Slow Fashion Forward
The stories we share on Monday, September 23 will help to shape the future of fashion.
The fashion industry's environmental impact is significant, but emerging technologies like XR, blockchain, and AI could help accelerate circularity and sustainability. Issues like resource depletion, fabric use, water consumption, and soil degradation must be addressed.
Ambriel Pouncy
CEO and Founder, Fusion Fashion Tech Summit
Mel Rose Wild
Founder, Decision Society and Permaculture Capital
Amanda Sturgeon
CEO, Biomimicry Institute
Martyna Zastawna
Climate Expert, European Investment Bank and Founder, woshwosh
Ann Lee-Jeffs
Founder and CEO Sustainability Women in the World (SW2)
Tricia Carey
Board Member-
Transformers Foundation and Accelerating Circularity
Elizabeth Aderinola
Senior Garment Technologist and Ethical Compliance Consultant
Rachel Kibbe
CEO Circular Services Group and ACT (American Circular Textiles)
Camille Merré
CEO & Co-Founder, Camille Louise Jewellery
Aline d'Ambricourt
CEO and Co-Founder,
AtriaGem Labs SA
Nina Shariati
Founder and CEO, Circular Transparency and Global Trade Expert, United Nations
Shannen Kaylia Henry
CEO, Kaylia Group, Founder and Executive Director at Council on Sustainable Fashion and Design of Grenada
Marisa Zalabak
Chair, Global Methodologies, Planet Positive 2030 (IEEE.org) & Senior Fellow Applied AI (The Digital Economist)
Mira Musank
Founder & Creative Director, Fafafoom Studio
Nayana Kodesia
Founder and Creative Director, NYNA and Dumroo
Michelle Del Valle
Founder and CEO, FinSat
Cynthia Power
Founder, Molte Volte
Tracy GreenanFounder and CEO of A.U.R.A.
Clementina “The Sustainable Latina”
Founder, Circular Fashion Designer, Storyteller and Filmmaker
Cleo Escarez
Founder and CEO of Redyoos
Navroop Sahdev
CEO, The Digital Economist
Stuti Jalan
Founder, Women Inspiring Network (WIN)
Anne Warren
Founder, Next Season
Astrid Pilla
Founder, Meta Fashion House and Kid Fusion Designs; Co-Founder 3DMetadress
Julie Davitz
Founder and CEO, Plus Media Solutions
Mahak AgrawalGlobal Sustainability Spokesperson of Climate Clock, Founder/Initiator of All Bits Count Initiative, and Steering Board Member of ITACUS
Sarah Kornfeld
Co-Founder, Rising Partners
Karen Pearson
Chair FIT Sustainability CouncilProfessor | Chairperson Department of Science and Mathematics
Meenakshi Das
Software Engineer, Microsoft
Danielle Corcione Executive Committee Member, Chair ESG + Sustainability, CSG Law
Dellasie Aning
Founder, Panalove LLC
Ann Rosenberg
Sustainability & Responsible AI Advisor & Board Member, SustainabilityIT.org
Charlene Nichols
Chief Imagineer, Omniverse City
Neha Goel
Senior AI Engineer, Microsoft & Chair, AI 2030
Robin Lim
Co-Founder and CEO, Evermore Labs
Liv Simpliciano
Policy & Research Manager, Fashion Revolution
Marci Zaroff
CEO/Founder, Ecofashion CorpBoard Chair/Co-founder, Textile Exchange
Sally Qiu
Co-Director of Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network, Columbia University
Emerson Rains
Recent Graduate, Dickinson College
Acacia Boerboom
Graduate Student & Founder & Editor, Algae Magazine
Melissa Martinez
Junior, Fashion Institute of Technology
Ellis O' Brien
Freshman, Fordham University