NEONYT January 2020 upcoming agenda

NEONYT January 2020 upcoming agenda

An inspiring programme awaits at Tempelhof Airport – from 14th till 16th of January at NEONYT, during Berlin Fashion Week 2020, Neonyt is showing what will be having an impact on the industry in the coming year. With almost 200 exhibiting fair fashion labels, more than 50 talks, panels and conversations on two stages and other event formats, the hub for fashion, sustainability and innovation is once again proving its unique global status. 

Change is in the air – “Air” is the overarching theme of tradeshow and communication platform Neonyt for the year 2020. To kick off Neonyt, which is taking place during Berlin Fashion Week and is organised by Messe Frankfurt, on Tuesday, 14 January 2020 at 1:00 pm on the Fashionsustain stage Dr Daniel Terberger, Chairman of Katag AG, will be reporting on the sustainability understanding of the biggest German fashion service provider. Shortly afterwards, at 1:45 pm, the panel “SDGs X Fashion – The UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action” will be opening the discussion part of the conference. Including with: Lucie Brigham, Chief of Office for the United Nations Office for Partnerships, Zachary Angelini, Environmental Stewardship Manager at Timberland, Alexander Gege, Manager Sustainable Business Development at the Otto Group, and Harold Weghorst, Global Vice President Marketing at Lenzing AG. 

From 5:00 pm, the “Defining Sustainability – Looking Back from a Future Now” panel will be focusing on the big question of what are the most important target values and drivers for sustainable development. The answers to this will be discussed by names including Anosha Wahidi, Head of Division at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and significantly involved in the concept development of the Grüner Knopf certification, Kate Heiny, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Zalando, Malin Viola Wennberg, Communications Manager at Swedish think-tank Mistra Future Fashion, and Rebecca Freitag, UN Youth Ambassador. 

From 12:00 noon on Wednesday, 15 January 2020, the panel entitled “Denim Collaborations – How to Build a Real Value Chain?” in collaboration with Textile Exchange will be dedicated to the influential industry of denim and asking how value creation and appreciation can go hand in hand – including with: Ebru Ozkucuk Guler, Senior Sustainability & CSR Executive at ISKO, Lavinia Muth, Corporate Responsibility Manager at Armedangels, and Patrick Wendt, Sales & Marketing Manager at Jeanologia. At 2:15 pm the “Virtually Fashionable – and Sustainable?” panel will be kicking off the digital conference re:publica Berlin 2020 and providing food for thought and plenty of innovative inspiration. Participating in the panel are: Lena Blume, Client Engagement Manager Europe at Browzwear, Stacia Carr, Director of Engineering – Dedicated Owner Sizing at Zalando, Pierre-Nicolas Hurstel, CEO and co-founder of Arianee, and Dr Andreas Seidl, CEO of the Human Solutions Group.