Positive Fashion

Institute of Positive Fashion Forum

Schedule

Thursday 10th June

09:00
Welcome and Introduction
Talk
Speakers: Stephanie Phair
09:05
A Decade of Change and Climate Action
Speakers: HRH The Prince of Wales
09:15
COP26: Setting The Scene and Outlining The Climate Goals
Speakers: Alok Sharma
09:20
Positioning Around COP 26: The Role of UK Fashion to Help Fight Climate Change
Talk
Speakers: Caroline Rush, Ovais Sarmad
09:35
Burberry, Creating The Next Generation of Sustainable Luxury
Speakers: Marco Gobbetti, Ibrahim Kamara
10:00
Future of Fashion: Innovation for Climate Action
Talk
Speakers: Ben Alun-Jones, Motie Bring, Shailja Dubé, Dian-Jen Lin, Karinna Nobbs
10:40
Social Justice: Eliminating Exploitation in The Supply Chain
Speakers: Kalpona Akter, Ayesha Barenblat, Whitney Bauck, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey
11:30
Fashion and Nature: How Biodiversity Is Moving Up The Corporate Agenda
Talk
Speakers: Dr Helen Crowley, Bandana Tewari, Michael Wessely, Dilys Williams
12:15
Exploring The Business Case For Change
Speakers: Wolfgang Blau, Amy Clarke, Marie-Claire Daveu, Sarah Kent
13:00
Visibility and Representation: Using Your Platform For Positive Change
Speakers: Laura Brown, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Law Roach
13:40
Female Leadership and Entrepreneurship: How To Push The Agenda Forward
Speakers: Daisy Knatchbull, Rene Macdonald , Kinjil Mathur, Fenn O’Meally
14:25
Driving Scale: Placing Circularity At The Heart Of The Business Model
Talk
Speakers: Laura Balmond, Cyrill Gutsch, Eshita Kabra, Dio Kurazawa, Nicolaj Reffstrup
15:13
Evolving Retail: Shifting to Responsible Consumer Behaviours
Speakers: Samantha Conti, Nick Molnar, Caroline Rush, Geraldine Wharry
15:45
Alexander McQueen
Speakers: Imran Amed, Emmanuel Gintzburger
16:15
Transformational Leadership and Collective Action
Talk
Speakers: Rachel Arthur, John Elkington, Valerie Keller
16:59
Ensuring Representation: June Sarpong in Conversation with Virgil Abloh
Speakers: Virgil Abloh, June Sarpong
17:42
Our Time Has Come
Speakers: Alexander Fury, Stella McCartney
18:10
Close
Speakers: Caroline Rush

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Speakers

Alexander Fury
Fashion Features Director of AnOther Magazine, Men's Critic of the Financial Times
Alok Sharma
COP26 President
Amy Clarke
Co-Founder & Chief Impact Officer, Tribe Impact Capital
Ayesha Barenblat
Founder & CEO, Remake
Bandana Tewari
Lifestyle Journalist & Sustainability Activist
Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey
Member, House of Lords Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion
Bay Garnett
Stylist
Ben Alun-Jones
Chief Product Officer, Unmade
Caroline Rush
Chief Executive Officer, British Fashion Council
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for the Oceans
Daisy Knatchbull
Founder, The Deck
Dian-Jen Lin
Co-Founder, Post Carbon Lab
Dilys Williams
Director, Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Dio Kurazawa
Co-Founder, The Bear Scouts
Dr Helen Crowley
Head of Sustainable Sourcing & Nature Initiatives, Kering
Emma Grant
Head of Preloved, eBay
Emmanuel Gintzburger
Chief Executive Officer, Alexander McQueen
Eshita Kabra
Founder & CEO, By Rotation
Fenn O’Meally
Filmmaker and Director
Geraldine Wharry
Fashion Futurist
HRH The Prince of Wales
Ibrahim Kamara
Editor in Chief, Dazed
Imran Amed
Founder and CEO, The Business of Fashion
Jane Shepherdson
Chair, MyWardrobe HQ
John Elkington
Founder & Chief Pollinator, Volans
Josephine Philips
Founder and CEO, Sojo
June Sarpong
TV Presenter, Diversity Expert & Award-winning Author
Kalpona Akter
Executive Director, Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS)
Karinna Nobbs
Co-Founder, THE DEMATERIALISED
Kinjil Mathur
Chief Marketing Officer, Squarespace
Laura Balmond
Make Fashion Circular Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Laura Brown
Editor in Chief, InStyle
Law Roach
Stylist and Image Architect
Marco Gobbetti
Chief Executive Officer, Burberry
Marie-Claire Daveu
Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering
Michael Wessely
COO & Co-Founder, Sheep Inc.
Motie Bring
Chief Commercial Officer, Nuvei
Nick Molnar
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Clearpay
Nicolaj Reffstrup
Founder, Ganni
Ovais Sarmad
Deputy Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Rachel Arthur
Writer and Systems Change Strategist
Rene Macdonald
Founder & Creative Director, Lisou
Samantha Conti
London Bureau Chief, WWD
Sarah Kent
London Editor, The Business of Fashion
Shailja Dubé
Institute of Positive Fashion Lead, British Fashion Council
Stella McCartney
Creative Director, Stella McCartney
Stephanie Phair
Chair, British Fashion Council
Valerie Keller
Co-founder and Co-chair, Imagine
Virgil Abloh
Founder and Creative Director, Off-White and Artistic Director, Louis Vuitton Mens
Whitney Bauck
Independent Journalist
Wolfgang Blau
Visiting Research Fellow, Reuters Institute
About

On Thursday 10th June 2021, the Institute of Positive Fashion Forum will bring together key voices from the fashion industry and beyond, sparking conversations and encouraging global collaboration and local action. Join the community and help to create positive change.

The IPF Forum will launch the IPF Future of Fashion Innovation Showcase. Focused on UK innovation across each step of the fashion value chain, the Showcase will present 19 disruptive and transdisciplinary innovators who are changing the business paradigm to support climate action and the goals of COP26.

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when

THURSDAY 10TH JUNE 
FROM 9AM BST

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where

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what

ALL DAY ACCESS TO A PROGRAMME OF OVER 10 TALKS, RESOURCES AND NETWORKING

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