2010 she founded her own audiovisual company which has been commissioned for editing, directing, and researching.

Gama works with The Digital Fashion Group on video production and is currently an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester.

A veteran of the fashion industry improving processes and results by the use of technology. He is a C Level fashion industry professional with 30+ years experience on a global scale working across all faces of the apparel business.

Hobbs is currently the Founder and CEO at Brand New Vision, in Hong Kong, the first blockchain validated marketplace for NFTs in the apparel, footwear and accessory worlds. In recent years, Hobbs has been working in the use of 3D design and now the application of blockchain technology with the result being Brand New Vision. As a fashion NFT auction house and marketplace, BNV works with brands and designers to create enhanced virtual products and then take those products and brands into new digital realms.

Cofounder of The Digital Fashion Group.

As Head of Fashion at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and a member of the amfi board for over 14 years, he was responsible for the redevelopment of the international curricula focussing on digitalisation and sustainability in fashion.

Instrumental in establishing the ground breaking “Hypercraft” minor where students immerse themselves in the world of 3D Virtual designing, and the first AMFI Master award, MA Fashion Enterprise Creation, he grew the international recognition and standing of the school as a centre of excellence for fashion teaching and research.

Being a design director and entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry for such companies as Dunhill, Stefanel, Byblos, Burberry and Liberty, he has extensive knowledge of the international luxury market and the relationship of education to business.

Leslie sits on the Steering Committee of The EU Worth Partnership Project, and is an EU expert for the creative industries. He was for many years an Executive Board member of the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI), and a trustee of The UK Graduate Fashion Foundation, and has been a guest speaker at many major education and creative conferences.

Leslie is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.

Business Development M&E / Fashion at Unreal Engine, the game engine developed by Epic Games. They are based at the Epic Games London Innovation Lab, a hub for the creative community, helping customers to generate benchmark real-time content and solutions using Epic Games Unreal Engine’ software.

Before joining Unreal, Houghton worked at renowned global content creation studio, The Mill. Based in New York, she headed up a content division working directly with high profile and luxury brands to create stand out tech-driven creative content, which included AR, VR and immersive pieces along with live-action and CG animation.

Houghton has a degree in Media Production and Management from the University of Hertfordshire. She produced commercials for many years for renowned advertising agencies and set her own production company in London.

A fashion designer working in the intersections of digital design and the fashion industry through the whole supply chain, since digitised on-demand production to brand skins in the gaming industry. He has 10+ years of experience within the fashion system.

The designer founded his label IAROCHESKI back in 2013 and showcased collections in fashion weeks in Vienna, Vancouver, and Sao Paulo - being voted by L'Officiel Hommes as one of the top 5 menswear labels in Brazil. Today, Iarocheski is the Group Marketing Director at PlatformE, overseeing the development and placement of the creative elements that position the company and its subsidiaries (PlatformE, DDIGITT, Skinvaders, and VALACLAVA) in the market. He is committed to the digitalization of the apparel industry working as an On-demand Fashion, Gaming and 3D Apparel ambassador. Next to digital creation and visualization, PlatformE is on a mission to end Fashion's overproduction problem by providing full circle Made-to-Order tech and strategy implementation to apparel businesses and processes.

He studied Fashion Design in Brazil and went to the University of Boras as an exchange student at The Swedish School of Textile - Bsc Fashion Design. Iarocheski specialised in 3D design and prototyping at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI).

The founding editor-in-chief of FashNerd.com, and one of the leading influencers writing about the merger of fashion with technology and the development of wearable technology.

She has given talks at Premiere Vision, Munich Fabric Start and Pure London, and works as a fashion innovation consultant for fashion companies including LVMH Atelier.

Additionally, Muchaneta is an active contributor to Vogue Business, is a senior contributor at The Interline and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, UAL.

VP of Business Development EMEA at CLO Virtual Fashion, one of the major players in the ecosystem for virtual garments. Their virtual garment solutions and services connect all teams involved in the digital product lifecycle, enabling more direct collaboration and reduced lead time.

Amongst the product range of CLO Virtual Fashion in Kohlert's business development hands is CLO (3D Design Software for apparel designers and brands), Marvelous Designer (3D Design Software for character artists in gaming and animation companies), Benefit by CLO (Virtual Fitting Platform), CLOSET (Communications and Archiving Platform for virtual garments), to Marvelous SDK (Real Time Draping Engine for games).

Before joining CLO 3D's team, Kohlert was a fashion consultant at Lectra, already working on the digital transformation of the fashion industry. She has more than a decade of experience in the area of 3D design, pattern making and business development. Kohlert holds a degree in Fashion Design + Pattern Making from ESMOD École Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode, in Paris.

Head of Fashion Management, Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI)

Deniz is an expert in sustainable supply chain management for the fashion industry and holds a PhD from the Institution for Sustainable Corporate Management, Ulm University 

He has extensive knowledge about the fashion industry's specific characteristics, dynamics, and global interrelations he is a passionate social scientist for sustainability, who continuously runs various research projects to explore and enlighten the ever changing marketplace and its consumers and to support the development and implementation of sustainable management strategies and future-oriented business models.

Founding Partner and Head of Impact Design and Innovation at Circular Fashion Summit by lablaco (CFS), leading the curation of the Impact Design and Innovation Hubs - a selection of independent brands and innovators leading the change towards circularity in the fashion industry - and the IOT pilot projects, creating fully traceable and connected garments using lablaco's circular retail technology.

Prior to CFS, Alexia’s background highlights experience at Dazed & Confused Magazine and Hong Kong Tatler, while freelancing as an editorial stylist, and a Bsc in Business Management from King’s College London.

Cofounder of [a]industri

Originally trained as a men’s tailor and fashion designer Rickard has a background both in academia and industry and holds a PhD in Fashion & Apparel Design.

In 2015 he presented his PhD thesis “Kinetic Garment Construction”at the university of Boras.

Before, and after, his research tenure at the Swedish School of Textiles he worked as a freelancer for brands inclduing Nudie jeans, Puma, Salomon, Vivienne Westwood.

Rickard co-founded the fashion studio Atacac in 2016. 

A digital fashion designer and the founder of This Outfit Does Not Exist, a platform bringing Digital Fashion to life. Combining her background in Fashion and Technology, Loftus aims to educate the Fashion Industry about the ways Digital Fashion can and will disrupt consumption and production practices.

This Outfit Does Not Exist is built on two pillars: explanation and exhibition. Each month Loftus publishes 3,000-word explainer essays covering Digital Fashion's impacts on sustainability, creativity, the Metaverse and beyond. She also showcases Digital Fashion's aesthetic potential through her Instagram - earning her acclaim as the first human to influence Digital-only Fashion.

This Outfit Does Not Exist has been featured by influential news sites, such as Bloomberg and Nikkei, and also fashion magazines such as Maze. Loftus is also the first partner and 'PolymXth' of leading Digital Fashion House The Fabricant, hosting weekly Clubhouse rooms with industry leaders from fashion, blockchain, and gaming, and authors monthly deep dives into The Wardrobe of The Metaverse. She graduated in Political Science and Government from New York University.

An entrepreneur, creative technologist, teacher, founder of TwinOne, and founder of We Are Happy. The technology start-up TwinOne is the landing point of more than two years of R&D activities around Digital Twins (products virtual replicas) run by Mauro with his team of technology experts and partners.

For over 15 years, Mauro has been creating award-winning solutions and communication contents for international agencies and brands including Google, Diesel, Sky, Dolce & Gabbana, FCA, Lamborghini, Luxottica and Tod’s.

Head of the Fashion Section and Digital Lead at Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University which is one of the largest fashion schools in the UK.

She has extensive theoretical and practical experience in fashion digital technology and mechanical automation for manufacturing.   Involved in some of the first commercial applications of 3D prototyping for fashion design and retail buying during her career spanning nearly two decades in the Fashion Industry Anita worked developing products across the globe for a range of well-known Fashion brands in locations such as Portugal, Morocco and Malaysia.

Moving on to work in Higher Education, her interest in pedagogy led her to the role of Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning whilst leading on a variety of key projects such as the development of the fashion innovation lab at Manchester Fashion Institute where she is currently involved in teaching digital innovation and fashion product development involving VR, Ai, AR, and 3D prototyping. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered member of the Textile Institute, Anita holds a number of external examining posts with other elite Fashion Schools in the UK.

Currently driving a successful digital strategy within the university Anita is in the process of completing her Doctor of Education (EdD) ‘Reframing Fashion Education’ whilst also authoring a new book due out this year called Advances in Sewn Product Technology commissioned by the publisher Taylor and Francis.

An awarded strategist, tech and sustainability consultant, and inventor based in Paris, France.  She has been dedicated to creating a future-focused on interdisciplinary sustainable innovation, technology, and design. Evelyn Mora is the Founder of Internet Company DIGITAL VILLAGE IO, a Social Metaverse with its community lead Blockchain interface prioritizing social and digital sustainability, Digital land, and Digital assets marketplace.

Evelyn created the first transparent global Digital Sustainability study and recommendations for more secure and ethical cyberspace. In August 2020, DV won the Blockrocket public pitching contest, was awarded Epic Games, MegaGrant, Vechain Foundation Grant, and Blockstart Grant. DV was also selected as top 11 companies for the National Finals of the ClimateLaunchPad, Worlds largest sustainability competition.

Evelyn Mora designed and piloted the Eco Village - concept in 2018. The proof of concept was recognized by The Independent UK in 2018 as "The most progressive event," Forbes USA in 2019 as "By far the most provocative and promising platform," and American Vogue in 2018 as "A platform unlike any other." Her partners and clients for EcoVillage included the likes of Tesla, the European Space Agency, and the Government of Finland.

Prior to launching Digital Village, Evelyn Mora created and founded Helsinki Fashion Week:tm in 2014, Which under her curation become the world’s first and most recognized sustainable fashion week. Under the guidance of Evelyn, Helsinki Fashion Week evolved into a multimillion-euro brand that has been featured in the British Fashion Awards, awarded as the event of the year by Peta in 2018, and the Epica Awards in the fashion category in 2020.

Founder and CEO of The Fabricant, a digital fashion house that operates at the intersection of technology and fashion. The company uses technology to create intriguing and seductive fashion narratives of endless possibility, unconstrained by the boundaries of the physical realm.

Murphy has experience as motion graphics designer in Amsterdam and has a BA in Film Production from Middlesex University in London.

CEO and Co-founder of Heuritech which he founded in 2013 after completing his thesis in Machine Learning at the Pierre & Marie Curie University in Paris.  Heuritech focuses on using Artificial Intelligence for fashion trend identification.

Before undertaking his PhD, Tony worked in the finance sector as head of research and development for 5 years before his PhD.

He is the founder of “Paris Deep Learning Meetup” where a scientific community of 5000 members gathers to discuss and debate contemporary issues.

Fashion & Creative Director at Heuritech, a data-driven trend forecasting platform based in Paris. She holds a master's degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne and a postgraduate certificate from ​​Institut Français de la Mode.

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to translate real-world images shared on social media into meaningful insights, Heuritech empowers brands to forecast demand and trends more accurately, produce more sustainably, and achieve unprecedented competitive advantage. Heuritech technology solution analyzes the precise details of social media images for a comprehensive understanding of your product, customers and market.

Creative Director of The Fabricant and leads the development of on virtual fashion design to disrupt the fashion industry with the very first Digital Fashion House.

The Fabricant releases digital collections and collaborates with other companies to create a future vision showing the world that clothing does not have to be physical to exist.

As one of the first digital fashion graduates at AMFI (The Amsterdam Fashion Institute) Amber has carved a niche for herself as being a traditionally trained designer who has become digital only, creating the world's first digital couture dress at The Fabricant that sold at auction for US$9,500 in 2019.

Head of HATCH & STICH, leading the innovative projects from PVH Corporation. HATCH is a fashion tech startup from Amsterdam aiming to change the fashion industry by allowing brands to digitize wholesale selling through digital showrooms. 

HATCH was born from fashion spinning off the team that created the industry-leading Digital Showroom solution for Tommy Hilfiger. As a standalone business, HATCH is bringing the same digital showroom to market as a SaaS product, providing major fashion brands with a better wholesale experience, better sustainability, better time to market, a better digital strategy, and better sales insights.

PVH Corp is a US clothing company based in New York which owns brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Warner's, Olga and True & Co.

Dr.Evridiki Papachristou is a devoted fashion engineer and an Assistant Professor in the International Hellenic University and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Effective Integration of 3D Virtual Prototype in the Product Development Process of Textile/Clothing.

After many years spent researching and practicing the effective integration of 3D virtual prototype in the apparel industry, she is currently conducting applied research on the intersection of fashion, data mining and knowledge discovery, to further the technology and its adoption. 

She is currently involved in two projects: firstly at facilitating the design of clothing products, by developing tools based on Artificial Intelligence methods and more recently, on the investigation of 3D model reconstruction by utilizing computational intelligence techniques implemented to 3D models or photos of clothing samples.

An anthropologist and strategic communications specialist working on applied research focused on fashion and innovation. Her studies and research projects aim to better understand and communicate how innovation interacts in the fashion industry and how it impacts consumption and culture. 

Pinent holds a MA in Anthropology, a PhD in Communications Sciences and is the founder of the Fashion Culture Innovation Bureau, a consultancy working in the interaction of communication, marketing and research through case studies, interviews, articles, social media content and more. Fashion Culture develops applied research focused on culture, trends, and consumption in the fields of fashion, creativity and innovation. 

Through qualitative research and an ethnographic approach, Pinent researches and analyses cultural practices. Through finding trends, patterns and insights, the aim is to explain how people consume, understand and interact with clothing and fashion in the contemporary scenario.

Pinent contributes to The Digital Fashion Group bringing a fresh approach to academic methodology in research applied to the reality of fashion design students, new technologies and digital fashion.

Founder and CEO of Modern Mirror, with offices in New York City and, imminently, London. She has a diverse and dynamic background in the fashion industry, ranging from modelling to clothing design to pattern making to visual merchandising and marketing for major retailers to producing and directing runway shows.

After several years of working in the fashion industry, Nicole observed inefficient operating processes, and a crucial need in the industry that wasn’t being met. She always knew that fashion and technology would inevitably be intertwined; she began Modern Mirror in 2008, recognising the hybridisation of these industries long before others caught on.

Over the past 15 years, Reader’s practice and gained knowledge has made her an expert in e-commerce, retail-and-technology experiences, virtual fittings, cyber security in the fashion space, brand investment strategies, and applied science deployment for ready-to-wear companies. She advises labels on the technologies they should integrate into their operations, and with the launch of Modern Mirror’s new product suite—which reflects over a decade’s worth of research and development—she brings this extensive knowhow to the global market, leading a 35 – strong team of inventors, engineers and fashion innovators at Modern Mirror. Modern Mirror’s flagship portfolio that includes the Avant-Garde Fitting System (AFS), Virtual Atelier, Virtual Runway, 3D Digital Fashion Digital modelling and Avatar NFT’s.

CEO Tukatech withh an extensive history and industry engagement that can be characterised by one word: disruptive, Ram has ingrained his philosophy in Tukatech, the fashion technology solutions company he founded in 1995 with the sole objective to transform pattern making to a digital process accessible to apparel manufacturers all over the world.

Tukatech supports students, emerging designers, small companies, and start-ups in their digitalisation process.

Inge Schmitt is the Head of Creative Strategies at De Bijenkorf, part of the Selfridges luxury retail group.

A graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, she has extensive international commercial design and lifestyle experience and marries this to uncompromising execution and individuality in Trend Analysis, Design Management, Textiles, and Art Direction.

"At a stage in life that following my heart is more important than anything else: seeking quality and uniqueness over quantity and mediocrity!"

Co-founder at AnamXR, an early stage startup coined as 'The Shopify for Web-Based Virtual Reality E-Commerce and Experiences'. Previously, Irene-Marie was the Innovation Program Manager at Swarovski, where she lead a cross-functional team to commercialize a portfolio of material products focused on additive manufacturing and circular economy.

Prior to her tenure at Swarovski, Irene-Marie worked at Stella McCartney advising product marketing within sustainability and also built a biomaterials startup, Amadou Leather, offering a circular, vegan/cruelty-free alternative to leather that is grown from mushrooms.

Irene-Marie Seelig is a multi-award winning sustainability, technology and innovation expert with over a decade of global experience driving growth in Fortune 500 companies and building startups within the luxury, premium goods and internet retail industries. Irene-Marie specializes in managing the development of user-driven solutions from ideation to launch powered by circular systems thinking, planet-centric design and UN Sustainable Development Goals.  

Founder and Managing Director of INQOVA Technologies, Hong Kong.

Jørgen is working with progressive manufacturers in all corners of the world, leveraging digitalization for positive social and environmental impact.

INQOVA works across the textiles and apparel supply chain with fibre makers, yarn spinners, fabric mills, and garment makers to enable the digitalization of fashion manufacturing.

By making use of real examples from some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, he will be teaching what it takes for fashion production to be digitally ready at scale, equipped with responsible and transparent practices.

An educator and innovator in the field of digital developments in 2D and 3D design in Fashion.

She holds a master’s in Art and Education from Amsterdam University of Arts and is a key contributor to the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences AMFI.  Ineke is a member of the Mixed Reality Fashion group and a partner of Giz'mo lab.

She provides consultancy in this subject area and gives master classes in 3D digital fashion design via her company 3DTODESIGN.   Ineke is an expert in a broad range of 2D and 3D software programs, such as CAD, Adobe and CLO3D.

Building bridges between fashion performance and gaming, in 2014 she started a series of VR/AR projects with interdisciplinary student groups based on research questions from the creative industry.

Ineke is Digital Professor of 3D Design at The Digital Fashion Group and is focused on developing our contemporary approach to working with 3D technology from the perspective of the designer.

Author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color, and The Body Positive Journal.

She has received Yale's Poynter Fellowship in Journalism for her advocacy for size inclusivity in the fashion industry and beyond and is a contributor to Forbes.com where she covers plus-size fashion news.

A phygital fashion designer working at the cutting edge of design and the intersection of digital and physical fashion and is a partner at giz’mo lab.

She holds two bachelor’s degrees (BA and BSc), one in Fashion Design from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and another from the faculty of Humanities at Charles University in Prague.

Combining virtual prototyping, 3D printing and body scanning žil explores the boundaries between the tangible world of fashion and the digital representations of a garment and is currently studying for a master’s degree at FAMU in Prague.

Zil is Digital Professor of Phygital Fashion at The Digital Fashion Group Academy and is developing our concept of digital and physical fashion.

Co-founder of CALA, the first global fashion house technology. The aim at CALA is to make technology easy for creative professionals to design, produce, and deliver fully custom apparel. CALA offers creators high-end fashion with the manufacturing capabilities of the largest mass-market players.

Before founding his own company, Wyatt was Head of Operations at Shyp, where he had the opportunity to develop the infrastructure to execute "on-demand shipping", while rapidly scaling its operations to encompass hundreds of employees across multiple cities. Andrew began his work at the convergence of technology and supply chain management in his role at Grundfos, an international leader in pump manufacturing. Andrew holds a bachelor’s in Supply Chain from Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.