INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SPANISH DESIGNER FASHION

On the 26th and 27th of May, the Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, as well as the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España celebrated the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SPANISH DESIGNER FASHION, held at the Museo del Traje in Madrid. A pioneering event in Spain that serves as a meeting point for the fashion industry’s most relevant European Institutions with outstanding professionals and multiple profiles, in order to carry out a comparative study of the different managment models regarding fashion talent creation in Europe.


INAUGURATION
Helena López de Hierro, Executive Director of Museo del Traje; Víctor Francos Díaz, General Secretariat of Culture. Ministry of Culture and Sport, and Modesto Lomba, Creative Director for Devota & Lomba and President of ACME.

THE FRENCH MODEL
Eugenia de la Torriente, Deputy director of El País newspaper, in conversation with Pascal Morand, Président Exécutif of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.


THE ITALIAN MODEL
Eugenia de la Torriente, Deputy director of El País newspaper, in conversation with Carlo Capasa, President Camera Nazionalle della Moda Italiana.


FASHION EDUCATION AND TALENT MANAGEMENT: UNITED KINGDOM
Yesenia San Juan, Head of International Relations Unit at University of the Arts London (UAL), in conversation with Sarah Mower, British Fashion Council’s Ambassador for Emerging Talent and Chair of the NEWGEN committee.


THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Pilar Riaño, Former director of Modaes.es and director of communications for Mango, in conversation with Borja Oria, Managing Partner at Arcano Partners.


IDENTITY, INNOVATION, DIGITALISATION AND GLOBALISATION
Pepa Bueno, Executive Director ACME, in conversation with Ainhoa García, Accomplished fashion industry executive specialised in luxury brand and former director of prêt-à-porter and footwear Loewe.


THE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON DESIGNER FASHION IN SPAIN
Beatriz González-Cristóbal, Board Director of Starhotels and Tous, Former Vicepresident of Hermès, in conversation with Alejandra Caro, Marketing Director of HARRODS.


PANEL: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Dimas Gimeno, Skintelligence Investments and CEO of El Corte Inglés from 2014-2018.
Ángel Asensio, President of FEDECON and the Madrid Chamber of Commerce.
Tomás Alía, Architect and designer of Estudio Caramba; Ambassador for Madrid of Michelangelo Foundation.
Jordi Llinares, General Office of Digitization Industry and Collaborative Environments of Ministry of Industry and SME, Trade and Tourism.

CLOSING CEREMONY
Modesto Lomba, Creative Director for Devota&Lomba and President of ACME.
Adriana Moscoso del Prado Hernández, General Director of Cultural Industry,Intellectual copyright and cooperation for the Ministry of Culture and Sport.