Keynote Speakers

Lorenzo Cantoni

Full Professor - Faculty of Communication Sciences, USI - Università della Svizzera italiana
Presentation title:
“Localization” of online communication in Fashion

Zhimin Chen

Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business, Manchester Fashion Institute (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Presentation Title:
A cross-national study of consumer culture: Fashion buying behaviour between Canada, China and India

Francesca Cominelli

Associate Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Director of IREST
Presentation title:
Fashion and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Synergies and Tensions

Michael Gibbert

Full Professor - Faculty of Communication Sciences, USI - Università della Svizzera italiana
Workshop title:
Rigour and validity of qualitative studies

Dominique Jacomet

Dean of the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM)
Presentation title:
What are the challenges for the European industry of fashion?

Nadzeya Sabatini

Researcher and lecturer - Faculty of Communication Sciences, USI - Università della Svizzera italiana
Presentation title:
Tourism and Fashion: are there any convergences?

Agnès Rocamora

Professor in Social and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Presentation title:
Mediatization, Field Theory and Digital Fashion Media Logic

Teresa Sádaba

Director at ISEM Fashion Business School and Professor at the University of Navarra and at George Washington University
Presentation title:
Communication + Fashion: what sticks and what dies

Thomaï Serdari

Adjunct Professor of Marketing, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Presentation title:
From catwalk to hypertalk and beyond: Fashion between the ''I'' and the ''we''

Jochen Strähle

Full Professor of International Fashion Management, Reutlingen University
Presentation title:
Fashion & Music