Programme

Welcome Remarks

Kerry Bannigan, Co-Founder, United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Network, Managing Director, PVBLIC Foundation 

Opening Remarks

Annemarie Hou, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships

Special Remarks

H.E. Mr. Erik Ullenhag, Consul General of Sweden to New York

High-level Fireside

Moderator: Riefqah Jappie, Senior Liaison Office, International Telecommunication Union

Aisling Camps, Founder and Creative Director, Aisling Knits Inc.

Policy for People and Planet

Moderator: Rosemary Feitelberg, Senior Editor, WWD 

Video Message: Tamara Cincik, Founder, Fashion Roundtable

• Sara Ziff, Founder, Model Alliance

• Michelle Gabriel, Program Director, M.S. Sustainable Fashion IE New York College

• Abrima Erwiah, Co-Founder, Studio One Eighty Nine, Founding Director of the Gromek Institute for Fashion Business, Parsons School of Design

The Power of Platforms

Moderator: Hilary Milnes, Executive America Editor, Vogue Business 

Video Message: Shailja Dubé, Deputy Director, Institute of Positive Fashion at British Fashion Council 

• Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda

• Idelle Taye, CEO, Guzangs

• Rick Davy, Founder, BK Style Foundation and Fashion Week Brooklyn

Fashion Forward: Sweden

Moderator: Lucie Brigham, Senior Programme Management Officer, UN Office for Partnerships

• Paul Frankenius, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

• Sofia Hedström de Leo, Journalist

• UN Tour Guides Uniform Showcase

The Rise of the Second-Hand Market

Moderator: Dale Chong, Senior Fashion Commerce, ELLE.com

Video message: Abena Essoun, Community Outreach, The Or Foundation

• Samina Virk, North America CEO, Vestiaire Collective

• Jillian Carey Colin, Sustainable Fashion Consultant

• Patrick Duffy, Founder, Global Fashion Exchange

Innovation by Design

Moderator: Adriana Galijasevic, Founder & CEO, Cocircular Lab

• Tricia Carey, Chief Commercial Officer, Avalo

• Beth Esponette, Cofounder, Chair, CPO, Unspun

• Sarika Bajaj, Co-Founder & CEO, Refiberd

Spotlight: UN Fashion and Lifestyle Network 

• Valentina Marschik, Fashion Program Lead, PVBLIC Foundation

Industry in Transition

Moderator: Jasmin Malik Chua, Labour and Sourcing Editor, Sourcing Journal

Video Message: Jenny Holloway, CEO, Fashion Enter Ltd

• Thomas Matiz, Global Product Sustainability, Lenzing

• Monica Santos, Founder and Creative Director, Santos by Monica

Forever in Style

Moderator: Dominic-Madori Davis, Senior Venture Capital and Startup Reporter, TechCrunch

Jean Stone and Valerie Foley, Idiosyncratic Fashionistas

The Art of Change

Moderator: Wilma Santos Huang, President, Museo Pambata 

• Madison Lynch, Professional Dancer, Choreographer and Mental Health Advocate

• Peder Anker, Professor of History of Science at New York University

Zero Waste in Action

Special message: H. E. Mrs. Asli Güven, Deputy Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the United Nations 

Moderator: Cassell Ferere, Editor, Forbes

Video Message: Rachel Arthur, Advocacy Lead Sustainable Fashion, United Nations Environment Programme

• Maria Cornejo, Founder and Creative Director, Zero + Maria Cornejo

• Daniel Silverstein, Designer, Zero Waste Daniel

• Camille Tagle, CoFounder & Creative Director, FABSCRAP

Closing Remarks

• Kerry Bannigan, Managing Director, PVBLIC Foundation 

• Lucie Brigham, Senior Programme Management Officer, UN Office for Partnerships

• Message from the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion