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This is Berlin’s roaring 2020’s call for transformation in fashion: 202030 – The Berlin Fashion Summit.
202030 - The Berlin Fashion Summit is designed to be(come) a cross-disciplinary platform, where avant-garde creatives and critical grassroot protagonists meet industry stakeholders to work together. The challenge is to connect and find solutions for the needs of diverse fashion industries, consumer cultures, innovation-driven sustainability, and the tech movement.


By involving experts from different disciplines, the 202030 - The Berlin Fashion Summit aims to stimulate a visionary, creative and encouraging dialogue. Through a multi-staged process, we aim to bridge existing innovations with the industry and envision concrete tangible connections and solutions for a more sustainable future of fashion.


202030 - The Berlin Fashion Summit is organized by studio MM04 in cooperation with Sqetch and the Beneficial Design Institute.
Please register here: 202030summit.com 

Program:

POP UP THINK TANK (by invitation only / English / CET)
07-01-2021
3-6 pm
Workshop #1 – Fashion Culture

12-01-2021
3-6 pm
Workshop #2 – Fashion Product

14-01-2021
3-6 pm
Workshop #3 – Fashion Economy


PRE SUMMIT (Public / English / CET)
21-01-2021
3-4.30 pm
Policy Lab

 
3 pm
Welcome & Introduction
 
3.15-3.30 pm
The Keynote
All Good(s)? Dutch perspectives on a circular fashion industry
Gijs Könings/Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 
3.30-3.45 pm
The Keynote
The Green Button - government-run certification for textiles Ulrich Plein | GIZ/BMZ
 
3.45-4.10 pm
The Panel
Policy strategies for fashion transformation
Gijs Könings | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ulrich Plein | GIZ/BMZ
 
4.10-4.30 pm
The Q&A
Gijs Könings | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ulrich Plein | GIZ/BMZ
moderated by Marte Hentschel | Sqetch

SUMMIT (Public / English / CET)
22-01-2021
3-4.30 pm
Fashion Culture

 
3-3.20 pm
The Keynote
The future needs compassion
Bandana Tewari | Craft Diplomacy
 
3.20-3.30 pm
The Review
Pop Up Think Tank #1
Prof. Friederike von Wedel-Parlow | Beneficial Design Institute
 
3.30-3.45 pm
The Interview
From Aruba to Berlin
Amanda Parkes | Pangaia / Future Tech Lab
Patrick Duffy | Global Fashion Exchange/ The SwapChain
 
3.45-4 pm
The Demonstration
The Craft Atlas by Cecilia Palmér
Pool by Rune Orloff
 
4-4.30 pm
The Panel
Re-defining fashion culture – from fast desires to true pleasures and beauty
Melissa Drier | Former German correspondent for Women’s Wear Daily
Renate Stauss | The American University of Paris
Rune Orloff | Pool
Geraldine de Bastion | Moderator
23-01-2021
3-4.30 pm
Fashion Economy

 
3-3.20 pm
The Keynote
True beauty – A triple top line for fashion and the economy
Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart | Braungart EPEA – Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH
 
3.20-3.30 pm
The Review
Pop Up Think Tank #2
Max Gilgenmann | Studio MM04
 
3.30-3.45 pm
The Interview
Eva Kruse | Global Fashion Agenda
Magdalena Schaffrin | Studio MM04
 
3.45-4 pm
The Demonstration
Circular.fashion by Ina Budde
Lablaco by Lorenzo Albrighi
 
3.45-4 pm
The Panel
Re-evaluating fashion economies – from a global to a glocal home
Orsola de Castro | Fashion Revolution
Dr. Ulf Jaeckel | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany
Geraldine de Bastion | Moderator
24-01-2021
3-4.30 pm
Fashion Product

 
3-3.20 pm
The Keynote
A virtual future for fashion
Matthew Drinkwater | Fashion Innovation Agency
 
3.20-3.30 pm
The Review
Pop Up Think Tank #3
Marte Hentschel | Sqetch
 
3.30-4 pm
The Demonstration
Lukso by Marjorie Hernandez de Vogelsteller
 
4-4.30 pm
The Panel
Re-focusing fashion products – driven by user demands and system transformation
Anne Prahl | Design & Innovation Consultant
Femke Zijilstra | Independent consultant/ former DyeCoo
Leslie Holden | The Digital Fashion Group
Geraldine de Bastion | Moderator