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24-26 MAY 2022 - B2B
4th Floor | Hanover House | Melbourne
DAY 3 - 26th MAY
Lucianne Tonti
Regenerative fashion writer, editor and consultant
Helen Crowley
Partner at Pollination Group
Megan Meiklejohn
SVP, Supply Chain Innovation - Land to Market Program at Savory Institute
Caroline Poiner
Founder & CEO, Artisans of Fashion & Cloth & Co.
11:00 -12:00
DECODING CIRCULARITY
A hands-on practical workshop for designers, producers and retailers who have heard the term "circularity" and are interested in the concept but are not sure where or how to start. In this workshop, you will learn from designers who have already embedded circularity into their practice.
What are the different decisions they are taking as a consequence of embedding circularity?
What challenges have they faced and how have they dealt with them?
What are the benefits of placing people and the planet at the centre of what they do bring to their business?
40 person maximum capacity - please register here
Courtney Holm
Founder A.BCH
Julie Boulton
Monash
12:30 -13:30
This panel will spark conversation around resource recovery, circular economy and early stage mycelium trials.
Our panelists will explore how mycelium can help transform the Australian Fashion Industry's resource recovery issues and how all of our packaging from fashion to food can be grown to order.
With the triple threats of climate change, resource depletion and waste build-up, a radical transformation of how we interact with nature is needed. Designers interested in the future of materials are taking inspiration from nature’s design systems and creating a circular economy of materials, grown, fabricated, used and, at the end of their life cycle, biodegraded or reused. Fungi are catalysts for this change. Their natural design principles and manufacturing capabilities are being engineered in the upcoming biotechnology revolution. Using minimal energy, fungi can be engineered to produce high-performing
materials with precision.
Mycelium Intelligence: networks rooted in Circularity
Dr. Clara Vuletich
Future Fashion Agency & Academy
Circularity Coach & Advisor
Amanada Morgan
Founder and Head of Research and Development at Fungi Solutions Pty Ltd.
Jade Zulian
Design Coordinator
BOODY
Alia Parker
Scientia PhD Candidate
An experimental designer, researcher and lecturer .
14:00 - 15:00
Solving fashion’s biggest issues: Overproduction, overconsumption and high quality resource recovery
09:00 -10:00
This panel brings together three of the biggest names in the international movement towards regenerative farming of natural fibres. The discussion will explore the farming practices that restore biodiversity, soil health and ecosystem functionality to landscapes the fashion industry has typically used and abused. From smallholder cotton farms to the Australian wool industry, to the rangelands of Mongolia this panel will look at how changing the way we farm natural fibres can drive positive outcomes for communities, farmers and landscapes.
THE CLIMATE POSITIVE FUTURE OF NATURAL FIBRES
Reducing consumption and production is the only way fashion brands can make good on sustainability. As brands rethink their operations this panel will look at alternative business models that can help keep products in use for longer whilst providing pathways for all to access high quality products. The panel will look at strategic partnerships that can help any brand take a step in the right direction today.
Sam Sharp
Associate Professor & Research Director Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney
Aleasha McCallion
Strategic Projects Manager MSDI
Anthony Chesler
CEO, Thread Together
Matt Davis
CEO, Salvos Stores
16:30 -17:15
In Conversation with Debbie Luffman from ThinkCircular - Why its time to rethink the fashion system
Debbie has over 20 years broad experience in fashion and textiles and runs the consultancy ThinkCircular, as a circular strategist and activist, supporting designers, business and the wider industry transition towards a positive and circular fashion ecosystem.
From 2008 - 2021 she was Product Director at pioneering, sustainable outdoor clothing brand, Finisterre, where she led ambitious initiatives to significantly reduce the brand’s environmental impact, through textile innovation, strategic partnerships and implementing circular business models.
Debbie is also a co-founder and passionate leader within the Fashion Declares Movement and a trustee at environmental charity Hubbub.
Debbie Luffman
ThinkCircular
17:30 - 18:30
Fashion for Good
To help close our event for this year, the Fashion for Good team will take us on a tour of their brand new exhibition LIVE from Amsterdam.
The Fashion for Good Museum is an interactive fashion museum for the future of fashion, where we tell the stories behind the clothes you wear and how your choices can have a positive impact on people and our planet.
* Please note this is an add-on session when booking your main event tickets - please book in advance - seating is limited. Virtual tickets are also available for this session for anyone that cannot attend in person.
Fashion For Good Live Museum tour