NFB 2011 Fashion Summit

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			NFB 2011 FASHION SUMMIT
	FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
TIME	SPEAKER	TITLE/TOPIC	SYNOPSIS
9:00		Registration
9:30	Eric Nelson	Welcome	Eric Nelson is CEO, Nordic Heritage Museum
9:40	Max Dager	History of the NFB	Max Dager is Director, Nordic House Reykjavik
9:45	Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter	Looking Back to Find our Future	An introduction of the NFB's guest curator and Exhibition
10:00	Moderator	Introductions	Introduction of speakers, schedule, and topics

10:15	Ragna Fróðadóttir	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Trendforecast: World of Folk	When Ragna and Edelkoort inc. discuss trend forecasts, they talk about lifestyle, fashion, even colors—and the future of these things. Ragna will be focusing on Folk Art and its influence on fashion as a coming trend, because of its relevance both to Nordic design and to the Northwest region.

11:15		Refreshments

11:30	Kirsi Laitala	Sustainability of Nordic Clothing Consumption: Contradictory attitudes, knowledge, and actions	A discussion of attitudes, awareness, and actions about the consumption of clothing.
12:00		Q & A with Ragna and Kirsi

12:30		LUNCH

13:30	Moderator	Recap of morning; introducing the afternoon
13:40	Guðrun Rogvadottir	Slow Clothing	Gudrun says “Our vision is to make a difference. Which is very simple and yet very ambitious. We want to make clothes that live up to the standards of conscious consumers that do care about each other, the environment, and our common natural resources, and yet want to be stylish.”
14:10	Julie Edel Hardenberg	National Straight Jacket	When clothing becomes a political statement. Julie's works have been characterized as being consciously implemented, quirky, and poetic with a humorous approach to concepts such as ethnic and cultural identity.
14:35	Annika Axelsson	DEM Collective (DEM stand for “Don't Eat Macaroni!”): Ecology, Ethics, Quality and Design - to a Fair Price	When DEM Collective was founded in 2004 by Annika Axelsson and Karin Stenmar, the idea was to show that it's possible to combine ecology, ethics and quality with good design. Now, four years on, Dem Collective has shown that it's more than possible to run a profitable clothing company without taking unfair advantage of people or the environment. As opposed to the "wear-'n-tear" attitude of today's textile industry, this presentation is about regaining the value of the garment.
15:00	Moderator	Q & A: Gudrun, Julie, Annika

15:30		Refreshments

16:00	Tone Skårdal Tobiasson	Doing Fashion the NICE Way	NICE fashion - is it possible? NICE (Nordic Initiative Clean & Ethical) is a joint Nordic commitment from the Nordic fashion Industry to take a lead on social and environmental issues. It started as a chance remark and grew into a movement and a platform for change, now with international strategic alliances. Tone tells the story of how one remark blossomed into NICE.
16:30	Mundi	Rabbit Hole: short film, 17 minutes	An enticingly surreal fable which features a young girl traversing a beautiful terrain full of strange and bizarre creatures. Rabbit Hole, Mundi's first film, had its world premiere at Paris Fashion Week 2010.
16:50	Moderator	Q & A: Tone, Mundi
17:15	Moderator	Closing remarks; see you tomorrow!

17:30		Volcanic Cocktails!

18:00		Grand Opening OF NFB exhibition: Looking Back to Find our Future

	SATURDAY OCTOBER 1

10:00		Registration
10:30	Moderator	Brief summary of Day 1; opening remarks
10:45	Pauline Brown	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Where Fashion Meets Finance: creating a line that creates value	What are investors looking for when they buy a brand? How should designers present themselves in order to best communicate with potential buyers and investors? Pauline Brown is solicited by designers on a daily basis—and will share her experiences, talking about why and how she chooses who to invest in.
11:45	Moderator	Q & A with Pauline Brown

12:00		LUNCH

13:00	Moderator	Recap of morning session; introduction of afternoon speakers and program
13:15	Steinunn Sigurðardóttir	STEiNUNN	Steinunn is Reykjavík's artist laureate, the first designer to receive the title. She will discuss her close connections with nature and her homeland, in an intimate look at how the inspirations of nature and of the past may be translated into fashion and beyond.
13:50	Katrina I Geil	Magnificent Slow Clothing —Textilewise	Enriched by the sensibility of the knitter, the magic thread is leading us to unknown discoveries within the world of clothing.
14:15	Orlando Palacios	Blood, Sweat and Love - a thread left behind	Sustainability & Old Handcraft in the USA. Orlando has kept the handcraft of hatmaking alive, even before it became “in” to do so. He'll speak about his unique process—starting from building the hat blocks—to gradually building a name for himself.
14:45		Q & A: Steinunn, Katrina, Orlando

15:15		Refreshments

15:30	Yvan Mispelaere	A Journey in Fashion	Yvan, Creative Director for Diane Von Furstenberg, will share his journey from Normandy through some of fashion's top houses including Gucci, Chloe, Lanvin, and Valentino. He will talk about working for a big design house vs. having your own line, and about working in Europe vs. America, touching on the differences between American and European fashion design.
16:00	Cynthia Aherne	The Responsibility of Creative Leadership Through the Eyes of a Recruiter	Cynthia is a matchmaker in the industry—helping brands find designers, companies find leaders, marrying industry with talent. She shares her insights on the impact of creative leadership.
16:30	Áslaug Magnúsdottir	Fashion Online: Engaging the High-End Consumer	Áslaug will reveal some of the secrets of her online fashion company Moda Operandi, a service that allows invited members to buy haute couture straight off the fashion runways, eliminating the retailer and deciding for themselves what will and won't sell.
17:00	Moderator	Q & A: Yvan, Cynthia, Aslaug
17:30	Moderator	Closing remarks
17:45	Henrik Vibskov	Closing performance	Indescribable . . . you won't want to miss it!