The RE-BARCELONA Professional Summit, with the title "Sustainable Fashion and Beyond", is designed for industry professionals such as businesses, designers, brands and professionals from all areas of the fashion and textile industry.

The Summit will hold a space for professionals to share their experiences and knowledge with the best national and international experts that are currently promoting more sustainable design, production and marketing alternatives.

Please note: The Professional Summit will be held in English, without simultaneous translation.

Key Topics

1. Materials, innovation and technology
2. Business models and new forms of consumption
3. Mindset

Agenda

9:10 am - 10:00 am – Registration and welcome

10 am - 10:10 am – Official institutional welcome

10:15 am - 10:40 am – Opening session

• Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutions affairs, Kering
• On-stage conversation with: Noelia Collado, Content Manager, Value Retail Spain

10:45 am - 11:05 am – Keynote 1: Research and transfer to industry

• Aldo Sollazzo, CEO, Noumena

11:10 am - 11:30 am – Coffee Break

11:35 pm - 11:55 pm – Keynote 2: CLEAN COLORS. True sustainability in dyeing

• Manel Subirats, General Manager, Greendyes Research Lab

12:00 am - 12:40 pm – Round Table 1: The Future of Fabrics

• Franco Ghiringhelli, General Manager, Ezio Ghiringhelli Spa
• François-Ghislain Morillion, Founder and CEO, Veja
• Diana Cayuela, Associate professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Petar Jovancic, R&D Coordinator and Leader of Advanced Material Research (Function Textiles Unit), EURECAT
• Moderated by: David Allo, Head of Sustainability, Texfor

12:45 pm - 1:05 pm – Keynote 3: The Circularity of Fashion. Theory, reality or science fiction

• Mar Isla, Director of the Chair of Circular Economy and Sustainability, TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme

1:10 pm - 1:50 pm – Round Table 2: New Business Models and models in transition

• Santi Mallorquí, CEO, Organic Cotton Colours
• Elena Foguet, Business Director Spain, Value Retail
• Paul van Zyl, Founder, The Maiyet Collective
• Pau Solanilla, President & Partner, Reputation Republik
• Moderated by: Noelia Collado, Content Manager, Value Retail Spain

1:50 pm - 2 pm – MODA-FAD Sustainable Challenge: Presentation

2 pm - 2.50 pm – Lunch Break and Networking

2.55 pm - 3.10 pm – Keynote 4

• Kavita Parmar, Founder, IOU Project

3:15 pm - 3:35 pm – Keynote 5: Because There's No Planet B

• Carolina Alvarez-Ossorio, Marketing & Communication Director, Ecoalf

3:40 pm - 4:25 pm – Round Table 3: Mindset: Redifining Growth

• Manuel Martos, Group Managing Director, Nextil
• Sonia Ruiz, CEO and founder, NOIMA, Meaningful Strategies
• Federica Massa Saluzzo, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, EADA
• Kavita Parmar, Founder, IOU Project
• Moderated by: Elena Salcedo, Co-founder, far&sound

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm – Keynote 6: A Circular Economy for Fashion

• Marilyn Martinez, Senior Analyst of Make Fashion Circular, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

5:05 pm - 5:25 pm – Round Table 4: Closing the loop of business

• Mariona Sanz, Director of Girbau LAB, Girbau
• Carlos Lahoz, Global Brand innovation strategist for Textile printing business, HP Inc.
• Tamsin Lejeune, CEO, Common Objective
• Luis Lara Arias, Partner, Retalent Consulting
• Moderated by: Iria Pérez, Editor-in-chief, Modaes.es

5:30 pm - 5:50 pm – Keynote 7: RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC

• Rossana Orlandi
• On-stage conversation with: Marisa Santamaría, Design Trends Research Analyst and Design journalist and founder, Global Innovation Trends Unit

5:55 pm - 6:15 pm – Closing keynote

• Sara K Arnold, Founder, Higher Studio

6:20 pm - 6:35 pm - Conclusions

• Federica Massa Saluzzo, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, EADA

6:35 pm - 6:45 pm - Closing

• Mónica Melero, Director, Re-Barcelona
• Gabriela Pedranti, Presenter of the event

Join the inspiring and insightful Summit where professionals like you come together to make valuable connections and shape the future of fashion.

We are looking forward to meeting you!

The agenda and speakers are updated weekly, so be sure to check back for updates!

See all speakers from our first edition here !

Learn more

www.re-barcelona.com