Mentors
JANOS KERESNYEI
President of Hungary's Creative Industries Cluster
UBALDO SPINA
Researcher, Industrial Designer and Business Development Manager at CETMA, Research and Technology Organisation
DANIEL PÉREZ-BARRIGA
Strategic Brand Communications Executive & Consultant
SILVIA ZANCARLI
Course Leader MAS Fashion Innovation at SUPSI & start-up mentor
KOEN SNOECKX
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader, Innovation Manager
ASSAAD AWAD
Luxury leatherwork designer
MARGARET LARMUTH
Design Lecturer and International Fashion Expert
LESLIE HOLDEN
Co-Founder, The Digital Fashion Group
PARVINDER MARWAHA
Architect and Design Programme Manager at the British Council
ANA RONCHA
Fashion Marketing Strategist, Researcher & Award-winning Author
BALAZS DOBAY
CFO at Prophyl Ltd., CEO at D-LAB Consulting
CRISTIANA BOGATEANU
CEO at Romanian Tech Startups Association (ROTSA), Business Mentor and Startup Adviser
FLORIN POP
Investor, Business Adviser and Mentor at Primainvest Capital Management
LUCA RIZZI
Researcher and Project Manager
DAVID PARRISH
Creative Industries Business Coach, Adviser, and Consultant
GIUSY CANNONE
Fashion Tech and Sustainability Investment Expert
JAN LEYSSENS
Designer, Entrepreneur and Activist Working on Circular Economy and Social Innovation
MARINA TOETERS
Co-Founder of the Fashion Tech Farm
MARK TERBERG
International Business Developer
MATTEO PATALANO
Founder / Partner at Wemanage Group
MO TOMANEY
Designer and Director at Wise Birds Network
PAUL CELEN
CEO at CELEN CONSULTING, Coach, Mentor and Adviser of start- and scale-ups with focus on Go-To-Market Strategies, Sales Methodologies and the Psychology behind sales
RAIJA SIIKAMAKI
CEO Formconcrete Ltd Design Agency
SARAH DECRISTOFARO
Design Consultant - New Product Development Unit at CETMA (research and technology organisation)
TIRZA BREMS
Buying Strategy Manager and Innovation Expert in the Fashion and Textile Industries
Steering board members
Luisa Bocchietto
Architect
PIRJO KÄÄRIÄINEN
Associate Professor, Design and Materialities, Aalto University, Finland
FRANCO CAIMI
Chief Executive Officer of Caimi Brevetti
ANNA SZONYI
Award-winning Multidisciplinary Designer
ALEXANDRA PISCO
Founder and CEO of Pisco & Co
TIRZA BREMS
Buying Strategy Manager and Innovation Expert in the Fashion and Textile Industries
ASSAAD AWAD
Luxury leatherwork designer
GWEN CUNNINGHAM
Lead in Sustainability & Circular Economy
JANOS KERESNYEI
President of Hungary's Creative Industries Cluster
KOEN SNOECKX
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader, Innovation Manager
LESLIE HOLDEN
Co-Founder, The Digital Fashion Group
MARGARET LARMUTH
Design Lecturer and International Fashion Expert
UBALDO SPINA
Researcher, Industrial Designer and Business Development Manager at CETMA, Research and Technology Organisation
SEBASTIAN THIES
Founder & Designer of brand nat-2™
RAIJA SIIKAMAKI
CEO Formconcrete Ltd Design Agency
JAN LEYSSENS
Designer, Entrepreneur and Activist Working on Circular Economy and Social Innovation
FULVIA BACCHI
General Manager UNIC – Italian Tanneries CEO - LINEAPELLE
HELGA SIGUR-BJARNADOTTIR
Interior Designer
INGA MARKOVSKA
Co-owner and Sales Executive at EMKO
KOLBRUN GUNNARSDOTTIR
Fashion and Jewellery Designer, Stylist and Creative Director at Kolbrun, Iidem and Vakir
PAULO GONÇALVES
Fashion - Textiles, Clothing, Footwear, Leather, Fur, Accessories
Ambassadors
ROTSA
Romanian tech startups association
MADE IN CLUJ
Online marketplace aggregating Cluj based manufacturers
ROBERTO VDOVIĆ - CROATIA
President and co-founder of first Fablab in Croatia
EVA LEEMET - ESTONIA
CEO of Creative Estonia
CUMULUS ASSOCIATION - EUROPE
International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
VASSILIS CHARALAMPIDIS - EUROPE
BIOS Organization (artistic director) President of European Creative Hubs Network
HANNA-KAISA-ALANEN - FINLAND
PhD Researcher in Strategic & Experience Design, Chairperson of Design from Finland Brand Committee and member of the Association for Finnish Work
MARIA VYTINIDOU - GREECE
Fashion Business Incubator “The Fashion Gate” & “Athensfashionclub” founder
GABRIELLA MÁNYI - HUNGARY
President of the National Fashion League Hungary Association (NDL)
LOUISE ALLEN - IRELAND
Head of Innovation and Development at the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
AUDRONE DRUNGILAITE - LITHUANIA
Executive Director of the Lithuanian Design Forum
BLANKA KOLAGO-SZYMCZAK - POLAND
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Slow Fix Blog
CRACOW SCHOOL OF ARTS AND FASHION DESIGN - POLAND
International Design School and Co-organisers of Cracow Fashion Week
JORGE CERVEIRA PINTO - PORTUGAL
Int. Innovation Expert & Currently AID Executive Director
MIRELA BOGYÓ - ROMANIA
Transylvania Textile & Fashion Cluster
BILJANA JOVIĆ - SERBIA
Professor of Geometry and Graphics, Landscape architect
DANKA SOKOLOVIC MILOJKOVIC - SERBIA
Coordinator of BBS, ClusNet Director of Cluster House Global TCI Network B of D
CENTRE FOR CREATIVITY - SLOVENIA
Interdisciplinary platform for Slovenia’s creative sector
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF THE CRAFTSMEN CENTER - SLOVENIA
Development Centre of Slovenia
BRITISH COUNCIL - SPAIN
Cultural Relations and Educational Opportunities
LAURA MIGUEL BAUMANN - SPAIN
FUNDESARTE Vice-president World Crafts Council
NELLY HAYEK - SWEDEN
Business dev., Coordinator of ACTE, Founder Creative Cluster Innovation Hub Väst
FASHIONCLASH - THE NETHERLANDS
Platform for fashion and emerging designers and artists
ALMA DASKALAKI - UNITED KINGDOM
Innovation Manager at the Crafts Council
AMALIIA IUSUFOVA - UKRAINE
Project Manager PPV Knowledge Networks
ELIZABETH MYROSHNYCHENKO - UKRAINE
Secretary General of the Handicraft Chamber of Ukraine