Come to the inaugural bioFASHIONtech Summit at the Avon Theatre in Stamford, CT, on Monday, June 24.

The Summit convenes industry makers and thought leaders, scientists and entrepreneurs, investors and retailers in an exchange of ideas, insights, and projections on the fast emerging sector of ecological fashion.

We are honored to have CT Representative Anne Hughes (District 135) and CT Senator Will Haskell (District 26) open the day.  Both legislators swept into office on a midterm tide of activism and accountability.

bioFASHIONtech is the inaugural annual summit for ecological fashion natives — the new generation of designers making planetary well-being not just a goal of our design (i.e., “do less harm”) but the defining impulse of our creative work and framework for its production.

The summit brings together makers and thought leaders, scientists and entrepreneurs, investors and retailers working at the forefront of emerging technologies for experimental textiles, new systems of community-based manufacturing, and business model innovation.

Within one year, Gen Z will outstrip millennials as the most populous generation, comprising 32% of the population. Combined, we are market force. Our values count.

Millennials and Gen Z are rightfully branded as mission-driven and impact-oriented. “Good fashion” is not good enough for an industry declared by the 2018 UN Economic Commission for Europe as an environmental emergency.

Our quest for products and processes that heal and restore ecological balance goes beyond mere sustainability. We are inspired, and compelled, by the pragmatic recognition that our lives depend on it.

Participants (in formation):

Angela Kaczmarczyk Abitua, PhD, Co-Founder, Boston Open Science Lab, Somerville, MA

Anne Biklé, biologist, co-author, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

Michael Flanagan, PhD, Executive Director, Genspace, Brooklyn, NY

CT Senator Will Haskell (Distr. 26)

CT Representative Anne Hughes (Distr. 135)

Melissa Marra-Alvarez, curator of education and research at The Museum at FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

David R. Montgomery, PhD, geomorphologist, author, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life

Jacob Olmedo, ecological fashion designer; Parsons, BFA ’17; MFA ’20

Gal Yakobovitch, fashion biomaker; Parsons BFA ‘18

Catering by Purslane, Brooklyn, NY

Your ticket gains you entry to the event, including breakfast, lunch, snacks, all day coffee + tea, and hors d’oeuvres + open bar (21+) during the networking hour.