"THE TALKS" NY Tech Week FashionTech Panels
Thursday, June 5 · 4–7 pm
Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Theater
Fashion Institute of Technology
Guest Entrance: 27th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
Doors open at 3:30 pm
For NY Tech Week, we’re bringing together top leaders and emerging brands in fashion and retail tech to share the stage and dive into the latest industry innovations: AI applications, e-commerce innovation, and circularity through rental, resale, and reuse of fashion.
Learn from FashionTech pioneers Colette Johnson and Rachel Sterling as they convene founders and leaders, including FIT alum Amy Condie (WearNext), Shannon Powell (Archive), Phoebe Gates (Phia), and others, to discuss how technology is reshaping the fashion industry. If you’re looking to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s trending—this is one you won’t want to miss.
PROGRAM
3:30 PM - DOORS OPEN + CHECK IN
4 PM: PART 1
Panel 1: Rental, Resale, and Reuse (40 mins)
Allison Lee -Founder & CEO of (Re)vive
Shannon Powell - Head of Growth at Archive
Andrew Parietti - CMO at Croissant
Janelle Gray - Co-Founder & CMO Isle of Monday
Show and Tell 1 (7 mins)
Multimodal AI and its Applications in Fashion with Amy Condie, co-founder of WearNext
SESSION BREAK
5 PM: PART 2
Show and Tell 2 (7 mins)
Agentic AI’s Place in Fashion with Muni Xu, Founder & CEO of MAIStyle
Panel 2: AI and the Future of Ecomm (40 mins)
Phoebe Gates - Co-Founder at Phia
Cheryl Liu - Founder & CEO of Raspberry AI (dependent on timing)
Lisa Yamner Green - Co-Founder at Daydream
Brogan Hembrow - Head of Brand & Partnerships at Style Arcade
6-7 PM: RECEPTION + NETWORKING
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Former fashion-tech founder, Colette Johnson, started up in haus to bridge the gap between the fashion and retail industry and exceptional tech talent.
Rachel Sterling is an NYC-based FashionTech founder, event organizer, and the writer of The Pattern Maker, an industry report in which she shares expert interviews and market research for FashionTech.
This event is a part of NY Tech Week—a week of events to bring together the tech ecosystem. FashionTech encompasses innovative technology shaping the fashion industry, in everything from design and manufacturing to retail distribution and shopping experiences.