16. ISTANBUL APPAREL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
“TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY”12 October 2023
Before Midday
Ramazan Kaya, Co-Chair, TGSD
Cem Altan, President, IAF & Head of Conference Organizing Committee, TGSD
Ahmet Öksüz, Chairman, İTHİB
Mustafa Gültepe, Chairman, TİM & İHKİB
Moderator: Matthijs Crietee, Secretary General, International Apparel Federation (IAF)
David Quass, Senior Sustainability Director, EMEA, VF
Dilek Güçlüer, Director of Marketing and Sales, Gelişim Tekstil
Moderator: Dilek Bil, Founder, Purpose - Sustainable Ideas
Özgür Atsan, Circularity & Sustainable Operations Director, RE&UP Sürdürülebilir Teknolojiler (SANKO)
Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, Director, European Brands and Retailers, Cotton Council International
Moderator: Sedef Uncu Akı, Director, Orta Anadolu
İlkşen Dedeoğlu Demiray, Head of Business Development Türkiye and CIS, Lenzing
Leslie Riley, Co-founder & CEO, Polytropon
Hailey Tan, Sales Director, EMEA, Browzwear
Özgecan Üstgül, Founder & CEO, Myth.Ai
Ercan Şahin, Marketing Manager, Aksa Akrilik
Moderator: Arzu Kaprol, Human Innovation Designer
Kaspar Jansen, Professor, Delft University of Technology
Hans Peter Hiemer, Managing Director, Style3D Assyst
Merve Aydıner, Founder & CEO, Invamar
Afternoon
Moderator: Ayşegül Kaya, Member of TGSD Youth Platform & Sustainability Manager, TYH Tekstil
Shahriare Mahmood, Chief Sustainability Officer, Spinnova
Pernille Bruun, Materials Manager, Bestseller
Avedis Seferian, President, CEO, Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)
Anıl Noyin, Textile Department Manager, Control Union Türkiye
Moderator: Matthijs Crietee, Secretary General, International Apparel Federation (IAF)
Andrew Martin, Executive Vice President, Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
John Thorbeck, Chairman, Chainge Capital
İrem Yanpar Coşdan, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Open Supply Hub
Steve Lamar, President, CEO, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)
Sanem Dikmen, Co-Chair, TGSD
Sunay Akın, Poet, Writer, Curator