ABOUT
The Redress Forum 2011 was a highly-successful one-day industry seminar that took place on 19 May 2011 at The Jockey Club Environmental Building, Hong Kong. The seminar targeted various fashion industry stakeholders, including fashion designers, students, retailers, manufacturers and NGOs, in order to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by the growth of sustainable fashion in Hong Kong.
The seminar consisted of five panel discussions and one best practice case study session on: Sustainable fashion: Why Hong Kong, why now?; The business of sustainability; From buzzword to best practice; The certification circus; Inspiring the next generation; Educating and engaging consumers.
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SPEAKERS
Ada Li, General Manager, Crystal Apparel Ltd.
Anderson Lee, Business Director, Hong Kong Non-Woven Fabric Ind. Co., Ltd.
Andrew Sia, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ACE Style Intimate Apparel Ltd
Arne Eggers, Fashion Editor, Hong Kong Tatler
Ashley Hegland, Director, Sustainability Practice, Edelman
Christina Dean, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Redress
Dr.Christina Wong, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Filippo Ricci, Co-founder, From Somewhere, Co-founder and Curator, Estethica
Katrina Wu, General Manager, Envirosax Asia Limited
Liam Salter, Chief Executive Officer, Reset Carbon
Mary Yan Yan Chan, Founder and Director, StyleCENTRAL, Business Partner, Peclers Paris
Orsola de Castro, Founder, From Somewhere, Co-founder and Curator, Estethica
Parker Fairfield, Managing Director, Fusion Consulting
Rebecca Leung, Fashion Lecturer, Caritas Bianchi College of Careers
Hon. Sophie Leung Lau Yau Fun, Member, Legislative Council
Stanley Szeto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lever Style Inc
Susan Banhegyi, Sustainable Fashion Consultant, Diziynr Inc
Tobias Fischer, Regional CSR Manager Far East, H & M HENNES & MAURITZ (FAR EAST) LTD.
Tod Gimbel, Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Levi Strauss Asia Pacific Division
Veronique Tjon, Marketing Manager Textile Certification and Inspections, Peterson Control Union Group
MODERATORS
Dr. Andrew Thomson, Chief Executive Officer, Business Environment Council Limited
Christina Dean, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Redress
Deborah Kan, Presenter and Senior Correspondent, Reuters INSIDER
Joanne Ooi, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Air Network (CAN)
Liam Salter, Chief Executive Officer, Reset Carbon
Lisa Genasci, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, ADM Capital Foundation
