Future Fashion Factory Spring Expo
2 May @ 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Free
Join Future Fashion Factory at our Spring Expo, taking place 2 May 2024 at NEXUS Leeds.
The Spring Expo will be a vital networking opportunity where attendees can share in the exciting success stories from the wider FFF membership, as well as hear the latest updates about the FFF programme from its thought-leaders.
The day will merge an innovation-focused exhibition area, where network members can connect and collaborate, with a series of panel discussions that will tackle some of the pertinent challenges facing the fashion and textile sector today.
With a focus on the success stories of our members, sustainability, and skills, the day will bring together businesses, policymakers, academics, and researchers from across the fashion, textile, and digital industries to explore new capabilities and opportunities.
1:30pm – 2:30pm: Registration and Welcome Refreshments
2:30pm – 2:50pm: Commencement Talks – Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Leeds City Council and Professor Stephen Russell, Director of the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour, and Future Fashion Factory
2:50pm – 3:20pm: Panel One – Follow-on Funding for Fashion and Textile Businesses
3:20pm – 3:45pm: Coffee Break/ Networking in the Exhibition Area
3:45pm – 4:30pm: Panel Two – Synergies between Digital Technologies and the Fashion and Textile Industry
4:30pm – 4:45pm: Coffee Break/Networking in the Exhibition Area
3:45pm – 5:20pm: Panel Three – Challenges vs Opportunities for Fashion Manufacturing and Reprocessing Businesses
5:20pm – 5:30pm: Closing Remarks – Adam Mansell, CEO, UKFT
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Drinks Reception/ Networking in the Exhibition Area
To formally register, please complete this Microsoft Form with your details.
For any additional enquiries, contact Giorgio Grande, Future Fashion Factory Communications Officer at g.grande@leeds.ac.uk.