CITY SOURCE 2.0 IN 2020

There are over 1500 fashion manufacturers as well as other related fashion businesses in the NYC area. We have invited an elite group who are top in their fields in manufacturing, sustainable practices, new technologies, funding your dreams, and mindful business practices.

This one-day event will be filled with engaging discussions, presentations, and multiple networking sessions that will open your eyes to all the opportunities to transform your business or take it to next level.

We hope you will join us.

Itinerary - Subject to change

Thursday Jan. 16, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm

9:45- Welcome

10:00 to 10:20- International Pleating/MS Schmalberg

10:35 to 10:55- Trimlab/Create-A-Marker

11:10 to 11:30- Wellness + Work - Inside A Sustainable Company

Melissa Hall, The Emerging Designer / Melissa Hall Consulting

and Céline DeCarlo, Mara Hoffman

11:45 to 12:05- A Move Toward Sustainable Manufacturing- Panel

Moderator: Anthony Lilore- Throw

Tara St James- RE: Source Library/Study NY

Kristen Luong- Kromagnon

Camille Tagel and Jessica Schreiber- Fabscrap

Rick Lipson- Rainbow Leather

Chung Yu- MCM

LUNCH—12:10 to 1:10- Vendor opened to the public, lunch will be served

1:15 to 1:35 - Waterbury Buttons/Knit Illustrated

1:50 to 2:10- TBA/Dynotex

2:25 to 2:45 - Full Package Production, Andy Ward

3:00 to 3:20- Four Seasons/Timberlake

3:35 to 3:55- New Technologies and Innovations- Panel

Moderator: Michael Ferraro- FIT Infor Lab

Michelle Feinberg - NY Embroidery

Christina Perla - MakeLab NYC- 3D printing

Stephanie Benedetto - Queen of Raw- Blockchain and AI

Jessica Couch - Luxor & Finch

4:05 to 4:25- Sara Mosley- The Fabric Shows

4:35 to 4:55- Funding Opportunities for Factories & Designers , Cal McNeil, CFDA

Lisa Kesselman/Andy Ward--Wrap-Up

5:00 to 6:00- Networking with Vendors and Reception