Data-driven business and design -webinar will focus on how data can enable and enhance a circular economy in the textile and fashion industry. Data can be used to better control the material flows through the system, to increase the transparency in the supply chain and to better design the lifetime of the garments as well as enhance the material circulation. Through data it is possible to create new design and business strategies for sustainable textile and fashion.
Speakers:
Ina Budde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Circular.fashion
Katie Quilici, Manager Private Labels Sustainability, Zalando SE
Tracy Kinden, Revolve Waste, NEW COTTON-project; TexRoad-project
Susanna Horn, Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, CircDNet project
Inka Orko, Co-creation Manager, VTT, CircDNet-project
+Panel discussion
Associate Professor Kirsi Niinimäki, Aalto University, will host the webinar The webinar will be organized together with FINIX, NEW COTTON, CircDNet -projects.
The event is a part of Helsinki Design Week’s official festival programme and Year of Research-Based Knowledge. Aalto University is one of the EU's New European Bauhaus partners.
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