NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Fashion Tech Forum (FTF) announced its return to the live stage in 2023. FTF’s sixth annual conference will be hosted in collaboration with Nasdaq on April 11th on the Nasdaq Market in Times Square. This year’s theme is “Building Brands and Teams in a World Emerging from Chaos”. The impact of world events on companies, teams and entrepreneurs has created a more urgent need for change than at any time in the last fifty years, and FTF 2023 programming is curated with a sense of urgency around the need for recalibration and leadership transformation.
FTF was co-founded in 2014 by Karen Harvey, CEO of The Karen Harvey Companies (KHC) and Maia Wojcik, Chief Brand Officer of KHC, to bring together the most innovative CEOs, founders, leaders, creators and investors from the worlds of fashion, beauty , retail and technology, engaging them in conversation about how to create future-ready companies. This year, along with Nasdaq, FTF will serve as a powerful platform to connect these leaders with actionable ideas that help advance today’s global economy. The partnership with Nasdaq furthers FTF’s mission to create space to share experiences, vision and critical knowledge about the future of these powerful industries.
“As we emerge from a nearly three-year period where the fragility of many of our core operating platforms became apparent, we also recognize our ability to innovate in a crisis. However, the work has only just begun. In every company, boardroom and in the daily lives of those building brands, the real conversation now centers on how we need to think and act differently,” said Karen Harvey. “It is important to recognize that the separation between our personal and professional lives has dissolved and today, what was outside is now inside. To bring inspiration back to work, we must welcome creativity and remember that humanity is what brings us together and enables us to build new frameworks. We are particularly excited about these talks which we hope will provide a blueprint for how to integrate these insights into all of the participants’ businesses and practices.”
FTF 2023 keynote speakers include Tremaine Emory, Supreme Creative Director and Founder of Denim Tears; and Angela Ahrendts DBE, former CEO of Burberry, former SVP of Apple Retail and Chair of Save the Children International, with additional speakers to be announced in early 2023. Past FTF speakers have included Virgil Abloh; John Hoke, CCO of Nike; Emily Weiss, Founder of Glossier; Questlove; Diane Von Furstenberg; Michael Preysman, CEO of Everlane; 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 at info@fashiontechforum.com
About Karen Harvey Companies:
Through strategic consulting, executive research, thought leadership and professional development, The Karen Harvey Companies empowers leaders to transform their businesses today to prepare for tomorrow.
Karen Harvey Companies is an ecosystem of three entities: KHC, FTF and INDX. KHC is an international consulting firm focused on executive search and advisory services for innovation-driven lifestyle brands with an emphasis on luxury, fashion, beauty and bringing young creatives to client companies for high-end collaborations. In addition to FTF, The Karen Harvey Companies launched INDX, an online marketplace for vetted, world-class creative and digital talent. KHC has earned international recognition for bringing some of the industry’s most successful CEOs and creative leaders into powerful global companies. The company is located in New York, London and Paris.
