2020: Innovation to Impact

 

April 14 and 15, 2020

This year’s theme, Innovation to Impact, served as a unique platform for collaboration and exchange, highlighting the greatest advances in sustainable leadership while also celebrating individuals making impact and inroads towards sustainable and scalable solutions.

Panels, Presentations, and Events

Keynote Speaker

Stacy Flynn, CEO and Founding Partner, Evrnu

Session Keynote

Eileen Fisher, Founder, Co-CEO and Chairwomen,  EILEEN FISHER, Inc.

Panel Discussion

Amber Valletta, Sustainability Advocate and Actress
Mara Hoffman, Founder, President and Creative Director, Mara Hoffman

Conversation

Fern Mallis, Fern Mallis LLC
Dana Thomas, Author, Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

Panel: Sustainable Voices

Whitney Bauck, Fashionista
Brittany Sierra, Sustainable Fashion Forum
Swati Argade, Bhoomki
Ayesha Barenblat, Remake

Panel: How to Scale Sustainably

Kate Gaertner, TripleWin Advisory 
Jennifer Grove, Repeat Roses
Jason Scherr, Think Coffee
Gertjan Meijer, Arch & Hook

Panel: Education for Impact

Ngozi Okaro, Custom Collaborative
Alexandra McNair, Fashion FWD
Grażyna Piłatowicz, FIT

Panel: Farming for Impact

Jeff Silberman, FIT
Megan Miekeljohn, EILEEN FISHER, Inc. 
Ben Dobson, Hudson Hemp

Talk

Hugh Locke, Smallholder Farmers Alliance
Atlanta McIIweraith, Timberland

Fireside Chat: Whole Brand–How Rothy's Reimagined the Sustainable Supply Chain

Saskia van Gendt, Rothy's

Panel: Impactful Solutions for the Sharing Economy

Kristen Fanarakis, Senza Tempo 
Kate Lindello, Noihsaf Bazaar
Adarsh Alphons, Wardrobe
Silje Lubbe, Nova Octo 

Panel: STUDY HALL x FIT: Landfills as Museums

Céline Semaan,  Slow Factory and The Library 
Dr. Theanne Schiros, FIT  
Spohia Li, Journalist and Video Director
Jay Kaplan, Waste Management Enviromental Protecton 
Ayesha Martin, Adidas

Speakers and Presenters

Eileen Fisher
Stacy Flynn
Joyce Brown
Adarsh Alphons
Ben Banks-Dobson
Ayesha Barenblat
""
Kristen Fanarakis
Kate Gaertner
Jennifer Grove
Mara Hoffman
Jay Kaplan
Sophia Li
Kate Lindello
Hugh Locke
Ayesha Martin
Gertjan Meijer
Megan Meiklejohn
""
Karen Pearson
Jason Scherr
""
""
Gary Sheinbaum
""
""
""
Saskia van Gendt
""