City Source
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About this Event
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