January 19 – 21, 2020 Javits Center, NYC REGISTER NOW

Education Program

Check out our Winter 2020 Education Program! Seminars are organized by Lenzing Fibers, Inc. All seminars, Textile Talks, and Explore the Floor tours are complimentary and are on a first-come, first-served basis.

*Schedule and speakers subject to change without prior notice.

Sunday, January 19

10:30 AM | Opening

FashionINNOVATE
Location: Textile Talks, Show Floor

10:40 AM | FashionINNOVATE Keynote

FashionINNOVATE
Location: Textile Talks, Show Floor

11:00 AM | Powering Fashion's Future: Technology Tools Impacting Today's Fashion Industry

FashionINNOVATE
Location: Textile Talks, Show Floor

An open panel discussion on the technology tools needed to compete in today’s fashion industry. This panel will explain insights into blockchain technology, circular tracing and the newest software to reduce lead times and waste.

1:30 PM | Innovation in Synthetics and the Journey to Preferred

FashionINNOVATE
Location: Textile Talks, Show Floor

Join Textile Exchange on a journey from the birth of biosynthetic materials to the transition and widespread adoption of fossil fuel-based synthetics. TE will visit the present before taking you to the future of these materials. This session will include a panel discussion with industry experts and audience Q&A.

2:00 PM | How to Grow Your Fashion Business in 2020

Location: Seminar Room 1C04

Join StartUp FASHION for a discussion about how to create a plan for growth in your business for the New Year by focusing on brand development, business mindset, and thoughtful marketing.

3:00 PM | INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT

Location: Explore the Floor/Spotlight Stage
Tara St James

Join us on an Explore the Floor Tour of our Innovation Spotlight where you will see, feel and learn about the newest innovations in bio-synthetics, smart textiles, and circular design solutions. Also learn about how established fibers and fabrics are evolving to keep up with circular and sustainable design needs.

Monday, January 20

10:30 AM | The New Dimension Presented by The Doneger Group - Spring/Summer Trends for 2021

Location: Lenzing Seminar Series - 1C04

Join us for a trend presentation from Roseanne Morrison, Fashion Director at The Doneger Group who will discuss the upcoming trends for Spring/Summer 2021. Titled THE NEW DIMENSION, the presentation will discuss the dynamics taking hold in a now global marketplace: The modernization of classic and an appreciation of treasured artisanal elements. Here fashion meets sustainability and durability, traditional complements high tech and form marries function.

12:00 PM | Women in Textiles

Location: Lenzing Seminar Series - 1C04

No one can argue the important role women play in the textile industry, from every segment of the supply chain to the store and beyond. Join us for an exciting seminar featuring some of our industry’s most compelling success stories, all told from a woman’s perspective. This seminar will feature both trailblazers and newcomers, all of whom will help inspire and guide the audience to change the industry’s future for the better.

2:00 PM | Why Mauritius?

Textile Talks
Location: Show Floor

Enjoy a presentation by the Economic Development Board and Apparel Manufacturers from Mauritius on the benefits of developing business relationships in a country with more than 50 years of experience in the textile and apparel industry. Mauritius has maintained a strong economic growth in this sector and tops many indexes in Africa.

3:30 PM | Experience & Me

Location: Lenzing Seminar Series - 1C04

Research shows that Millennials are more interested in unique experiences than they are in materialistic items. This massive generation has forced brands and retailers to rethink how their apparel enhances consumer's user experience, changes it or personalizes it. This seminar will look at some of the unique fabric and garment technologies that are allowing users to experience the world as they choose, in a manner customized to their needs. Can technology in garments truly deliver on the" personalization" promise?

Tuesday, January 21

10:30 AM | Big Data and Manufacturing – How to Effectively Capitalize on the Next Big Trend

Textile Talks
Location: Show Floor

Often, trends come and go in under six weeks. But, for fashion manufacturing, which traditionally has lead times of 3 – 6 months, jumping on the fad of the moment can lead to leftover inventory and profit loss. But, when companies use tech to aggregate trends data over multiple retailers and manufacturers, they can begin to predict trends. What’s more, using technology to increase efficiency can reduce production and shipping lead-times to drive products that are on trend in as few as three weeks. During a panel discussion, experts that are integral to the supply chain ecosystem will discuss how they have been able to produce, ship and receive trend-right product in a short window while maintaining profitability.

11:30 AM | Explore the Floor with MintModa

Location: Show Floor

Explore the floor with Sharon Graubard, co-founder of MintModa as she connects her top trends to Texworld USA exhibitors on the show floor.

12:30 PM | Collection the Key to Circularity

Location: Lenzing Seminar Series - 1C04

How do we kick-off circular supply chains? By developing robust collection systems, the ability to sort materials according to the needs of downstream processing and turning used garments and materials into new ones. These steps will make or break functioning circular supply chains that will allow for reductions in textile waste and the need for new raw materials.