NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen Harvey, CEO of Karen Harvey Consulting
Group is pleased to announce the third annual Fashion Tech Forum.
FTF is a platform for the fashion and technology sectors to gather
for powerful conversation and to foster collaboration. A fashion
event, FTF will bring together the most innovative CEO's, founders,
leaders and investors from both the fashion and technology sectors
so that they can openly discuss the challenges, overarching
business needs and new technologies available to create the hybrid
companies of the future.
"As we prepare to present this
year's forum, we recognize how quickly both sectors have evolved.
We celebrate the numerous collaborations, new technologies and
hybrid companies that have fed consumers hungry for new ways to
experience fashion. We are once again at a critical juncture,
though, driven by consumers who crave experiences over luxury and
who long for a lifestyle in harmony with their ideals. How can our
companies respond to these deeply held desires, and how should we
be thinking about these global shifts in the future?" –
Karen Harvey
This year's conference keynote speakers will include Levi
Strauss & Co. President and CEO, Chip Bergh, who will discuss with
Scott Dadich Editor in Chief
of Wired, LS&Co's transformation and commitment to
sustainability and innovation, as well as the company's partnership
with Google's Advanced Technology and Projects Group
(ATAP) (Nasdaq: GOOGL) to refine the iconic Levi's® Commuter™
Trucker Jacket, with Jacquard technology woven in—a true
breakthrough in fashion technology. Joining us again for an update
on the project since last year, Paul
Dillinger, VP of Global Product Innovation at LS&Co.
and Dr. Ivan Poupyrev, Technical Lead for Project
Jacquard at Google ATAP, will share their journey as well as a demo
of the jacket.
Verizon's Chief Marketing Officer Diego Scotti will talk about bringing
Verizon's mission to deliver the promise of a digital world to the
forefront as they continue to evolve into a lifestyle and
entertainment brand engaging with consumers across all aspects of
their lives.
EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), one of FTF's original partners, will
participate again as Bradford
Shellhammer their Head of Curation and Merchandising on
the eBay Innovation team will lead a discussion on human-led
curation. Michael Preysman,
Founder and CEO of Everlane returns to FTF's stage along with Head
of Product and Design Rebekka
Bay. Laurent
Potdevin, CEO of Lululemon (Nasdaq: LULU), and Creative
Director Lee Holman will
share their ongoing commitment to innovation, authenticity and
creating a design-led company. Other keynote speakers will include:
Robbie Myers, Editor in Chief
of ELLE, who will share her journey in transforming ELLE into a
cultural game-changer for women, and in the areas of evolving
fashion companies Diane von
Furstenberg along with the brand's CEO, Paolo Riva and new Chief Creative Officer,
Jonathan Saunders will share
their transformative experiences, and industry icons
Andrew Rosen and Lew
Frankfort will talk about the
need to put digital at the center of all our organizations,
while Ganesh Srivats, VP North American Sales from Tesla
(Nasdaq: TSLA) shares the advancement of luxury retail experiences.
As the leader in mobile storytelling platforms, Snapchat's
Peter Sellis, Head of Revenue
Product, along with Snapchat's Farnaz
Azmoodeh, Director of Engineering, will discuss how the
platform is transforming retail experiences.
Additional speakers will be announced on
fashiontechforum.com.
The annual conference is an invitation-only event with 800+
industry leaders. Last year, Fashion Tech Forum brought together
the most exceptional CEO's, innovators, thinkers, founders and
investors in fashion, retail, media and technology. This year's
conference will engage Founders and CEOs in sharing their stories
of leadership and transformation.
Karen Harvey launched Fashion
Tech Forum in 2014 to provide a platform for the fashion, retail,
technology and investment communities to better connect and
collaborate on how to work together in the future.
About Karen Harvey Consulting
Karen Harvey Consulting Group is an international consulting
firm focused on executive search, brand incubation and advisory
services for luxury, fashion, retail and innovation-driven
companies. In addition to FTF, the firm also launched INDX, a
two-sided marketplace for vetted, world-class creative talent to
discover, connect and seek employment opportunities with top
brands. Karen Harvey Consulting has earned international
recognition for bringing some of the industry's most successful
CEOs and creative leaders to powerful global companies. The company
is based in New York and
London.
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