Programme Key
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Design & Development
- NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.
| Day 1: 10 April 2018 | ||||
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| 08:00 |
Delegate Registration
Lobby |
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| 09:00 |
PI Apparel Hong Kong Welcome Address
Room 1 Richard Hobbs, CEO & Founder, Brand New Vision Ltd |
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| 09:20 |
PI Keynote - Trust and Leadership as a Foundation of True Success in Achieving End-to-End Fashion Industry 4.0
Room 1  Edwin Yee Man Keh, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel |
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| 10:00 |
Why Investing in Technology Across the Supply Chain Has to Replace the Sourcing Caravan
Room 1  Lynne Sprugel, Vice President & Managing Director-International Sourcing Operations, Academy |
Digitizing & Automating Manufacturing Processes to Maximise Quality & Data Transparency
Room 2  Veit Geise, Former VP Asia Sourcing, VF Corporation, Pivot88 |
Focus Group - Driving the Uniformity of Material Measurements for Accurate Virtual Simulation
Room 3   Abinash Sahoo, Lead Product Owner, Target Sandra Kuijpers, 2D/3D CAD PD | Physical vs Virtual Material | Teacher & PhD Researcher Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | FR&T |, AMFI |
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| 10:40 |
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall |
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| 10:50 |
Prearranged 121 Meetings
Exhibition Hall |
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| 11:50 |
Panel Discussion - How Should You Get Started in Automation & AI When the Investments are So Costly?
Room 1     Sarah Chessis, CEO and Founder, Isabella Wren Pete Santora, Chief Commercial Officer, SoftWear Automation Angie Lau, CEO, Clover Group International Limited Edwin Yee Man Keh, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Nicoline van Enter, CEO, Footwearists |
The Material Exchange - Advancing the Management and Accuracy of Virtual Materials in One Central, Vendor-fed Industry-Wide Library
Room 2   Darren Glenister, CEO, Material Exchange Chris Hillyer, Director, Innovation, Deckers Brands |
Focus Group - Can Digital Tools Improve Our Operations Or Is It More About Changing the Mindset?
Room 3  Richard Hobbs, CEO & Founder, Brand New Vision Ltd |
Focus Group - How Can and Should Technology Be Adapted to Meet Increasingly Complex Manufacturing?
Room 5  Justin Huang, President, Taiwan Textile Federation |
| 12:30 |
Having Discipline to Go Slow, Having the Right Partner to Go “Lightning†Fast
Room 1   Stephane Boivin, Managing Director, TradeBeyond Jo Anne Benson, Sr. Director, Global Quality, Under Armour |
Don’t Let Color Become an Inhibitor to Innovation: A Global View of your Color Technology Footprint
Room 2  Julian Mussi, VP Business Solutions, DeSL |
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| 13:10 |
Networking Luncheon
Exhibition Hall |
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| 14:10 |
Panel Discussion - What is Academia Doing to Overcome the Digital Skill Deficit and What Can Industry be Doing to Support Them?
Room 1  Nicoline van Enter, CEO, Footwearists Sandra Kuijpers, 2D/3D CAD PD | Physical vs Virtual Material | Teacher & PhD Researcher Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | FR&T |, AMFI Angie Lau, CEO, Clover Group International Limited Robert Meeder, Associate Chair Building Arts, Fashion and Language Studio, SCAD Edwin Yee Man Keh, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel |
Automation & Robotics to Herald Immense Changes in How the Apparel Industry Operates
Room 2  Xinhong Tang, Chairman, TY Garments USA,LLC Yong Duan, Project Manager, TY Garments USA,LLC |
Focus Group - Understanding the Data Needed for Sustainability Success & Transparency
Room 3  Keith Wong, Group CSR Manager, Top Form International |
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| 14:50 |
Digitization - A Practical Guide to Survival in a Game Changing Supply Chain
Room 1   Nigel Lugg, Group Chairman, Prominent Europe Stuart McCready-Stocks, Global Brands Director, Coats Digital |
Revolutionizing the Fashion Supply Chain with Blockchain Technology
Room 2   Peter Cheng, Chairman, Hanbo Enterprises Ian Huang, Chairman, Co-operatives of Innovative Intellectuals |
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| 15:30 |
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Room 1 |
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| 15:40 |
Prearranged 121 Meetings
Exhibition Hall |
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| 16:40 |
PI Keynote - Creating The Future of Supply Chain
Room 1 Robert Sinclair, Chief Operating Officer, LF Sourcing, Li & Fung |
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| 17:25 |
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Room 1 Richard Hobbs, CEO & Founder, Brand New Vision Ltd |
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| 17:30 |
Networking Drinks Reception
Exhibition Hall |
| Day 2: 11 April 2018 | ||||
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| 08:00 |
Think Tank - Fear & Loving in the World of AI
Room 3   Tom Adeyoola, CEO & Founder, Metail Erika Nitsch, Data Science Lead, Metail Felicia Law, Data Scientist, TAL Apparel Ltd. |
Think Tank - Too Little, Too Much, Just Right: Navigating the Fine Art of Fabric Purchasing
Room 5  Hamish Dean, CEO, ShapeShifter Technology Limited |
Think Tank - SEWBOT® Made: Design for Automation of Apparel & Footwear
Room 6 Pete Santora, Chief Commercial Officer, SoftWear Automation |
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| 09:00 |
Chairperson's Welcome Remarks
Room 1 Richard Hobbs, CEO & Founder, Brand New Vision Ltd |
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| 09:15 |
PI Keynote - Exploring the Intersection of Great Products, Advanced Technology, Rapid Innovation and Sustainability
Room 1  Chris Moses, Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing and Product Innovation, Gap Inc. |
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| 10:00 |
Achieving One Standardized 3D Platform & Practice across 12 Differing Brands and their Unique Products, Quality Grades and Geographies
Room 1  Nelly Casas, Senior Executive, BD & Operations, Pepkor Group Shiru Zhang, Manager, Procurement Engineering, Pepkor Group |
The Power of Digital in Redefining the Fashion Supply Chain
Room 2  Andy Wong, Group CIO, G2000 (Apparel) Limited |
Focus Group - Leadership, Agility, Results: The Realities of Digital Transformation
Room 3  Henrik Hamreteg, Head of Business IT, Global Production, H&M Far East Ltd |
Focus Group - Quantifying Technological Leapfrogging to Maintain Leadership Buy-in
Room 5 Lynne Sprugel, Vice President & Managing Director-International Sourcing Operations, Academy |
| 10:40 |
Morning Refreshment Break
Exhibition Hall |
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| 10:50 |
Prearranged 121 Meetings
Exhibition Hall |
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| 11:50 |
Panel Discussion - The Convergence of Sustainability, Innovation & Technology for Success
Room 1    Keith Wong, Group CSR Manager, Top Form International Hilmond Hui, Development Manager, Profits Fund Global Holding Ltd Anderson Lee, Board Member, Sustainable Apparel Coalition Chris Moses, Sr. Director, Strategic Sourcing and Product Innovation, Gap Inc. Patricia Dwyer, Founder and Director, The Purpose Business |
A New Age of Collaboration: Enhanced by Digital Technology
Room 2  Alexis Kantor, VP of Owned Brand Technical Development and Quality, Target Sandra Gagnon, Senior Director - 3D Virtual Transformation, Target |
Focus Group - Introducing RFID to Improve Sample & Digital Asset Management
Room 3  Eddie Chan, CEO, Lever Style Inc. |
Focus Group - Can a 3D Investment Mean More than Just a Pretty Picture?
Room 5  Alexander Thomas, VP, Engineering, VF Corporation |
| 12:30 |
Leveraging Digitalization to Enhance Design Collaboration and Product Development Visibility
Room 1    Tracy Mok, Associate Professor, Fashion & Textile Technology - Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Limin Ou, Chief Strategy Officer, Peacebird |
The Path to the Future of Fashion through 3D Technology
Room 2   Darren Jacobs, Operations Director, Carmel Clothing |
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| 13:10 |
Networking Luncheon
Exhibition Hall |
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| 14:10 |
How Tristate Made 1.3% Extra Revenue with Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and IoT Mobility Technology
Room 1  Wilson Poon, BPM Manager, Tristate Holdings |
Focus Group - How Can Industry Get Vendors to Take CSR Compliance More Seriously?
Room 3  Veit Geise, Former VP Asia Sourcing, VF Corporation, Pivot88 |
Focus Group - How Do You Engage Vendor Networks to Drive Supply Chain Disruption?
Room 5  Ronnie Cherry, Senior Managing Director, Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Target Paul Bowes, Director, Manufacturing Excellence, Target |
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| 14:50 |
A Legend Begins: Building a Connected Store from the Ground Up
Room 1 Darren Glenister, CEO, Material Exchange |
Investing in a More Sustainable Future - What are the Vendors Doing?
Room 2 Hilmond Hui, Development Manager, Profits Fund Global Holding Ltd |
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| 15:30 |
Panel Discussion - Standardizing Digital Platforms to Overcome Issues of Systems Interoperability and Data Transfer
Room 1   Yazan Malkosh, Founder & CEO, swatchbook Manasij Ganguli, Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Coats Digital Tom Adeyoola, CEO & Founder, Metail Guy Alroy, Director, Products, Optitex Pete Santora, Chief Commercial Officer, SoftWear Automation |
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| 16:15 |
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
Room 1 Richard Hobbs, CEO & Founder, Brand New Vision Ltd |