Alvanon’s CEO Janice Wang will appear as a featured speaker at Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) Innovation and Technology Symposium September 9 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The theme of the symposium is: ‘When Fashion Meets Technology, the art and science of our industry.’ According to her, high performance sportswear has been dominating the bulk of growth in the apparel market and consumers are demanding ever more personalized, more functional and more fashionable goods in a shorter space of time. Alvanon will look at the advantages of manufacturing locally and how the customer demands a more sustainable product.
The company will also share insights on happenings at some major brands: Under Armour’s new Lighthouse Project, Nike’s new partnership with Apollo Global Management and Adidas’ Speed Factory. Wang is a founding family member of Alvanon, and speaks worldwide on a broad range of fashion business issues.
HKRITA is the premier R & D center for textiles and apparel. It works to foster technology advancement, innovations and breakthroughs to improve Hong Kong’s global competitiveness, and is hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
