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Thursday, 22 November | 10:00–18:00
Fabrica Atrium, The Mills Fabrica, 4/F, The Mills,
45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan |
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| Agenda |
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| 10:00–10:30
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Welcome coffee
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| 10:30–10:40
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Introduction
Carine Pin, Co-Director, The Mills Fabrica
Lisa Ramsay, Regional Director, APAC, WGSN |
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| 10:40–11:10
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Future Consumer 2020
Helen Sac, Consulting Director, APAC, WGSN |
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| 11:10–11:30
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Techstyle Futures
Alexander Chan, Co-Director, The Mills Fabrica |
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| 11:30–11:45
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Hong Kong Sustainability Breakthrough
Edwin Keh, Chief Executive Officer, HKRITA |
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| 11:45–12:00
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FENC, Empowering Possibilities
Jeffrey F.Hsu, Manager, R&D Center – Innovations, Marketing & Partnerships Office at FENC |
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| 12:00–12:15
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Towards a Circular Fashion Future –
The Roles of Consumers and Innovation
Hanna Hallin, Sustainability Manager, H&M Greater China |
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| 12:15–12:30
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Sharing Sustainability Practices
Jinqing Cai, President, Kering Greater China |
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| 12:30–12:45
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Bridging the Skills Gap for the
Fashion Industry
Janice Wang, CEO, Alvanon (MOTIF) |
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| 12:45–14:00
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Lunch |
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| 14:00–14:15
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Reinventing Fashion
Erik Bang, Innovation Lead, H&M Foundation |
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| 14:15–15:45
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Innovations for Global Change
Global Change Award (GCA) winners including Ambercycle, Orange Fiber, Reverse Resources, Unspun, Deakin University, Sunthetics, Agraloop, Algalife, Swerea, MycoTEX and Resortecs |
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| 15:45–15:50
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Closing |
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| 15:50–18:00
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Networking and cocktails |
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Helen Sac
Consulting Director, APAC, WGSN
Responsible for Content and Consultancy in Asia Pacific, Helen balances creativity and commercial relevance defining how trends impact brands and consumers. She contributes creative direction for fast-fashion high-street multiples globally and has added insight to the design and research process of major international brands and retailers, including; VF Corp, Samsung, Meters/Bonwe, Shiseido & Disney. Currently based in Hong Kong, she has lived and worked across France, UK and Australia.
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Hanna Hallin
Sustainability Manager of H&M Greater China
Hanna Hallin is Sustainability Manager at H&M Greater China, responsible for the Sales markets of Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and Macao. She previously served as one of the global Sustainability Business Experts at H&M Group’s Head office in Stockholm. Hanna’s background is in the non-profit sector, and includes roles at Fairtrade Sweden and the Clean Clothes Campaign. Before joining H&M in 2012, she was the Executive Director of a Swedish civil society think tank.
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Edwin Keh
CEO, HKRITA
Mr Keh is the CEO of The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel. He is also on the Faculty at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Previous roles include SVP COO of Wal-Mart Global Procurement, co-founder of the Consortium For Operational Excellence in Greater China and the senior executive for several US consumer goods and retail companies such as Payless Shoesource International and Donna Karan International.
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Jeffrey F. Hsu
Manager, R&D Center – Innovations, Marketing & Partnerships Office at FENC
Jeffrey Hsu is the manager at the R&D Center for Far Eastern New Century, taking care of innovations, marketing and partnerships. His background includes Pfizer, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Medical Engineering at Medtronic, Petrochemical at Statoil and Agricultural Science at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science to name a few. He double-majored in Chemistry & Microbiology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Jinqing Cai
President, Kering Greater China
Ms. Jinqing Cai’s mission is to reinforce the visibility of Kering in Greater China and to strengthen the links between the Group and its local partners. This will enable Kering to further support the development of its luxury Houses in Greater China and to seize business opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region. Jinqing Cai started her career in 1993 in New York as an associate in a strategic consulting company. She then moved to Hong Kong to work for private equity fund management companies, k1 Ventures and Lark International Entertainment Limited, focusing on the media and entertainment industries.
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Janice Wang
CEO, Alvanon
Janice has successfully combined her apparel business knowledge and management skills with her industry vision to empower companies with data and intelligence, improving standards in fashion by providing the best insight, consulting services, training, and technology for apparel professionals. The Financial Times has described her as “The shaper of change for the fashion world.”
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Erik Bang
Innovation Lead, H&M Foundation
Erik joined the H&M Foundation as the lead for innovation, to set up the H&M Foundation’s efforts within the focus area Planet. He is strategically responsible for the world’s biggest competition for early stage innovation – the Global Change Award. Erik also initiated and oversees a pioneering collaboration with The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA), with the goal of providing the industry with a solution for separation and recycling of blend textiles.
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Carine Pin
Co-Director, The Mills Fabrica
Carine Pin is Co-Director of The Mills Fabrica and focuses on building the techstyle community, partnerships and Fabrica’s incubation program. Before joining Fabrica, Carine worked at major international luxury brands including Guerlain, Richemont Group and Shanghai Tang, within corporate marketing, communication and operational marketing, strategic marketing, product development and business operations. Carine also worked as a consultant helping smaller international premium and luxury brands expand their business in Asia and local companies develop new products and retail concepts.
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Alexander Chan
Co-Director, The Mills Fabrica
Co-Director of The Mills Fabrica, Alexander Chan manages early-stage investments, incubation support and government/policy related affairs. Alexander has a background in consulting and private equity focusing on consumer and TMT investments. He worked for Bain & Company's Private Equity Group in Greater China on commercial due diligences and post-investment strategy and worked with Hillhouse Capital's Outbound PE team on bringing global brands from US/Europe into China. Alexander also has experience in venture capital and government with the UK Cabinet Office.
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