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An Introduction to Sustainable Business and Design Conference:

 

  • April 19, 2007, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM in The Great Hall at the Fashion Institute of Technology

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. 

Speakers Included:

  • BARRY A. CIK, BCEE, QEP, CHMM, REM, CP, PE, Technical Director, NaturePedic No-Compromise Organic Baby Mattresses
  • Barbara Filippone, President and founder of EnviroTextiles
  • Chris Hacker, VP of Global Design, Johnson and Johnson
  • Gary Smith, Timberland's Senior Vice president, Worldwide Supply Chain
  • Harmony Susalla, Founder and Creative Director, Harmony Art Organic Design
  • Industry/FIT Faculty Panel

Activities included:

  • Exhibition of student work
  • Vendor displays
  • Sustainable Fashion Show

8:00-9:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:10 am
Welcoming Address

9:10-10:30 am
Let the conversation begin:
  • Student Presentations

10:30-11:00 am
Change begins with a personal interest:
  • Barry A. Cik, BCEE, QEP, CHMM, REM, CP, PE, Technical Director, NaturePedic No-Compromise Organic Baby Mattresses

11:00-11:10 am
Sustainable Fashions and Introduction

11:10-11:40 am
Sometimes a Passion turns into a Mission: 
  • Harmony Susalla, Founder and Creative Director, Harmony Art Organic Design

11:40-11:50 pm
Sustainable Fashions and Introduction

11:50-12:35 pm
Green is the New Black:  Helping Designers Understand How to Improve Design through Sustainability:
  • Chris Hacker, Vice President of Global Design, Johnson & Johnson

12:35-1:15 pm

  •  Lunch Break

  • FIT for Earth Student Fashions

1:15-2:00 pm

 Doing Well and Doing Good - Timberland’s Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Gary Smith, Senior Vice  President, Timberland Worldwide Supply Chain

2:00-2:15 pm
Sustainable Fashions and Introduction

2:15-3:00 pm

Hemp, One Sustainable Fiber Story:
  • Barbara Filippone, Founder and President,  EnviroTextiles

3:00-3:30 pm

Coffee break

3:30-4:15 pm
Panel Discussion

Moderator: A. H. Kopelman, Ph. D.

Professor of Science - FIT Department of Science  and Mathematics

·          Kate D’Arcy, Designer, Toggery
·          Grazyna Pilatowicz, Instructor, FIT Department of Interior Design
·          Joseph J.  Arcoleo, CHP, CHMM, FIT Director of Environmental Health and Safety Compliance
·         Lauren Carroll, Advertising and Marketing and Communications Department
·          Heather Golden, FIT Student Association President
 

4:15-5:00 pm
Mixer and Poster Session
5:00 pm - on Post Conference Activities (Check conference table upon registration check-in for complete list of available activities.)
 

 

This event was sponsored by:

Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology

Designing Sustainability as the New Cultural Paradigm:  Conference at FIT tentatively set for April 2008

Copies of conference Presentations and links to information
Sometimes a Passion turns into a Mission: 

 

Change begins with a personal interest: