Circular Society Summit at VORN - Second Edition

The Circular Society Summit, a full-day event taking place on July 3 as part of Berlin Fashion Week. Bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers, the summit explores scalable solutions for a circular fashion economy. Hosted at VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub, the program features keynote speeches, panel discussions, disruptive innovation showcases, networking & fundraising opportunities and Berlin ecosystem support focused on transforming fashion through design, infrastructure, and policy. The Circular Society is supported by Berlin Partner, DITF and co-funded by the European Union.

Program
10:00-10:30 Doors Open 
10:30-10:45 Opening Remarks from VORN —The Berlin Fashion Hub
10:45-11:05 Keynote: How to scale upcycling to an industrial scale by Michael Pfeifer from MOOT
11:05-11:30 Presentation: Berlin Partner Services & ausgewählte Förderprogramme by Julia Krüger & Lorena Zangl from Berlin Partner
11:45-12:30 Panel: Survive the regulation - was man jetzt wissen muss
12:30-13:00 Networking Break
13:00-14:00 Pitches: Aladin EU Project by Project Partners
14:05-14:35 Panel: From Lab to Loom- Bridging Innovation and Production
14:35-15:00 Networking Break
15:00-16:00 Presentation: Circular Product Innovation Sprints by Friederike Pfeffer from SHIFT
16:00-18:00 Networking and Drinks

Exhibition
During the event we will showcase innovative upcycled products by MOOT, exciting prototypes from the SHIFT circular product innovation sprint & exhibits from the Aladin EU Project Partners Mitwill Textiles Europe, SHIFT, Centexbel and BioFibreLoop.

Aladin is Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor HADEA can be held responsible for them.

Speakers & Contributors list
Caterina Ailiesei: Katty Fashion SRL
Teresa Bua: Mitwill Textiles Europe
Guy Buyle: Centexbel
Thomas Fischer: BioFibreLoop / DITF
Prof. Marte Hentschel: VORN – The Berlin Fashion 
Mikulas Hurta: NIL Textile SRO
Julia Krüger: Berlin Partner
Friederike Pfeffer: SHIFT – The Microfactory
Michael Pfeifer: MOOT
Elvys Sandu: CEDECS-TCBL
Magdalena Schaffrin: studio MM04
Alexander Sustal: Redeker Sellner Dahs Rechtsanwälte
Diana Woelki: Berlin Partner
Lorena Zangl: Berlin Partner

About VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub
VORN – The Berlin Fashion Hub is a registered cooperative and a physical and digital space in the heart of Berlin. The founding members are Studio MM04 GmbH & Co. KG, Sourcebook GmbH and Belius GmbH. VORN –The Berlin Fashion Hub brings together stakeholders along the value chain of the fashion and textile industry to promote sustainable development in the fashion industry. For this purpose, VORN –The Berlin Fashion Hub provides a pre-competitive environment consisting of the four programmes: Innovation Lab, Scaling Lab, Community Services and Coworking Space. Within the framework of these programmes, VORN networks its community members in an interdisciplinary way and promotes knowledge transfer and cooperation within the community. 

Contact
For media inquiries please contact veronika.hopponen@vorn-hub.com

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