As part of the inaugural MFA Fashion Tech Conference, international experts (jury, advisory board, finalists) will present keynotes, fireside chats and panel discussions on how technological innovations in the textile value chain can lead the fashion system into a more sustainable future.
FACTS
MFA Fashion Tech Conference 2025 Friday 16 May 2025 9 am to 3 pm
House of Communication Friedenstraße 24 81671 Munich (Ostbahnhof)
By invitation only
The conference will be recorded and will be available in full on this page as soon as possible.
Schedule
Moderation: Lisa Morales-Hellebo (Founder & Managing General Partner REFASHIOND Ventures and member of the MFA Advisory Board)
Conference language: English
TIME
TOPIC
FORMAT
SPEAKER / MODERATOR
9:00
Opening Words Team MFA
Opening
Dr. Olaf Kranz & Mirjam Smend (Kreativ München)
9:05
Opening Words Lisa Morales
Opening
Lisa Morales-Hellebo (REFASHIOND Ventures & rOS)
9:10
State of the Union
Keynote
Lisa Lang (Open Connector Alliance)
9:40
Microfactory Labs as the missing link to commercialize innovations
Fireside Chat Q&A
Moderator: Lisa Lang
Fredrik Timour (Open Connector Alliance)
Mouhannad Al-Sayegh (Flair Fashion)
10:15
The need for aesthetics in a future sustainable fashion system
Panel
Moderator: Christiane Arp
Tina Lutz Morris (Lutz Morris)
Herbert Hofmann (Highsnobiety)
10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00
Human Rights & Labor
Fireside Chat
Moderator: Lisa Lang
Louise Xin (Louise Xin, Human Rights Advocate)
11:30
The State of Fashion Supply Chains
Keynote
Lisa Morales-Hellebo (REFASHIOND Ventures & rOS)
12:00
TBC
Fireside Chat
Moderator: Lisa Morales-Hellebo
TBC
12:30
Lunch & Networking at HoC Cafeteria
Lunch Break
13:00
CLO – how sustainability goals can be achieved through digital product development
Keynote
Nathalie Petzendorfer (CLO)
13:30
Sustainable Soft Goods Automation
Keynote
Maria Intscher Owrang (Simplifyber)
14:00
Empowered by Bayern Design and munich creative business week:
Fashion Design as a Tool for Resilience
Introduction by Nadine Vicentini and Mala Siamptani
Impulse: Hope – Democracy – Fashion with a holistic Purpose by Philip Fimmanno
Impulse: Indigo – Global Fashion for the Future with Knowledge from the Past by Chomwan Weeraworawit
Impulse: Phygital Fashion and Mental Health by Juliane Kahl