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PI Apparel Europe 2020 - Agenda
  • Programme Key

  • Innovation
  • Advanced Technology
  • Scaling Digital
  • Digital Foundation
  • NB: Focus Groups and Think Tanks are delegate only sessions.

All timings are Central European Time

Day 1: 19 October 2020
08:50

Opening Remarks

Room 1

David Wilcox, Head of Communications, PI Apparel

09:00

PANEL DISCUSSION: Forcing the Re-Invention of the Wheel in the Face of Pandemic Disruption

Room 1

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

Kerry Murphy, Founder CEO, The Fabricant

Matthew Drinkwater, Head, Fashion Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion

09:45

Interlude

Lobby

09:50

TALK: How Can We Begin to Extend the Use of 3D and Digital Assets Along the Product Value Chain?

Room 1

Michael John Duffus, Executive Projects and IT, Pepkor

Annamie Hansen, CEO, Figura Apparel

ROUNDTABLE: Digital Workflow of a PATTERN DEVELOPER

Room 3

Rebekka Seyffarth, Training and Transformation Specialist, Stitch

ROUNDTABLE - How Should a Company Go About Deploying Machine Learning & AI?

Room 4

Stacia Carr, Director of Engineering, Zalando

10:20

Interlude

Lobby

10:25

TALK: Disrupting the Very Fabric of Fashion with Digital - The Possibilities are Endless

Room 1

Matthew Drinkwater, Head, Fashion Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 3

Rebekka Seyffarth, Training and Transformation Specialist, Stitch

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 4

Stacia Carr, Director of Engineering, Zalando

10:55

Interlude

Lobby

11:00

SPONSORED TALK: C&A's PLM Journey: A Deep Dive into PLM Practices

Room 1

Stephan Timmerarens, Unit Leader Business Process Management, C&A

Doerthe Palkus, Business Development Director, PTC

SPONSORED TALK: 3D - A Process, not a Tool. How 3D Implementation in Design2Sell Process Works

Room 2

Andreas Seidl, CEO, Humanetics Digital Europe GmbH

11:30

Interlude

Lobby

11:35

TALK: The Practicalities of Digital Avatar Creation & Their Use in Selling the Story of Digital Across Your Business

Room 1

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology - Developing the Next Generation of Products, Services and Experiences

Room 2

Alfredo Orobio, Founder and CEO, AWAYTOMARS

Han Ates, Owner/Founder, Blackhorse Lane Ateliers

Lynne Murray, Director, Digital Anthropology Lab, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London College of Fashion

Peter Needle, CEO, Segura

ROUNDTABLE: Digital Workflow of a DESIGNER

Room 3

Fayette van Dijck, 3D Designer, Stitch

ROUNDTABLE: Identifying & Proving the Applicability of an xR Investment - An Outside of the Box Perspective

Room 4

Bjorn Mes, VR/AR Specialist, Research & Technology Support, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding

12:05

Interlude

Lobby

12:10

TALK: Achieving Digital Fabric Physics Interoperability – 3DRC Innovation Subcommittee Read Out

Room 1

Yvonne Johnson, Senior Director, Product Development, Cotton Incorporated

Anja Sick, Senior Technical Operations Laboratory, Hugo Boss

Sarah Pierson, Senior Manager, Kalypso

SPONSORED TALK: Leveraging Digital Product Creation to Accelerate Business Growth - Footwear & Accessories

Room 2

Ellery Connell, Creative Specialist, Foundry

Sergio Madeira, Technical & Creative Solutions Specialist, Foundry

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 3

Fayette van Dijck, 3D Designer, Stitch

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 4

Bjorn Mes, VR/AR Specialist, Research & Technology Support, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding

12:40

Speed Networking

Exhibition Hall

13:10

ROUNDTABLE - Who Should Champion 3D Technology?

Room 3

Samantha Cordoba, 3D Senior Director, Li & Fung

THINK TANK - Photorealism & Flexibility for Material Digitalization

Room 4

Nicolas Paulhac, Head of Content, 3D & Immersive, Adobe

THINK TANK: Meeting the Need to Work Digitally, Online and in 3D - Accelerating Product Development & Enhancing Collaboration

Room 5

Yoram Burg, VP of Sales, embodee

Ben Sosinski, VP of Product Technology , embodee

14:10

Interlude

Lobby

14:15

TALK: Making Your Brand a Retailer

Room 1

Craig Crawford, Digital Transformation Strategist, Crawford IT

Michael Pulley, Former Digital Transformation Consultant, Apple

Jessica Graves, Former Ralph Lauren & Now Founder & Chief Data Officer, Sefleuria

14:55

Close of Conference Day 1

Room 1

David Wilcox, Head of Communications, PI Apparel

15:00

Speed Networking

Room 1

Day 2: 20 October 2020
08:50

Opening Remarks

Room 1

David Wilcox, Head of Communications, PI Apparel

09:00

TALK: Using Greenhouse Gases to Create the First Synthetic Fibre with a Net Positive Impact on Climate Change

Room 1

Benoît Illy, CEO, Fairbrics

Tawfiq Nasr Allah, Co-founder & CTO, Fairbrics

09:40

Interlude

Lobby

09:45

TALK: Leveraging Digital 3D Data & Machine Learning to Move from Reactive to Proactive Experiences for the Consumer Around Sizing & Fit

Room 1

Stacia Carr, Director of Engineering, Zalando

ROUNDTABLE: Building Your Own Digital Avatar

Room 3

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

ROUNDTABLE: Digital Workflow of a PRODUCT DEVELOPER

Room 4

Marlies Reukers, Sr. 3D Training & Transformation Specialist, Stitch

10:15

Interlude

Lobby

10:20

TALK - The Integration of Technologies to Design & Implement an Intelligent and Semi-Autonomous Design Decision Making Workflow

Room 1

Dr. Evridiki Papachristou, Assistant Professor, International Hellenic University

Antonios Chrysopoulos, Post Doctoral Researcher, Intelligent Systems & Software Engineering Lab Group, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 3

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 4

Marlies Reukers, Sr. 3D Training & Transformation Specialist, Stitch

10:50

Interlude

Lobby

10:55

ROUNDTABLE: Digital Workflow of a MERCHANDISER

Room 3

Joshua Dorland, STITCH Academy Manager, Stitch

ROUNDTABLE: A Fully Integrated Manufacturing System to Support Local, Automated and Customised Garment Production

Room 4

Michael Wieser, Founder + Creative Director, Yokai Studios GmbH

Viktor Weichselbaumer, Founder + R&D Director, Yokai Studios GmbH

ROUNDTABLE: The Basics of 3D – What Do You Definitely Need to Know at the Beginning?

Room 5

Sophie-Therese Lupas, 3D Fashion Expert / Co-Founder, Studio Lupas

Anne Lupas, 3D Fashion Expert/Co-Founder, Studio Lupas

11:55

Interlude

Lobby

12:00

TALK: The EU-Funded Re-FREAM Project: Encouraging Artists and Designers to Co-Explore & Co-Create the Technologies for the Future of Fashion

Room 1

Christiane Luible, Head of Fashion & Technology, University of the Arts Linz, Kunstuniversität Linz

ROUNDTABLE: How to Dress Your Digital Avatar

Room 3

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

ROUNDTABLE: Can a Combination of 3D & 4D Technology Help Overcome the Limitations of Virtual Fit?

Room 4

Christian Pirch, Project Manager & Digital Fashion Specialist, Hohenstein Research Academy

Anke Klepser, 4D Scanning Expert & Clothing Technology, Hohenstein Research Academy

12:30

Interlude

Lobby

12:35

TALK: Hacking the 3D Workflow from Scanning to Print to Create Authentic, Flexible and Fully Customized 3D Printed Clothing

Room 1

Ganit Goldstein, 3D Designer, GANIT GOLDSTEIN

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 3

Cameron Wilson, CEO/Founder, The Diigitals

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 4

Anke Klepser, 4D Scanning Expert & Clothing Technology, Hohenstein Research Academy

Christian Pirch, Project Manager & Digital Fashion Specialist, Hohenstein Research Academy

13:05

Speed Networking

Exhibition Hall

13:35

SPONSORED TALK - Going to Market Digitally in a Non-Physical Industry

Room 1

Gary Plunkett, Chief Commercial Officer, PixelPool

ROUNDTABLE: Creating a Solid & Informed Foundation to Support Digital xR at Scale - An Outside of the Box Perspective

Room 3

Brian Waterfield , Digital Manufacturing Manager & Digital Consultant, Automotive

14:05

Interlude

Lobby

14:10

TALK: Hidden Unlock: How Digital Transformation is Actually a Human Transformation

Room 1

Anne-Christine Polet, Head of Hatch, PVH

ROUNDTABLE: Continued

Room 3

Brian Waterfield , Digital Manufacturing Manager & Digital Consultant, Automotive

14:50

Close of Conference Day 2

Room 1

David Wilcox, Head of Communications, PI Apparel

14:55

Speed Networking

Room 1