Programme Next Gen Assembly

Next Gen Assembly

Presentation

Convening talented students and young professionals in an impactful advocacy programme
Enabling the next generation to gain access to the industry, have their voices heard and ideas nurtured
Rethinking how we define value and wellbeing in the fashion economy, under this year’s focus

Programme Modelling a Different Path

Modelling a Different Path

Fireside Chat

Intuition, connection and a world beyond ourselves: how deep-routed values can reshape fashion’s relationship with nature
Inspiring a circular economy by treating clothing as an asset
From where we stand today: driving thoughtful leadership towards reassessing and recommiting to holistic sustainability for fashion

Programme Lead or be Led

Lead or be Led

Keynote Presentation

Business becoming a force for good is dependent on collaborative partnerships
Cooperation, transformative partnerships, and Net Positive advocacy can unlock huge benefits for the fashion industry and the planet if leaders are prepared to step up
Solutions for the climate and equality crisis requires true leadership – Do not wait for external pressures to define the future of your industry

Next Level Barrier: In sustainability’s systems-change context, there are undeniable limitations for any CEO acting alone
Solution Unlock: Get the finances to flow by developing innovative new models for collective action with partners and peers. Grappling with transition economics is key.

Programme The Art of Slow Luxury

The Art of Slow Luxury

Keynote Panel Discussion

From brand vision to sustainable synergies, what is the art of slow luxury for sustainable fashion?
Defining the differentiators: natural materials, regenerative sourcing and preserving the craft of true tailoring
Safeguarding raw materials and historical supply chains alongside the celebration of savoir-faire

✷ Includes partner content

Programme Design With Intent: From Inspiration to Collaboration

Design With Intent: From Inspiration to Collaboration

Panel discussion

Creating a model for mutually-beneficial cultural collaboration
Relearning how to use inspiration responsibly in design
Engaging authentically with communities for relationship-building and intentional storytelling

Next Level Barrier: Outdated modes of design inspiration prevent the development of collaborative models and compensation with cultural communities
Solution Unlock: Demonstrate a model for industry-wide change through best-practice examples of sustainable design initiatives

✷ Includes partner content

Programme Towards Binding Agreements on Wages

Towards Binding Agreements on Wages

Panel discussion

Attributing accountability for due diligence: a call to action across brand and supply chain leaders to transform the industry

Securing holistic equity via groundbreaking binding brand support for collective bargaining agreements
Pioneering the first supply chain industrial relations approach (brands, employers and unions) to addressing wages and collective bargaining in the global fashion sector

Next level Barrier: Wage increases have not been on pace with inflation and productivity demands, further exasperating garment worker’s livelihoods
Solution Unlock: Collaborative leadership and defined roles across supply chain stakeholders on binding support for collective bargaining agreements.

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Programme Pathways to Indigenous Partnership

Pathways to Indigenous Partnership

Panel Discussion

Level setting: addressing how articulating the framing for this topic and nuances to know
Centering the human experience to democratize fashion sector decision-making
From material sourcing to design: what core principles for Indigenous & Local Community engagement are actionable for the fashion sector today?

Next Level Barrier: Fashion lacks an industry-aligned approach to integrate Indigenous knowledge into climate, nature and sustainability strategies
Solution Unlock: Up-level industry understanding through a guided document on best-practice principles rooted in equity

✷ Includes partner content

Programme Introducing: The Trailblazer Programme

Introducing: The Trailblazer Programme

Presentation

A strong belief in the power of innovation: empowering early-stage investment for exceptional fashion start-ups
Acknowledging key fashion sector parameters to drive sustainability solutions for the future
Revealing a new visionary: introducing the Trailblazer Programme

Next Level Barrier: Ground-breaking solutions to fashion’s biggest challenges exist but require upfront investment to scale at pace
Solution Unlock: Support for early-stage innovation help to fast-track innovator exposure towards meaningful awareness

✷ Includes sponsor content

Programme Collective Financing Models for Climate

Collective Financing Models for Climate

Panel discussion

From ambition to action: acknowledging global shifts to drive major collaborative projects for fashion and beyond
Leveraging interventions: insights from fashion’s most meaningful templates for investment
What internal company capabilities are needed to deliver collective action oncritical impact areas like reducing fashion sector emissions?

Next Level Barrier: Individual company efforts to reduce environmental impacts lack the scale to meet critical commitments like the SDGs
Solution Unlock: Develop sector-wide capabilities to invest collectively for major shifts, such as electrification and renewable energy in major manufacturing countries

✷ Includes partner content

Programme Future Fibers: Enabling the Circular Model

Future Fibers: Enabling the Circular Model

Fireside chat

The pace of fashion’s shift towards circular fibers must urgently increase, maintaining cost and quality considerations
Which technological enablers can transform textile waste into high-quality, ready-to-spin recycled raw materials?
Revolutionizing textile-to-textile recycling technology to enable the fashion & textile industry to shift to circularity

Next Level Barrier: Textile recycling has so far been limited to recycling pure compositions at small scales
Solution Unlock: Introduce a next generation greentechsolution to recycle majority textile waste inputs into quality circular fibers

✷ Includes sponsor content