 Fashion
Institute of Technology
7th Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
The purpose of this event is to inform, involve and inspire the entire FIT
community about sustainability and how to incorporate sustainability as a model
into all aspects of what we do.
REGISTER FOR THE 2010 CONFERENCE
PRELIMINARY
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Registration & Organic Breakfast
The John Reeves Great
Hall
(8:15 - 9:00 AM) |
Welcoming Remarks
- Joyce Brown, Ph.D., President of FIT
- Conference Organizing
Committee
(9:00 - 9:15 AM)
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Featured Speaker Session
Clinton Global Initiative University &
other FIT Sustainability Activities
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Sherry
Brabham, Vice President for Finance and Administration
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Joanne
Arbuckle, Dean, School of Art and Design
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Dr.
Dympna Bowles, Dean, Curriculum and Instruction
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Robin
Sackin, Dean, Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and
Technology
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Shari
Prussin, Deputy to the President for Strategic
initiatives/Executive Assistant to the President
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Andrew
Canicatti, Senior Director, ABM Facilities Services
(9:15 - 10:00 AM)
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Featured Speaker Session
Too Bad the Anasazi Didn't Have an Earth
Day
(10:00 - 10:15 AM)
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Keynote Address
- Susan Szenasy
- Metropolis, Editor in Chief
(10:15 - 11:15 AM)
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Concurrent Break-out Sessions
(11:15 - 12:15 PM)
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Leveraging Social Media
to Tell Your Sustainable Fashion Story:
Stacie Shepp,
Co-founder of Earthsite, San Francisco/1992 FIT alumna/AAS in Fashion
Buying and Merchandising.
• Materials and Marketing Messages:Nicole F. Smith, Environmental Director, Design
Source Productions, Inc.
• New Graduate Program in
Sustainable Interior Environments at FIT:
Grazya Pilatowicz, Assistant
Professor, Interior Design Department, FIT
• FIT
Students Discuss the Linkage Between Sustainability, Globalization
and Fashion:
Shireen Musa, Assistant
Professor, International Trade and Marketing Department, FIT
• Sustainable Design
Resource Guide: A New Content Management
System for Sustainable Library References:
Mary Ann Allacci,
Faculty Development, Interior Design Department, FIT and
Lana Bittman, Asst. Prof. & Head of Electronic and Serials
Resources, Gladys Marcus Library, FIT
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12:15 - 1:00 - Lunch Break |
Keynote Address:
- Tom Bowman,
- President, Bowman Design Group & Bowman
Global Change
(1:00 - 2:00 PM)
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Keynote Address
(2:15 - 3:15 PM)
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Concurrent Break-out Sessions
(3:30 - 4:30 PM)
• Go Green:
Martin M. Pegler, former Professor of Visual Presentation and Exhibit
Design, FIT
• Do You Nomi? How Fashion is Fighting Modern-Day
Slavery
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Alissa Moore,
Co-Founder and Vice President of “Nomi Network” Project
• Green Cuisine - Healthy
Choices for You and Your Planet:
Michael J.
Cokkinos, Associate Professor, Advertising & Marketing Communications,
FIT
• Eco-Entrepreneurs: A Panel
Discussion: Local entrepreneurs building successful businesses with a
commitment to sustainability
Christine Helm, Coordinator,
Enterprise Center, FIT
• What Exactly IS Sustainable Fashion?
Sarah Scaturro,
Adjunct Instructor, Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory and
Museum Practice, Graduate Studies, FIT/Textile Conservator,
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,
Smithsonian Institution
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Q&A, Action plans, Wrap-up Session
(4:30 -5:30 PM) |
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This event is organized and run by:
The FIT Sustainability Council
This event is sponsored by:
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Office of the President |
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FIT STUDENT FACULTY CORPORATION |
Photos from the 2008 conference
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