8:00
am
REGISTRATION BEGINS
9:00 am
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS
9:15 - 9:45 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Teri Agins,
Freelance Fashion Journalist &
Wall Street Journal Columnist & Author of The End of Fashion
9:45 - 11:00 am
GOING PRO: THE ASPIRATIONAL JOURNEY
THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!
Roxanne Robinson Escriout, Senior Accessories
Editor of Women's Wear Daily
(Moderator)
•Carlos Falchi, 2007 Lifetime
Achievement Recipient
for the Independent Handbag Designer Awards
•Uri Minkoff, CEO of Rebecca
Minkoff
•Monica
Botkier, Founder of Botkier
11:00 - 11:45 am
DESIGNING INTO A PRICE POINT:
THE REAL TRUTH OF BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL
DESIGNER
Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti, Founder & Creative Director of Vivre.com
(Moderator)
•Michele Ateyeh, Jewelry & Accessory
Design Consultant
•Steven Alan, Founder of Steven
Alan
•Nancy Behrendt, VP Merchandising
of Ebags.com & Handbags.com
11:45 - 12:30 pm
LAUNCH YOUR LINE FROM INCEPTION
TO PRODUCT PLACEMENT
Jessica Dickler, CNN Money (Moderator)
•Melissa Motola, Founder of Global
Lux Visionaires
•Shira Sue Carmi, Founder of The
Launch Collective
•Orit, President of the O Group
•Rod Kurtz, Executive
Editor of The Huffington Post Small Business
12:30 - 1:00 am
BREAK
1:00 - 1:45 pm
WHAT THE BUYERS ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR
Mercedes Gonzalez, Founder of Global
Purchasing Companies (Moderator)
•Lincoln Moore, VP DMM of Fashion
and Accessories of Saks Fifth Avenue
•Steve Ginsberg, Owner of Verve
Boutique
•Dale Lindholm, Owner of Pure
Accessories Showroom
1:45 - 2:30 pm
BLOGGERS GONE PRO
HOW TO CONVERT YOUR BRAND INTO BUSINESS
Lauren Stephenson, Freelance Fashion &
Accessories Industry Writer & Consultant (Moderator)
•Sara Zucker,
Founder of SaraZucker.com and Community Manager for
Glamour Magazine
•John Jannuzzi, Founder of Textbook
Blog and Style Editor of Lucky Magazine
•Macala Wright Lee, Founder of FashionablyMarketing.Me, CEO of WHY THIS WAY.
and Social Media Director for WWDMAGIC
2:30 - 3:15 pm
PRODUCING GREEN PRODUCTS
Emma Grady, Founder of Past, Fashion,
Future (Moderator)
•Pete Lankford, Creative Director for
Timberland Earthkeepers & Timberland Boot Company
•Benita Singh, Co-Founder of
Source4Style
•Summer Rayne, Co-Founder of
Source4Style
•Anthony Lilore, Design Solutionist
& Founder of Restore
Clothing
3:15 - 4:00 pm
ROLE OF FUNDING IN FASHION
WHO IS WORTHY OF GETTING MONEY
Colleen DeBaise, Special Projects Director of
Entrepreneur Magazine (Moderator)
•Martin Okner, President of S.H.
Martin & Company
•Richard Kestenbaum, Founder of
Triangle Capital LLC
•Gary Wassner, Co-CEO of Hilldun
Corporation
•Peter
Fields, Esq., Head of fashion law practice at
Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields
4:00 - 4:45 pm
TODAY's PR & EDITORIAL LANDSCAPE
Jess Zaino, Celebrity Style Expert &
Member of
Glamour.com's Young & Posh Blogger Network (Moderator)
•Jessica Kleiman, Vice-President
Public Relations of Hearst Magazines &
Co-Author of Best Your Own Be Publicist
•Jacqui Stafford,
Fashion Editor & TV Style Expert
•Melissa
Lum, Accessories Editor of Lucky Magazine
4:45 - 5:00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS & THANK YOU!
5:30 - 7:00 pm
POST-WORKSHOP COCKTAILS
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