PROGRAMME X51 WINTER 2023
Have a chat with the experts
COMMUNITY
LOUNGE
On a freshly designed area on the upper floor, the Community Lounge will find its new home together with the DesignDiscoveries. In the lounge, Mirjam Smend from the B2C trade fair Greenstyle will facilitate exciting lounge talks with real insights and exchange – among others with the VDMD, IVN, GOTS, Femnet, The Sustainable Circle, Retraced and the doers and makers behind our DesignDiscoveries on Saturday and Sunday.
On Monday, the expert panel “Sustainable Fashion as a Success Factor in Retail – How to Start?” in cooperation with the Handelsverband Hessen will provide concrete content for entering the sustainable sector, sales argumentation, credibility and other strategies.
Interested visitors can also talk to experts on all three days at changing information stands.
SATURDAY 21 JANUARY
11:00 – 11:30 | Lounge Talk
Greenwashing.
How to position my brand credibly in an ever more ‘sustainable’ market
Speakers: Julia Kline (The Sustainable Crowd), Anna Voelske (Fairmodel), Juliane Ziegler (GOTS)
Moderator: Mirjam Smend (GREENSTYLE)
15:00 – 15:30 | Lounge Talk
Circular Fashion.
Why it is so important and how to get closer to the circular goal.
Speakers: Julia Kline (The Sustainable Crowd), Charlotte Piller (Lotta Ludwigson), Heike Petersen (Wellicious)
Moderator: Mirjam Smend (GREENSTYLE)
SUNDAY 22 JANUARY
11:00 – 11:30 | Lounge Talk
The Supply Chain Act.
The German Supply Chain Act has arrived. What does this mean? What can (must) each of us do?
Speakers: Axel Kolonko (Retraced), Christiane Strobel (Christiane Strobel Constant Clothing), Alexandra Svendsen (Alexandra Svendsen), Lilith Werner (Femnet e.V.)
Moderator: Mirjam Smend (GREENSTYLE)
15:00 – 15:30 | Lounge Talk
Materials.
From hemp to ocean plastic.How new and old materials are changing the future of fashion.
Speakers: Luisa Hans (IVN), René Lang (VDMD), Liesel Swart (Lev’O1)
Moderator: Mirjam Smend (GREENSTYLE)
MONDAY 23 JANUARY
11:30 – 12:30 | Expert Panel
Sustainable fashion as a success factor in retailing – how to get started
In collaboration with the Hessen Retail Federation
Speakers: Silvio Zeizinger (MD, Hessen Retail Federation), Boris Hedde (IFH Köln), Laura Ott (Marlowe nature), Spranz Landhaus und Trachtenmode), Heike Hess (IVN)
Moderator: Mirjam Smend (GREENSTYLE)
