Focus on future of industry
The first day of conference on October 14 has top speakers line up viz. Christoph Auhagen, CBO of Hugo Boss, Gordon Richardson, Creative Director of Topman, Jan Hilger, COO of Ahlers (Pierre Cardin, Baldessarini), Leyla Ertur, Country Manager Production, Europe Region, H&M and Murat Akkun, CSR Country Manager of Inditex.
On October 15, there will be a matchmaking program connecting delegates to the Turkish garment industry and specialised workshops. During the IAF General Assembly, a unique discussion session will focus on the future of the industry. This session will be led by World Bank’s lead specialist Emiliano Duch, who was also a keynote speaker at last year’s convention held in Medellín, Colombia.
Industry Association Executives and Board Members from major associations of the five continents will be part of the panel discussion. World Bank is collaborating with the IAF on forming a clearer picture of what are the most successful strategies and policies to create a stronger fashion industry globally.
Conference to touch on global trade dynamics
The conference on October 14, has been subdivided into seven sessions, including introduction by the Turkish Minister of trade, the key note speech of Hugo Boss’s Auhagen, sessions about supply chain and sourcing developments, CSR and sustainability, TTIP and trade policy and emerging brands and emerging markets. In the sustainability session, IAF will share excellent examples from the denim industry and the supply chain session will feature results from McKinsey’s by now famous CPO study on expectations of future sourcing trends.
Woven into the conference is the convention’s theme: ‘Making it Better’. For the industry as a whole to really improve, new value must be added and old values must be implemented. The supply chain session is built around the slogan: ‘not moving production, but improving production.’ In the sustainability session, the panelists will debate the question - how the total textile and fashion industrial chain can become a better employer with less negative impact on our environment. The ‘emerging brands and emerging markets’ session will show how local Turkish brands have developed into big retail chains. There would also be a session on new entrepreneurs as well as the role of wearable technology. Iafnet.eu
