Program

12 OCT 2023

16. ISTANBUL APPAREL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

“TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY”

12 October 2023

Before Midday

  Opening Session

Ramazan Kaya, Co-Chair, TGSD
Cem Altan, President, IAF & Head of Conference Organizing Committee, TGSD
Ahmet Öksüz, Chairman, İTHİB
Mustafa Gültepe, Chairman, TİM & İHKİB

  Sustainability Journey of VF

Moderator: Matthijs Crietee, Secretary General, International Apparel Federation (IAF)
David Quass, Senior Sustainability Director, EMEA, VF
Dilek Güçlüer, Director of Marketing and Sales, Gelişim Tekstil

  Closing the Loop : Ready to Wear Recycling and Upcycling

Moderator: Dilek Bil, Founder, Purpose - Sustainable Ideas
Özgür Atsan, Circularity & Sustainable Operations Director, RE&UP Sürdürülebilir Teknolojiler (SANKO)

  Powered by Data, Traceable by Design: Trust in a Smarter Cotton Future

Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, Director, European Brands and Retailers, Cotton Council International

  Cellulosic Fiber Journey

Moderator: Sedef Uncu Akı, Director, Orta Anadolu
İlkşen Dedeoğlu Demiray, Head of Business Development Türkiye and CIS, Lenzing

  Impact of AI on Design and Manufacturing

Leslie Riley, Co-founder & CEO, Polytropon
Hailey Tan, Sales Director, EMEA, Browzwear
Özgecan Üstgül, Founder & CEO, Myth.Ai

  Innovation Design & Transformative Wearable Textile

Moderator: Arzu Kaprol, Human Innovation Designer
Kaspar Jansen, Professor, Delft University of Technology
Hans Peter Hiemer, Managing Director, Style3D Assyst
Merve Aydıner, Founder & CEO, Invamar

Afternoon

  Innovation and Technology to Support Supply Chain Transformation and Transition

Moderator: Ayşegül Kaya, Member of TGSD Youth Platform & Sustainability Manager, TYH Tekstil
Shahriare Mahmood, Chief Sustainability Officer, Spinnova
Pernille Bruun, Materials Manager, Bestseller

  Audit Fatigue

Avedis Seferian, President, CEO, Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)
Anıl Noyin, Textile Department Manager, Control Union Türkiye

  Improving the Terms of Trade for Apparel Manufacturers

Moderator: Matthijs Crietee, Secretary General, International Apparel Federation (IAF)
Andrew Martin, Executive Vice President, Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
John Thorbeck, Chairman, Chainge Capital
İrem Yanpar Coşdan, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Open Supply Hub

  Road to US Apparel Market

Steve Lamar, President, CEO, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)

  The Path to the Republic

Sunay Akın, Poet, Writer, Curator