Change (is) The Subject
CHANGE (IS) THE SUBJECT
Fashion x Sustainability
Pitch Session
Sustainability needs to remain a top-of-mind subject. But how can we talk about it differently? What can we say, and show, that truly inspires and changes minds? These speakers are going to show the audience how technology is working for — and alongside — Fashion and Sustainability. How brands are truly reshaping their businesses and saying no to greenwashing. And what part do we truly play in guaranteeing there is a future.
An expert in textile value chain, Giusy Bettoni has superior technical knowledge within the raw material market sector, as well as precise marketing and communication skills. In 2007, Bettoni created C.L.A.S.S. (Creativity Lifestyle and Sustainable Synergy), the international eco-hub – based in Milan — which since the very beginning has been advocating for a new generation of fashion where the fusion of design, innovation, communication, and responsibility shapes an informed and competitive business, able to play both at an economic and social level....
Jorge joined Pangaia in 2021. Since then, he is responsible for developing the company’s partnerships strategy in Portugal. Prior to this role, Jorge worked as Chief Growth Officer at Valérius Group, one of the most relevant textile groups in Portugal.
He is an invited lecturer at IPCA (Instituto Politécnico do Cavado e do Ave). Jorge has experience supporting and accelerating start-ups and practiced M&A and Digital Law for several years....
Graduated in Chemical Engineering, Pedro is now Administrator and Responsible for Industrialization at Tintex Textiles, having joined the team in 2019. Before embracing the challenge of the textile world, Silva integrated projects for the development and optimization of processes in areas other than the current one, such as the Cork and Gas & Energy Industries....
Jaclyn is currently the Corporate Sustainability Director at Guess, where she founded a new functional role for this international fashion brand. She leads a global, cross-functional team to implement the company's sustainability plan and program, and produces the company's biennial, externally validated sustainability reports....
Joana Barrios divides herself between theater, television, the internet, and kitchens. She is an actress graduated from ESTC, has a postgraduate degree in Film Criticism and Pop Music and spent a season with the choreographer Anna Sánchez, in Barcelona. She has been a member of Teatro Praga since 2008. She was the friendliest nightclub concierge ever at Lux/Frágil. She is co-author and presenter of ARMÁRIO, the documentary series on Fashion, broadcast on RTP2 that in 2020 earned her the award for Best Entertainment Program from the Portuguese Society of Authors. She collaborates with Canal Q on shows such as Super Swing or Princesas e Doentes, always alongside André e. Teodósio. Joana is the author of two cookbooks: NHOM NHOM and O DA JOANA — and she has more on the way....
