NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Karen Harvey, CEO of
Karen Harvey Consulting Group is pleased to announce that some of
the most important leaders in Fashion Tech will now be joining
Fashion Tech Forum (FTF) on October
13 at Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn. FTF, which was officially announced
on August 3rd is a
platform for the fashion and technology sectors to gather for
powerful conversation and to share new information fostering future
collaboration. CEO's, founders, leaders and investors from both
sectors will discuss a broad range of issues, fueling the genesis
of the hybrid companies of the future.
"From Snapchat to lululemon the
3rd Annual Fashion Tech Forum brings together our vision
for sharing powerful insights that are important for the leaders of
both fashion and technology companies as they plan their strategy
for the future. As it is my commitment to provide content from the
most senior leaders from both sectors, ensuring that our C-level
audience will be inspired, I am pleased to announce these new
additions to our lineup. They are the experts bringing fashion and
technology together and they will share both their challenges and
their advances on the journey to shaping the next decade of
product, retail, and innovations that will add value to all of our
lives." – Karen
Harvey
New additions and updates being announced today include:
- Levi's Strauss & Co: Chip
Bergh, CEO interviewed by David
Lidsky, Deputy Editor, Fast Company and Google
(Nasdaq: GOOGL): Ivan Poupyrev (ATAP) and Levi's
Paul Dillinger, VP, Head of Global
Product Innovation, to be interviewed by Elizabeth Segran, Staff Writer, Fast
Company about their joint initiative, Project Jaquard.
- Intel: Sandra Lopez, VP
& GM, Wearables to be interviewed around the surging value of
data as an essential business commodity.
- Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA): Ganesh Srivats, VP,
North American Sales to be interviewed by Piers Fawkes, Founder & Editor-in-Chief,
PSFK on the advancement of luxury retail.
- Sarah Robb O'Hagan:
Sarah Robb O'Hagan, Founder, CEO and
author of the upcoming book of the same name, EXTREMEYOU
will be giving an inspirational keynote.
- KidBox: Haim Dabbah,
Founder, and Miki Berardelli, CEO,
will be talking about the first kids style box that combines cool
brands, meaningful savings, and a mission to clothe children in
need. They'll be interviewed by Rebecca
Jarvis, Chief Business, Technology, & Economics
Correspondent, ABC News.
- Emblematic Group: Jamie
Pallot, Co-Founder, will be making opening remarks to
kickoff this year's event as one of our hosts for the day.
- Theory: Andrew Rosen,
CEO, and Investor, and Former Chairman and CEO of Coach: Lew
Frankfort, to be interviewed by
Lauren Sherman, New York Editor,
Business of Fashion.
- TMellon Enterprises LLC: Tamara
Mellon, President, Movado: Efraim Grinberg, CEO and Maison de Mode: Amanda Hearst and Hassan
Pierre, Co-Founders to be interviewed by Christene Barberich, Refinery29.
- Evrythng: Andy Hobsbawm, Co-Founder & CMO,
Away: Steph Korey, Co-founder
and TBC to be interviewed by Robin
Raskin, Digital Times on the future of the Innovation
of Things (IoT).
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 Group
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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