CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE AND VENUE
31st OCTOBER
This session will explore agendas such as, but not limited to, fashion learning from nature, fashion and human nature, fashion systems for sustainability & fashion habits and habitats. It will reference fashion’s social practice, fashion making and meaning, cultures of care & fashion’s identity, stories and rituals.
8.30 – 9.00am Coffee and Registration
Welcome
Dilys Williams – Director Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Opening
Mary Creagh – Member of UK Parliament
PRESENTATIONS
Kate Fletcher – Professor of Sustainability, Design, Fashion, Centre for Sustainable Fash- ion, London College of Fashion
Helen Crowley – Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation, Kering
Chair – to be confirmed
IN CONVERSATION
Katharine Hamnett – Fashion Designer
12.00pm | LUNCH
13.00pm PARALLEL SESSIONS
Break
PRESENTATIONS
Stephen Sterling – Emeritus Professor University of Plymouth
Edwina Ehrman – Senior Exhibition Curator, curator of Fashioned From Nature, Victoria & Albert Hall Museum
Praveen Nahar – Senior Faculty member in Industrial Design, National Institute of Design – India
Chair – to be confirmed
17.00 – 17.30pm | CLOSING REMARKS
19.30pm | Gala Reception
The Gala Reception will take place at the House of St Barnabas (Soho).
The House of St Barnabas is a charity pledging to break the cycle of homelessness and social exclusion in London. It runs a social enterprise, a not-for-profit members’ club, which helps to fund its Employment Academy aimed at supporting people back into lasting paid work. The House of St Barnabas is seeking to redefine the notion of a members’ club, to challenge stereotypes around the idea of exclusivity and to create a different kind of membership. The club is a creative, socially conscious and vibrant space.
1st NOVEMBER
This session will explore agendas such as, but not limited to, fashion design for democracy, fashion business practices for better buying, fashion education for equality, fashion as activism, fashion and politics. It will reference migration and conflict, fashion business and fashion design for sustainability strategies and a sustainable model of development.
8.30 – 9.00am Coffee and Welcome
Workshop
Welcome
Isabel Cantista – Global Fashion Conference
Harold Tillman – Fashion Retailer Entrepreneur and former chair of British Fashion Council
PRESENTATIONS
Otto Von Busch – Associate Professor of Integrated Design, Parsons New School of Design
Lynda Grose – Professor, Chair of the Fashion Program at California College of the Arts
Chair – to be confirmed
PANEL DISCUSSION
Sophie Slater – Brand Director, Birdsong
Claire Bergkamp – Global Director of Sustainability& Innovation, Stella McCartney
Orsola de Castro – Founder and Creative Director, Fashion Revolution
Chair – to be confirmed
12.00pm | LUNCH
13.00pm PARALLEL SESSIONS
Break
IN CONVERSATION
Frances Corner – Head of London College of Fashion, PVC, University of the Arts, London
Lola Young – Baroness Young of Hornsey
Vanessa Kingori – British Vogue Publisher
Angela McRobbie – Professor of Communications, Goldsmiths University of London
Chair – to be confirmed
17.00 – 17.30pm | Closing Remarks
ALL DAY during the two conference days
Common Room/Fringe Activities
Raw Power Movement
Live Streaming of keynotes
Installations
Bookseller