Department of International Trade and Marketing (ITM)

 

 

cordially invites you to its Talking Trade @ FIT Guest Lecture on

Creating Sustainable Futures:
Women’s Empowerment through the International Fashion Industry

 

Moderator: Chrissie Lam, Senior Concept Designer, American Eagle Outfitters and Founder, The Supply Change

Panelists:

• Richa Agarwal, Project Leader for BRAC Aarong or Susan Davis, President & CEO of BRAC USA
• Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
• Craig A. Leavitt, CEO, kate spade new york
• Deborah Lloyd, President and Chief Creative Officer, kate spade new york
• Benjamin Stone, President and CEO, Indego Africa

SEE BIO'S

The panel will discuss and examine the challenges to empower low-income women and improve their quality of life through the lens of the international fashion industry from three different perspectives: access to financial services, access to markets, and financial education / capacity building.


Thursday, February 23, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., John E. Reeves Great Hall, at 28th Street and 7th Ave.


If you would like to attend this event "virtually" please join us via a Web Conference. Guidelines on how to join the conference will be provided at www3.fitnyc.edu/itm as it gets closer to the date.



The Diversity Council of the Fashion Institute of Technology is pleased to give its Stamp of Support for this event. This event has also been endorsed by Fashion Institute of Technology's Sustainability Council.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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