new york–(Business WireToday, the Fashion Tech Forum (FTF) announced its return to the live stage in 2023. FTF’s sixth annual conference will be held in conjunction with Nasdaq on April 11.Th Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. This year’s theme is “Building Brands and Teams in a Turbulent World”. The impact of world events on companies, teams and entrepreneurs has created a need for change more rapid than at any time in the past fifty years, and FTF 2023 programming is shaped by a sense of urgency around the need for restructuring and leadership change. .
FTF was co-founded in 2014 by Karen Harvey, CEO of The Karen Harvey Companies (KHC), and Maia Wojcik, KHC’s Chief Brand Officer, to bring together the worlds most innovative CEOs, founders, executives, innovators and investors. Bringing fashion, beauty, retail and technology together to engage in conversation around how to create future-ready companies. This year, alongside Nasdaq, the FTF will serve as a powerful platform to connect these leaders with actionable ideas that will help drive today’s global economy to the next level. The partnership with Nasdaq expands FTF’s missions and creates a space to share experiences, vision and critical insights around the future of these powerful industries.
As we emerge from a three-year period of weakness in many of our core operating platforms, we also recognize our ability to innovate in times of crisis. However, the work has just begun. In every company, in the boardroom and in the day-to-day lives of those brands, the real conversation is now about how we need to think and work differently,” said Karen Harvey. “It is important to realize that the separation between our personal and professional lives has been broken down and what is outside today is now inside us. To put inspiration back into work, we need to embrace creativity and remember that humanity is what unites us and enables us to build new frameworks. We are excited about these conversations as we hope they will provide a blueprint for how to integrate these insights into all of the participants’ businesses and practices.
FTF 2023 keynote speakers will include Tremaine Emory, Creative Director of Supreme and Founder of Denim Tears. And Angela Ahrendts DBE, former CEO of Burberry, former SVP of Apple Retail and chair of Save the Children, will announce additional speakers in early 2023. Past FTF speakers include Virgil Abloh. John Hoke, CCO of Nike; Emily Weiss, founder of Glossier; Questlove; Diane Von Furstenberg; Everlane CEO Michael Pressman; Poppy Harlow; Sophia Bush; Josh Luber, CEO of Stock X; Tarana Burke, founder of the ‘Me Too’ movement; and Scott Galloway.
FTF 2023 is an invitation-only event. Ticket inquiries can be made to info@fashiontechforum.com.
About Karen Harvey Companies:
Through strategic consulting, executive search, thought leadership and professional development, Karen Harvey empowers corporate leaders to transform their businesses today and prepare for tomorrow.
Karen Harvey Companies is an ecosystem of three entities: KHC, FTF and INDX. KHC is a global consulting firm focused on executive search and consulting for creative-focused lifestyle brands in luxury, fashion, beauty, and bringing new creatives to client companies for high-level collaborations. In addition to FTF, The Karen Harvey Companies launched INDX, a platform for refined, world-class creative and digital talent. KHC has earned international recognition for bringing the industry’s most successful CEOs and innovation leaders to powerful global companies. The company is based in New York, London and Paris.
