Fashion Summit HK 2018, set to be Asia’s largest sustainable fashion conference, will focus on the theme of ‘Circular Economy’. It will provide a platform for participants to exchange insights, connect companies with different perspectives in order to catalyse industry collaboration and raise public understanding on the role of global fashion industry in sustainable development.
In addition to hundreds of attendees, the second installment of the annual summit will host over 50 international policymakers, fashion leaders and representatives from academic and non-profit organisations who will discuss sustainable fashion through a variety of platforms including roundtables, keynote speeches, and panel discussions.
The summit is being organised collectively by seven organisations including: Clothing Industry Training Authority; the Office of the Honourable Felix Chung Kwok-pan, member of the Legislative Council (Textile and Garment Sector); Hong Kong Design Institute; The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel; Redress; Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium; and WWF-HK.
Speakers include industry stalwarts like: Jill Dumain of Bluesign Technologies, Christina Raab from the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals), Katrin Ley of Fashion for Good and co-founder of Fashion Revolution Orsola de Castro.
